Crime & Courts

'It sickened me': victim of $70K payroll scam at Errington sawmill speaks out

NANAIMO - A former manager of a bankrupt mill welled up in tears while describing the pain her former colleague's workplace scam caused."I had a friend of 11 years that obviously wasn't my friend," Li...

Apr 22, 2021

Offender jailed for Nanaimo dial-a-dope operation

NANAIMO - A man was sentenced to 27 months behind bars after his street level drug trafficking scheme was uncovered during a Nanaimo traffic stop.Robert John Harper, 35, was sentenced in the BC Suprem...

Apr 21, 2021

Loaded revolver, knives and drugs found in pulled over car along Nanaimo Pwy.

NANAIMO - A man asleep at the wheel of a pulled over car in Lantzville was allegedly found in possession of a loaded hand gun.RCMP Cst. Gary O'Brien says 35-year-old Richard Garnet Jackson was spotted...

Apr 20, 2021

Proposed law in Montana to restart lethal injections falls short by narrow margin

HELENA, Mont. - The Montana senate has narrowly defeated a bill that would have removed obstacles that prevent the state from resuming executions. The decision directly affects Canadian Ronald Smith, ...

Apr 15, 2021

Suspicious death now considered homicide by Nanaimo RCMP

NANAIMO - Local mounties are investigating Nanaimo's first homicide since early 2018.RCMP said the body of 58-year-old Randell Charles Thomas was discovered in bushes near a walking trail along Tamara...

Apr 14, 2021

Man sentenced for beating death at south Nanaimo apartment

NANAIMO - A Nanaimo man convicted of clubbing his drug dealer to death will spend a further two years in provincial jail.John Albert Buchanan was sentenced in the BC Supreme Court in Nanaimo on Tuesda...

Apr 13, 2021

Nanaimo councillor trying to bring provincial eyes to downtown Nanaimo problems

NANAIMO - A Nanaimo councillor wants to find new ways to draw provincial attention to the situation unfolding on Nanaimo streets. Coun. Erin Hemmens during a meeting at the council table on Monday, Ap...

Apr 13, 2021

Nanaimo teenager beaten, stripped naked in public assault near Long Lake

NANAIMO - A local teenager was assaulted and stripped naked after a party in north Nanaimo.Police said the 15-year-old victim was leaving a gathering near Long Lake around 8:00 p.m. on Friday, April 9...

Apr 12, 2021

Nanaimo man accused of sexually abusing two young sons awaits judge's decision

Editor's Note: This story contains descriptions of alleged graphic sexual abuse against minors and may not be appropriate for some readers. NANAIMO - Historic allegations of a Nanaimo father sexually ...

Apr 12, 2021

Nanaimo police searching for man involved in downtown stabbing

NANAIMO - Local police are hoping to identify a man accused of stabbing another during a disagreement in the downtown. Police were called to the parking lot of the Port Place Mall around 8 p.m. on Thu...

Alex Rawnsley Apr 09, 2021