Tag Archives: Community
Number of working smoke detectors in Nanaimo homes plummets to 5-year low
NANAIMO - Local firefighters are renewing their push for families to test and replace their smoke detectors after discovering a worrying trend. Nanaimo Fire Rescue chief Karen Fry said only 28 per cen...
Aug 20, 2019 Working smoke detectors were found in less than 30 per cent of Nanaimo house fires in 2018. (File photo/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Oceanside RCMP hunting for exhibitionist pervert in two separate incidents
PARKSVILLE - Two women are traumatized after separate but possibly linked incidents of a man masturbating in the woods. Oceanside RCMP Cpl. Jesse Foreman told NanaimoNewsNOW the first incident occurre...
Aug 20, 2019 Oceanside RCMP are searching for a man believed to be involved in two incidents of exhibitionism and sexual assault. (File photo/NanaimoNewsNOW)
'I was expecting worse': family relieved after elderly man found in upper Lantzville woods
LANTZVILLE - A family celebration put on hold can resume after volunteers found a man with severe dementia who'd walked away into the dense Upper Lantzville brush just west of Green Lake.Wayne Striles...
Aug 20, 2019 Wayne Strilesky, sitting in the red jacket which kept him warm overnight in the forests near Green Lake. (Ian Holmes/NanaimoNewsNOW)
UPDATE: 75-year-old man with dementia found in north Nanaimo after urgent search
NANAIMO - An urgent search is over after crews found a missing 75-year-old man who'd walked away from an Upper Lantzville home into a forested area. Wayne Strilesky, 75, was discovered around noon on ...
Aug 19, 2019 Mr. Wayne Strilesky was last seen going into a forested area in north Nanaimo. (Nanaimo RCMP)
RCMP leans on public in mid-island homicide investigation
CHEMAINUS -Police hope the public can help solve a homicide investigation involving a 19-year-old woman whose body was discovered near a gulf island east of Chemainus.Delores 'Deedee' Brown's body was...
Aug 19, 2019 The body of 19-year-old Delores 'Deedee' Brown was discovered on Aug. 19, 2015 near Norway Island. Police issued a news release in hopes of leading to finding who's responsible for her death. (BC RCMP)
400 Nanaimo-area kids learn to be leaders through soccer
NANAIMO - Indigenous youth had fun on their turf learning how to play soccer and be a leader in their community.Several hundred children from Nanaimo and across the mid-island packed the Beban Park so...
Aug 19, 2019 Two youth, who were already pretty comfortable with soccer, learning slick new moves at the Hope and Health event in Beban Park on Monday, Aug. 19. (Spencer Sterritt/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Nanoose Bay hit hard by road rehab season
NANOOSE BAY - Dueling traffic construction projects and significant gridlock in Nanoose Bay forced one project to be temporarily abandoned. Mainroad Mid-Island Contracting announced it is shifting awa...
Aug 19, 2019 Mainroad Contracting crews temporarily ditched work at the south end of Northwest Bay Rd. Monday to create a bit of relief for motorists dealing with delays on multiple points of the road through Nanoose Bay. (Mainroad Contracting)
More than 100K view stunning sand sculptures at Parksville Beach
PARKSVILLE - For a fifth straight year more than 100,000 people viewed the world-renowned sand sculptures at the popular Parksville Beach Festival.Cheryl Dill, festival society president, said the lar...
Aug 19, 2019 Peter Vogelaar's entry titled Beneath the Waves. Vogelaar won the people's choice award in the solo division of the 2019 Sand Sculpting Competition and Exhibition as part of the Parksville Beach Festival. (Ian Holmes/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Nanaimo runner triumphs on gruelling Inca Trail marathon
NANAIMO - An avid Nanaimo runner has one of the worlds toughest mountain trails under her belt.Kristin Clarke finished the Inca Trail Marathon on Aug. 8 in eight hours and 40 minutes. She was declared...
Aug 18, 2019 Kristin Clarke, who recently found a love of adventure runner, says racing the Inca Trail was the most impossible but rewarding journey. (Inca Trail Marathon/Facebook)
Man hides in washroom stall, climbs into ceiling to rob Nanaimo store overnight
NANAIMO - A heist often seen in movies but rarely real life has caught Nanaimo RCMP's attention. A man was seen by security cameras entering a north-end Nanaimo store around 9 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 1...
Aug 16, 2019 This man stayed locked in a washroom stall for hours before climbing into the vents and crawling out to the loss prevention office within the store. (Nanaimo RCMP)