Tag Archives: Community
VIDEO: Wesley St. residents left with nowhere to go, dispersed into bushes and parks around Nanaimo
NANAIMO - A sizable number of people living rough in a downtown Nanaimo encampment are now displaced into the bush. Their former home on Wesley St. was cleared by City of Nanaimo staff and Nanaimo Fir...
Dec 04, 2020
Nanaimo police seek motorist in daytime hit & run
NANAIMO - Mounties are looking for the driver of an unlicensed vehicle who rammed a truck and ran off. The crash happened on Wednesday, Dec. 2 just before noon on Jordan Ave. at Wellington Rd., near F...
Dec 04, 2020
Mount Washington opens on schedule for winter season
NANAIMO - Vancouver Island's biggest ski resort is open for business.Two lifts are operating on the mountain on Friday, Dec. 4, providing access to a handful of runs of easy and intermediate difficult...
Dec 04, 2020
Nanaimo brothers fundraising efforts for Congo orphans surpasses expectations
NANAIMO - Two local brothers want to make life a little better for kids in need half a world away.Nine-year-old Djibril and six-year-old Dejan Ndiaye planned to raise $100 to help two children at Grac...
Dec 04, 2020
Wesley St. tent encampment closed after fire destroys tents
NANAIMO - The largest tent encampment in Nanaimo is now closed after a fire. Between 60 and 100 people who lived on Wesley St. in downtown Nanaimo are forced to find new housing after the large fire o...
Dec 03, 2020
Province prepares for COVID-19 vaccine delivery; 10 new Island Health cases
NANAIMO - Another day of lower than average case counts for Island Health in the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry confirmed 10 new cases within the Island Health au...
Dec 03, 2020
Tent fire breaks out at Wesley St. in downtown Nanaimo
NANAIMO - A significant fire broke out among a growing homeless encampment in downtown Nanaimo. Nanaimo Fire Rescue were called to the Wesley St. encampment scene around 12:15 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 3...
Dec 03, 2020
Rent bank to open in Nanaimo helping the most vulnerable stay housed
NANAIMO - A rent bank is opening to assist mid-Island renters on the brink of becoming homeless. It's slated to open in January with funding from the City of Nanaimo and will be operated by the Nanaim...
Dec 03, 2020
Valuable Good Food Box program expanding to help medical patients
NANAIMO - Health care patients can now be prescribed a better diet to improve their condition. The Good Food Box program from Nanaimo Foodshare Society was prescribed by local physicians, dietitians a...
Dec 02, 2020
Helping Wheels: Haven Society
NANAIMO - NanaimoNewsNOW is proud to announce November'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...
Dec 02, 2020