Category Archives: Nanaimo
City provides update on long-envisioned south downtown Nanaimo waterfront plans
NANAIMO - More than a decade after purchasing an unsightly waterfront lot, the City of Nanaimo believes extensive preparatory work will help unlock its potential, but it's not clear when. Nearly 27 ac...
Feb 14, 2024
Low snowpack levels not a predictor of bad Island fire season: Coastal Fire Centre
NANAIMO - Despite a snow pack measured at roughly one third of what it typically is this time of year, regional fire crews aren't concerned...yet.As rain deficits increase with each passing month, and...
Feb 14, 2024
'Blew fundraising goals away:' millions donated for new equipment at Nanaimo hospital
NANAIMO - State-of-the-art equipment is coming to Nanaimo Regional General Hospital (NRGH) sooner than expected, thanks to a record-breaking donation. The Windsor Plywood Foundation recently donated $...
Feb 14, 2024
Revised road scoring system to adjust Nanaimo school zones
NANAIMO - The City is looking for better consistency and a more data-driven approach in determining where school zones are placed and managed.Councillors supported a new school zone policy at the comm...
Feb 13, 2024
Pedestrian in critical condition after being hit by F-350 in Qualicum Beach
QUALICUM BEACH - A 75-year-old local resident remains hospitalized in critical condition after being hit by a truck. Oceanside RCMP said the senior pedestrian was crossing in the controlled intersecti...
Feb 13, 2024
'That's not going to last:' high river flows in Nanaimo region doing little to ease water concerns
NANAIMO - While it's still early in the year, preparations are already underway for another spring and summer of drought conditions. According to the BC River Forecast Centre, Vancouver Island current...
Feb 13, 2024
Nanaimo Council scraps second AAP for Operations Centre, project on hold
NANAIMO - It's back to square one for the City and funding of the Nanaimo Operations Centre (NOC). Councillors voted unanimously in favour on Monday, Feb. 12 to cancel a second alternative approval pr...
Feb 12, 2024
Self-defence argument made in Nanaimo woman's first degree murder trial
Editor's Note: The following story contains graphic details of violence. Reader discretion is advised. VANCOUVER - Stating his client faced mounting abuse from her ex-boyfriend, the lawyer of accused ...
Feb 12, 2024
First-degree murder charge laid in Courtenay fatal hit and run
COURTENAY - A man with no prior criminal record now faces first-degree murder following a fatal hit and run. Steven Henry Squires was formally charged over the weekend with first-degree murder, as wel...
Feb 12, 2024
Construction starts on seniors' housing in Nanaimo's Old City Quarter
NANAIMO - Several years after a contested housing proposal was voted down, construction has begun to erect a 145-unit seniors' housing project.Located at 388 Machleary St. where the former Malaspina G...
Feb 12, 2024