Category Archives: Nanaimo
Automated garbage collection to spread across entire Mid Island region
NANAIMO - Automated garbage collection trucks for nearly 30,000 single-family households on the mid island will hit the streets next fall.The Regional District of Nanaimo (RDN) board awarded a 10-year...
Sep 24, 2019 The first year of a 10-year renewable automated waste collection contract to serve the RDN outside the City of Nanaimo kicks on next fall. The first value of the first year of the deal is $3.2 million (File photo/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Nanaimo faces physician squeeze as doctor numbers outpaced by population growth
NANAIMO - It is becoming increasingly harder to find a family doctor in Nanaimo.According to census data, the city saw 7.1 per cent population growth between 2011 and 2016, however the amount of docto...
Sep 24, 2019 Nanaimo faces a continued shortage of doctors that is not matching population growth in the region. No family doctors locally are currently accepting new patients, according to the Nanaimo Division of Family Practice. (Freepik)
Nanaimo woman avoids jail after disturbing crime spree
NANAIMO - A woman who stole thousands of dollars worth of valuables from Nanaimo homes didn't get more jail time, but was ordered to pay a big fine.Jennifer Lynn Perusini was handed a two-month jail s...
Sep 23, 2019 Jennifer Lynn Perusini following her sentencing hearing in provincial court in Nanaimo on Aug. 29, 2018 (Ian Holmes/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Weekend fire at École Océane School in Nanaimo purposely lit: RCMP
NANAIMO - A portable classroom at cole Ocane has sustained damage following a fire that is presumed to have been deliberately set.Fire crews arrived on scene around 7:30 a.m. on Saturday Sept. 21 to a...
Sep 23, 2019 A small and deliberately lit fire was quickly doused by firefighters at École Océane on Saturday Sept. 21. (Nanaimo RCMP)
Free dance class helping those with developmental challenges
NANAIMO - A new dance class wants to give everyone the chance to break out their best moves. The Adaptive Dance class, run by Serra Stewart at Vibrant Studios, is specifically catered to those with de...
Sep 22, 2019 Serra Stewart leading the Adaptive Dance program on Monday, Sept. 16. (Spencer Sterritt/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Ride sharing applications exceed expectations, multiple Island options
NANAIMO - The volume of ride sharing applications received has surprised the Passenger Transportation Board.Eleven companies applied since Sept. 9 to operate in B.C., with seven including Vancouver Is...
Sep 20, 2019 To date, 11 companies have filed paperwork with the Passenger Transportation Board to operate ride sharing services in BC, including seven who plan to conduct business on Vancouver Island. (Wikimedia Commons)
Old City Quarter proposal in limbo after lengthy public hearing adjourned
NANAIMO - It remains unclear if a hotly contested housing proposal at the former Malaspina Gardens site will get off the ground.A marathon public hearing for 388 Machleary St. was adjourned Thursday, ...
Sep 19, 2019 An artist rendering of what a large housing proposal for the old Malaspina Gardens site on Machleary St. would look like. Sketch depicts looking uphill from Kennedy St. (Molnar Group.)
Asian giant hornet nest located and destroyed in south Nanaimo
NANAIMO - A large nest home to an estimated 150 Asian giant hornets has been destroyed in Nanaimo. However concerns are rising the invasive species will remain.The discovery and eradication took place...
Sep 19, 2019 A nest of roughly 150 Asian giant hornets was destroyed in Nanaimo on Wednesday, Sept. 18. A few of the remaining invasive species remained at the former site of the nest the following day. (Ian Holmes/NanaimoNewsNOW)
City to buy extra trucks to ease Nanaimo's garbage collection woes
NANAIMO - A lengthy summer season of waste collection delays across Nanaimo will hopefully be in the past. The City is set to purchase two used automated garbage trucks from Kelowna for $90,000. One t...
Sep 18, 2019 Two used automated garbage trucks are set to be bought from Kelowna. (Spencer Sterritt/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Man armed with machete pleads guilty to daytime frenzied outburst in Parksville
NANAIMO - A machete wielding man pleaded guilty to a dangerous rampage in Parksville which forced a family to flee their home.Robert Douglas Lightle, 45, is expected to be sentenced this fall after en...
Sep 18, 2019 Robert Douglas Lightle pleaded guilty to using a machete while terrorizing several people in Parksville in the Allsbrook Rd. area in July, 2018. (Ian Holmes/NanaimoNewsNOW)