Category Archives: Nanaimo

NANAIMO - Don Hubbard elected to spend most of the last 60 years helping his community behind the scenes. Now he’s taking a step into the spotlight. Hubbard announced his intention to run for ma...

NANAIMO - The homeless population in Nanaimo nearly doubled over the last two years, a recent survey showed. Data supplied to NanaimoNewsNOW by Andrew Thornton, point-in-time homeless count coordinato...

NANAIMO - A Nanaimo restaurant which sat vacant for several years is now the shell of its former self after a fire tore through inside. Nanaimo Fire Rescue was called to the old Nauticals seafood rest...

NANAIMO - Firefighters from Vancouver Island are on-route to help out their brothers in Central and Southern B.C. Jon Wilson, manager of emergency services for the Regional District of Nanaimo, said t...

NANAIMO - An elevated fire threat has led to the closure of a pair of popular Regional District of Nanaimo (RDN) trails. A 21 kilometre section of the Trans Canada Trail between the Haslam Creek Suspe...

NANAIMO - RCMP are searching for a man accused of trying to grab an 11-year-old girl. Cst. Gary O’Brien told NanaimoNewsNOW the girl was walking along a trail near Camcrest Park on Sunday, July ...

NANAIMO - In the Silly Boat Regatta, it’s less about who wins and more about who looks the best doing it. There will be 38 boats in the water at Maffeo Sutton Park on Sunday, racing to a buoy an...

NANAIMO - For Audrey Findlay and her family, a better living situation is only a few weeks away. They received the keys to their new Habitat for Humanity home on Thursday and they’ll move into t...

NANAIMO - A “brazen” shooting in Nanaimo has left one man dead. Nanaimo RCMP Cst. Gary O’Brien said the incident happened in the lobby of the Howard Johnson Hotel at 3:20 a.m. this m...

NANAIMO - With the provincial election only three weeks away, mid-island candidates will put their policies on display Tuesday night. The Nanaimo District Teachers’ Association (NDTA) is hosting...