Category Archives: Nanaimo
Top Stories of 2019: Records and dynasties for Nanaimo athletes
NANAIMO - This year local athletes and teams have once again set a high bar with a number of excellent performances in 2019.Racewalker Olivia Lundman led the way with continued dominance on the track....
Dec 26, 2019 The VIU Mariners women's volleyball team (L) won their second straight national title, Olivia Lundman (C) broke two racewalk records and the inaugural Aiden Webber Memorial Race and Pro-Am (R) drew 200 racers and raised $15,000 for his legacy fund. (Northfield Photography/Lundman/Webber)
Big crowds expected for Nanaimo's 60th annual Boxing Day Polar Bear Swim
NANAIMO - Boxing Day at Departure Bay Beach sees hundreds of people charge the frigid ocean in the name of the Harbour City's most famous mayor.The 60th annual Frank Ney Memorial Polar Bear Swim organ...
Dec 26, 2019 Brad Ney's signature whistle and flare gun signalling the start of the 2018 Frank Ney Memorial Polar Bear Swim. (Royal LePage Nanaimo Realty)
Top Stories of 2019: wrong-way driver causes double fatal crash
NANAIMO - 2019 began with a gut-wrenching double-fatal crash on the Trans-Canada Hwy. caused by a driver travelling the wrong way while attempting to flee police.Kurtis Timothy, 31, was responsible fo...
Dec 24, 2019 Prolific offender Kurtis Timothy, 31, was driving the wrong way on the Trans Canada Hwy just south of Nanaimo when he collided head-on with another vehicle. Timothy and the driver of an unsuspecting SUV Cliff Bishop, 54, were both pronounced dead on scene. (RCMP)
Salvation Army kettle campaigns tantalizingly close to ambitious goals
NANAIMO - Salvation Army branches in both Nanaimo and Parksville are close to lofty kettle campaign goals heading into the final day of collections.Wrapping Christmas eve, the kettle campaign raises m...
Dec 23, 2019 Salvation Army kettle campaigns in Nanaimo and Parksville are close to the ambitious goals set by organizers. (Salvation Army)
Man wearing Santa hat targets Nanaimo bank branch in afternoon robbery
NANAIMO - Local RCMP are investigating a brazen mid-afternoon bank robbery.At approximately 2:10 p.m., a lone white male entered the Terminal Park branch of the Bank of Montreal and demanded cash.Nana...
Dec 23, 2019 Nanaimo RCMP are tracking down a man who robbed the Terminal Park BMO branch Monday afternoon (File Photo)
Man sentenced for sexual assault of senior in Qualicum Beach
Warning: This story contains graphic details which may not be appropriate for all readersNANAIMO - A man pleaded guilty and will serve the next three months in prison for a disturbing sexual assault a...
Dec 22, 2019 Joel Perry after he was sentenced in March for making harassing and threatening phone calls to woman around B.C. (Global News)
Top Stories of 2019: Young Nanaimo BMX riders top the rankings
NANAIMO - Two young Nanaimo riders made a name for themselves on the world stage in 2019. Piper Graaten and Alex Booth, born only a few days apart in December, both conquered BMX riding and racing to ...
Dec 22, 2019 Piper Graaten and Alex Booth, two top youth BMX riders from Nanaimo who had a stellar 2019 season. (submitted/Keir Graaten)
Suspicious package found at Woodgrove bus loop, mall not impacted
NANAIMO - RCMP cordoned off the Woodgrove Shopping Centre bus loop in response to a suspicious package being discovered Saturday afternoon.Police were called to the mall after 2:30 p.m. and immediatel...
Dec 21, 2019 Nanaimo RCMP blocked off access to the Woodgrove Shopping Centre bus loop Saturday afternoon after a suspicious package was found. (Ian Holmes/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Father & son sentenced in bizarre and 'despicable' child porn case
NANAIMO - A father-son duo have been convicted in a disturbing and unusual child porn case, which included sexual abuse of young children.Murray Maclennan, 67, and his son Shane Maclennan, 42, pleaded...
Dec 20, 2019 Shane Maclennan (left) and his father Murray Maclennan during a break in their sentencing hearing. The Port Alice men were convicted of possessing child porn while they lived in Parksville. (Ian Holmes/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Affordable housing units open for Nanaimo's middle class
NANAIMO - More housing options are available for Nanaimo's middle class, couples and small families. Twenty-seven units of either one or two bedroom units are now available for rent at a recently open...
Dec 20, 2019 27 single or two bedroom apartments are now available for rent to middle class families struggling to find a home. (Nanaimo Affordable Housing Society)