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100-pound gargoyle stolen from Nicol St. home

NANAIMO - A stone gargoyle at a Nicol St. home didn't live up the legend they help ward off bad spirits. The 100-pound gargoyle with a 2.5 foot wingspan was stolen sometime overnight on Wednesday, May...

May 27, 2020

Cancelled wedding for Nanaimo couple leads to creative, sky-high solution

NANAIMO - A local couple tied the knot in the most unique of circumstances, while connecting with family thousands of kilometres away.Brayden Boyd and Michelle Fonseca had organized a July destination...

May 27, 2020

Nanaimo Council approves increased density for emerging north end urban node

NANAIMO - A growing collection of multi-family housing units in Nanaimo's north end is poised for further densification, despite opposition from local residents. In a narrow 5-4 vote on Monday, May 25...

May 27, 2020

Tourism operators navigate COVID-19 restart through homegrown support program

NANAIMO - Few industries have been hammered as hard by COVID-19 than tourism, however a support program is helping navigate local businesses through the pandemic.In April, Tourism Vancouver Island lau...

May 26, 2020

Island again sees no COVID increase, focus on community outbreaks during phase two

NANAIMO - Vancouver Island continues to win the battle over COVID-19.No increase in cases of the novel coronavirus was confirmed on Tuesday, May 26, leaving the total number of active or resolved case...

May 26, 2020

Social Disorder Response Team to tackle Nanaimo issues

NANAIMO - A team tackling social disorder in Nanaimo is now fully funded until the end of the year. Nanaimo councillors on Monday, May 25 unanimously approved $187,000 in funding for the Social Disord...

May 26, 2020

COVID-19 forces Vancouver Island Exhibition to go virtual for 2020

NANAIMO - The VIEX has officially joined a long list of summer staples in the region to either be cancelled, or drastically alter the way they operate.Due to COVID-19 restrictions on social gatherings...

May 26, 2020

$4.3 million electricity upgrade for Protection Islanders underway

NANAIMO - Dozens of BC Hydro crews recently began the initial phase of installing an underwater electricity line to Protection Island via Maffeo Sutton Park.The company's Karla Louwers told NanaimoNew...

May 26, 2020

Nanaimo council green lights patio expansion for downtown cafes & restaurants

NANAIMO - Downtown restaurants are getting extra help as they look to survive the COVID-19 pandemic.City council unanimously voted to move ahead with a temporary patio expansion program for food servi...

May 25, 2020

Rolled dump truck causes significant downtown Nanaimo power outage

NANAIMO - Thousands of BC Hydro customers were temporarily without power Monday afternoon due in large part to a dump truck roll over on Old Victoria Rd.The incident occurred around 11:40 a.m. near Se...

May 25, 2020