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'We're back:' public health greenlights abridged BCHL season

NANAIMO - A shortened BCHL season will begin the first week of April.The Provincial Health Office accepted the league's return to play model under it's COVID-19 safety plan with a full schedule set to...

Mar 12, 2021

VIDEO: Chopper delivers hiking bridge to Benson Creek Falls Regional Park

NANAIMO - Installing a bridge to properly connect Benson Creek Falls Regional Park (BCFRP) was anything but ordinary.Thick stands of trees crowding a narrow gorge forced the Regional District of Nanai...

Mar 12, 2021

NightOwls continue to add players for inaugural season

NANAIMO - Four pitchers are the latest additions to the Harbour City's West Coast League baseball team.The name most familiar to local fans is Jackson Stephen. The Cowichan Bay product played for the ...

Mar 11, 2021

First restrictions ease, outdoor gatherings up to 10 allowed

NANAIMO - British Columbians have been given the all clear for small safe outdoor social gatherings.Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry on Thursday, March 11 announced outdoor get-togethers of ...

Mar 11, 2021

Nanaimo's active transportation: how we got here, contentious projects & what's to come

NANAIMO - Active transportation is centre stage for the City's vision of what Nanaimo will become over the next 20 years.The addition of bike lanes and improved pedestrian infrastructure has drawn cri...

Mar 11, 2021

Nanaimo's Dylan Coghlan lands hat trick with Vegas Golden Knights

NANAIMO - What started as his first NHL goal for a Nanaimo defenseman turned into a memorable night for the rookie. Dylan Coghlan with the Vegas Golden Knights netted all three goals for Knights in th...

Maria Doty Mar 10, 2021

Nearly 12,000 people given first COVID-19 vaccine dose in last 24 hours

NANAIMO - B.C.'s shift away from second doses of COVID-19 vaccine is in full swing.Ahead of the opening of mass vaccination clinics on March 15, the province said it had administered 355,340 doses of ...

Mar 10, 2021

Herring roe fishery opens in Strait of Georgia

NANAIMO - Fleets of fishing boats are in the waters throughout the Strait of Georgia for the annual commercial herring fishery in the Strait of Georgia. Fisheries and Oceans Canada confirmed the annua...

Mar 10, 2021

Ladysmith Museum benefits from COVID-19 recovery fund

LADYSMITH - Provincial funding awarded to the Ladysmith and District Historical Society will see the local museum improved.A news release said $89,000 will better protect artifacts and improve the bui...

Mar 10, 2021

Number of new COVID-19 cases drops significantly in Island Health

NANAIMO - The number of new COVID-19 cases plummeted for Island Health but it remains to be seen if it's a fluke or beginning of a trend. Island Health confirmed only eight new COVID-19 cases were fou...

Mar 09, 2021