Category Archives: Nanaimo
Canadian Forces Snowbirds land in Comox for spring training
COMOX - It's that time of the year again, when the skies of the Comox Valley are filled with the roar of jet engines. The Canadian Forces Snowbirds Air Demonstration Team arrived at the Canadian Force...
Apr 18, 2026 The Canadian Forces Snowbirds arrived on Vancouver Island on Friday, April 17, for their annual spring training at 19 Wing Comox. They performed in Nanaimo last year for the first time since 2019, with no Nanaimo performance scheduled this year. (Image Credit: File photo/NanaimoNewsNOW)
100+ youth primed for first-ever Nanaimo Kidovate market day
NANAIMO - Around 100 budding entrepreneurs are ready to put their business development lessons to the test.The first ever Kidovate market day in Nanaimo is Saturday, April 18, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. a...
Apr 17, 2026 Youth from grade six to 12 will be setup at Nanaimo North Town Centre on Saturday, April 18 for the first ever Kidovate Nanaimo market day, expansion of an event which has grown considerably in Victoria over the last six years. (Image Credit: Kidovate)
Nanaimo mom recounts close-call involving son in marked crosswalk
NANAIMO - An apparently inattentive, speeding motorist clipped an 11-year-old boy in a north Nanaimo crosswalk, renewing longstanding safety concerns on Hammond Bay Rd. It happened on Wednesday, April...
Apr 17, 2026 An 11-year-old boy was hit by a passing car while attempting to cross this marked intersection. (Image Credit: Ian Holmes/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Cable Bay rezoning bid draws fiery public hearing
NANAIMO - An overflowing crowd crammed into the Vancouver Island Conference Centre (VICC) where emotions occasionally ran high over proposed intensive industrial development plans in the Duke Point ar...
Apr 17, 2026 A jam-packed gallery attended an extended City of Nanaimo public hearing which was extended to next week. (Image Credit: Ian Holmes/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Unique glow-in-the-dark disc golf returning to Ladysmith park
LADYSMITH - The growing sport of disc golf is poised to be shown in a whole new light. For the second time in as many years, staff from the Town of Ladysmith and other community groups are hosting a g...
Apr 16, 2026 Glow-in-the-dark discs will be flying at Transfer Beach Park in Ladysmith Friday night, a unique spin on the growing sport of disc golf. (Image Credit: Submitted photo)
Farriers hoof it to Nanaimo's Beban Park for horseshoe care clinic
NANAIMO - Horse owners have a chance to learn from some of the best farriers in Western Canada this week.Dozens of farriers from near and far are at Nanaimo's Beban Park this week for a super clinic o...
Apr 16, 2026 Esteemed farrier Jack Ketel demonstrates his technique on 18-year-old Sunny at the Beban Park Equestrian Centre on Thursday, April 16, part of a three-day farrier super clinic. (Image Credit: Jordan Davidson/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Toxic street drugs claim seven more lives in Nanaimo
NANAIMO - Unregulated and toxic street drugs claimed seven lives in Nanaimo in February. The latest BC Coroners Service report (BCCS) showed 115 British Columbians died in February province-wide, down...
Apr 16, 2026 The unregulated toxic drug supply claimed the lives of nine more people in Nanaimo in February, part of 115 people who died across B.C. (Image Credit: Dreamstime)
Minister hopes prefabrication expands further to new school builds
NANAIMO - While it's unclear how far down the prefabrication road the B.C. government is going, it appears the quicker build technology is here to stay. B.C. Infrastructure Minister Bowinn Ma answered...
Apr 16, 2026 Infrastructure Minister Bowinn Ma appears bullish on the ability of prefabrication building technology to build expanded facilities, as well as potentially many more new schools. (Image Credit: Ian Holmes/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Nanaimo municipal boundary extension passes AAP
NANAIMO - Those living on Snuneymuxw First Nation reserve lands could be eligible to vote in City of Nanaimo elections, beginning this October. An alternative approval process, requesting elector appr...
Apr 15, 2026 An alternative approval process (AAP) wrapped Monday, April 13, to attempt to gain elector approval for a municipal boundary extension enabling inclusion of Snuneymuxw First Nation members to vote in Nanaimo elections. (Image Credit: File photo/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Mock exercise features crash landing at Nanaimo Airport
NANAIMO - Volunteers posing as dozens of injured passengers replicated a crash-landed plane on Nanaimo Airport's runway. The federally mandated drill happened on Wednesday, April 15, between 9 a.m. an...
Apr 15, 2026 An extensive mock exercise drill took place on Wednesday, April 15 at the Nanaimo Airport. (Image Credit: Nanaimo Airport)