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Uber preparing for 'early 2025' launch in Nanaimo & rest of B.C.
NANAIMO - A new major player is preparing to enter the local transportation market. Global ride sharing giant Uber has begun a driver recruitment campaign across the province, with hopes of attracting...
Nov 15, 2024
One injured, another arrested after fight breaks out near Nanaimo high school football game
NANAIMO - Local Mounties are looking into what sparked a fight between a group of youth at a local high school Wednesday evening.Police say a fight broke out around 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 13, along...
Nov 14, 2024
Former Clipper Matt Irwin retires after 13 year NHL career
NANAIMO - Clippers alumni Matt Irwin has announced his retirement from the NHL after a career spanning 13 years and 461 games. Irwin played junior hockey in Nanaimo from 2004-2008, appearing in 163 ga...
Nov 14, 2024
Berry farmers fail to dim Nanaimo Airport lighting expansion
NANAIMO - A B.C. Supreme Court justice swiftly dismissed an application by property owners adjacent to Nanaimo Airport requesting the cancellation of an easement to a small portion of property. In a j...
Nov 14, 2024
Drug impaired driver sentenced in Nanaimo for death of retired RCMP officer
NANAIMO - Following multiple missed court appearances and an unsuccessful bid to have a blood sample warrant dismissed, a Port Alberni woman finally had her case concluded a painful five-and-a-half ye...
Nov 13, 2024
Public inquest to begin for police-involved shooting death at Nanaimo ferry terminal
NANAIMO - Details are scheduled to be released publicly this week for the first regarding a fatal police-involved shooting at Nanaimo's Departure Bay ferry terminal. The May 8, 2018 death of Jer Wood,...
Nov 12, 2024
Clippers stumble in 5-2 loss to Grizzlies
COLWOOD - After scoring the first goal the Clippers surrendered four straight and lost 5-2 to the Victoria Grizzlies.Garin Ludwig's point shot put Nanaimo in front but the game swung in the first peri...
Nov 09, 2024
Clippers beat Rivermen 2-1 in overtime
NANAIMO - The Clippers had several heroes in a 2-1 overtime win over the Langley Rivermen.Most notably Cole Lonsdale who scored the game winner 19 seconds into overtime.Defenceman Andrew Brown was als...
Nov 08, 2024
VIDEO: Clippers looking to take lessons from lost leads
NANAIMO - The Clippers are trying to break a cycle of building leads only to have them slip away. In three of their last five games Nanaimo has gotten off to tremendous starts, including on Friday, No...
Nov 08, 2024
VIU Mariners women's soccer in contention for bronze medal at CCAA nationals
SQUAMISH - After a narrow defeat in their first game at the CCAA women's soccer nationals the VIU Mariners kept in medal contention with a massive win. The Mariners scored four goals in the opening 22...
Nov 08, 2024