Nanaimo

Snuneymuxw First Nation declares COVID-19 cluster over, no cases in four weeks

NANAIMO - Cases and transmission of COVID-19 in Snuneymuxw First Nation are now at zero.Island Health, the First Nations Health Authority and SFN declared the ongoing cluster of cases over on Tuesday,...

Apr 15, 2021

Two children injured, one airlifted to hospital after ATV accident

NANAIMO - Two young boys were taken to hospital following an accident involving a quad bike south of Nanaimo. Emergency crews were called to the scene shortly before 4 p.m. on Thursday, April 15 just ...

Alex Rawnsley Apr 15, 2021

Island case counts continue downward slide, province gives detailed look at school transmission and VOC's

NANAIMO - Island Health's three day average of COVID-19 case counts has dropped substantially.It reported 48 new cases of COVID-19 cases on Thursday, April 15. The three day average sits at 150, down ...

Apr 15, 2021

"Blanket" property tax increase freeze for Nanaimo businesses off the table

NANAIMO - Every business in Nanaimo won't have their property taxes frozen this year.Nanaimo councillors debated the option to mitigate the property tax increase for Nanaimo businesses in their financ...

Apr 15, 2021

Nanaimo fishing pier off limits for maintenance day

NANAIMO - The well used Fishing and Walking Pier on Nanaimo's waterfront is getting a deep clean.The public amenity will be power washed and checked for it's structural integrity, which will see the p...

Apr 15, 2021

Major TV production Chesapeake Shores returns to Parksville, Qualicum

PARKSVILLE - Cameras are rolling on the first major television production in the Oceanside region since before the pandemic.A total of 10 episodes of Chesapeake Shores will be shot through the spring ...

Apr 15, 2021

New COVID-19 outbreak confirmed in NRGH rehab unit

NANAIMO - The Nanaimo Regional General Hospital is once again the site of a COVID-19 outbreak. Island Health on Wednesday, April 14 confirmed three patients in the High Intensity Rehab unit within the...

Apr 14, 2021

Active COVID-19 cases across central Island drop

NANAIMO - Island Health reported 50 new COVID-19 cases for the health authority on Wednesday.It marks a continued decline in the average daily increases for the region over the last week.Of the new ca...

Apr 14, 2021

Suspicious death now considered homicide by Nanaimo RCMP

NANAIMO - Local mounties are investigating Nanaimo's first homicide since early 2018.RCMP said the body of 58-year-old Randell Charles Thomas was discovered in bushes near a walking trail along Tamara...

Apr 14, 2021

Nearly 200 lives lost in Nanaimo by fifth anniversary of illicit substance crisis

NANAIMO - April 14, 2021 is a grim day for Nanaimo peer worker Jessy Knight. "I woke up crying, with this heaviness and grief in my heart," she told NanaimoNewsNOW. "I'm mostly just taking this day to...

Apr 14, 2021