Crime & Courts

Foul play ruled out in connection to body found in Nanaimo

NANAIMO - Investigators probing the discovery of a man's body in the Old City Quarter neighbourhood on Boxing Day determined homicide was not a cause of death.A news release from Nanaimo RCMP stated t...

Jan 05, 2021

Auxiliary Cst. program discontinued at Nanaimo RCMP detachment

NANAIMO - A once-valuable program is no longer in force at the Nanaimo RCMP detachment. The volunteer Auxiliary Constable program within the detachment was officially shuttered at the end of 2020. Aux...

Jan 05, 2021

Top Stories of 2020: Murder charge laid years after Makayla Chang disappeared

NANAIMO - One of the Nanaimo's longest cold cases warmed up in 2020 when a first degree murder charge was laid. Steven Bacon, long connected to the disappearance and murder of Nanaimo teen Makayla Cha...

Dec 31, 2020

Man hospitalized after Boxing Day stabbing in Qualicum Beach

QUALICUM BEACH - A man was flown to hospital with a significant stab wound after an altercation at a campground got out of control.The incident ocurred at Riverside Resort in Qualicum Beach on Hwy. 19...

Dec 31, 2020

Top stories of 2020: Hot coffee hurled at fast-food worker ignites community anger

NANAIMO - A widely viewed video capturing shocking behaviour of a woman at a Nanaimo drive-thru clearly stood out as a top local story in 2020.The Oct. 13 incident caused minor burns to a man on the o...

Dec 28, 2020

Serious Crime Unit investigating body found near downtown Nanaimo

NANAIMO - The Serious Crime Unit is investigating a body found on Boxing Day morning outside a Nanaimo bar. The body was discovered around 5:45 a.m. on Boxing Day in the alley behind the Oxy Pub in th...

Dec 26, 2020

Nanaimo youth ticketed for breaking COVID-19 protocols in school parking lot

NANAIMO - Police "brought the hammer down" on young people partying in a Nanaimo school parking lot. Eleven teenagers were each given a $230 ticket for not following COVID-19 protocols near midnight o...

Dec 22, 2020

Nanaimo RCMP K9 officer sued for alleged 'reckless, lawless & evil actions' during arrest

NANAMO - A Nanaimo man wants a local Mountie held accountable for what he describes as excessive force causing physical, psychological and emotional trauma.David Alan Banford's civil claim filed in BC...

Dec 22, 2020

Man jailed after found squatting in badly damaged Nanaimo home

NANAIMO - A prolific criminal was jailed after pleading guilty to occupying a Nicol St. home.Sean Damien Kulai, 40, was sentenced on Tuesday, Dec. 15 at provincial court in Nanaimo to 19 months in jai...

Dec 17, 2020

Oceanside RCMP nab nuisance offender hours after being released from custody

PARKSVILLE - A man well known to police following a string of nuisance crimes is back in police custody.Silas Jacob Janzen, 24, is believed to be responsible for numerous petty crimes including dine a...

Dec 16, 2020