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Nanaimo spreading scaled-back Canada Day celebrations across six local parks

NANAIMO - For the second year in a row, there will be no major Canada Day celebration at Maffeo Sutton Park.Despite restrictions forecast to be relaxed July 1, allowing for festivals and larger gather...

Jun 19, 2021

Local swimmer reaching for Tokyo Olympic berth

NANAIMO - Tayden De Pol won't see the finish line coming as he looks to earn a trip to Tokyo in July.The Nanaimo swimmer, a former member of the Riptides swim team and current UBC Thunderbird, will ta...

Jun 18, 2021

Island Health ends week with slight rise in total, active cases

NANAIMO - A further seven new COVID-19 cases were confirmed by Island Health on Friday.The additions are in line with a bump in daily cases reported from the health authority, with eight each of the p...

Jun 18, 2021

'It's really sad:' Whiskey Creek service station flattened in non-suspicious fire

WHISKEY CREEK - Fire officials believe a damaging blaze which destroyed the Whiskey Creek Co-op service station was accidental.Lt. Theresa Benoit with Coombs-Hillers Volunteer fire department said the...

Jun 18, 2021

'We felt compelled to speak up:' Nanoose Bay dog owners demand tougher animal cruelty laws

NANAIMO - A Nanoose Bay couple hopes something positive results from the horrific abuse their dog suffered at the hands of a disturbed pet sitter.Jayson and Milagros Henkel are making their concerns k...

Jun 18, 2021

Whiskey Creek co-op gas station destroyed by afternoon blaze, Hwy. 4 re-opened

NANAIMO - The Co-op gas station in Whiskey Creek was engulfed in flames after a vehicle caught fire Witnesses say a van parked underneath the Co-op canopy at the gas pumps had heavy flames shooting ou...

Alex Rawnsley Jun 17, 2021

Cohorts disbanding for September return to normal in BC classrooms

NANAIMO - With a pandemic-affected school year coming to an end, public health and the education system has turned its attention to what's to come.Provincial education minister Jennifer Whiteside anno...

Jun 17, 2021

VIDEO: 'It's devastating:' vigil held for murdered Nanaimo outreach worker

NANAIMO - Dozens came out to show how they were touched and helped by a Nanaimo outreach worker who struggled many personal demons and was recently found murdered. Upwards of 50 people attended the ca...

Jun 16, 2021

Eight new Island Health COVID-19 cases as provincial numbers remain steady

NANAIMO - A minor increase of COVID-19 cases came Wednesday.Eight new positive tests were added to the health authority total, now at 5,119 throughout the entire pandemic.Active cases rose by one to 5...

Jun 16, 2021

Beban Pool slated to reopen in early October after pandemic closure

NANAIMO - All pool facilities in Nanaimo should be open by early October. An Oct. 4 re-open date for Beban Pool was unanimously approved by Nanaimo councillors during a finance and audit committee mee...

Jun 16, 2021