Nanaimo

New order limiting household gatherings as B.C. posts over 800 new cases, none in Island Health

NANAIMO - B.C. public health is cracking down on a key source of recent COVID-19 cases in response to record-high case counts.Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry issued a new public health orde...

Oct 26, 2020

Projected winner awaiting mail-in ballots before declaring Parksville-Qualicum flip

PARKSVILLE - The last BC Liberal riding on Vancouver Island has all but flipped following a surge in NDP support in the region.Town of Qualicum councillor and NDP candidate Adam Walker was projected v...

Oct 26, 2020

Tourism Vancouver Island bows out of Nanaimo contract, review underway for replacement

NANAIMO - Shifting priorities after the COVID-19 pandemic has brought changes to who handles the Tourism Nanaimo file. Tourism Vancouver Island, one year into a five year contract and three years into...

Oct 26, 2020

'Just find someone you can help and do it:' anonymous cookie crusader makes third large donation in a year

NANAIMO - What started as a chance meeting at a local coffee shop has grown into a $6,200 donation, which the man responsible hopes will inspire others.For the second time in six months, an anonymous ...

Oct 25, 2020

Routley locked in for fifth term in Nanaimo-North Cowichan

NANAIMO - One of the BC NDP's elder statesmen has won another four years in Victoria.Doug Routley held off a strong challenge from Chris Istace of the BC Greens to retain his seat of Nanaimo-North Cow...

Alex Rawnsley Oct 25, 2020

Incumbent Sheila Malcolmson re-secures Nanaimo riding

NANAIMO - The incumbent MLA in the Nanaimo riding has won again, carried by a wave of NDP support across the province. Sheila Malcolmson was the first confirmed winner in the Nanaimo-area ridings, lea...

Alex Rawnsley Oct 24, 2020

LIVE BLOG: Mid-Island results and reaction from 2020 B.C. Election

NANAIMO - NanaimoNewsNOW is covering the 42nd BC General Election with a live, up to the minute blog featuring vote counts, interviews, analysis and much more.In conjunction with our updates on 106.9 ...

Oct 24, 2020

Thousands of fish feed local lakes, license sales surge during pandemic

NANAIMO - Nearly 7,000 trout and counting have been piped into lakes in Nanaimo by staff with the Freshwater Fisheries Society of BC (FFSBC).The FFSBC stocking report showed six lakes in Nanaimo have ...

Oct 24, 2020

Nanaimo RCMP looking for missing driver following Harewood pursuit

NANAIMO - Mounties are hoping a man who led police on a chase Friday afternoon and then fled on foot will turn himself in. According to the RCMP, officers witnessed a possible drug transaction in Hare...

Oct 24, 2020

Polls open across province for 42nd General Election

NANAIMO - Polls are open across the province for general voting.Following seven days of advance polling where turnout in the three mid-Island ridings was above 2017 tallies, Saturday is the final oppo...

Oct 24, 2020