Nanaimo

'We're up to the challenge:' new Downtown Nanaimo Businesses Association approved

NANAIMO - A newly endorsed organization will use an annual property tax levy in a bid to bolster the downtown core's vibrancy and sustainability.The Downtown Nanaimo Business Associaton (DNBA) was app...

Apr 20, 2021

Active COVID-19 cases in central Island drop below 100

NANAIMO - Island Health is continuing to trend on the downward slope from B.C.'s third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.A total of 32 cases were confirmed by the health authority on Tuesday, April 20 inc...

Apr 20, 2021

Outbreak declared over at LongLake Chateau in Nanaimo

NANAIMO - The most recent outbreak at a Nanaimo care home is now over. Island Health announced on Tuesday, April 20 the outbreak at the Longlake Chateau independent living facility is over. "There are...

Apr 20, 2021

Loaded revolver, knives and drugs found in pulled over car along Nanaimo Pwy.

NANAIMO - A man asleep at the wheel of a pulled over car in Lantzville was allegedly found in possession of a loaded hand gun.RCMP Cst. Gary O'Brien says 35-year-old Richard Garnet Jackson was spotted...

Apr 20, 2021

City of Nanaimo takes exploratory steps for small-scale temporary housing

NANAIMO - Councillors in Nanaimo want to replicate a successful temporary housing project from the Cowichan area. Councillors accepted and debated at length a staff report about the project on Monday,...

Apr 19, 2021

Additional COVID-19 case discovered in NRGH unit

NANAIMO - Another case of COVID-19 was found in a rehab unit at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital. Island Health confirmed the fifth case on Monday, April 19. The outbreak began on April 14 in the Hig...

Apr 19, 2021

Province clamping down in non-essential travel, extends current health orders

NANAIMO - Fines are coming for people travelling outside of their own health authority without a valid reason. Beginning Friday, April 23, the province will conduct random road blocks to fine for non-...

Alex Rawnsley Apr 19, 2021

Nanaimo property taxes expected to rise 3 per cent

NANAIMO - The 2021 property tax increase for Nanaimo is nearly locked in. Councillors at a special finance and audit committee meeting reached a three per cent increase for 2021, not including additio...

Apr 19, 2021

COVID-19 vaccination registration begins for people aged 18-40+

NANAIMO - The province's age-based program for the COVID-19 vaccine registration is expanding. B.C. residents 18 years of age and older in the general population who had been not previously included i...

Apr 18, 2021

Water restrictions come online, region well-stocked ahead of summer months

NANAIMO - An above average snowpack in the Island backcountry won't mean the region escapes water restrictions this year.Stage 1 restrictions came into effect April 1, with watering hours restricted t...

Apr 18, 2021