Paramedics/Fire

VIDEO: Driver in fatal Gabriola Island crash pleads guilty

NANAMO - A man charged with dangerous driving causing death has changed his plea to guilty for hitting a popular Gabriola man, cancelling a BC Supreme Court trial.William Sydney Goosman originally ple...

Nov 30, 2020

Tent fire closes Parksville's Mark's Nature Park

PARKSIVLLE - A tent fire has closed a popular Parksville park for several days. Parksville Fire Rescue crews arrived Wednesday, Nov. 25 just before 5 a.m. to Mark's Nature Park on Finholm St. to find ...

Nov 26, 2020

Careless driver avoids jail for hitting and killing teen at north Nanaimo crosswalk

NANAIMO - An inattentive driver just beneath the threshold of impairment won't go to jail for hitting and killing a teenager at a marked crosswalk.Brandon Geoffrey Murdoch, 35, was instead handed a $2...

Nov 24, 2020

Nanaimo Fire Rescue chief becomes first female head of Vancouver Fire Rescue Service

NANAIMO - Karen Fry's climb up the firefighting career ladder made another significant step forward.The City of Vancouver announced Fry, 53, has been hired to head its Fire Rescue Service, and will be...

Nov 20, 2020

City, RDN to outsource first responder dispatch as cost-cutting measure

NANAIMO - The City and RDN believe they can save $3.5 million over five years by shipping out Nanaimo Fire Rescue calls for help to the Lower Mainland.Beginning in June 2021, City of Surrey personnel ...

Nov 20, 2020

Missing Nanaimo couple found after extensive search

NANAIMO - A missing Nanaimo couple and their dog have been found after a large search through vast wilderness.Nanaimo RCMP confirmed on Saturday, Nov. 14, Cody Martin, Tamara Sandulak and their dog Re...

Nov 14, 2020

Nanaimo RCMP investigating 2 purposely set fires in same apartment building

NANAIMO - Police are trying to solve a pair of smouldering fires in common areas of a Wellington Rd. apartment building.RCMP Cst. Gary O'Brien told NanaimoNewsNOW papers were set ablaze in stairwells ...

Oct 27, 2020

Mobile home destroyed by aggressive fire, occupants escape unharmed

NANAIMO - A family home in central Nanaimo was completely destroyed by fire Saturday evening.Fire Rescue crews were called to the 2300 block of Barclay Rd. just after 5:30 p.m. and arrived to a fully ...

Oct 03, 2020

No official cause found for massive Schnitzer Steel fire

NANAIMO - Investigators couldn't determine the cause of the large Schnitzer Steel fire which required more than one dozen fire departments to put it out. Colin Kelly, director of public affairs with S...

Sep 23, 2020

Arson suspected as Nanaimo second hand store destroyed by fire

NANAIMO - A suspicious fire has destroyed a local second hand store.Fire Rescue were called to Previously Enjoyed-Quality Used on Townsite Rd. in the early morning hours of Tuesday Sept. 15.Crews brok...

Sep 16, 2020