Tag Archives: Community
Backpack of drug paraphernalia found at downtown Nanaimo car crash
NANAIMO - Police say a motorist wanted no part of being pulled over, instead crashing minutes later into a Front St railing.The crash happened on Thursday, April 30 just before 4 p.m. Cst. Gary O'Brie...
May 01, 2020 A Pontiac Sunfire barreled across the oncoming lane and hit the railing which protects the Indigenous canoe display at Georgia Park on Front St. (Erik Burkitt)
Crews resurfacing Inland Island Hwy. between Parksville and Bowser
PARKSVILLE - An extensive project is seeing a 40 kilometre stretch of Highway 19 on mid Vancouver Island smoothed.A Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure (MOTI) statement to NanaimoNewsNOW sai...
May 01, 2020 Crews are actively resurfacing the slow lanes of the Inland Island Highway between Parksville and Bowser. (MOTI)
Nanaimo prospect one step closer to junior hockey dream
NANAIMO - Matt Wood's aspirations of playing junior hockey took a giant leap forward in April with his selection in the Western Hockey League bantam draft. The 15-year-old was picked in the second rou...
Apr 30, 2020
No new COVID-19 cases on Vancouver Island, 48 during all of April
NANAIMO - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases on Vancouver Island did not rise on Thursday. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry announced there are still 120 active or recovered cases of the...
Apr 30, 2020 Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry noted Thursday, April 30 marked the 100th day since B.C. made its first statement on COVID-19. (Flickr/Gov't of B.C.)
Emergency Response Centre opening in June in Nanaimo with 35 shelter spaces
NANAIMO - A City of Nanaimo facility is being turned into a suitable space for those experiencing homelessness to self-isolate. An Emergency Response Centre will be established in the Community Servic...
Apr 30, 2020 Part of the Community Services Building will be converted into an Emergency Response Centre with 35 spaces available for those experiencing homelessness starting June 1. (Ian Holmes/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Missing pilot in Canadian military helicopter crash originally from Nanaimo
NANAIMO - One of five people considered missing off the coast of Greece after a military tragedy is from Nanaimo. Captain Kevin Hagen was on board the CH-148 Cyclone helicopter which crashed into the ...
Apr 30, 2020 Kevin Hagen, a pilot originally from Nanaimo, is one of five missing after their helicopter crashed off the coast of Greece. (Gov't of Canada)
Nanaimo man arrested following attempted robbery & stabbing attack
NANAIMO - A man who is well-known to police now faces multiple charges after allegedly stabbing and attempting to rob a woman early Wednesday morning.Police responded to a house on Glenayr Dr. around ...
Apr 30, 2020 Nanaimo RCMP responded to an attempted robbery and stabbing in the early hours of Wednesday, April 29 along Glenair Dr. (Spencer Sterritt/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Gabriola Island's largest park temporarily closed to the homeless
NANAIMO - A massive park on Gabriola Island's west side is temporarily exempt from a list of parks where those experiencing homelessness can camp. Regional District of Nanaimo directors voted in favou...
Apr 30, 2020 The 707 Community Park stretches out on Gabriola Island's west side and many parts are inaccessible by firefighters. (Jim Wightman)
Night Market in downtown Nanaimo officially cancelled
NANAIMO - A relatively new event drawing thousands to Nanaimo's downtown is officially cancelled. The Greater Nanaimo Chamber of Commerce announced Tuesday, April 28 it's taking a year off from the Ni...
Apr 29, 2020 On-street entertainment was a big part of the Night Market and a key reason why it won't return in 2020. (Spencer Sterritt/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Minor increase in COVID-19 cases on Vancouver Island, officials say random community testing of little value
NANAIMO - One new case of COVID-19 was confirmed in the Island Health region over the last 24 hours, bringing the total in the health authority to 120.Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry announ...
Apr 29, 2020 Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry announced new cases of COVID-19 in B.C. during her daily briefing from Victoria. (BC Government Flickr)