Category Archives: Nanaimo
Occupants safe as fire destroys north Nanaimo home
NANAIMO - While a north Nanaimo home was destroyed by fire, the occupants managed to escape serious injury. Nanaimo Fire Rescue crews were called to rural Burma Rd. home off Lost Lake Rd. shortly afte...
Oct 30, 2019 A home along Burma Road in north Nanaimo has been destroyed after a fire broke out shortly after 12 p.m. on Wednesday Oct. 30. (Alex Rawnsley/NanaimoNewsNOW)
One dead following single vehicle crash on Yellow Point Road
NANAIMO - A man in his thirties died in a single -vehicle rollover on Yellow Point Rd. in rural Ladysmith.The North Oyster Volunteer Fire Dept (NOVFD) attended the scene shortly before 5 p.m Tuesday a...
Oct 30, 2019 A single vehicle incident along Yellow Point Road has claimed the life of a man in his 30's and sent a female in the vehicle to hospital. (Google StreetView)
B.C. school trustees call for help to curtail rising youth vaping rates
NANAIMO - BC school trustees are calling for senior government help to fight rising vaping rates among students across the province.BC School Trustee Assn. President Stephanie Higginson said there was...
Oct 30, 2019 Increased senior government support to fight various forms of vaping in BC's schools was a hot topic of discussion at a recent BC School Trustees provincial council meeting. (FreePik.com)
City advances plans for East Wellington Park; wildlife viewing & raised trail among possibilities
NANAIMO - Options are being narrowed on what a proposed new 30-acre park bordering the Millstone River will look like.Council endorsed several draft concepts for East Wellington Park, setting the stag...
Oct 29, 2019 East Wellington Park features 30 acres of meadow-like wetland buffered by trees and the Millstone River. (City of Nanaimo)
Longest Nanaimo SAR volunteer honoured for his committment, dedication and passion
NANAIMO - The longest serving member of Nanaimo Search and Rescue was recognized for his lifetime commitment to helping others. Ken Duncan received the high honour of a Commanding Officer's Commendati...
Oct 28, 2019 Nanaimo Search and Rescue's longest volunteer Ken Duncan with his award from the Nanaimo RCMP. (submitted/Carly Trobridge)
Brief wind storm paints bigger picture of Nanaimo-area readiness for BC Hydro
NANAIMO - With wind gusts exceeding 80 kilometers per hour last week, Nanaimo and its infrastructure passed its first test ahead of the winter months.The region's power grid was watched closely as dow...
Oct 28, 2019 Wind speeds over 30 km/h, gusting to 80 km/h meant the region's infrastructure got its first durability test ahead of the winter storm months (Vancouver Island Weather Enthusiasts Facebook)
Conservation officers relying on fines to help keep bears at bay
NANAIMO - Conservation officers are vowing to fine people who don't do their part limiting human-bear conflicts in the Nanaimo and Oceanside regions.Ministry of Environment data supplied to NanaimoNew...
Oct 25, 2019 Conservation officers respond to a bear call in Port Alberni on Thursday, Oct. 24. (Stuart Bates)
Bright gear being handed out to combat darker days
NANAIMO - Police are once again doing what they can to hammer home a critical message during the shorter, darker days as winter approaches.Reflective arm bands and zipper pulls will be handed out at W...
Oct 25, 2019 Volunteers with the Nanaimo RCMP Community Policing Section will hand out reflective gear on Saturday, Oct. 26 at Woodgrove Shopping Centre. (Nanaimo RCMP)
Oceanside groups land nearly $70K from successful Parksville Beach Fest
PARKSVILLE - Philanthropic organizations in the Oceanside region are being handsomely rewarded for the generosity over the summer. Twenty-five not-for-profit groups who volunteered as greeters at the ...
Oct 25, 2019 Organizers of the Parksville Beach Festival were all smiles when presenting the biggest donation cheque in the events history. (Parksville Beach Festival Society/Facebook)
Obsessed man sentenced for relentless harassment of Nanaimo woman
NANAIMO - A man who wouldn't take no for an answer will spend 18-months on probation for relentlessly harassing a Nanaimo woman with hundreds of phone calls and messages.Jared William Brown, 29, of Vi...
Oct 24, 2019 29-year-old Jared William Brown was warned numerous times to leave a Nanaimo woman alone, who he obsessed over. (NanaimoNews file photo)