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Man jailed after ramming stolen truck into police cruiser south of Nanaimo
NANAIMO - A prolific offender has been sentenced for a shocking string of crimes in the Nanaimo area, including bulldozing over a police car.Majore Jackson, 34, was sentenced to two years in provincia...
Sep 17, 2019 Majore Jackson was sentenced for driving this stolen truck through an unmarked RCMP cruiser following a police chase in Yellow Point on April, 25, 2018 (Ian Holmes/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Nanaimo search and rescue changes course, now staying put in existing building
NANAIMO - A new agreement means Nanaimo Search and Rescue won't have to worry about a finding a new home for 25 years. Nanaimo SAR and the City have entered into a 25-year co-management agreement for ...
Sep 17, 2019 Nanaimo Search and Rescue is now more fully on the path to renovating their existing operating space on Fourth St. (Spencer Sterritt/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Warmer waters set to dictate coastal fall forecast
NANAIMO - After a few years of unsettled and at times damaging weather on BC's coast, fall 2019 could see the area move in a new direction.Environment Canada forecasters are expecting a change in the ...
Sep 16, 2019 An anomolously warm patch of surface water in the northeastern Pacific Ocean is set to drive a warmer, drier fall forecast. (Ian Holmes/NanaimoNewsNOW)
'I'll be able to spoil my kids:' Nanaimo pair wins big
NANAIMO - A trip to Disneyland and a new recording studio is now suddenly in the near future for a Nanaimo pair. Jesse Logan and Teresa Winters Day bought a winning Lotto 6/49 together when they purch...
Sep 16, 2019 Jesse Logan and Teresa Winters Day are Nanaimo's newest millionaires. (BCLC)
Clippers weekend wrap up: Sept. 13-15
NANAIMO - The Clippers are developing a reputation for playing low scoring, tight hockey games.It's been the blueprint of their season so far with no more than five combined goals in any of the first ...
Sep 16, 2019 The Clippers had points in all three of their weekend games. Nanaimo beat the Bulldogs and Chiefs on home ice and lost in a shootout in Alberni Valley. (Gary Dorland)
Parents are top school zone speed violators in Nanaimo: RCMP
NANAIMO - RCMP are concerned about just who is going too fast through school zones during the first half of September.Nanaimo RCMP Cst. Gary O'Brien reports 22 fines issued so far with a sad trend eme...
Sep 16, 2019 Nanaimo Mounties report sadly parents make up the majority of school zone speeders early in the school year. (Ian Holmes/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Nine month jail sentence for Parksville prolific offender
NANAIMO - A prolific offender from Parksville has been sentenced to nine months in jail for break and enter, stealing a vehicle and fleeing police.Justin Joseph Kloss, 26, learned his punishment recen...
Sep 15, 2019 26-year-old Justin Kloss was sentenced to nine months in jail on Thursday Sept. 12 in provincial court in Nanaimo. He'll serve another six months behind bars due to credit for time served, along with one year probation and a one year driving ban. (File photo/NanaimoNewsNOW).
Strong second period leads Clippers over Chiefs
NANAIMO - The Clippers scored two quick goals at the start of the second period to take control of their matinee game with Chilliwack.After a scoreless first period Kyler Kovich and Tyler Williams sco...
Sep 15, 2019 Blake Wood celebrates his first win as a Clippers, a 3-2 victory over Chilliwack on Sunday. (Gary Dorland)
Terry Fox Run in Nanaimo showcases marathon spirit
NANAIMO - Showers failed to dampen spirits for the 39th annual Terry Fox Run for Cancer Research, held Sunday Sept. 15 at Bowen Park. Approximately 200 people took part, choosing either a two or five ...
Sep 15, 2019
Nanaimo-based society helping clean BC coasts and track trash
NANAIMO - Everyone knows plastics in the ocean is bad and no one likes to see it wash up onshore. After seeing so much marine debris and garbage land on the west coast of Vancouver Island, a group of ...
Sep 14, 2019