Tag Archives: Community

'It left us hungry:' Dover Bay senior boys basketball team prepares for provincials
NANAIMO - After losing in last year's provincial final, the senior boys basketball team from Dover Bay Secondary School is heading back to the big dance with some unfinished business.The north Nanaimo...
Mar 02, 2024

Clippers McHardy shines against former team
COQUITLAM - Emmett McHardy had a huge night against his former team in a Clippers 5-2 win in Coquitlam.The Nanaimo veteran scored two goals and was named the game's first star.After a scoreless first ...
Mar 02, 2024

Despite a few cold nights, February weather back to relative normalcy for the mid-Island
NANAIMO - Average temperatures and about normal precipitation was the weather story for last month, as the mid-Island settles into more seasonal conditions to start March.Environment Canada meteorolog...
Mar 01, 2024

Police seek potential witness of pedestrian hit by car in south Nanaimo
NANAIMO - Local Mounties are hoping to identify the driver of a white pick-up truck in hopes of advancing an investigation involving a pedestrian hit on Nicol St. Surveillance video footage of the tru...
Mar 01, 2024

Toxic drug deaths in Nanaimo leads Vancouver Island to start year
NANAIMO - While the number of people dying from toxic drugs fell province-wide in January, the greater Nanaimo area went in the opposite direction.Data from the BC Coroners Service (BCCS) showed 13 pe...
Mar 01, 2024

Injured white raven found in Qualicum; third rare bird to be treated locally in three years
ERRINGTON - For the third time in as many years, a rare white raven has come under the care of a mid-Island wildlife refuge centre. The unnamed leucitic raven was brought to the North Island Wildlife ...
Mar 01, 2024

VIDEO: Clippers' Lonsdale sees offensive resurgence
NANAIMO - Clippers forward Cole Lonsdale had been waiting since the new year to re-discover his goal scoring touch.The 18-year-old had 14 goals through the 2023 portion of his year but had to wait unt...
Feb 29, 2024

Long desired community park coming to Cassidy
NANAIMO -Cassidy's first community park is within reach following the purchase of a Hallberg Rd. property. The Regional District of Nanaimo (RDN) announced the nearly half-acre lot at 3483 Hallberg Rd...
Feb 29, 2024

Clippers offence shut down in 3-0 loss to Chiefs
NANAIMO - The Clippers couldn't get any traction in a 3-0 loss in Chilliwack. Nanaimo was playing without leading scorer Michael Murtagh, who was serving a one game suspension, and the hole it left in...
Feb 28, 2024

Woman hit by car in Nanaimo has life-threatening injuries
NANAIMO - A pedestrian hit by a car on a south Nanaimo street was flown to hospital in Victoria for more advanced medical treatment.A Nanaimo RCMP news release stated the woman in her 50's was trying ...
Feb 28, 2024