Tag Archives: People
Merner grateful for 2024 BCHL all star experience
NANAIMO - The Clippers sent seven players to Penticton for the BCHL's all star weekend.Five players participated in the Jan. 19 Top Prospects game and two Clippers played in the three on three all sta...
Jan 24, 2024
Grant awarded to seismically upgrade historic Qualicum Beach lodge
QUALICUM BEACH - A building seen as a major catalyst for the Oceanside region will receive long overdue upgrades.The St. Andrews Lodge Historical and Cultural Society successfully received a more than...
Jan 24, 2024
'It's something that everybody can get behind:' Winter Giving Campaign nearly doubles goal
NANAIMO - A $1 million fundraising goal initially viewed as ambitious was blown out of the water.Nanaimo & District Hospital Foundation's (NDHF) Winter Giving Campaign netted more than $1.8 millio...
Jan 23, 2024
Nanaimo woman pleads not guilty to murdering & dismembering former boyfriend
VANCOUVER - A highly anticipated murder trial is underway in BC Supreme Court for a woman accused of killing her former boyfriend then dumping his body parts around Nanaimo.On Monday, Jan. 22 Paris Ja...
Jan 22, 2024
Downtown Nanaimo micro-unit project receives tax break
NANAIMO - A developer's vision to transform a downtown office building into residential micro-units received a financial boost. Last week Nanaimo City Council voted in favour of a property tax exempti...
Jan 21, 2024
Registration underway for Football Nanaimo spring session
NANAIMO - The spring season for Football Nanaimo will have nearly 200 kids participating.Registration is open and continues right through most of the season, which ends in June.Football Nanaimo presid...
Jan 20, 2024
Mid-Island emergency warming centres reach capacity during cold snap, calls made for consistent funding
NANAIMO - As the snow turns to rain and the temperature becomes more seasonal for the mid-Island, emergency warming shelter operators are reflecting on the impacts of a recent deep freeze. Three City-...
Jan 19, 2024
City sells downtown Nanaimo parking lot in favour of multi-unit rental building
NANAIMO - Plans are in the works to turn a downtown City staff parking lot into a residential rental building.The connected lots, located at 350 and 398 Franklyn St. near City Hall, currently owned by...
Jan 19, 2024
Technology plays integral role in rescuing two stranded men in Nanoose Bay
NANOOSE BAY - A smartphone's crash detection feature precisely showed where two injured men were located after their truck tipped over on a snow-filled rural logging road. Arrowsmith Search and Rescue...
Jan 19, 2024
Nanaimo RCMP consider death of 33-year-old woman a homicide
NANAIMO - Local mounties are searching for a grey sedan connected to what they say is a homicide investigation. Nanaimo RCMP were called to an apartment building in the Country Club Centre area in the...
Jan 18, 2024