Tag Archives: Community
COVID-19 exposure event confirmed at Rock City Elementary
NANAIMO - Another COVID-19 exposure event was confirmed at a Nanaimo school. The Nanaimo-Ladysmith School District announced the evening of Monday, Feb. 1 there was a COVID-19 exposure at Rock City El...
Feb 01, 2021
Parksville-Qualicum incumbent outspends NDP winner 9/1 in 2020 provincial election
PARKSVILLE - New financial documents show the BC Liberals outspent the winner of the Parksville-Qualicum riding by a substantial margin to earn only 35 per cent of the vote. Elections BC documents sho...
Feb 01, 2021
Province on alert as COVID-19 vaccination campaign changes infection trends
NANAIMO - The province continues to monitor two, new strains of COVID-19 cropping up in British Columbia.Dr. Bonnie Henry, provincial health officer, said cases of both the South African and United Ki...
Feb 01, 2021
Demand made for improved goose population control, Nanaimo birds show surprising trend
NANAIMO - An environmental organization committed to reversing goose-damaged estuaries is trying to get Vancouver Island communities on the same flight path.The Guardians of Mid Island Estuaries Socie...
Feb 01, 2021
Bayview elementary, Qwum Qwum Stuwixwulh schools report COVID-19 exposure events
NANAIMO -Two local schools have reported COVID-19 exposures.School District 68 reported late Sunday night a potential exposure events on Jan. 27 and 29 at Bayview Elementary School in south Nanaimo. S...
Jan 31, 2021
'It's huge and it increases every year:' Nanaimo Bike Bait program puts the brakes on thieves
NANAIMO - The local RCMP's Bait Bike program recently helped lure two would-be thieves over the span of just a couple of days.In both cases, on Wednesday Jan. 13 and Thursday, Jan. 15, members of the ...
Jan 31, 2021
Water Cooler: COVID-19 trends, community transmission and data discrepencies
NANAIMO - The Water Cooler is NanaimoNewsNOW's letters to the editor segment, featuring conversations about the news in Nanaimo and Oceanside.This week's feature focuses on three submissions related t...
Jan 31, 2021
Multi-million dollar Loaves and Fishes facility in Nanaimo one step closer to reality
NANAIMO - An ambitious multi-million dollar project for Nanaimo's Loaves and Fishes Community Food Bank took its first step forward. The food bank secured $95,000 in funding on Wednesday, Jan. 27, fro...
Jan 31, 2021
Gabriola Island non-profit breathing new life into old clothes
GABRIOLA ISLAND - Reduction of clothing and textile waste in the region is top of mind for a local non-profit.Gabriola Island Recycling Organization (GIRO) received $103,044 in RDN funding for a texti...
Jan 30, 2021
Helping Wheels: Nanaimo 7-10 Club
NANAIMO - NanaimoNewsNOW is proud to announce January's Helping Wheels winner. In partnership with Nissan of Nanaimo and Nanaimo Mitsubishi, the winning non-profit each month will receive a $1,000 cas...
Jan 30, 2021