Tag Archives: Community
RDN elevates push for pedestrian link between Parksville and Rathtrevor Beach
PARKSVILLE - Officials with the Regional District of Nanaimo are building a case to improve pedestrian and cycling access between Parksville and Rathtrevor Beach Provincial Park.The RDN board has aske...
May 30, 2020
'A new face, a new evolution:' Qualicum Beach East Village refit receives funding boost
QUALICUM BEACH - The long sought-after rebuild of a run-down part of Qualicum Beach is another step closer to reality.The Island Coastal Economic Trust committed $250,000 in funding for the project on...
May 30, 2020
Province posts four new COVID-19 cases, none on Vancouver Island
NANAIMO - Vancouver Island continues to avoid new, active COVID-19 cases.In a joint statement, provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and health minister Adrian Dix confirmed four new cases of nov...
May 29, 2020
Boat motor theft season officially kicks off in Nanaimo
NANAIMO - The theft of a large motor from an unattended boat marks the beginning of an unfortunate crime season. A large 250hp outboard motor was stolen off a display boat in the M&P Mercury Sales...
May 29, 2020
Cathedral Grove too busy to re-open with other B.C. parks
NANAIMO - One of Vancouver Island's premiere attractions won't be open to the public for the near future. Macmillan Provincial Park, which is the larger park around the beloved Cathedral Grove, remain...
May 29, 2020
New Bucs coach wants local flavour for Jr. B hockey team
NANAIMO - The man chosen to take the reigns behind the Nanaimo Buccaneers bench is no stranger to the program.Brad Knight was the Bucs first ever coach in 2012-13 and he made his return at the beginni...
May 28, 2020
Vancouver Island overdose advisory extended for second time
NANAIMO - Island Health officials are seeing an "unprecedented" response to an overdose advisory but it's not the one they'd hoped. Medical health officer Dr. Paul Hasselback told NanaimoNewsNOW subst...
May 28, 2020
RDN replacing handyDART buses to improve customer accessibility
NANAIMO - Vastly improved service for public transit riders with physical disabilities is coming to mid Vancouver Island.Daniel Pearce the RDN's director of transportation services told NanaimoNewsNOW...
May 28, 2020
Island fentanyl dealer gets federal prison sentence from Nanaimo judge
NANAIMO - A Campbell River man with a lengthy criminal past received a federal prison sentence for dealing high-potency fentanyl and other hard drugs.David Anthony Lucas, 34, was sentenced recently vi...
May 28, 2020
No new COVID cases confirmed for Vancouver Island as state of emergency extended
NANAIMO - A new case of COVID-19 hasn't been confirmed on Vancouver Island for three weeks. A joint statement from provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and health minister Adrian Dix on Wednesda...
May 27, 2020