Paramedics/Fire

Fatal construction site accident on Gabriola Island under investigation

NANAIMO - The BC Coroners Service is investigating after two men were killed in a workplace incident on Gabriola Island.Emergency crews were called to a residential property on Berry Point Rd. near Tw...

Mar 16, 2021

Remains found of missing woman after Ladysmith boat fire

LADYSMITH - Police have located the body of a missing woman after a weekend boat fire off the shores of Ladysmith.Emergency crews descended to the Ladysmith waterfront in the early morning hours of Sa...

Mar 02, 2021

Woman missing after boat fire near Ladysmith marina

LADYSMITH - Mounties are continuing to search the Ladysmith Harbour for a woman who was last seen alive on a large boat when it caught fire.According to police the fire broke out on the nearly 50-foot...

Feb 28, 2021

Longtime Nanaimo firefighter named new chief

NANAIMO - The City of Nanaimo didn't have to look far for its new fire chief.Deputy chief Tim Doyle has been named the new head of Nanaimo Fire Rescue (NFR) nearly two months after former chief Karen ...

Feb 17, 2021

Nanaimo RCMP officer suffers serious, non-life threatening injuries in highway rollover

NANAIMO - An officer en route to assist another member in north Nanaimo suffered serious but non-life threatening injuries in a morning crash.Emergency crews attended to the scene by Nanaimo North Tow...

Feb 15, 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

2 hikers rescued in separate calls for help on Mount Benson

NANAIMO - Dangerous conditions on Mount Benson made for a long day and night for search and rescue crews tasked with retrieving a pair of injured hikers.Nanaimo SAR search manager Eugene Touchette sai...

Jan 24, 2021

Nanaimo Parkway crash under investigation, no sign of driver or other potential passengers

NANAIMO - Police are trying to find whoever was in a car involved in a serious single-vehicle crash on the Nanaimo Parkway.RCMP Cst. Gary O'Brien said an older model gray Mazda 4-door sedan believed t...

Jan 19, 2021

Nanaimo RCMP deem Woodgrove Centre all clear after threat made

NANAIMO - RCMP temporarily closed Woodgrove Centre Tuesday morning after a threat was made against the property just prior to opening.Officers arrived on scene around 10:15 a.m. and conducted a search...

Jan 19, 2021

Hikers rescued from steep section of Mount Arrowsmith, 1 person seriously injured

PARKSVILLE - Three people endured a harrowing ordeal on Mount Arrowsmith, stranded for hours and unable to move on a steep section of the mountain.Dozens of military and volunteer search and rescue re...

Jan 18, 2021