Nanaimo

Island Health sees 45 new COVID-19 cases over weekend, unusual Christmas looms in B.C.

NANAIMO - Christmas mingling across the province will be banned.Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry on Monday, Dec. 7 extended sweeping COVID-19 restrictions, featuring sticking to your own ind...

Dec 07, 2020

School meals program in Nanaimo sees huge surge in users

NANAIMO - Significantly more students in School District 68 are relying on a critical program to ensure they have enough food to get through the day.Crystal Dennison, executive director of the Nanaimo...

Dec 07, 2020

Wellington Secondary, Forest Park elementary report COVID-19 exposure

NANAIMO - School District 68 is back on Island Health's COVID-19 exposures list.The district announced late Sunday, Dec. 6 there was an exposure at Wellington Secondary school Dec. 3 and Dec. 4, with ...

Dec 06, 2020

Christmas Angels helping families struggling to provide basic essentials in tough year

NANAIMO - Christmas Angels are having a busy holiday season in Nanaimo. Volunteers with the annual program have collected hundreds of supplies and gifts for families in need during a difficult holiday...

Dec 06, 2020

CounterAttack: Nanaimo RCMP to set up roadblocks in 'non traditional' areas

NANAIMO - Local mounties are on their yearly quest to limit the amount of impaired drivers on area roads through the holidays.The detachment's annual roadblocks will be established on "any given night...

Dec 05, 2020

VIDEO: Wesley St. residents left with nowhere to go, dispersed into bushes and parks around Nanaimo

NANAIMO - A sizable number of people living rough in a downtown Nanaimo encampment are now displaced into the bush. Their former home on Wesley St. was cleared by City of Nanaimo staff and Nanaimo Fir...

Dec 04, 2020

Island Health posts 10 new COVID-19 cases as active cases in B.C. drop slightly

NANAIMO - For the third time in four days, Island Health has recorded 10 new COVID-19 cases.Island Health has 679 total cases since March with 183 currently active. Of those 99 are in the central Vanc...

Dec 04, 2020

Nanaimo police seek motorist in daytime hit & run

NANAIMO - Mounties are looking for the driver of an unlicensed vehicle who rammed a truck and ran off. The crash happened on Wednesday, Dec. 2 just before noon on Jordan Ave. at Wellington Rd., near F...

Dec 04, 2020

Mount Washington opens on schedule for winter season

NANAIMO - Vancouver Island's biggest ski resort is open for business.Two lifts are operating on the mountain on Friday, Dec. 4, providing access to a handful of runs of easy and intermediate difficult...

Dec 04, 2020

Nanaimo brothers fundraising efforts for Congo orphans surpasses expectations

NANAIMO - Two local brothers want to make life a little better for kids in need half a world away.Nine-year-old Djibril and six-year-old Dejan Ndiaye planned to raise $100 to help two children at Grac...

Dec 04, 2020