Crime & Courts

Man wanted again for alleged prolonged assault against woman in her Nanaimo home

NANAIMO - Warrants were again issued against a man who allegedly beat a woman in her home.A Nanaimo judge issued an arrest warrant for Heath Henry Handy, 49, for failing to show up for a Thursday, Feb...

Feb 05, 2021

Nanaimo RCMP arrest man in connection with stolen truck, wood splitter

NANAIMO - Police have a man in custody after an early morning robbery of a local nursery.RCMP said thieves climbed the fence at Green Thumb Nursery on Hammond Bay Rd. around 4:40 a.m. on Thursday, Feb...

Feb 04, 2021

Police cleared by IIO in violent mental health arrest of Nanaimo mother

NANAIMO - Police officers won't be charged for using force and a spit hood when apprehending a violent Nanaimo mother from her home. The report from the Independent Investigations Office published on ...

Feb 03, 2021

Proud Boys and other extreme right-wing groups among 13 added to Canada's terror list

OTTAWA - The Trudeau government is adding the Proud Boys and three other extreme right-wing groups to its list of terrorist organizations to address the sort of neo-fascism and white nationalism that ...

Feb 03, 2021

Driver of speeding car wanted by Nanaimo RCMP after late night crash

NANAIMO - Police are looking for the driver of a vehicle involved in a two-car crash in central Nanaimo.A routine patrol spotted a black Honda Civic travelling at 84 kilometres per hour along Departur...

Feb 01, 2021

'It's huge and it increases every year:' Nanaimo Bike Bait program puts the brakes on thieves

NANAIMO - The local RCMP's Bait Bike program recently helped lure two would-be thieves over the span of just a couple of days.In both cases, on Wednesday Jan. 13 and Thursday, Jan. 15, members of the ...

Jan 31, 2021

Police Service Dog Luca nabs well-known Nanaimo offender during routine training session

NANAIMO - A man wanted on numerous arrest warrants is in custody after being in the wrong place in the wrong time.During a routine training session on Wednesday, Jan. 27, Cpl. Dean Muir and his Police...

Jan 29, 2021

NRGH employee seriously hurt in attack at hospital parking lot

NANAIMO - A woman has serious but non-life threatening injuries after she was assaulted with a two-foot long wooden stick in the Nanaimo Hospital parking lot.Police say it happened Wednesday, Jan. 27 ...

Jan 28, 2021

Judge hands Nanaimo drug trafficker federal prison sentence

NANAIMO - An opioid addict was sentenced to two years in a federal penitentiary in connection to a street level drug dealing operation in Nanaimo.Todd Gerald John Cawley, 60, was sentenced on Wednesda...

Jan 28, 2021

'Thousands' of potential fentanyl doses confiscated by Nanaimo RCMP during routine patrol

NANAIMO - A proactive police officer has helped keep a large quantity of illegal drugs off Nanaimo streets.A uniformed patrol officer happened upon someone he'd dealt with in the past during a routine...

Jan 27, 2021