Category Archives: Nanaimo

NANAIMO - Some changes are in the works to increase the number of public washrooms at one of the city's most popular public parks. A brand new washroom amenity building at Maffeo Sutton Park was discu...

PARKSVILLE - Crews are beginning construction on a new pathway to run adjacent to Hwy. 19A in Parksville. Beginning Monday, Sept. 16 and scheduled to be completed by early November, a 190 metre pathwa...

NANAIMO - Over the past several months a team of professionals has begun tackling expanding and complex health challenges impacting youth and their families on the mid-Island. Following a B.C. governm...

NANAIMO - Release conditions have been implemented against a former Nanaimo substitute teacher charged with a pair of child pornography offences. Darrell Christopher Gilkes, 31, appeared briefly via v...

NANAIMO - A former teacher, educational assistant, principal and Stz'uminus First Nation councillor will join the School District 68 board of trustees.Tim Harris won a by-election for a vacant seat on...

NANAIMO - Every year, thousands of Canadians in more than 650 communities converge to raise money for cancer research and to preserve the legacy of a legend. The annual Terry Fox Run takes place on Su...

Editors note: This story contains graphic details that may not be suitable for some readers. NANAIMO - A local man will spend the next six years behind bars for violently sexually assaulting and forci...

LANTZVILLE - Excitement levels were palpable around the District of Lantzville's council table as a pending new addition to the village core was enthusiastically endorsed. Representatives from Lantzvi...

NANAIMO - An investigation into a suspicious death is underway following discovery of a man's body near the city's downtown. Police were dispatched around noon on Thursday, Sept. 12, to a wooded area ...

NANAIMO - The message was loud and clear: central and north Island residents demand equitable access to healthcare compared to Vancouver Island's southern tip.Roughly 350 people crammed into the Beban...