Category Archives: Nanaimo
Racial discrimination hearing involving former City CFO postponed
NANAIMO - A lengthy delay means a BC Human Rights Tribunal complaint launched by the City of Nanaimo's former chief financial officer likely won't be heard until next summer.The City's human resources...
Oct 19, 2019 Former City of Nanaimo chief financial officer Victor Mema lodged a series of racism complaints against his former employer. (City of Nanaimo)
Unlicensed Nanaimo building contractor under fire
NANAIMO - Complaints are piling up against an unlicensed Nanaimo contractor, including from a woman outraged by an alleged botched and incomplete exterior home renovation.Jason William Coburn, owner a...
Oct 18, 2019 2-of-a-Kind Renovation is the source of numerous complaints over allegedly suspect business practices, totalling tens of thousands of dollars. (Ian Holmes/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Greens focus on international trade deals during Nanaimo-Ladysmith stop
NANAIMO - Federal Green Party leader Elizabeth May announced her government would clamp down on international trade deals that leave environmental and human rights concerns behind.May made the announc...
Oct 18, 2019 Green Party leader Elizabeth May announcing a new international trade platform for the party during a campaign stop in Nanaimo-Ladysmith. (Alex Rawnsley/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Scooter rider seriously injured after hitting vehicle in Nanaimo
NANAIMO - A man has life-threatening injures after police say the scooter he was riding rammed a vehicle on Wall St. near downtown Nanaimo.Police said the man was flown to hospital in Victoria after w...
Oct 17, 2019 A scooter rider has life-threatening injuries and was flown to hospital after an incident on Wall St. in Nanaimo on Thursday, Oct. 17. (Submitted photo)
City official says widespread road work in Harewood nearly done
NANAIMO - Numerous disruptions caused by extensive road work in Nanaimo's Harewood neighbourhood should finally be resolved in the near future.The City's manager of engineering projects Phil Stewart s...
Oct 17, 2019 Numerous road construction projects slammed Nanaimo's Harewood area this year, including utility upgrades and repaving on Lambert Ave., which the City says should be done by the end of October. (Ian Holmes/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Advocates shedding light on youth homelessness
NANAIMO - Advocates say a fundamental shift in services helping those experiencing homelessness are needed to save the most vulnerable from living on the street. Joey John Patrick Carlson, a member of...
Oct 17, 2019 Groups like the Youth Advisory Council, run by the Nanaimo Aboriginal Centre, is grappling with the overwhelming issue of youth homelessness and advocating for the most vulnerable. (Spencer Sterritt/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Internet, 911 interrupted by copper wire thefts in Oceanside region
PARKSVILLE - Thieves around Qualicum Beach and Errington were busy over the last 10 days.Oceanside RCMP reported five thefts or attempted thefts of Telus communications lines in the region.Cpl. Jesse ...
Oct 17, 2019 Thieves in Errington and Qualicum Beach have targeted telecommunication lines over the past week in a bid to collect and sell the copper inside. (Alex Rawnsley/NanaimoNewsNOW)
VIU peace garden abuzz with bee achievement
NANAIMO - A small section of Vancouver Island University's Nanaimo campus is being recognized for its impact on local biodiversity.VIU is the first "Bee Campus" in B.C., as designated by the organizat...
Oct 16, 2019 Members from the VIU peace garden educational ecosystem celebrate their bee campus designation, given to them by Bee City Canada. (Alex Rawnsley/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Missing Nanaimo man safely found in Saskatchewan
NANAIMO - The search for a missing Nanaimo man had a positive and unexpected conclusion.Local police confirmed to NanaimoNewsNOW at noon Wednesday, Oct 16 Cortney Latoski, 51, had been safely located ...
Oct 16, 2019 Eugene Touchette and numerous other regional SAR crews following the successful search for 51-year-old Cortney Latoski. (Ian Holmes/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Woman severely beaten with pipe in unprovoked downtown Nanaimo assault
NANAIMO - A woman leaving her hotel was savagely assaulted by a man wielding a pipe over the Thanksgiving weekend. Nanaimo RCMP said the 28-year-old woman had just left the Dorchester Hotel on Church ...
Oct 16, 2019 Nanaimo RCMP are appealing to the public for surveillance or dash cam footage from Saturday, Oct. 12 of a woman being severely beaten with a pipe. (File photo/Nanaimo RCMP)