Category Archives: Nanaimo
Brief wind storm paints bigger picture of Nanaimo-area readiness for BC Hydro
NANAIMO - With wind gusts exceeding 80 kilometers per hour last week, Nanaimo and its infrastructure passed its first test ahead of the winter months.The region's power grid was watched closely as dow...
Oct 28, 2019 Wind speeds over 30 km/h, gusting to 80 km/h meant the region's infrastructure got its first durability test ahead of the winter storm months (Vancouver Island Weather Enthusiasts Facebook)
Conservation officers relying on fines to help keep bears at bay
NANAIMO - Conservation officers are vowing to fine people who don't do their part limiting human-bear conflicts in the Nanaimo and Oceanside regions.Ministry of Environment data supplied to NanaimoNew...
Oct 25, 2019 Conservation officers respond to a bear call in Port Alberni on Thursday, Oct. 24. (Stuart Bates)
Bright gear being handed out to combat darker days
NANAIMO - Police are once again doing what they can to hammer home a critical message during the shorter, darker days as winter approaches.Reflective arm bands and zipper pulls will be handed out at W...
Oct 25, 2019 Volunteers with the Nanaimo RCMP Community Policing Section will hand out reflective gear on Saturday, Oct. 26 at Woodgrove Shopping Centre. (Nanaimo RCMP)
Oceanside groups land nearly $70K from successful Parksville Beach Fest
PARKSVILLE - Philanthropic organizations in the Oceanside region are being handsomely rewarded for the generosity over the summer. Twenty-five not-for-profit groups who volunteered as greeters at the ...
Oct 25, 2019 Organizers of the Parksville Beach Festival were all smiles when presenting the biggest donation cheque in the events history. (Parksville Beach Festival Society/Facebook)
Obsessed man sentenced for relentless harassment of Nanaimo woman
NANAIMO - A man who wouldn't take no for an answer will spend 18-months on probation for relentlessly harassing a Nanaimo woman with hundreds of phone calls and messages.Jared William Brown, 29, of Vi...
Oct 24, 2019 29-year-old Jared William Brown was warned numerous times to leave a Nanaimo woman alone, who he obsessed over. (NanaimoNews file photo)
Snuneymuxw First Nation hosting Tribal Journeys cultural event in 2020
NANAIMO - Up to 120 canoes from Indigenous communities along the west coast and across the Pacific Ocean will land on the shores of Snuneymuxw First Nation next year. SFN is hosting Tribal Journeys, a...
Oct 23, 2019 The Nanaimo Aboriginal Centre canoe coming ashore on Snuneymuxw First Nation land in 2017, when SFN was a stop on the much larger canoe journey. (Spencer Sterritt/NanaimoNewsNOW)
School district warns of potential attempted abduction at Brechin Elementary
NANAIMO - RCMP are searching for a woman who allegedly approached two girls on a playground at Brechin Elementary.RCMP Sgt. Jon Stuart told NanaimoNewsNOW the incident occurred on Tuesday, Oct. 22 at ...
Oct 23, 2019 Two girls were approached by a woman while on the playground at Brechin Elementary on Tuesday Oct. 22. The girls ran away after the woman asked to take one of the children. (Alex Rawnsley/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Nanaimo political drama costs NDP seat in Nanaimo-Ladysmith: analyst
NANAIMO - For the second time in six months, the Green party claimed the Nanaimo-Ladysmith riding. Paul Manly carving out a decisive victory over the Conservatives John Hirst and NDP's Bob Chamberlin....
Oct 22, 2019 Unofficial results from the 2019 Federal Election show the Green party securing two seats on Vancouver Island, making a dent on a traditional NDP stronghold (Elections Canada/Canadian Press)
Lantzville zoning bylaw aims to drastically increase secondary suite availability
LANTZVILLE - How and why land is used in Lantzville, specifically regarding secondary suites and carriage houses, is about to change. The District of Lantzville is drafting a new zoning bylaw, which i...
Oct 22, 2019 A recent open house in Lantzville outlined a variety of land use changes being proposed in Lantzville, including secondary suites. (Ian Holmes/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Youth to have a say in how their voice is heard by Nanaimo council
NANAIMO - The Nanaimo Youth Advisory Council is facing some changes.It was to be formally dissolved by Nanaimo councillors at their Monday, Oct. 21 meeting. The decision was based on a staff recommend...
Oct 22, 2019 Nanaimo councillors voted in favour of not axing the Nanaimo Youth Advisory Council and instead hosting engagement sessions about how to proceed. (File photo/NanaimoNewsNOW)