Nanaimo

Top Stories of 2020: High cost of long-promised E&N rail line revealed

NANAIMO - There's now a price tag attached to the dream of having rail service restored on Vancouver Island. In late April, the ministry of transportation and infrastructure released its long awaited ...

Dec 29, 2020

COVID stress dominates as crisis line operators wrap busy year

NANAIMO - Increasingly relied upon crisis line staff serving Vancouver Island are seeing first-hand effects COVID-19 is having on the people they serve.Nanaimo based Vancouver Island Crisis Society (V...

Dec 29, 2020

One additional COVID-19 case confirmed in long-term care home outbreak

NANAIMO - Island Health has confirmed COVID-19 spread within one unit of a long-term care home in Nanaimo.A release just before 5:30 on Monday, Dec. 28 said an additional case of COVID-19 was found at...

Dec 28, 2020

Top stories of 2020: Hot coffee hurled at fast-food worker ignites community anger

NANAIMO - A widely viewed video capturing shocking behaviour of a woman at a Nanaimo drive-thru clearly stood out as a top local story in 2020.The Oct. 13 incident caused minor burns to a man on the o...

Dec 28, 2020

COVID-19 outbreak declared in Nanaimo long-term care home

NANAIMO - A COVID-19 outbreak has been declared at a Nanaimo long-term care home for the first time. Island Health announced late on Sunday, Dec. 27 one resident at the Chartwell Malaspina Care Reside...

Dec 27, 2020

B.C.'s first case of more contagious U.K. COVID-19 strain found in Island Health

NANAIMO - Island Health is home to the first identified case in B.C. of a more contagious COVID-19 strain. "The individual, who resides in the Island Health region, returned to B.C. from the U.K. on f...

Dec 27, 2020

Top Stories of 2020: Most viral and discussed stories of the year

NANAIMO - Heroic actions, attacks on animals, popular giveaways and a continued streak of lotto luck all lit up social media through the rollercoaster year of 2020.Few stories through the year generat...

Dec 27, 2020

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