Category Archives: Nanaimo
VIU students help Nanaimo community organizations do their best
NANAIMO - It can be difficult for community organizations and non-profits to find the time to take stock of their efforts in the community. Thankfully a VIU program does it for them. The Community-Bas...
Sep 03, 2019 The 2018-2019 students in the Community-based-Applied Interdisciplinary Research course, who help Nanaimo organizations. (submitted/VIU)
UPDATE: missing Nanaimo man located safe and sound
UPDATE: Nanaimo RCMP announced a missing 28-year-old man was located safe and sound following a missing persons' report filed a day earlier.Police said Jason John Schnurr previously left his Nanaimo h...
Sep 03, 2019 Jason John Schnurr, seen here in a recent photograph, was last seen Monday night. (submitted/Nanaimo RCMP)
Multiple myeloma awareness walk exceeds fundraising and awareness goal
NANAIMO - Roughly 200 people marched along Nanaimo's seawall for a good cause, raising awareness about a serious cancer which is treatable but incurable. They walked in the long weekend sunshine on Mo...
Sep 03, 2019 Roughly 200 people walked from the Lion's Pavilion in Maffeo Sutton Park along the seawall on Monday, Sept. 2, raising awareness and funds about multiple myeloma. (submitted)
Man seriously hurt in north Nanaimo motorcycle crash
NANAIMO - A motorcycle rider is in serious condition after he was thrown from his bike in a crash on Hwy. 19 in north Nanaimo. RCMP Cst. Gary O'Brien said the motorcyclist rear-ended a tour bus on Mon...
Sep 03, 2019 Hwy. 19 long weekend traffic was snarled for southbound commuters due to a late Monday, Sept. 2 afternoon crash. (Submitted photo)
Mounties remind motorists and parents of back to school safety
NANAIMO - Summer vacation is over for thousands of students, which means school zones are now in effect.Starting Tuesday, Sept. 3, motorists are reminded to slow down to 30 kilometers an hour from 8:0...
Sep 02, 2019 After a long summer break, school zones are effect starting Sept. 3rd from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays. (File Photo/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Fallen branch takes down Nanoose area power lines
NANAIMO - A rogue branch caused quite the scene in Nanoose on the last day of the long weekend. It fell onto power lines just south of the Nanoose rest stop parking lot on Hwy. 19, between Summerset R...
Sep 02, 2019 This branch was seen near the Nanoose rest stop, causing a small fire and delaying traffic. (submitted/Katie-Lynn Dandeno)
Organizers tout record numbers for 125th VIEX
NANAIMO - The most people in a decade walked through the gates at the 125th annual VIEX in the harbour city last weekend. The exact number of people who attended is unknown, however VIEX President Lyn...
Sep 01, 2019 Close to 30,000 people walked through the gates at the 125th Vancouver Island Exhibition.
VIU graphic design student among world's best at global competition
NANAIMO - A Vancouver Island University student returned home after representing Canada at a world vocational skills championship in Kazan, Russia.Joe Thoong placed fifth in the graphic design categor...
Sep 01, 2019 VIU's Joe Thoong in 'laser mode' at WorldSkills in Kazan, Russia, where he placed fifth out of 35 competitors in the graphic design category. (WorldSkills)
Fresh Start initiative sees biggest year ever
NANAIMO - The most supplies ever donated to the annual community initiative Fresh Start helped hundreds of kids be ready for the first day of school. Donations for the Fresh Start program flooded in f...
Aug 31, 2019 Dozens were lined up along Victoria Cres. by 10 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 31 for free school supplies and a spiffy back-to-school haircut. (Spencer Sterritt/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Vehicle exhaust theft cases revving up in Nanaimo
NANAIMO - Police in Nanaimo issued a warning about a large increase in thefts of emission control devices found under vehicles.RCMP Cst. Gary O'Brien said 26 reported thefts of catalytic converters si...
Aug 30, 2019 Nanaimo Mounties say 26 reported incidents of catalytic converter thefts from under vehicles in Nanaimo marks a large increase. (Submitted/RCMP)