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Expect ferry delays due to severe weather and sick days

NANAIMO - BC Ferries is giving the heads-up to customers to expect delays and canceled ferries on their service for what could be the next few months.BC Ferries' spokesperson Deborah Marshall said it'...

Jan 10, 2022

VIDEO: Old growth logging protesters block Hwy. 1 near downtown Nanaimo

NANAIMO - Protesters partially blocked the Trans Canada Highway in a bid to overturn provincial logging policy.Members of Extinction Rebellion Nanaimo joined counterparts across B.C. in sporadic disru...

Jan 10, 2022

Investigation launched into unlocked provincial ministry building in Nanaimo

NANAIMO - Ministry of Social Development officials are looking into how members of the public gained access to a large government building which should have been locked shut.The investigation follows ...

Jan 10, 2022

Nanaimo United Soccer signing up all ages for winter programs

NANAIMO - Registration is underway for early 2022 soccer sessions with Nanaimo United.A number of eight week programs are set to begin the week of Jan. 10 including Happy Cleats for kids three to six ...

Jan 09, 2022

Nanaimo Clippers enter five day BCHL COVID-19 protocol

NANAIMO - It's been a BCHL season full of delays and the latest sees the Clippers in the league's COVID protocol.As of Jan. 8 the Clippers have suspended all team activities for five days.Games Saturd...

Jan 08, 2022

Attendance will determine additional health measures as schools return to in-person learning

NANAIMO - K-12 students in B.C. will return to in-person learning on Monday, Jan 10, 2022, but the system will be on high alert as the Omicron variant spreads.Enhanced health measures like staggered c...

Jan 07, 2022

Suspect accused of attempting to disarm and kill Nanaimo Mountie during downtown arrest

NANAIMO - Serious charges have been applied against a man following a confrontation with retail staff and Nanaimo RCMP.Bryan Imhoff, 31, was arrested and charged following a Dec 28, 2021 incident in w...

Jan 07, 2022

Nanaimo area gas prices surge, analyst expects relief in days ahead

NANAMO - Be prepared for pain at the pumps.Following recent incremental price increases, most Nanaimo service stations significantly rose their baseline price for regular gas to about $1.55 a litre on...

Jan 07, 2022

BC Cannabis opens second Nanaimo location

NANAIMO - BC Cannabis Stores (BCCS) announced they are opening their second cannabis store in Nanaimo, located at Country Club Centre.The 3,000 sq. ft. stand-alone store will have 13 full-time and aux...

Jan 07, 2022

Woman uninjured after snow-weighted tree falls in Nanaimo

NANAIMO - A woman was temporarily trapped, but wasn't hurt after a tree tumbled over, taking three poles with it on the way down.It happened Thursday, Jan 6 at about 10 a.m. on Vancouver Ave. at Cypre...

Jan 06, 2022