Tag Archives: Events
Lights on for Lisa event marks 18 years since Nanaimo woman disappeared
NANAIMO - Supporters of a Nanaimo woman missing for 18 years are encouraging people to keep their porch lights on to help guide her home.Lights on for Lisa was organized as a sign of hope in guiding L...
Jun 30, 2020
New inclusive playground opens at Maffeo Sutton Park
NANAIMO - A much-anticipated inclusive playground at Maffeo Sutton Park in downtown Nanaimo is now open for excited children and their caregivers. The City officially unveiled the new infrastructure v...
Jun 22, 2020
Streaming concert, online videos and fireworks app to help mark Canada Day 2020
OTTAWA - Canadians are being offered a buffet of online videos, crafts and even a stop-motion animation app to celebrate Canada Day from home. Federal officials are releasing the details of how July 1...
Jun 15, 2020
Cancelled wedding for Nanaimo couple leads to creative, sky-high solution
NANAIMO - A local couple tied the knot in the most unique of circumstances, while connecting with family thousands of kilometres away.Brayden Boyd and Michelle Fonseca had organized a July destination...
May 27, 2020
Annual Nanaimo bathtub race cancelled, organizers hope for fall event
NANAIMO - The waters off the coast of Nanaimo will be relatively calm this summer without dozens of bathtubs racing across the waves. The Loyal Nanaimo Bathtub Society has decided to cancel the 53rd W...
May 15, 2020
Snowbirds to conduct Nanaimo fly-by, part of nationwide tour
NANAIMO - If the weather co-operates, the skies above Nanaimo are about to get loud.The Canadian Forces Snowbirds are winding down their nationwide Operation Inspiration tour and are scheduled to swoo...
May 15, 2020
Province announces 15 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, none on Vancouver Island
NANAIMO - Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry announced no new cases of COVID-19 on Vancouver Island during her weekend update on the pandemic from Victoria.The number of active or resolved cas...
May 09, 2020
Nova Scotia mass killer should be subjected to psychological autopsy: experts
HALIFAX - As the RCMP investigate the case of the Nova Scotia gunman who killed 22 people during a 13-hour rampage last month, a key question remains unanswered: Why? The Mounties have said littl...
May 06, 2020
Ceremony to be held today for service members who died in helicopter crash
CFB TRENTON, Ont. - The Canadian military is to hold a special ramp ceremony today at Canadian Forces Base Trenton to repatriate remains of a service member and honour all six who died in a ...
May 06, 2020
Province announces 26 new COVID-19 cases, two in the Island Health Region
NANAIMO - Over the past 24 hours, two new cases of COVID-19 have been reported on Vancouver Island. The number of cases now stands at 123 across the Island Health region.Provincial health officer Dr. ...
May 02, 2020 Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry providing an update on the COVID-19 pandemic from Victoria. (Gov't of B.C./Flickr)