Category Archives: Nanaimo
New Nanaimo program helping curb high youth crime rates
NANAIMO - A special 12-week program is helping volatile Nanaimo youth open up, better themselves and comprehend the damaging consequences of their violent actions. The Real Talk program is run through...
Nov 22, 2019 The Real Talk program works to bring down barriers to youth crime and create an open and emotionally frank space for young men to talk. (Shutterstock)
Challenging market fast-tracks forestry company's winter closure
NANAIMO - Vancouver Island's battered forestry sector has been dealt another blow.Mosaic Forest Management announced their operations are shutting down ahead of its usual winter closure due to what th...
Nov 22, 2019 Mosaic Forest Management announced it's shutting down for the winter break earlier than usual due to challenging market conditions. (Mosaic Forest Management)
Nanaimo's juvenile violent crime rate rises, far exceeds similar cities
NANAIMO - Area youth are increasingly being left adrift and alone in a negative world, which leads to them entering a world of crime. The recently unveiled Vital Signs report, which collects and prese...
Nov 21, 2019 Nanaimo's juvenile violent crime rate is significantly higher than other similar demographics.
Gas thieves cause sizeable fuel leak at Nanoose golf course
NANOOSE BAY - Thieves who syphoned gas from a fuel container at Fairwinds Golf club caused a significant environmental situation.In the overnight hours of Wednesday, Nov. 20, locks were broken off a f...
Nov 21, 2019 Around 400 litres of gasoline has seeped into drains and waterways at Fairwinds Golf Club following an overnight syphoning of fuel by thieves. (Alex Rawnsley/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Overwhelming child porn stash one of largest seen by Nanaimo RCMP
NANAIMO - A man with no prior criminal record is being sentenced in a shocking child porn case involving more than 200,000 images and videos.Aaron Micheil Macrae, 35, pleaded guilty to possessing and ...
Nov 21, 2019 Aaron Macrae outside his sentencing hearing in Nanaimo on Thursday, Nov. 21. (CTV Vancouver Island)
Charges potentially coming against four arrested in Cedar for shots fired call
NANAIMO - Charges could be laid against four people arrested and then released after a firearms incident in Cedar. A substantial police presence responded to calls of shots fired in Cedar off Raines R...
Nov 21, 2019 A heavy Nanaimo RCMP presence in Cedar on Wednesday afternoon found four people possibly connected with the shooting of a firearm. (File photo/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Oceanside region bracing for pending senior tsunami
PARKSVILLE - Oceanside is preparing for a massive influx of senior citizens over the next twenty years.A local area profile conducted by Island Health showed approximately 7,500 residents over 75 year...
Nov 20, 2019 Oceanside is readying supports and services for a seniors population that is projected to double in the next twenty years (Island Health)
Nanaimo kettle campaign kicks off with $550,000 goal
NANAIMO - A staple of the holiday season has returned. The annual Salvation Army kettle campaign kicked off Wednesday, Nov. 20 with a luncheon. Starting Friday, hundreds of volunteers will be on stree...
Nov 20, 2019 The Nanaimo Salvation Army hopes their kettles will be full this year to reach a $550,000 goal. (Spencer Sterritt/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Strike-impacted forestry workers thrown a lifeline
ERRINGTON - The impact of a nearly five-month long strike between Western Forest Products and United Steelworkers Local 1-1937 is being temporarily relieved for some local forestry workers.They've bee...
Nov 19, 2019 An 80-acre lot in Errington is providing unexpected work opportunities for contractors impacted by the ongoing strike between WFP and USW. (Ron Chiovetti)
Participating versus witnessing a key factor in religious court battle over smudging in classrooms
NANAIMO - What constitutes taking part in or merely watching an activity is one of the main questions running through an important court case unfolding in a Nanaimo courtroom this week.The matter was ...
Nov 19, 2019 The court case around smudging being heard at the Supreme Court of B.C. in Nanaimo could have major repercussions for reconciliation efforts in the province. (File photo/NanaimoNewsNOW)