Nanaimo

'Get a reservation if you can:' BC Ferries bracing for busy holiday travel

NANAIMO - Friday marks the start of the busy holiday rush for BC Ferries.Over 475,000 vehicles and 990,000 passengers are expected to travel on board a ferry across the company's network over the holi...

Dec 20, 2024

Man secretly snapped pictures of woman changing in Parksville store

NANAIMO - A repeat sex offender who endured a severely challenged early childhood received a non-custodial sentence following a sinister crime of opportunity. Joel Perry, 39, took pictures of a woman ...

Alex Rawnsley Dec 20, 2024

'Bring people in, stabilize them:' new Nanaimo drop-in centre preparing for January opening

NANAIMO - A new year-round warming and cooling centre is seen as a step forward in recovery and connection for those living on local streets.A new partnership involving financial backing from the City...

Alex Rawnsley Dec 19, 2024

Top Stories of 2024: Deadly year on Nanaimo and Oceanside roads

NANAIMO - A pair of high-profile, and presently unsolved hit-and-runs highlighted the potential dangers of rural roads this year.Police continue investigating a pair of crashes which led to the deaths...

Dec 19, 2024

Nanaimo students pull off large care package collection effort

NANAIMO - An elementary school gym transformed into a packaging assembly line to help those in the region in need of a boost over the winter holidays. Hosted by cole Hammond Bay Elementary School, 450...

Dec 19, 2024

Late rally saves Nanaimo-based Late-French Immersion program

NANAIMO - Thanks to a last-minute push by parents and students, Late-French Immersion (LFI) programming at Nanaimo Ladysmith Public Schools (SD68) has been saved, for now.The SD68 board of trustees de...

Alex Rawnsley Dec 19, 2024

Nanaimo Fire Rescue enhances skills to combat interface fires

NANAIMO - Climate change has Nanaimo Fire Rescue (NFR) officials paying closer attention to increasingly volatile forest fire behaviour. Following online courses taken by about 80 NFR members, four da...

Daryl Major Dec 19, 2024

New year-round warming & cooling centre opening in Nanaimo

NANAIMO - After years of community calls for action, a new City-funded warming and cooling centre is opening in the city.Announced Wednesday, Dec. 18, the same day a lease was signed, and to open Jan....

Dec 18, 2024

'Transformative for the downtown:' 162-unit rental housing complex approved in Nanaimo

NANAIMO - A so-called "second kick at the can" for a major rental housing development in the city's downtown core has been given the green light.For the second time in just under two years, Nanaimo Ci...

Alex Rawnsley Dec 18, 2024

Oceanside RCMP arrest man after Nanoose break and enter, investigating six others

PARKSVILLE - A 40-year-old man of no fixed address remains in police custody, charged with one break and enter and being investigated for any links to several others.Timothy Joseph Dafoe was allegedly...

Dec 18, 2024