Tag Archives: Community

NANAIMO - The number of children living in poverty in B.C. is growing, including in Nanaimo.The child poverty report from First Call Child and Youth Advocacy Society (FCCYAS) saw 16.7 per cent, or 147...

NANAIMO - Added vibrancy and festive cheer in Nanaimo's downtown and Old City Quarter are anticipated for the next three Thursday nights. Winterfest, staged by the Downtown Nanaimo Business Associatio...

NANAIMO - A closed valued public access point down a steep embankment is planned to be addressed shortly. Charlotte Davis, the City of Nanaimo's manager of parks operations, said the damaging November...

PARKSVILLE - A local social agency hopes the public can respond to a rise in demand this holiday season. Lissa Alexander, Society of Organized Services (SOS) communications manager, said their annual ...

NANAIMO - One year from now a new Nanaimo-based storage and distribution hub to feed thousands of people is slated to open. A building permit was awarded last week and contractors were on-site Monday,...

NANAIMO - With the exception of a mid-month bomb cyclone storm which knocked out power to thousands across the province, November weather was fairly average in terms of temperature and rainfall.That's...

NANAIMO - A driver is accused of aggressively driving in circles on a quiet north Nanaimo street before losing control and hitting a home. Nanaimo RCMP say it happened on Saturday, Nov. 30 around 10:1...

NANAIMO - A former local minor hockey product hopes to return to the same tournament but this time with a different result. On Monday, Dec. 2 Hockey Canada announced the 32-player selection camp roste...

NANAIMO - Combined with the strength of anonymous donors, a goal of $150,000 is set to help purchase four new state-of-the-art incubators for Nanaimo hospital's youngest patients. This year's Giving T...

NANAIMO - Already with a long history of property crimes throughout the mid-Island area, a first drug trafficking conviction resulted in an automatic jail sentence. Jesse Andrew Savidant, 35, was sent...