Nanaimo

'More years of loss:' International Overdose Awareness Day honours lives lost on the mid-Island

NANAIMO - It's a day of mourning and honouring those lost, while urging compassion, patience, and proper care for those still battling addiction. Sunday, Aug. 31, marks International Overdose Awarenes...

Alex Rawnsley Aug 29, 2025

Some reservations still available for Nanaimo travellers over Labour Day long weekend

NANAIMO - It's poised to be one of the busiest weekends of the year on board local ferries.The Labour Day long weekend marks the end to the summer holiday season, seeing families return home ahead of ...

Aug 29, 2025

Nanaimo's Rutherford school population far surpasses expectations

NANAIMO - While creating new catchment boundaries feeding into Rutherford Elementary School was a contentious task, many more students than initially thought will attend the north end school. Closed s...

Alex Rawnsley Aug 29, 2025

Final downtown Nanaimo Night Market caps summer of uncertainty, change & opportunity

NANAIMO - For one last time this summer, downtown's Commercial St. will come alive on a Thursday night. The year's final Commercial Street Night Market, hosted by the Greater Nanaimo Chamber of Commer...

Daryl Major Aug 28, 2025

'I'm sorry this happened:' Nanaimo man avoids further jail time for shooting trespasser

NANAIMO - A local man has been spared additional jail time after pleading guilty to shooting a trespasser with rubber bullets on New Year's Day last year. Jeffrey Andrew Benvin, 49, was given a Condit...

Alex Rawnsley Aug 27, 2025

Nanaimo & Oceanside narrowly set new temperature records amid August heat wave

NANAIMO - It wasn't by much, but the mid-Island just experienced its hottest Aug. 26 on record. Preliminary data from Environment Canada showed monitoring stations at both the Nanaimo and Qualicum Bea...

Alex Rawnsley Aug 27, 2025

'You never know which car you're passing:' Island police ramping up long weekend enforcement

NANAIMO - The final long weekend of the summer season is approaching. High volumes of traffic on area highways and ferries are expected beginning later this week and extending into Labour Day on Monda...

Daryl Major Aug 27, 2025

Nanaimo property caretaker awaits sentencing for New Year's Day shooting involving rubber bullets

NANAIMO - A local man is awaiting his sentence for shooting another man multiple times at a south-end disposal site.Jeffrey Andrew Benvin, 49, pleaded guilty on Tuesday, Aug. 26, to charges of aggrava...

Aug 26, 2025

Special weather statement issued as heat wave extends for Nanaimo & Oceanside

NANAIMO - An unusual late-August heat wave is persisting for a little white yet. Environment Canada issued a special weather statement on Monday, Aug. 25, advising of a "long duration of above seasona...

Alex Rawnsley Aug 26, 2025

Two customers injured after vehicle drives into Parksville business

PARKSVILLE - Two people received minor injuries after a vehicle drove through the front of a nail salon, coming to a rest inside and causing considerable damage. The incident occurred on Monday, Aug. ...

Alex Rawnsley Aug 25, 2025