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Canadian Tire employee injured in hit & run, alleged driver arrested

NANAIMO - Police tracked down a motorist accused of hitting a department store worker who was chasing a shoplifter.It happened Tuesday, Dec 29 at around 1 p.m. at the Canadian Tire parking lot in Nana...

Alex Rawnsley Jan 06, 2021

Three additional COVID-19 cases in Snuneymuxw First Nation, vaccination program to begin

NANAIMO - A cluster of cases in Snuneymuxw First Nation continues to grow.According to an open letter to local residents published Tuesday, Jan. 5 from Chief Mike Wyse, three additional cases were con...

Jan 05, 2021

Total COVID-19 case count in Island Health passes 1,000, active cases across B.C. drop

NANAIMO - Island Health's total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases passed a major milestone.Data from the health authority showed nine new cases were confirmed Tuesday, Jan. 5 taking the total number ...

Jan 05, 2021

Foul play ruled out in connection to body found in Nanaimo

NANAIMO - Investigators probing the discovery of a man's body in the Old City Quarter neighbourhood on Boxing Day determined homicide was not a cause of death.A news release from Nanaimo RCMP stated t...

Jan 05, 2021

Powerful wind storm moving across central Vancouver Island

NANAIMO - Batten down the hatches, the year's first major windstorm is here.Environment Canada issued a wind warning on Monday, Jan. 4 with a major Pacific system forecast to move through central Vanc...

Jan 05, 2021

Nearly half of Canadians visited friends, family over holidays, new poll suggests

OTTAWA - A new survey suggests nearly half of Canadians visited with family or friends over the winter holiday period. The Lger/Association for Canadian Studies poll found 48 per cent of those surveye...

Jan 05, 2021

Auxiliary Cst. program discontinued at Nanaimo RCMP detachment

NANAIMO - A once-valuable program is no longer in force at the Nanaimo RCMP detachment. The volunteer Auxiliary Constable program within the detachment was officially shuttered at the end of 2020. Aux...

Jan 05, 2021

64 new cases found in Island Health over New Years period, vaccination efforts ramp up

NANAIMO - Island Health added a significant number of new COVID-19 cases as 2020 transitioned to 2021, but maintained its status as the province's least affected health authority.A total of 64 new cas...

Jan 04, 2021

Supply and demand sends Nanaimo area property valuations up

NANAIMO - BC Assessment Authority property valuations increased in the Nanaimo area and across the province despite the global pandemic ravaging the economy.2021 assessments used to gauge annual prope...

Jan 04, 2021

Trailblazing Nanaimo fast food manager retires after nearly 50 years

NANAIMO - Nancy Lamont welled up in tears looking back on a fulfilling career she was told would never materialize.The 64-year-old general manager of the Nicol St. McDonald's made her last Big Mac on ...

Jan 04, 2021