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NANAIMO - Air Canada flights from the Nanaimo Airport will return to the skies. Air Canada announced the summer flight routes direct to Toronto, Vancouver and Calgary will resume in July. The Calgary ...
Jun 21, 2021
NANAIMO - Moving into a new home will help a valuable Nanaimo organization move into a larger space of their own. The newest house for the Dream Home Lottery is being built in the Lantzville Foothills...
Jun 21, 2021
PARKSVILLE - Mounties are looking for man wanted for numerous incidents across the mid-island including theft of a vehicle. According to Oceanside RCMP, a Chevy Silverado pick-up truck was reported st...
Jun 20, 2021
NANAIMO - A sunny weekend at the beach was interrupted by a boat which caught fire. The motor boat was engulfed in flame in the middle of Long Lake on Sunday, June 20 just after 4 p.m. "We are not sur...
Alex Rawnsley Jun 20, 2021
PARKSVILLE - Someone in Parksville woke up a millionaire. A Lotto 6/49 ticket purchased in Parksville matched all six numbers along with a ticket purchased in Newfoundland and Labrador.The two ticket ...
Jun 20, 2021
PARKSVILLE - Travellers and Oceanside residents will be able to sit and take in the amazing natural views while enjoying artistic creativity. Thirty freshly painted benches, built by Ballenas Secondar...
Jun 20, 2021
LANTZVILLE - The ink is dry on a new memorandum of understanding between the District of Lantzville and Snaw-naw-as Nation.Officially signed at a ceremony in Nanoose on Friday, June 18, the document c...
Jun 19, 2021
NANAIMO - For the second year in a row, there will be no major Canada Day celebration at Maffeo Sutton Park.Despite restrictions forecast to be relaxed July 1, allowing for festivals and larger gather...
Jun 19, 2021
NANAIMO - Tayden De Pol won't see the finish line coming as he looks to earn a trip to Tokyo in July.The Nanaimo swimmer, a former member of the Riptides swim team and current UBC Thunderbird, will ta...
Jun 18, 2021
NANAIMO - A further seven new COVID-19 cases were confirmed by Island Health on Friday.The additions are in line with a bump in daily cases reported from the health authority, with eight each of the p...
Jun 18, 2021