Tag Archives: Community

NANAIMO - New housing projects for people experiencing homelessness are opening in the city.The province formally unveiled, on Friday, May 9, a new collection of 50 temporary shelter spaces at 1300 Is...

NANAIMO - Competing in triathlons across the country won't be easy, but a Vernon couple has motivation on their side. Mike Pearson, 63, and Donna Bartel, 59, start Trii'ing to End ALS (Amyotrophic Lat...

NANAIMO - A home used primarily as storage for a neighbouring business was badly burned by fire on Thursday. Smoke was seen coming from the property belonging to Sands Funeral Home, along Newcastle Av...

NANAIMO - A mix of cultures and sporting competition was on offer at a local high school Thursday.Between 250 and 300 students, both Indigenous and non-Indigenous, from across the Nanaimo-Ladysmith sc...

GABRIOLA ISLAND - High ranking members of the Island's volunteer fire department and its governing board deny civil suit allegations of a hostile work environment and improper financial activities.In ...

PARKSVILE - An extended power outage will inconvenience hundreds of people in downtown Parksville as BC Hydro crews conduct scheduled underground utility work. The planned outage impacts 310 BC Hydro ...

NANAIMO - Extensive academic program cancellations and suspensions are on the chopping block for financially strained Vancouver Island University. A news release on VIU's website co-authored by the sc...

NANAIMO - An apologetic local man accepted his fine and impound of his vehicle after being caught excessively speeding south of the city. BC Highway Patrol officers were working the Trans Canada Hwy. ...

NANAIMO - A cocaine user struggling to maintain his own habit preyed on some of Nanaimo's most vulnerable by intercepting the B.C. government's safe drug supply program. Ronald Fred Schilling, 68, was...

NANAIMO - Significant closures apply for most of May for all road users beginning on Monday, May 5 on Northfield Rd. between Bowen and Boxwood roads. Crews conducting significant road surfacing work a...