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Question Period to remain on hold after online alternative removed

NANAIMO - The formal Question Period at City of Nanaimo council meetings is expected to remain on hold for more than two months. The ability to speak to City Council directly at meetings was removed o...

Jun 13, 2020

Nanaimo Hells Angels regain dilapidated club house after lengthy court battle

NANAIMO - The Hells Angels have won a lengthy criminal case and will have several clubhouses, including one in Nanaimo, returned to them. The Nanaimo clubhouse on Victoria Rd. was seized back in 2007 ...

Jun 12, 2020

RDN report claims housing construction keeping pace with demand but cost still a concern

NANAIMO - A lengthy Regional District of Nanaimo report claims the ongoing housing construction boom will continue but high costs will remain an issue. The Regional Housing Needs Report presented on J...

Jun 12, 2020

Nanaimo karate school among first local sports group to return to in-person classes

NANAIMO - Shima Karate is back up and running with classes in the dojo, in the parking lot and through video conferencing after being forced to close in March.New protocols related to COVID-19 have ch...

Jun 11, 2020

Restaurant capacity rules revised as B.C. posts 14 new COVID-19 cases

NANAIMO - For the sixth consecutive day, British Columbia did not register a death related to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry confirmed 14 new cases of corona...

Alex Rawnsley Jun 11, 2020

Nanaimo RCMP cheered on by concerned neighbours during Milton St. bust

NANAIMO - RCMP officers had an audience when searching a drug house. The Nanaimo RCMP Street Crimes Unit moved in and searched a notorious house in the 500 block of Milton St. around 6:30 p.m. on Wedn...

Jun 11, 2020

May deadliest month ever for fatal overdoses on Vancouver Island

NANAIMO - The tainted drug supply on Vancouver Island claimed the most lives ever in May. New data from the BC Coroners Service released on Thursday, June 11 showed fatal illicit drug overdoses on the...

Jun 11, 2020

'The violence is escalating:' Police seeking man for allegedly breaking into ex-girlfriends home

NANAIMO - Local police are concerned about the lengths an allegedly violent man will go to see an ex-girlfriend. David Arlen Thomas is wanted for break and enter and two counts of breaching his probat...

Jun 11, 2020

'To not have grad happen was never an option:' local high school graduates prepare to cross the stage

NANAIMO - Months of uncertainty due to the on-going COVID-19 pandemic will soon give way to two weeks of celebration for local high school graduates.Graduation plans for School District 68 were recent...

Jun 11, 2020

Province confirms 12 new COVID-19 cases, no deaths for fifth straight day

NANAIMO - COVID-19 continues to remain flat on Vancouver Island.No new cases of the virus on the Island were confirmed by the province on Wednesday, June 10. Across B.C., 12 new people tested positive...

Jun 10, 2020