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VIDEO: Nanaimo man coding app to better communicate with non-verbal, autistic granddaughter

NANAIMO - Frustrated by the limited array of tools available to communicate with his non-verbal, autistic granddaughter, a local man is taking the DIY approach. Thomas Pepler's four-year-old granddaug...

Alex Rawnsley Feb 14, 2025

Charge laid after 90-year-old woman killed in Cedar hit-and-run

NANAIMO - A 26-year-old local man has been charged in relation to the death of a senior in Cedar last year.Justin Kenneth Nicholls was arrested and formally charged Wednesday, Feb. 12 with one count o...

Feb 14, 2025

Annual restrictions banning dogs on Oceanside area beaches coming into effect

PARKSVILLE - Allowing exhausted migrating geese room to recuperate is behind an annual advisory banning dogs from Oceanside area beaches. In Parksville, Rathrevor Beach is closed between Saturday, Feb...

Alex Rawnsley Feb 14, 2025

VIEx campaigning for new agricultural building in Nanaimo

NANAIMO - It doesn't take a leading architect to conclude new life could be breathed into Vancouver Island Exhibition (VIEx) infrastructure at Beban Park Fairgrounds in Nanaimo. Michelle Solloway, mar...

Feb 13, 2025

Suspicious Nanaimo vehicle fire potentially targets former political candidate

NANAIMO - Local Mounties are investigating a suspicious vehicle fire involving the car of a former provincial political candidate.Flames were seen coming from a grey Fiat 500 parked on Summerhill Pl.,...

Feb 13, 2025

Tree removal set to start ahead of Nanaimo Cancer Centre construction

NANAIMO - Preliminary site work at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital is about to get underway on a major construction project. Development of the B.C. Cancer Centre in Nanaimo will begin with tree rem...

Alex Rawnsley Feb 13, 2025

VIDEO: Clippers building chemistry and strong habits during playoff push

NANAIMO - The Clippers are enjoying their best run of play in the BCHL season with six consecutive wins. It started on Jan. 25 with a 3-2 overtime win in Powell River and includes two victories over V...

Alex Rawnsley Feb 12, 2025

'The most uncertain the industry has been in many years:' tariffs threatening Island tourism season

NANAIMO - Political uncertainty involving Canada-US relations is now being felt locally in the Island tourism sector.A budding trade war sparked through tariff threats from the new American administra...

Feb 12, 2025

Mounties cleared after man dies in hospital shortly after arrest in Parksville

PARKSVILLE - Oceanside RCMP officers have been cleared of any wrongdoing after the death of a man in their custody in 2023.Mounties were called to the Summer by the Sea Street Market along Craig St. o...

Feb 11, 2025

Unique weigh scale aims to gain insight on Vancouver Island marmots

NANAIMO - Researchers are getting creative to learn more about how weight impacts the health of the resurgent Vancouver Island marmot population. A pair of Vancouver Island University technicians have...

Feb 10, 2025