Nanaimo

VIDEO: Humpback whale freed from over 450 feet of fishing gear near Nanoose Bay

NANOOSE BAY - A young humpback whale named 'Wiggins' is swimming a lot more freely after a complicated rescue effort. Marine mammal rescue crews from Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), along with staf...

Alex Rawnsley Sep 25, 2025

Annual Tour de Rock peloton rolling into Oceanside

PARKSVILLE - Expect a little congestion on area roads and highways over the next few days, but all for a good cause. The annual Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock, raising money for the Canadian Cancer Soci...

Daryl Major Sep 25, 2025

Driver in fatal hit-and-run of 90-year-old Nanaimo woman 'panicked and then drove home'

NANAIMO - A local man is waiting to learn whether or not he'll go to jail for a hit-and-run in Cedar, which left a 90-year-old woman for dead on the side of a road.Justin Kenneth Nicholls, 27, pleaded...

Alex Rawnsley Sep 24, 2025

Campfire and backyard burning bans being lifted for Nanaimo & Oceanside

NANAIMO - Campfires and backyard burns will once again be permitted in all areas of the Coastal Fire Centre (CFC). Changes come into effect starting at noon on Thursday, Sept. 25. Information officer ...

Alex Rawnsley Sep 24, 2025

Nanaimo's Neck Point parking lot to close for month-long paving project

NANAIMO - The City is preparing to pave a tiny part of paradise for a parking lot, in a bid to make one of the area's most popular parks a little bit easier to visit. Work crews are expected at Nanaim...

Daryl Major Sep 24, 2025

'Peak Saver' program re-opens enrollment for fall and winter seasons

NANAIMO - Saving on electricity bills over the peak fall and winter seasons is the goal of a returning program through BC Hydro.The utility's Peak Saver program offers credits on bills when home habit...

Sep 23, 2025

'A tremendous opportunity:' Snuneymuxw First Nation & Nanaimo Airport sign agreement

NANAIMO - A formal working relationship between Nanaimo Airport Commission (NAC) and Snuneymuxw First Nation (SFN) includes revenue-sharing and employment possibilities for the Nation. Revealed during...

Daryl Major Sep 23, 2025

Efforts underway to untangle humpback whale from fishing gear near Parksville

NANAIMO - Staff from Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) are attempting to help free a humpback whale, spotted partially tangled in fishing gear over the weekend. A pair of Nanaimo-based Vancouver Islan...

Alex Rawnsley Sep 22, 2025

Parole set for Nanaimo man convicted of violent Tofino murder

NANAIMO - Parole eligibility has been set at 10 years for the man convicted of second-degree murder for a highly violent slaying on Vancouver Island's west coast late in 2020. The ruling by BC Supreme...

Alex Rawnsley Sep 22, 2025

City of Parksville loses unsightly property lawsuit against mayor's next-door neighbour

PARKSVILLE - Following years of bylaw visits, senior staff correspondence and legal action, a BC Supreme Court judge sided with the defendants, who happen to live next to Parksville Mayor Doug O'Brien...

Daryl Major Sep 22, 2025