Events

Nanaimo high schools fall just short of top provincial basketball honours

NANAIMO - Untimely losses for a pair of local high school boys basketball teams proved costly over the weekend.Both Dover Bay and Wellington Secondary schools earned semi-finals appearances in their r...

Mar 10, 2025

Nanaimo SAR trainees tackle 24-hour Mount Benson training drill

NANAIMO - A handful of recruits have one more mission before their training is complete to join Nanaimo Search and Rescue's ranks. Based on the weather forecast, it's shaping up to be a wet weekend fo...

Mar 08, 2025

'Our idea is simply to be the change:' youth-led Oceanside philanthropy group makes impact

PARKSVILLE - What started out as a small gathering of young change-makers is gaining momentum. 100 Kids for Change, a youth-run philanthropy organization launched early last year donates money to loca...

Alex Rawnsley Mar 02, 2025

Nanaimo Council advancing video/audio recording bans, citing safety concerns

NANAIMO - Referencing multiple incidents of disruption in Council Chambers over the last year, the City is preparing to implement a blanket ban on media capture by the public during meetings.Councillo...

Feb 27, 2025

Renowned Wellington Jazz Academy makes impact at festival

NANAIMO - Students from Wellington Secondary School's popular jazz program hit all the right notes last weekend. Wellington students garnered several individual and combination honours at one of the l...

Feb 27, 2025

'It can strip you right bare:' Naked Bungy in Nanaimo backs mental health

NANAIMO - All in the name of mental health, roughly 160 people are preparing to bungy in the buff this weekend.The 19th annual Naked Bungy event in support of Mental Health Recovery Partners (MHRP) ta...

Feb 27, 2025

SD68 responds to sporadic alert concerns following recent earthquake

NANAIMO - A recent earthquake hitting coastal B.C. on Friday has some people why their phones received an alert while others didn't, and why certain schools were evacuated and others continued without...

Feb 26, 2025

VIDEO: 'We consider ourselves professional volunteers:' Nanaimo hosts marine SAR exercises

NANAIMO - On a rainy morning as many people enjoyed their weekends, marine search and rescue volunteers were hard at work.Semi-annual training exercises, held in Nanaimo Saturday, Feb. 22, were testin...

Alex Rawnsley Feb 24, 2025

High public interest leads to second Ladysmith mayoral forum

LADYSMITH - It appears people in Ladysmith are paying close attention to who will be next to sit in the community's mayor's chair. Ladysmith Chamber of Commerce, in conjunction with Ladysmith Downtown...

Feb 23, 2025

Coldest Night of the Year eyeing record fundraising totals in Nanaimo and Oceanside

NANAIMO - Fresh off back-to-back record-breaking fundraising years, Island Crisis Care Society is back this weekend for its biggest event of the year.The Coldest Night of the Year takes place on Satur...

Feb 21, 2025