DAKAR - Canada's Evie Pritchard won bronze in women's street skateboarding Thursday at the Youth Olympic Games. The 14-year-old from Nanaimo, B.C., scored 137.79 points in the final, finishing just behind Brazil's Duda Ribeiro (138.28). China's Zhu Yua...

NANAIMO - Matthew Wood is heading west. The Nanaimo Minor Hockey product, who was drafted 15th overall in the 2023 NHL Entry Draft by the Nashville Predators, was traded Sunday, Nov. 1, to the Seattle Kraken in exchange for Kraken forward Shane Wright. Since signing his first NHL deal in late March 2025 and debuting wi...

NANAIMO - The VIU Mariners men's and women's soccer teams are provincial champions after a near-perfect weekend.Going into the weekend with a semi-final bye courtesy of a perfect 9-0 season, the women's squad needed extra time to defeat Capilano by a 2-1 score at Douglas College in Coquitlam on Sunday, Nov. 1.Emma Thor...

NANAIMO - The PACWEST basketball season is underway for the VIU Mariners. The women won their opener at Okanagan 92-70 while the men lost 98-85. Those games took place on Oct. 24, and the Mariners won't play again until their home openers on Thursday, Nov. 5 against the Camosun Chargers. Both VIU basketball teams have ...

NANAIMO - Island Top Team won the overall team standings at the Abu Dhabi Combat Club (ADCC) Canada Open in Richmond on Oct. 24.It's the largest No Gi Brazilian jiu-jitsu event in the country, with nearly 90 teams competing from Canada and the United States.Nanaimo's Top Team coach and competitor Rob Biernacki was thri...

NANAIMO - The VIU Mariners volleyball program is in contention for provincial and national medals nearly every year.Women's coach Shane Hyde has been at the helm for 25 years and men's coach Abe Avender is in year 17, with the pair providing stability and a history of winning.Last season the women won the PACWEST and e...

NANAIMO - The Nanaimo Track and Field Club hosted two events in a single day recently at the Arbutus Meadows Farm in Nanoose Bay.The major competition was the 2026 BC Athletics Cross Country Championships featuring 386 athletes and 37 clubs from across the province.Also on the morning of Saturday, Oct. 17, the club hel...

NANAIMO - After almost two years of preparation the VIU Mariners wonen's hockey team is ready to hit the ice. The Mariners have an exhibition game on Saturday, Oct. 17 against the Island Surge and they'll have a home game a week later against an opponent to be detemined. Team president, general manager and coach Kris K...

NANAIMO - Draft day in the National Lacrosse League was special for the Senior A Nanaimo Timbermen. Three players who just finished their first seasons in the WLA were drafted in the top 33 selections. Right-hander Jeremy Wudrick went 27th overall to the Vancouver Warriors, while defender Joel Mullen was also picked by...

NANAIMO - The high school varsity football season has begun in the mid island with the John Barsby Bulldogs winning their season opener 55-34 against Abbotford. Barsby is in a AA/AAA hybrid division with Ballenas out of Parksville and Mt. Douglas and Spectrum schools from Victoria. Initially Nanaimo District Secondary ...

NANAIMO - The VIU Mariners are beginning a new PACWEST soccer season with differing expectations.The women will attempt to win the provincial championship for a third straight time, while the men are hoping to rise up the table after finishing 2-7-3 in 2025.Women's coach Bobbie Taylor said her group will have a strong ...

NANAIMO - The Vancouver Island Seals hockey program has been going since 2017 and it's the only female AAA hockey team on the island. General manager Cynthia Fowler said the team had been based out of the south island to start but now calls Port Alberni home. "Last year we moved the team to Port Alberni because of...

NANAIMO - Hornets rugby is underway for the fall session with a lot of options for young players. There are sessions for as young as pre-kindergarten which includes parent participation and other opportunities for U7 and U8 kids are play based in an effort to get kids out and running and touching a rugby ball. Hornets ...

NANAIMO - Soccer season is already underway for the men and women or Nanaimo United. The entire program starting as young as under four will get going by just after Labour Day. Technical Lead Daragh Fitzgerald said the club has well over 2,000 members across all age groups including several division for men and women. ...

NANAIMO - NightOwls outfielder Ethan Reynolds has been named the MVP of the West Coast League.He was also been chosen as a first team all-star after a season which saw him break league records with 29 doubles and 36 extra-base hits.Nanaimo coach Cody Andreychuk said it's an outstanding honour for both Reynolds and the ...

NANAIMO - Triathlete Ryan Seaman has had a busy competition this year. The 23-year-old Vancouver Island University student has been in five races in Nanaimo, Victoria, Oliver, Calgary and Vancouver. In Half Ironman events in Oliver and Calgary Seaman finished first. He was also fourth overall in Victoria and fourth in ...

NANAIMO - The Buccaneers look to build on an incredibly successful 2025-26 VIJHL season as they begin training camp on Sunday, August 23. Nanaimo finished first in the North Division at 33-13-3 and then went all the way to the league final. Coach Tyler Gow reflected on a campaign that was the club's second-best regular...

NANAIMO - Box lacrosse season has come to an end in the Harbour City, and the most successful team on the floor was the Senior Women Timbermen.They finished third at their provincial tournament, which, according to team spokesperson and player Sarah Ferguson, was their best ever performance."Last year we lost all ...

NANAIMO - A total of nine Nanaimo Track and Field Club athletes are competing at the Legion National Youth Track and Field Championships in Regina. Tessa Bell, Ember Vaitekunas, Evelyn Argyle-Anderson and Henry Trumpy made Team BC while Will Cram, Finn English, Rowan Clarke, Finn Olsen and Lila Jeffries entered as open...

NANAIMO - It came down to the last game of the 2026 West Coast League baseball season for the NightOwls to clinch a post season berth. The team finished with a 30-24 record, on the back of a 15-8 win over Kamloops on Wednesday, Aug.4, with their final record good for fourth in the North Division. Coach Cody Andreychuk ...

NANAIMO - A special celebration is being planned before the Nanaimo NightOwls game on Friday, July 31, to honour the 50th anniversary of Serauxmen Stadium. The pre-game ceremony starts at 6 p.m. at the stadium, with the first pitch against the Port Angeles Lefties being thrown at 6:35 pm, with fans encouraged to arrive...

NANAIMO - 2026 begins against the same opponent the VI Raiders faced in the British Columbia Football Conference playoffs last year. VI will host the Okanagan Sun to kick off a new season on Saturday, July 18, at Q'unq'inuqwsuxw Stadium. The Sun won their playoff matchup last fall 43-12, as part of a 10-0 season that s...

NANAIMO - The Nanaimo NightOwls have hit the all-star break with a record of 22-17, and they sit in fourth place in the West Coast League's North Division. Coach Cody Andreychuk is thrilled with the club's first month and a half of the season. "The first half was the strongest we've had since the NightOwls have be...

NANAIMO - The recent BC Athetics Outdoor Track and Field Championships held fantastic results for the Nanaimo Track and Field Club.NTFC earned six gold medals, four silvers and six bronze medals.Tessa Bell has had an outstanding season and was one of the gold medal winners in the U-18 heptathlon.She said there was a gr...

NANAIMO - Next season's full BCHL schedule has been released, with the puck dropping on the Nanaimo Clippers regular season on Friday Sept. 18 at Frank Crane Arena against the Alberni Valley Bulldogs.The Clippers will have 26 home dates, 26 away games, and two yet-to-be-announced contests at the BCHL Showcase.Fridays w...

NANAIMO - Year five of the Nanaimo Ball Hockey League is wrapping up with its organizing committee hosting two levels of a provincial tournament. Organizer and player Troy Gladesdahl said 16 teams are participating in the 'B' and 'D' level championships this weekend. "I'm amped up about it. I've been looking forwa...

NANAIMO - Canada's World Cup men's soccer team has a hold on the national sports spotlight as local programs like Nanaimo United are working to produce future stars. United's top teams in the BC Premier League (BCPL) just finished their final home games of the season, with the men falling 2-0 and the women falling 5-0....

NANAIMO - The local box lacrosse season is well underway and three of the highest level teams have a home game on the last Saturday in June.The Senior A, Senior B and Junior A Timbermen are all looking to take steps forward in the second half of their seasons.It was been a massive leap forward for the WLA team in 2026....