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Around one third of Nanaimo-Ladysmith students return after long COVID-19 hiatus

NANAIMO - A sizeable number of local school students returned to classrooms in Nanaimo and Ladysmith during the first week of in-class education.Nanaimo-Ladysmith Public Schools reported around 40 per...

Jun 06, 2020

Just 1 new COVID-19 case province-wide, active cases drops below 200

NANAIMO - A single new COVID-19 diagnosis in the province represents the lowest new case count since March 6, more than two weeks before a provincial health emergency was declared.A joint statement fr...

Jun 05, 2020

Nanaimo represents at peaceful local Black Lives Matter, anti police brutality protest

NANAIMO - The message "Black Lives Matter" was heard loud and clear in Nanaimo. Numerous speakers at the event Friday, June 5 in Maffeo Sutton Park had the crowd of hundreds yelling "Black Lives Matte...

Maria Doty Jun 05, 2020 Maffeo Sutton Park was filled with hundreds of Black Lives Matter supporters. (Spencer Sterritt/NanaimoNewsNOW)

Nanaimo RCMP searching for local man wanted for assault

NANAIMO - Local RCMP hope the public can help find a man wanted for a pair of alleged assaults against the same woman.John Martin Bates is accused of assaulting a woman by hitting her in the face with...

Jun 05, 2020

Podcast breathes new life into historic case of missing Nanaimo woman

NANAIMO - The case of a missing Nanaimo Indigenous woman who vanished nearly 18 years ago is getting a much-needed jolt.A new six-episode podcast series titled 'Island Crime Season 1: Where is Lisa?' ...

Jun 05, 2020

Summer by the Sea market scaled back to meet COVID-19 landscape

PARKSVILLE - A staple of summer in the Oceanside region will look vastly different this year.The weekly 'Summer by the Sea' market on Craig St. was scrapped in order to comply with COVID-19-related he...

Jun 04, 2020

COVID-19 free: Lone active case leaves Vancouver Island hospital

NANAIMO - Vancouver Island residents have completely flattened the curve. The BC CDC confirmed on Thursday, June 4 there are no active cases on the Island. The one person who remained in hospital for ...

Jun 04, 2020

Nanaimo volunteers taking time to help vulnerable seniors

NANAIMO - Vulnerable Vancouver Island seniors stuck indoors during COVID-19 are not alone.Data from the United Way showed volunteers in central and northern Vancouver Island reached out to seniors by ...

Jun 04, 2020

Nanaimo Rowing Club eyeing partial return

NANAIMO - There haven't been any oars in the water at the Nanaimo Rowing Club since the beginning of March but there is optimism activities can soon resume.Phase Two conditions for physical distancing...

Jun 04, 2020

Low number of Nanaimo's housing insecure requiring hotel rooms

NANAIMO - Less hotel rooms and housing sites than anticipated were needed in Nanaimo to provide shelter to the city's vulnerable during the COVID-19 pandemic. BC Housing confirmed to NanaimoNewsNOW 33...

Jun 04, 2020