Category Archives: Nanaimo
Car donation hoped to spark generous community spirit
NANAIMO - The single mother of a child with special needs is now back on the road thanks to an inspiring act of kindness. Ami Pistone was forced to rely on loaned or rented cars after her Volkswagon w...
May 19, 2019 Ami Pistone behind the wheel of a new-to-her car donated as an act of inspiring charity
New eye-catching art installed around Nanaimo for Public Art Week
NANAIMO - Downtown Nanaimo and Maffeo Sutton Park has a new look for Public Art Week. Ten new pieces of temporary art are installed throughout Nanaimo Parks, replacing the 10 installed last year. This...
May 17, 2019 Spring, by artist Clasina Van Bemmel, is one of 10 new public art pieces drawing the eye.
City testing lower speed limits at Departure Bay Beach
NANAIMO - Drivers on one of Nanaimo's busiest roads will now have to slow down when travelling through the scenic Departure Bay beach area. A pilot project lowering the speed limit to 40 kilometres pe...
May 17, 2019 The new speed limit of 40 km/h takes effect from the Victoria Day weekend to Thanksgiving. (Ian Holmes/NanaimoNewsNOW)
DND to close popular Westwood mountain bike trails
NANAIMO - A beloved trail network south of Westwood Lake will soon close after the Department of National Defence declared it unsafe. The DND told the Nanaimo Mountain Bike Club the trails they use an...
May 16, 2019 The popular Westwood trails are officially on land owned by the Department of National Defense and near their shooting range. (Chris Courtney)
Nanaimo drive-by shooter sentenced to 9 years in prison
NANAIMO - A man involved in a shocking drive by-shooting in Nanaimo was sentenced to nine years in prison.Armaan Singh Chandi, 22, learned his fate Thursday from BC Supreme Court Justice Robin Baird f...
May 16, 2019 22-year-old Armaan Singh Chandi was sentenced to 9 years in prison for a drive-by shooting in Nanaimo on March 1, 2016. (Ian Holmes)
Man charged with drunk driving in fatal Boxwood Rd. crash
NANAIMO - Charges have been laid more than a year after a fatal car crash which claimed the life of one man.Travis Eric Fox is charged with three driving offences, including impaired driving causing d...
May 15, 2019 Aftermath of a fatal crash on Boxwood Rd. in Nanaimo on March 22, 2018. Charges against alleged driver Travis Eric Fox, have been laid. (Submitted photo)
3 cars destroyed in Nanaimo Parkway crash
NANAIMO - A major crash closed the northbound lanes of the Nanaimo Parkway in one of the worst accidents in recent memory. The crash between multiple cars happened around 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May ...
May 15, 2019 At least three vehicles are destroyed after a significant crash on the Nanaimo Pwy. (Spencer Sterritt/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Another City group created to tackle homelessness in Nanaimo
NANAIMO - With many groups already working on ways to tackle the increasing issue of health and housing for Nanaimo's most vulnerable, a task force is now in place to bring about concrete action. The ...
May 15, 2019 A new task force hopes to pull the trigger on many initiatives designed to curb the homelessness crisis afflicting Nanaimo.
'It's time for you to realize you're wrong:' sex offender sentenced to 2 years in jail
NANAIMO - A BC Supreme Court judge scolded a man before sending him to jail for sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl along Parksville's waterfront. Jacob Edkins, 24 from Parksville, was sentenced to...
May 14, 2019 Jacob Edkins was sentenced to two years in jail for the sexual assault of a 17-year-old girl in Parksville in 2017. (Facebook)
Nanaimo RCMP officers cleared in death of impaired driver
NANAIMO - Independent investigators say two Nanaimo RCMP officers did everything they could to prevent the death of an intoxicated man who later passed away.The report released Tuesday, May 14 by the ...
May 14, 2019 The Independent Investigations Office has cleared two Nanaimo RCMP officers in the death of an impaired driver.