Category Archives: Nanaimo
VIDEO: Nanaimo Airport unveils $14M expansion
NANAIMO - The ever-growing Nanaimo Airport now has vastly expanded security screening capacity and a large new lounge for passengers waiting to take off. Airport staff unveiled the large new lounge an...
Feb 28, 2020 The new Nanaimo Airport lounge can fit twice as many people and expaned security means lines are shorter. (Spencer Sterritt/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Wounded Warriors arrive in Nanaimo to share positive message
NANAIMO - A local runner taking part in the Wounded Warrior run knows how devastating post-traumatic stress disorder can be. Paramedic Mark Blachuras took roughly a month off work around this time in ...
Feb 28, 2020 Wounded Warriors Steve Deschamps (left), Mark Blachuras (centre) and Jackie Cummings on the road leaving Nanaimo in the 2019 run. (submitted/John W. Penner)
City approved record volume of residential development in Nanaimo in 2019
NANAIMO - The numbers are in and Nanaimo officially gave the go-ahead on more construction projects by value in 2019 than any other year previous.Over $445 million worth of residential development was...
Feb 27, 2020 A major residential construction project on Uplands Dr. was the crown jewel in a record year for the City of Nanaimo's development permit approval office. (Alex Rawnsley/NanaimoNewsNOW)
VIDEO: Area students face off in challenging skills and trades competitions
NANAIMO - Hundreds of elementary and high school students pushed their skills to the limit in a wide variety of competitions. Roughly 500 students from Nanaimo, Ladysmith, Duncan and Powell River desc...
Feb 27, 2020 Robotics was one of many skills on display as area high school students competed at SkillsBC competitions at VIU on Thursday, Feb. 27. (Alex Rawnsley/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Province spending $200,000 for one-day overdose and emergency response conference in Nanaimo
NANAIMO - Teams from all over B.C. directly responsible for tackling the ongoing overdose crisis will meet in the harbour city. Members from each of the 35 community actions teams across B.C. will att...
Feb 27, 2020 Members of the 35 community action teams across B.C. will meet in Nanaimo to share their experiences. (File photo/The Canadian Press)
Woman jailed for vehicle break-ins, identity theft in Nanaimo
NANAIMO - A law-abiding woman until her late 30's who became consumed by a life of drugs and crime is off to jail for the next four months.Michelle Jessica McCallum, 42, pleaded guilty and was sentenc...
Feb 26, 2020 Michelle Jessica McCallum, 42, pleaded guilty to five charges and was sentenced for breaking into vehicles in Nanaimo and stealing ID. (Ian Holmes/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Kindness, not pink shirts, will help erase bullying: student advocates
NANAIMO - A board in the foyer of John Barsby Secondary School specifically used for Pink Shirt Day was barely used. Only a handful of students on Wednesday, Feb. 26 had written nice things on it, in ...
Feb 26, 2020 Students pledged many things on Pink Shirt Day, but advocates say much more is needed than token words of support. (Spencer Sterritt/NanaimoNewsNOW)
'That would qualify as a price war:' Nanaimo gas stations trade pricing blows
NANAIMO - Several area gas stations are duking it out ahead of the busy summer driving season, with motorists being the real winners.Gas prices for Nanaimo have dropped steadily since the Family Day l...
Feb 26, 2020 Two stations along Wakesiah Ave. in Nanaimo on Sunday, Feb. 23 show a nine cent per litre price difference. (Alex Rawnsley/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Early parole hearing denied for convicted Nanaimo murderer
NANAIMO - A BC Supreme Court judge ruled "persistent serious character concerns" prevent a convicted murderer from an early parole hearing.Kelvin Kingsbury Purdy, 51, presented his case before Justice...
Feb 25, 2020 Kelvin Kingsbury Purdy's application for an early parole hearing was denied by a B.C. Supreme Court judge. Purdy continues denying the fatal stabbing ambush of his estranged wife Denis Purdy, on Dec. 12, 2003 in north Nanaimo. (CHEK News)
Lantzville residents tee off on proposed changes to secondary suites, traffic volumes
LANTZVILLE - Interest in sweeping land zoning changes proposed in Lantzville is so high a public hearing had to be moved to accommodate large crowds.Public opposition to the bylaw featuring efforts to...
Feb 25, 2020 Speaker after speaker addressed Lantzville Council with concerns regarding potential new zoning rules. Council postopned voting on third reading of Zoning Bylaw 180 until March 9. (Ian Holmes/NanaimoNewsNOW)