Category Archives: Nanaimo
Grant money hoped to help growing 'bike gangs' around Nanaimo elementary school
NANAIMO - It's being described as "a happy problem" to have, with the City and School District 68 partnering up to solve it.A grant application is in with the B.C. Alliance for Health Living Society's...
Feb 26, 2024
90-year-old woman killed in apparent Cedar hit and run
NANAIMO - Local Mounties are searching for a driver and vehicle believed responsible for a fatal hit and run. Police were called to the 2800 block of Cedar Rd. near Bennie Rd. in south Cedar around 8:...
Feb 25, 2024
Free mid-Island income tax filing service ramps up for another year
NANAIMO - Dedicated volunteers are getting prepared to ease tax time anxiety for those requiring additional support.Provided by Volunteer Nanaimo since the late 1990's, people on low and fixed incomes...
Feb 25, 2024
Truck found, but search continues in Nanoose for missing woman
NANAIMO - Search efforts continue to try and find a missing Errington woman. Oceanside RCMP and Arrowsmith Search and Rescue continue leading the effort to locate 45-year-old Sara Sherry who hasn't be...
Feb 24, 2024
Coldest Night of the Year looking to set new donation records for Nanaimo & Oceanside
NANAIMO - The biggest fundraiser for the Island Crisis Care Society (ICCS) is back this weekend, and it's never too late to add your support.After receiving record-breaking donations in 2023, the annu...
Feb 24, 2024
'Probably not the highest price we're going to pay:' refinery repairs adding to gas pump pain
NANAIMO - Mid-Island motorists might have noticed the slow increase in gas prices this week, and experts say it hasn't peaked yet.Oil refinery repairs in Washington state and the recent temporary clos...
Feb 23, 2024
Ladysmith RCMP look for witnesses after shots fired
LADYSMITH - Police in Ladysmith are turning to the public for answers following an early morning shooting.It happened on Sunday, Feb. 18, where a parked unoccupied vehicle outside a home was shot at o...
Feb 23, 2024
'It's definitely precedent setting:' commercial prawn operator fined $250K
NANAIMO - Prawning in an environmentally sensitive area off the lower Sunshine Coast resulted in a heavy fine and fishing gear seizure against a Delta man. A recent provincial court sentencing hearing...
Feb 23, 2024
Non-market workforce housing proposed in Parksville
PARKSVILLE - A local non-profit organization intends to build a 36-unit apartment-style building on the city's southern edge. Members of Parksville Lions Housing Society outlined its plans earmarked f...
Feb 23, 2024
'Kids have an innate curiosity:' Nanaimo Science taking over Country Club Centre
NANAIMO - An ever-expanding showcase of science and the world around us is taking over a local shopping centre.'Science Sunday' runs at Country Club Centre on Sunday, Feb. 25 from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., f...
Feb 22, 2024