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VIU Mariners season to culminate in hosting men's basketball nationals
NANAIMO - The VIU Mariners basketball teams have begun a journey they hope will lead to the 2026 national championship. Last season both teams finished first in the PACWEST regular season with the wom...
Oct 25, 2025
Eight different Clippers hit the scoresheet in win over Kings
POWELL RIVER - The Clippers had their biggest offensive performance of the season in an 8-3 win over the Powell River Kings.Nanaimo had eight different goal scorers and were in control for most of the...
Oct 25, 2025
Drugs hidden in tennis ball thrown into Nanaimo prison yard
NANAIMO - An unsophisticated drug drop bounced back in the face of a Nanaimo man. Ryan Edward Powell, 32, received a time-served six-month jail sentence in BC Supreme Court in Nanaimo after pleading g...
Oct 24, 2025
VIDEO: 'His speed was really, really high:' Oceanside RCMP criticized for lights and sirens crash
QUALICUM BEACH - A local resident says an Oceanside RCMP officer needs to be held accountable for putting the public's safety at risk while responding to an evolving situation in Bowser. Late in the a...
Oct 24, 2025
'Enhance coverage and reliability:' construction starts on north Nanaimo cell tower
NANAIMO - Construction has begun on a project to improve cell phone connectivity to the city's north end. Wireless tower operator Terrion has begun work on site of the Greater Nanaimo Pollution Contro...
Oct 24, 2025
Lake fishing advocacy group hosts Nanaimo trout release event
NANAIMO - Fishing in one of the mid-Island's many stocked lakes provide much more than the thrill of reeling in a rainbow trout. Mike Lawrence, founder of Vancouver Island Fishing for Fun Society (VIF...
Oct 23, 2025
'Blustery conditions:' atmospheric river arrives, impact lessened for Nanaimo area
NANAIMO - Much of coastal B.C. woke up to wet and windy conditions Thursday morning, with more on the way. Environment Canada issued rain and wind warnings for much of Vancouver Island the morning of ...
Oct 23, 2025
Clippers' Boisvert returns to Nanaimo after QMJHL stint
NANAIMO - Clippers forward Sam Boisvert is back where he started his junior career. After playing 63 games with 23 points for the team in 2023 and 2024 the Mirabel, Quebec native has returned to Nanai...
Oct 23, 2025
Game-changing drone guides lost hiker near Cameron Lake to safety
WHISKEY CREEK - Fast-advancing drone technology is credited for the rapid rescue of a distressed hiker west of Whiskey Creek. On Sunday Oct. 19 at around 6 p.m., Arrowsmith Search and Rescue president...
Oct 22, 2025
Driver avoids prison sentence for leaving scene of fatal Cedar crash
NANAIMO - A man was handed a nine-month non-custodial sentence for leaving the scene of a crash in Cedar where an elderly female pedestrian was killed. Provincial court judge Tamara Hodge rendered her...
Oct 22, 2025