Category Archives: Nanaimo
Departing Nanaimo 7-10 club chef leaving huge pots and pans to fill
NANAIMO - After two years of feeding hundreds of people daily, Linda MacDonald needs a break. The Nanaimo 7-10 Club announced her pending departure as chef and kitchen manager of the meal service on W...
Mar 08, 2020 Linda MacDonald (right) is set to leave her post as chef for Nanaimo's 7-10 Club at the end of March. (submitted/Linda MacDonald)
End of an era: 104-year-old Extension School south of Nanaimo torn down
NANAIMO - A long-closed historic two-room school in the small community of Extension just south of Nanaimo has been flattened and removed.Nanaimo Ladysmith Public Schools director of communications Da...
Mar 07, 2020 Extension School no longer occupies a small rural lot just off Extension Rd. south of Nanaimo. The tiny two-room school was recently demolished. (Ian Holmes & Alex Rawnsley/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Nanaimo mayor, council crushed by powerful fifth grade challenge
NANAIMO - A power-themed challenge proved decisively that Nanaimo's mayor and council may not be smarter than fifth graders.BC Hydro's community education team presented an energy conservation lesson ...
Mar 06, 2020 Nanaimo's Mayor Leonard Krog stares down the barrel of another correct answer in a power-themed quiz from a Grade 5 student at Departure Bay elementary school on Friday, Mar. 6. (Alex Rawnsley/NanaimoNewsNOW)
'Real change is required:' strategy for Indigenous criminal justice revealed
NANAIMO - A new strategy to reduce the number of Indigenous people caught in the justice system has been unveiled. Douglas White lll Kwul'a'sul'tun, chair of the BC First Nations Justice Council and S...
Mar 06, 2020 Doug White, chair of the BC First Nations Justice Council, announcing a way to create a just justice system. (Spencer Sterritt/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Ladysmith extends boil water advisory for town, surrounding area
LADYSMITH - Officials at the Town of Ladysmith are blaming an unintended release of water for increased levels of turbidity in the town's water supply.A boil water advisory was issued Thursday, Mar. 5...
Mar 06, 2020 Residents in Ladysmith and the surrounding area are under a boil water advisory due to higher than normal turbidity levels. (Freepik)
'Risk still remains very low in our communities:' officials caution against Nanaimo coronavirus panic
NANAIMO - In the wake of eight more confirmed cases of COVID-19 in B.C., provincial health officials are urging caution and measured reactions to a growing global health concern.All the new cases in t...
Mar 06, 2020 The toilet paper aisle at a Nanaimo grocery store is nearly bare as panic over COVID-19 forces people into stockpiling supplies. (Alex Rawnsley/NanaimoNewsNOW)
First female skipper in 30 years takes to the waters between Nanaimo and Protection Island
NANAIMO - There's someone new at the helm of the ferry from Protection Island to Nanaimo.Life-long boater Kimberly Kelly's first official trip for the Protection Island Ferry Service shuttling people ...
Mar 05, 2020 Kimberly Kelly is the first woman at the helm of the ferry from Protection Island and Nanaimo. (submitted/Kimberly Kelly)
Nanaimo lands West Coast League baseball team for 2021 season
NANAIMO - Some of baseball's top prospects will hone their skills at Serauxmen Stadium in Nanaimo.A West Coast League franchise to begin play in late June, 2021 was made official during a news confere...
Mar 05, 2020 Serauxmen stadium is set to host a Nanaimo-based West Coast League team beginning in 2021, partnering with the Victoria HarbourCats. (Ian Holmes/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Third annual march in Nanaimo to celebrate International Women's Day
NANAIMO - The third annual women's march in Nanaimo hopes to broaden the number of voices being heard. Co-organizer Melissa Stephens told NanaimoNewsNOW the event on Sunday, March 8 was moved from it'...
Mar 05, 2020 Everyone is encouraged to make their own signs and show up rain or shine at the Lion's Pavilion in Maffeo Sutton Park on Sunday, March 8. (Spencer Sterritt/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Coronavirus could lead to 'possible cancellations' for Nanaimo-Ladysmith school trips abroad
NANAIMO - An emerging global health crisis could impact several upcoming international trips arranged through Nanaimo Ladysmith Public Schools.Dale Burgos, communications director for SD 68, said whil...
Mar 04, 2020 Nanaimo Ladysmith Public Schools (SD 68) is examining the status of several international trips amid the spreading coronavirus. (Ian Holmes/NanaimoNewsNOW)