Category Archives: Nanaimo

NANAIMO - Councillors have opted not to take any immediate action surrounding a controversial downtown resource centre, despite growing concerns from neighbours. Council formally received a letter fro...

NANAIMO - Crews are currently building a sizable independent seniors housing complex to complement a recently built neighbouring building in central Nanaimo. Parkedge Manor will be a five-storey senio...

NANAIMO - While final numbers for July and August aren't in yet, mid-Island tourism groups are calling it a "pretty strong" summer season.Brian Cant, vice president with Nanaimo non-profit 4VI, said h...

LANTZVILLE - Rising costs forced Island Health into producing new plans for a large 306-bed long-term care home on Lantzville's southern edge. As a result, the health authority acknowledged an initial...

PARKSVILLE - Crews will soon embark on bridge deck repairs on the Inland Island Hwy. between the Big Qualicum River and Englishman River crossings. Mainroad Mid-Island Contracting, which maintains reg...

NANAIMO - A B.C. Supreme Court jury trial will proceed for a man accused in a stunning central Nanaimo daytime murder.Ronald Joseph Campbell was ordered to stand trial following a preliminary inquiry ...

NANAIMO - Mid-Island animal-lovers have a chance to get their furry friend microchipped for the low price of a donation to charity. The Nanaimo and District SPCA, together with VCA Island Animal Hospi...

NANAIMO - With a clear mandate to "turn VIU around", the university's new interim president is making his first moves. Hired in June to replace Deborah Saucier, who left in early April amid calls for ...

NANAIMO - A mediator is expected to bring the two sides together in a contract dispute between Hullo Ferries and its unionized workforce. Hullo Ferries announced on the morning of Friday, Sept. 5, it ...

VANCOUVER - Environment Canada's special air-quality statements for wildfire smoke have now expanded to cover most of British Columbia, with air quality at its worst possible level in parts of the Fra...