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Nanaimo Dragon Boat Festival launches anticipated summer events season

NANAIMO - For the first time in two long years, summer events season in Nanaimo will feel a lot closer to normal.The Nanaimo Dragon Boat Festival's return marks the first of three major events on the ...

Jul 09, 2022

Concrete truck tips over and lands on Hammond Bay Road property

NANAIMO - The driver and lone occupant of a concrete pump truck was not injured after losing control of his vehicle on Nanaimo's Hammond Bay Rd.The large truck veered off the road's shoulder and lande...

Jul 08, 2022

1 person injured in Nanaimo shooting, police search for suspect

NANAIMO - Police say a man was taken to hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries after a shooting in the city's north end.The incident occurred outside a home on Laguna Way at the corne...

Jul 08, 2022

Rogers customers cut off due to network outage

NANAIMO - Communications giant Rogers says its technical teams are trying to fix a widespread service disruption impacting mobile and internet customers for the past several hours.The outage is disrup...

Jul 08, 2022

Miri the cat found in Nanaimo months after going missing from her Victoria home

NANAIMO - Thanks to technology and a good Samaritan, a cat's 120-kilometre journey across Vancouver Island has a happy ending. Miri, a three-and-a-half-year-old blue and cream tortoiseshell cat, went ...

Jul 08, 2022

Donation eases end of life burden for Nanaimo care home clients

NANAIMO - Eden Gardens' staff are able to continually soften the end-of-life process thanks to a generous donation from the Rotary Club of Nanaimo. The long-term care facility, which received a $7,500...

Jul 07, 2022

Arrest warrants piling up against Nanaimo based violent offender

NANAIMO - Police hope the public can help them track down a Nanaimo man described as violent.Seven arrest warrants ordered by provincial court judges are in effect against Michael Wayne Bonson, 34, wh...

Jul 06, 2022

Island Top Team athletes make the podium at Brazilian jiu-jitsu event in Las Vegas

NANAIMO - All four Island Top Team competitors who competed at the IBJJF American National Gi and No Goi event took home medals.Stephanie Schmidt won a pair of medals at the Las Vegas based competitio...

Jul 05, 2022

Nanaimo Council approves new official community plan

NANAIMO - Following a nearly three year process Nanaimo City councillors endorsed a new official community plan (OCP), also referred to as Nanaimo ReImagined.A pair of 6-2 votes in favour of the new p...

Jul 05, 2022

City of Nanaimo lands $1.8M to address gang and gun violence

NANAIMO - Unexpected funds from the federal government are intended to make Nanaimo a safer community.Nanaimo City Council endorsed hiring a consultant and forming a strategic plan to fund various pil...

Jul 05, 2022