Category Archives: Nanaimo

NANAIMO - A significant lightning storm has sparked a handful of new, very small, wildfires up the spine of Vancouver Island. A severe thunderstorm warning was issued for parts of west and central Van...

NANAIMO - Contractors, trade workers and their suppliers now have an easier way than ever to find new life for their excess construction material, instead of throwing it away.Nanaimo's Habitat for Hum...

NANAIMO - Following the implementation of loosened assured loading requirements and a financial sweetener from BC Ferries, a human rights complaint against the company has been tossed. Previously sche...

NANAIMO - It's a day of mourning and honouring those lost, while urging compassion, patience, and proper care for those still battling addiction. Sunday, Aug. 31, marks International Overdose Awarenes...

NANAIMO - It's poised to be one of the busiest weekends of the year on board local ferries.The Labour Day long weekend marks the end to the summer holiday season, seeing families return home ahead of ...

NANAIMO - While creating new catchment boundaries feeding into Rutherford Elementary School was a contentious task, many more students than initially thought will attend the north end school. Closed s...

NANAIMO - For one last time this summer, downtown's Commercial St. will come alive on a Thursday night. The year's final Commercial Street Night Market, hosted by the Greater Nanaimo Chamber of Commer...

NANAIMO - A local man has been spared additional jail time after pleading guilty to shooting a trespasser with rubber bullets on New Year's Day last year. Jeffrey Andrew Benvin, 49, was given a Condit...

NANAIMO - It wasn't by much, but the mid-Island just experienced its hottest Aug. 26 on record. Preliminary data from Environment Canada showed monitoring stations at both the Nanaimo and Qualicum Bea...

NANAIMO - The final long weekend of the summer season is approaching. High volumes of traffic on area highways and ferries are expected beginning later this week and extending into Labour Day on Monda...