Tag Archives: Community
'It's a significant event:' Multi-day power outages expected in Nanaimo and across mid-Island
NANAIMO - Power outages are expected to persist this week as BC Hydro learns more about a punishing windstorm inflicting widespread damage across coastal B.C. Ted Olynyk, BC Hydro's manager of communi...
Nov 20, 2024
Public transit ticket sale changes looms for mid Island bus riders
NANAIMO - Traditional fare products will soon no longer be sold to Regional District of Nanaimo's transit customers. As of Dec. 1, physical tickets, along with monthly and semester passes, won't be so...
Nov 20, 2024
Snow removal for priority walking routes in Parksville under consideration
PARKSVILLE - Sidewalks lining priority routes could soon be clear of snow when the white stuff falls in Parksville. During a Monday, Nov. 18 council meeting, councillors agreed to advance a two-year s...
Nov 19, 2024
Recommendations made after Coroner's Inquest into Nanaimo ferry terminal shooting death
NANAIMO - A seven-member jury have made a pair of recommendations to both BC RCMP and BC Emergency Health Services (EHS) following a week-long inquest. The jury were tasked with determining relevant f...
Nov 19, 2024
Prolific Nanaimo offender returns to jail after offered residential treatment
NANAIMO - He was warned he'd likely go back to jail if he didn't report to a southern interior treatment centre and that's exactly what happened. Peter Jonathan Cameron Ludvigson was ordered to serve ...
Nov 19, 2024
B.C. government cabinet named, Sheila Malcolmson returns to familiar role
VICTORIA - A freshly sworn-in cabinet features a few ministers retaining their former positions, along with an expected significant turnover.B.C. lieutenant governor Janet Austin swore in the 27-membe...
Nov 18, 2024
Attempted pop-up overdose prevention site outside Nanaimo hospital quickly relocated
NANAIMO - A group of Vancouver Island physicians known as Doctors for Safer Drug Policy who tried to launch an unsanctioned overdose prevention site (OPS) outside NRGH were quickly shut down by hospit...
Nov 18, 2024
Oceanside fire departments converge for annual Fill the Boots fundraiser
PARKSVILLE - Eight fire departments servicing the Parksville-Qualicum Beach region are accepting donations to help extinguish hunger and provide presents for youngsters this winter holiday season. Led...
Nov 16, 2024
‘I think our wish has come true:’ Beloved Nanaimo grocery store remains open under new ownership
NANAIMO - New arrivals to the Harbour City vow to carry on the tradition of a popular grocery store operating on the edge of Nanaimo's downtown for decades. The Patel family, originally from New Dehli...
Nov 15, 2024
Barsby Bulldogs hit the road for AA varsity quarterfinal game
NANAIMO - The John Barsby Bulldogs are playing in a BC high school football quarterfinal game in Abbotsford.The AA varsity team will be an underdog against the number three team in the province when t...
Nov 15, 2024