Category Archives: Nanaimo
Community space helping seniors battle isolation to close after more than 3 years
NANAIMO - A safe space for Nanaimo seniors to make friends and build a community will soon be closed. Seniors Connect will formally finish at the end of November after federal funding granted in 2016 ...
Nov 8, 2019 Nanaimo Family Life Association board president Carol Evans thanking volunteers for their years of hard work and effort to provide a community for seniors. (submitted/Sacia Burton)
3 notable multi-family apartment projects endorsed as building boom continues
NANAIMO - Housing density in Nanaimo is slated to get a further boost following public hearings for three multi-family developments.One hundred and sixty seven housing units in south Nanaimo and off R...
Nov 8, 2019 An artist rendering of two buildings near the south downtown Nanaimo waterfront awaiting final adoption from City Council. The neighbouring projects on Fry and Esplanade St. passed third reading after a public hearing on Thursday, Nov. 7. (City of Nanaimo)
Intermittent sentence from Nanaimo judge fails, prolific offender accused of additional serious crime
NANAIMO - A hardened criminal granted an intermittent jail sentence allegedly failed to return to jail after serving just one week of his remaining 82-days behind bars.Not only is Christopher James Mi...
Nov 7, 2019 Legal troubles for chronic offender Christopher Mitchell are far from over. He's accused of committing crimes in Campbell River just one week into an intermittent jail sentence. He allegedly failed to return to the Nanaimo Correctional Centre on Oct. 9, a few weeks before being accused of crimes on the north island. (Facebook)
Youth come together to learn Indigenous culture and share histories
NANAIMO - A day spent making friends and steeping themselves in culture is hoped to help foster a community focused on reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities. Roughly 150 you...
Nov 7, 2019 Roughly 150 Indigenous youth took part in a drum circle and various workshops to come together and learn history and life lessons from one another. (submitted/Ruby Barclay)
Nanaimo Mountie finds and restores stolen bike
NANAIMO - A sharp-eyed and generous Nanaimo Mountie ended months of disappointment for a 12-year-old boy missing his stolen bike.Police say Cameryn White was left devastated when his bike was swiped f...
Nov 7, 2019 Cameryn White had a pleasant surprise recently from Nanaimo RCMP Cst. Mark Long. He found White's stolen bike and paid to restore it. (submitted/Nanaimo RCMP)
Nanaimo man awaits punishment in chilling animal torture case
- Editors note: this story contains content that may not be suitable for some readersNANAIMO - A disturbing animal cruelty case played out in court involving a troubled, drug addicted man who violentl...
Nov 6, 2019 Kevin Gartner savagely beat up a rabbit, which was caught on surveillance video outside the Vancouver Island Military Museum on May 2, 2018. He's awaiting his punishment after pleading guilty to three offences. (Ian Holmes/NanaimoNewsNOW)
'It has saved my life:' Nanaimo senior strongly supports getting annual flu shot
NANAIMO - While her days holding court in the classroom have long past, a retired teacher made a point to preach the importance of getting an annual flu shot.Phyliss Scott-Feigel, 91, credited her lon...
Nov 5, 2019 91-year-old Phyliss Scott-Feigel religiously gets a flu shot every year. Health officials estimate the flu causes roughly 4,000 deaths across Canada every year. It's anticipated roughly 35 per cent of Vancouver Island's population will get a flu shot this winter. (Ian Holmes/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Major Front St. revamp fast tracked for 2020
NANAIMO - A significant project revamping Front St. in downtown Nanaimo is going ahead a year faster than anticipated. The project, now beginning in 2020, will bring Front St. down to two lanes instea...
Nov 5, 2019 Front St. in downtown Nanaimo is being redesigned by City staff to include a bi-directional cycle lane and repositioned street parking. (Google Earth)
"It's important to recognize how far we've come:" Nanaimo council celebrates first anniversary
NANAIMO - Twelve months into a four year term, Nanaimo City Council is celebrating a new era of local politics.Following a tumultuous period that regularly saw council disfunction in the spotlight, th...
Nov 5, 2019 Nanaimo council has spent the first of its four years in office regaining the trust of city officials and Nanaimo residents. (Alex Rawnsley/NanaimoNewsNOW)
$1,200 of Girl Guide cookies donated to Nanaimo food bank
NANAIMO - Someone in Nanaimo has a sweet tooth for good deeds. An anonymous donor bought $1,200 worth of Girl Guide cookies and asked the treats be donated to charity. Girl Guides leader Sarah Pachkow...
Nov 5, 2019 The Cedar Sparks, youngest of the Girl Guides in the Nanaimo Arbutus District, giving $1,200 worth of Girl Guide cookies to the Loaves and Fishes food bank. (submitted/Sarah Pachkowsky)