Nanaimo

Serious Crime Unit investigating body found near downtown Nanaimo

NANAIMO - The Serious Crime Unit is investigating a body found on Boxing Day morning outside a Nanaimo bar. The body was discovered around 5:45 a.m. on Boxing Day in the alley behind the Oxy Pub in th...

Dec 26, 2020

Our Favourite Stories of 2020: Endless leads, rumours & sketchy translations

NANAIMO - My favourite story to cover through 2020 was an extensive, multi-lingual quest.In August, NanaimoNewsNOW received multiple tips about the sale of Woodgrove Centre, the largest mall on Vancou...

Dec 26, 2020

10 new COVID-19 cases in Island Health on Christmas Eve

NANAIMO - 10 people within Island Health received an unfortunate Christmas present on Christmas Eve. Island Health reporting 10 new cases of COVID-19 within the health authority on Thursday, Dec. 24. ...

Dec 24, 2020

Retired Nanaimo nurse sews & donates over 900 handmade masks

NANAIMO - A local woman is helping keep her community safe during the COVID-19 pandemic, one mask at a time.Retired registered nurse Carol Klapstein has sat in front of her sewing machine nearly every...

Dec 24, 2020

Top Stories of 2020: Hundreds of supportive housing units announced for Nanaimo, temporary housing sites to close

NANAIMO - Hundreds of new supportive housing units were announced for Nanaimo after years of calls for more supports. The province announced in mid-July upwards of 190 supportive housing units and 125...

Dec 23, 2020

New COVID-19 cases dropping by more than half in Nanaimo & Oceanside areas

NANAIMO - New data shows how restrictions are limiting COVID-19 transmission in the Nanaimo and Oceanside areas. The BC CDC showed there were six new cases of COVID-19 within Nanaimo and one in Oceans...

Dec 23, 2020

Nanaimo airport eyeing new domestic & vacation flights through $29M upgrade plan

NANAIMO - A host of infrastructure and safety upgrades are penciled in for Nanaimo Airport.The Airport Commission released its investment plan for the next five years, budgeting $28.8 million in capit...

Dec 23, 2020

Suspected drunk driver damages several vehicles in loud late-night wreck

NANAIMO - A series of bangs rang out in a north Nanaimo neighbourhood after a suspected impaired driver bounced his car off several parked vehicles.It happened Tuesday Dec. 22 around 11:45 pm on Uplan...

Dec 23, 2020

Top Stories of 2020: What the COVID happened this year?

NANAIMO - COVID-19 changed society in ways no one could have expected in 2020. In the span of two weeks, the pandemic which had severely affected countries like China, Spain and Italy, arrived on Cana...

Dec 22, 2020

First COVID-19 vaccinations occur on Vancouver Island, nine new cases announced

NANAIMO - Efforts to vaccinate frontline health care workers in Island Health have officially begun.The first of 1,950 doses of the approved Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine was administered to Dena Scriven, a...

Dec 22, 2020