Crime & Courts

Top Stories of 2021: man sentenced for planting secret bathroom camera capturing family members

NANAIMO - Public outrage was swift for one of our most read stories of the year.Details of a Nanoose Bay man secretly installing a video camera in the main bathroom of his family home draw widespread ...

Dec 18, 2021

Notorious Gabriola Island fisheries violator jailed following late night boat chase

NANAIMO - A banned angler with a lengthy and damning history of flouting fishery laws received a six-month jail sentence after he was caught red-handed in Vancouver Harbour.Scott Stanley Matthew Steer...

Dec 17, 2021

VIDEO: 'It's unacceptable': thefts of red dresses and pride flag angers Nanaimo non profit

NANAIMO - A local non-profit organization well known for supporting marginalized people is discouraged by a series of disturbing thefts.Since late November four red dresses positioned in front of Nana...

Dec 14, 2021

Prolific offender jailed for 'extremely dangerous' Qualicum Beach crime spree

NANAIMO - An erratic driver who rolled a stolen truck after entering oncoming Inland Island Hwy. traffic has been sentenced to 16 months behind bars.Sheldon James Johanson, 32, pleaded guilty to three...

Dec 13, 2021

Late night shooting in south Nanaimo sends one person to hospital

NANAIMO - Police responded to reports of shots fired in front of a home on View St. in south Nanaimo late Saturday night.When officers arrived on scene around 9:15 p.m. on Saturday, Dec 11., they foun...

Dec 12, 2021

Man sentenced for extended sexual abuse of young Nanaimo girl

NANAMO - Agonizing impacts of abuse at the hands of a once trusted family friend were highlighted during an emotional sentencing hearing.Robert Wayne Calvert, 51, had two years tacked onto an existing...

Dec 09, 2021

Nanaimo non-profit investigating substantial theft of funds by former employee

NANAIMO - A local non-profit is reeling after what they say was "a possible misappropriation" of donations and other funding.The Society for Equity, Inclusion and Advocacy announced Wednesday, Dec. 8,...

Dec 08, 2021

'Not a lot of skill going in with making these:' shoddy counterfeit cash circulating through Nanaimo

NANAIMO - Local Mounties are tracking at least one man in the community who is circulating poorly-made counterfeit bills.RCMP said counterfeit bills were confirmed to be used in four stores since Dec....

Dec 06, 2021

'There are people who choose to drink and drive and we're there to stop them:' holiday enforcement ramps up in Nanaimo

NANAIMO - Local police say impaired driving is a sure-fire way to make Santa's naughty list this holiday season.In recognition of national impaired driving enforcement day on Saturday, Dec. 4, local R...

Dec 02, 2021

'Clearly unreasonable:' Appeals Court orders jail time for Parksville workplace scammer under house arrest

NANAIMO - A repeat fraudster who bilked $70,000 from her former employer has been ordered to exchange her electronic bracelet for a jail cell.The BC Court of Appeal announced two years of house arrest...

Nov 30, 2021