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Aggressive travel restrictions in Canada announced by PM Trudeau
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced new restrictions in an effort to suppress the ongoing COVID-19 health crisis.Trudeau announced Canada is denying people who aren't Canadian citizens or...
Mar 16, 2020 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced new restrictions in an effort to suppress the COVID-19 virus (CBC)
'They have no concept they're operating a motor vehicle:' RCMP ramp up enforcement on distracted drivers
NANAIMO - The dogged determination of mid-Island drivers to use their cell phone while driving is forcing area RCMP to be more proactive in how they deal with distracted drivers.Police are using March...
Mar 16, 2020 RCMP continue to witness widespread cell phone use by drivers. Distracted driving is the number two factor in fatal crashes in BC. (Alberta Motor Association)
VIU adjourns classes for one week, preparing online instruction
NANAIMO - Vancouver Island University is suspending classes at all its campuses in response to the growing COVID-19 pandemic.Despite only one confirmed case on Vancouver Island to date, the university...
Mar 15, 2020 VIU has suspended classes from March 16-20 in response to the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak. Online instruction is set to resume the following week. (VIU)
Resist the urge to panic shop despite COVID-19 fears, Trudeau says
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canadians shouldn't resort to panic buying despite the growing number of COVID-19 cases across the country. In an interview with CTV's Q...
Mar 15, 2020
VIU Women's Volleyball team crowned National Champions for third straight year
QUEBEC CITY - The VIU Mariners Women's Volleyball team have completed a perfect 29-0 season after winning Gold at the CCAA National Championships. The VIU Mariners defeated the lans de Garneau in four...
Mar 15, 2020 The VIU Women's Volleyball Team captured Gold at the CCAA Nationals on March 14th in Quebec City. (CCAA)
Specialized classroom program in Nanaimo seeing great success
NANAIMO - In six months a specialized mental health and education program has helped Nanaimo students turn their lives around. The Take a Hike program, run in the former Woodlands Secondary School, of...
Mar 15, 2020 Small groups of students in Take-A-Hike classrooms work on schedules suited to their needs with tangible results. (submitted/Take a Hike)
Funding aimed at further snuffing out Nanaimo's wildfire risk
NANAIMO - A grassroots initiative in Nanaimo is armed with funding to better protect vulnerable neighbourhoods from potential wildfires.The City of Nanaimo received $25,000 to support a series of Fire...
Mar 14, 2020 VIU property just east of the Nanaimo Parkway will be the site of a FireSmart clean-up event this spring. (Ian Holmes/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Long-in-the-works solid waste management plan approved for Regional District of Nanaimo
NANAIMO - The goal of diverting more waste from the Cedar landfill is closer than ever. B.C.'s ministry of environment approved on March 5, 2020 the solid waste management plan put forward by the Regi...
Mar 13, 2020 Work can now move ahead to divert 90 per cent of waste in the Regional District of Nanaimo. (Ian Holmes/NanaimoNewsNOW)
B.C. advises against travel outside of Canada, restricts events with large crowds
VICTORIA - Health officials in British Columbia are advising against all non-essential travel outside of Canada including to the United States. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says anyone w...
Mar 13, 2020 Dr. Bonnie Henry and health minister Adrian Dix speak at a daily briefing on COVID-19 in British Columbia. (Canadian Press)
Point-in-time count hopes to accurately portray homelessness crisis in Nanaimo
NANAIMO - Outreach workers and service providers were in the field taking surveys of Nanaimo's homeless population in an effort to better understand the crisis they're trying to fix.The second point-i...
Mar 13, 2020 The basement of St. Peter's church was home to a magnet event where those experiencing homelessness received clothes, food, a haircut and more. (Spencer Sterritt/NanaimoNewsNOW)