Category Archives: Nanaimo
Snowbirds to conduct Nanaimo fly-by, part of nationwide tour
NANAIMO - If the weather co-operates, the skies above Nanaimo are about to get loud.The Canadian Forces Snowbirds are winding down their nationwide Operation Inspiration tour and are scheduled to swoo...
May 15, 2020
Bowen Rd., Bruce Ave. headline Nanaimo's summer road work season
NANAIMO - A slew of road enhancement and infrastructure replacement projects have begun recently in the city.Crews began tearing up a section of Bruce Ave. between Seventh St. and Eighth St. on May 11...
May 15, 2020
Canada-wide arrest warrant issued for Nanaimo man
NANAIMO - Police in Nanaimo are appealing to the public for help in locating a man wanted on a Canada- wide arrest warrant for parole violations.Peter Ludvigson, 45, was supposed to be living at a fam...
May 14, 2020
Lengthy streak of no COVID-19 case increases on Vancouver Island ends with data error
NANAIMO - After days of keeping the COVID-19 curve flat on Vancouver Island, the total of confirmed cases has increased by one.Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry confirmed the 126th active or ...
May 14, 2020
VIDEO: Historic family video tapes missing for 45 years returned to Cedar woman
NANAIMO - The power of social media helped a Nanaimo mother-son duo return invaluable video tapes to family members who assumed they'd never see them again. Chris Wallinger and his mother Wendy Robins...
May 14, 2020 Marion Baker (right) looking over 13 long-lost reels of film formerly owned by her parents and now returned by a Nanaimo family. (Ian Holmes/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Police bust unlicensed rope-connected motorcycle riders on Hwy. 4
PARKSVILLE - A highly unusual traffic call won't be forgotten by the arresting officer. Two motorcycles tied together with rope while travelling through Coombs on Hwy. 4 the night of Tuesday, May 5 ca...
May 14, 2020
Another COVID-19 free day on Vancouver Island
NANAIMO - Stomping on an already flattened COVID-19 curve on Vancouver Island continues. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry announced no new cases of the virus in the Island Health region duri...
May 13, 2020
Sports courts to re-open with restrictions throughout Nanaimo area
NANAIMO - A wide variety of sports courts are included in the first phase of returning Nanaimo to a sense of normalcy. Tennis and pickleball courts, gated off-leash dog parks and the Stevie Smith Bike...
May 13, 2020
Vancouver Island University working to find balance between distance and on-campus learning
NANAIMO - The groundwork is being laid for how students will safely receive an education from Vancouver Island University.It's moving to a hybrid model of teaching, much like many other post-secondary...
May 13, 2020
'It felt like a horror movie:' woman attacks cougar while trying to save dog at Nanaimo River
NANAIMO - A woman came face-to-face with a cougar after the big cat attacked a small dog during an outing at the Nanaimo River.The hair-raising encounter happened the evening of Saturday, May 9 on pri...
May 12, 2020