Tag Archives: Community
Nanoose Bay restaurant to close after losing ongoing battle with provincial land commission
NANAIMO - The owners of a beloved Nanoose Bay restaurant are fed up after being dealt another blow in a battle with the province over how their business operates.Will Gemmell and Jodie Lucas, owner of...
Sep 06, 2019 The Rusted Rake Farm Eatery is set to close on Sunday, Sept. 8 as the owners lose another battle with the province. (Rusted Rake Farm/Facebook)
Hundreds of area Indigenous youth to receive compensation for federal gov't failures
NANAIMO - A major windfall is incoming to Indigenous youth and their families throughout the mid-Island area. The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal announced Friday, Sept. 6 Indigenous youth removed from...
Sep 06, 2019 The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal ruled on Friday the federal government must pay $40,000 to each child placed in on-reserve care since the beginning of 2006. (The Canadian Press)
City seeking new provocative outdoor public art
NANAIMO - There is an upcoming changing of the guard among the temporary public art pieces scattered through Nanaimo. The City is once again putting out the call for submissions of temporary art from ...
Sep 06, 2019 Maggie Wouterloot's piece Forest Cloak in Maffeo Sutton Park captivated people during the 2018 temporary public art season. (submitted/Maggie Wouterloot)
VIU Mariners kickoff 2019 PACWEST soccer season
NANAIMO - The PACWEST soccer season gets underway this weekend for the VIU Mariners.The women are defending provincial champions and look to take things a step further by winning a national title in 2...
Sep 05, 2019 Lexi Fawcett (L), Karen Battie (C), and Nicole Foglietta (R) are three of the core leaders on the VIU women's soccer team. (Dan Marshall/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Forgotten portion of downtown Nanaimo sees huge development push
NANAIMO - A previously underutilized part of Nanaimo's downtown is receiving a significant development boost. Construction is underway or planned for numerous mixed-use developments in the Chapel St. ...
Sep 05, 2019 Crews recently demolished a run-down building on Front and Chapel Streets to make way for a six-storey hotel. (Ian Holmes/NanaimoNewsNOW)
UPDATE: Power restored after widespread outage affects entire Oceanside region
UPDATE: Power was restored just prior to 2 p.m. Thursday after a transmission circuit failure zapped power to the entire Oceanside region for nearly two hours. BC Hydro Spokesman Ted Olynyk told Nanai...
Sep 05, 2019 A transmission circuit failure shortly after noon Thursday, Sept. 5 has affected most BC Hydro customers throughout the Oceanside region. (BC Hydro)
Cha-ching: Nanaimo lotto players on 'significant' run of luck
NANAIMO - Lottery balls are falling the right way for people in Nanaimo, who are seemingly continually hitting it rich.The BC Lottery Corporation reported "significant" lotto luck in the harbour city ...
Sep 04, 2019 BCLC data shows a positive run of lottery luck for tickets and games purchased in Nanaimo. All told, 13 people won at least $500,000 worth of BCLC prizes since 2012. (Alex Rawnsley/NanaimoNewsNOW)
New classroom opens to help vulnerable Nanaimo students
NANAIMO - A new specialized classroom is helping struggling Nanaimo youth achieve their dreams and accomplish more than just graduating. The first Take a Hike classroom on Vancouver Island opened at t...
Sep 04, 2019 Students in a Take and Hike classroom work on schedules more suited to them and designed to get them outdoors. (Submitted/Take a Hike)
VIU students help Nanaimo community organizations do their best
NANAIMO - It can be difficult for community organizations and non-profits to find the time to take stock of their efforts in the community. Thankfully a VIU program does it for them. The Community-Bas...
Sep 03, 2019 The 2018-2019 students in the Community-based-Applied Interdisciplinary Research course, who help Nanaimo organizations. (submitted/VIU)
UPDATE: missing Nanaimo man located safe and sound
UPDATE: Nanaimo RCMP announced a missing 28-year-old man was located safe and sound following a missing persons' report filed a day earlier.Police said Jason John Schnurr previously left his Nanaimo h...
Sep 03, 2019 Jason John Schnurr, seen here in a recent photograph, was last seen Monday night. (submitted/Nanaimo RCMP)