NANAIMO - A local woman decided to harness online chatter about a popular Netflix series into tangible positive change.Kerri Isham, a Nanaimo based sexual health educator, was moved by the series MAID, based on the true story of a young mother fleeing an abusive relationship and struggling to make ends meet.Isham set u...

NANAIMO - Coleen Bud's house on Shady Mile Way is hard to miss, especially at night. For almost every major holiday or celebration, she adorns the front of her house, yard and driveway with all sorts of on-theme and on-point decorations.And Halloween is one of her favourites."I love it. I enjoy it. I do it bigger ...

NANAIMO - A newly-created weekly meal service is providing a hot start to the week as the weather cools.Nanaimo Foodshare, in partnership with St. Paul's Anglican Church, recently created a new by-donation meal service called "Monday Lunch Together". It runs weekly from Noon until 1 p.m. at the church on Chap...

NANAIMO - More visitors, more vendors and more tasty treats has led to a record year for a local summer favourite.The Cedar Farmers Market saw upwards of 2,500 people shopping each Sunday, a 25 per cent increase on previous years. Market manager Kate Poirier told NanaimoNewsNOW more people are becoming passionate about...

NANAIMO - Rain or shine, the show must roll on for a major fundraiser for cancer research.The Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock is making its way down Island, again in a modified format, which will see local rides featuring local alumni riders instead of one travelling peloton.Riders will tour through Nanaimo on Sunday, Sep...

GABRIOLA ISLAND - A program aiming to divert unrecyclable and undesired clothing and other materials from the landfill has made some early strides.The Gabriola Island Recycling Organization (GIRO) hosted an open contest for residents on Gabriola in spring 2021, to take some of the thousands of pounds of worn clothes an...

NANAIMO - When a doctor assumed Debbie Graves' delayed recovery from fractured ribs was age related she knew something more was wrong.Stricken with severe pain six weeks after slipping on a boat in the summer of 2018, the then 58-year-old Graves suffered another serious injury.She was performing light yard work when he...

NANAIMO - A Nanaimo cyclist exceeded their fundraising goal by riding up and down their steep mid-Nanaimo street 100 times. Marc Gervais pedalled along Chestnut St. in mid-July to raise money for the Nanaimo Child Development Centre. He raised more than $1,600, exceeding his $1,500 goal. "I knew the Nanaimo CDC di...

NANAIMO - Community spirit is helping the Nanaimo SPCA pay medical bills for animals in need. The annual Lock-In For Love event, held virtually in 2021 due to the ongoing pandemic, raised $16, 410. Executive director Leon Davis told NanaimoNewsNOW they usually average around $10,000. "It's awesome. With COVID we h...

NANAIMO - The criss-crossing trails of the Linley Valley are now much less confusing and intimidating for a young Nanaimo class.Grade 7 students from the Departure Bay Elementary Eco-School on Tuesday, 22 placed wayfinding signs along a loop they explore as part of their outdoor learning experiences. It's now called Do...