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Cooper Black raises shutout streak to 231:46 in Game 2 win over Langley

NANAIMO - Clippers goalie Cooper black has three straight shutouts and his team has a 2-0 series lead in the Coastal Division final.Black made 26 saves and Nanaimo got a pair of goals from Jake Hewitt...

Apr 30, 2022

Clippers open Coast final with 4-0 win over Langley

NANAIMO - Cooper Black recorded a second straight playoff shutout to lead the Clippers to a 4-0 victory over the Langley Rivermen in Game 1 of the Coast Division final.The last time Black was scored o...

Apr 29, 2022

Nanaimo NightOwls in home stretch towards inaugural opening day

NANAIMO - With one month until the start of the Nanaimo NightOwls first West Coast League baseball season, the organization is applying the finishing touches on and off the field.Several new player si...

Apr 29, 2022

Island Health buys two private facilities to boost surgical capacity

NANAIMO - Vancouver Island residents will soon have access to more surgeries and endoscopies following Island Health's purchase of two private surgical centres. Island Health recently assumed the leas...

Apr 28, 2022

Regional District eyeing ways to make Oceanside Place greener

PARKSVILLE - Oceanside Place is a high greenhouse gas emitter and the Regional District of Nanaimo wants to do something about it.The RDN board signed off on a grant application this week in hopes of ...

Apr 28, 2022

Reannounced child care spaces in Nanaimo won't open imminently

NANAIMO - Additional child care options announced at a trio of Nanaimo schools won't be ready for the foreseeable future.The ministry of education and child care recently announced financial support f...

Apr 27, 2022

Project to add housing density to Nanaimo's Newcastle neighbourhood approved

NANAIMO - Much-needed residential family units near Nanaimo's downtown core have been given the green light.City Council unanimously approved development permits for two new multi-unit residential bui...

Apr 26, 2022

Council rejects mixed use development proposal in Chase River

NANAIMO - Citing too many unknowns including traffic challenges, councillors narrowly opposed plans for several businesses off the Trans Canada Hwy. in south Nanaimo.A developer's official community p...

Apr 26, 2022

Nanaimo educator over legal alcohol limit while driving kids to extracurricular event

NANAIMO - An observant RCMP officer took an alleged impaired driver off the road who had several student passengers on board en-route to an extracurricular school event. The traffic stop occurred arou...

Ian Holmes Apr 26, 2022

'We'll be racing bathtubs:' Nanaimo Marine Festival's crown jewel returning

NANAIMO - Following a two year hiatus due to the pandemic, the World Championship Bathtub Race will once again take over Nanaimo's harbour in late July.The decision to bring Nanaimo's signature event ...

Apr 26, 2022