Category Archives: Nanaimo
'They're the future of nations:' $3M announced to help Indigenous students learn
NANAIMO - New funding to boost Indigenous education in B.C. Education minister Rob Fleming visited Nanaimo District Secondary School to announce $3 million of provincial funding to create Local Educat...
Jun 07, 2019
Garbage truck repairs cause pickup delays around Nanaimo
NANAIMO - A pair of garbage trucks going down at the same time has left bins out and waiting along the curb.David Thompson, manager of sanitation, recycling and public works with the City of Nanaimo, ...
Jun 06, 2019 Garbage and recycling bins line many Nanaimo streets due to malfunction issues in a pair of collection trucks. (Ian Holmes/NanaimoNewsNOW)
'It's a game-changer:' long awaited Nanoose First Nation service station opens
LANTZVILLE - A much-anticipated service station on Hwy. 19 north of Nanaimo represents the beginning of further economic opportunities for Nanoose First Nation.A strategically placed gas station and c...
Jun 06, 2019 A brand new Nanoose First Nation owned and operated service station was a long-term strategic goal for the band. It took its first customers on Wednesday. (Ian Holmes/NanaimoNewsNOW)
First part of cystic fibrosis awareness run finishes in Nanaimo
NANAIMO - Phase one of an attempt to finish what Terry Fox started by running along the Trans Canada Trail came to a successful end in Nanaimo. Kalea Mullett ran for eight days from Victoria to Nanaim...
Jun 05, 2019 Kalea Mullett (left) with her travel companion Mark and family after finishing phase one of her cross-Canada trip raising awareness about cystic fibrosis. (Spencer Sterritt/NanaimoNewsNOW Staff)
Mid-day Qualicum Beach robbery leaves employees shaken
QUALICUM BEACH -A brazen robbery has left staff at a Qualicum Beach grocer shaken.The owner of Stop & Shop said a masked man entered the store shortly before 11:30 Wednesday morning. The owners so...
Jun 05, 2019 Video surveillance captured this man robbing the Stop & Shop in Qualicum Beach Wednesday morning. (submitted)
'We stand in solidarity:' large crowd kicks off Nanaimo Pride Week
NANAIMO - One of the largest crowds in the history of the event watched the Pride flag rise to fly high above the city. The upper parking lot of City Hall just off downtown Nanaimo was filled with peo...
Jun 04, 2019 The Pride Week flag hangs high at City Hall until June 9. (Spencer Sterritt/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Nanaimo's Josh Burgmann drafted by Chicago Cubs
NANAIMO - The Chicago Cubs drafted a pitcher from the harbour city in the fifth round of the Major League Baseball draft.Right-hander Josh Burgmann, 21, of the Washington State Huskies was picked 162n...
Jun 04, 2019 Josh Burgmann of Nanaimo is now property of the Chicago Cubs. The starting pitcher was selected 162nd overall on Tuesday, June 4. (Washington State Huskies)
Gun used in Nanoose Bay liquor store robbery
NANOOSE BAY - A man armed with a gun robbed the Arlington Inn Beer and Wine Store in Nanoose Bay.Oceanside RCMP say a masked man entered the store around 5:30 p.m. Monday, June 3 and held up a gun thr...
Jun 04, 2019 Oceanside RCMP say a suspect used a gun to rob the Arlington Inn Beer and Wine Store on Monday, June 3 at about 5:30 p.m. (Google)
Nanaimo RCMP calling for witnesses after sexual assaults on Bowen Rd.
NANAIMO - Police are searching for witnesses after two women were sexually assaulted by the same man on a busy stretch of Bowen Rd. Cst. Gary O'Brien said the separate incidents happened on Bowen Rd. ...
Jun 04, 2019 Nanaimo RCMP are looking for witnesses or possible victims of a man running along Bowen Rd. and accosting women. (File photo)
Heat trend expected to continue in Nanaimo area after scorching, dry May
NANAIMO - There's every indication Nanaimo is in for another long, hot summer. Environment Canada meteorologist Matt MacDonald told NanaimoNewsNOW May was the fifth month in a row locally which was si...
Jun 04, 2019 It was 2.5 C warmer than usual in May in Nanaimo, while only a third of the average amount of rain fell. (Ian Holmes/NanaimoNewsNOW)