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Mainroad Mid-Island ready for whatever winter brings in Nanaimo & Oceanside

NANAIMO - Crews are on standby and the trucks are ready to roll for when the flurries fly.Mainroad Mid-Island is contracted by the B.C. government to tend to roughly 3,600 lane kilometres of highway a...

Nov 21, 2023

Offender's own home security camera leads to jail time following Nanaimo hit & run

NANAIMO - A prolonged campaign of lies to family, police, and then changing his story at trial turned into a dead-end for a Nanaimo man. Ryan Patrick Wight, 42, was given 21 months in jail followed by...

Daryl Major Nov 21, 2023

Coach hopes to resurrect competitive youth softball on mid Island

PARKSVILLE - A local coach is determined to open competitive softball options for girls in the mid Island region. Shannon Mah is hoping to re-establish a U13B team as part of Oceanside Minor Softball,...

Nov 20, 2023

Plante's hat trick leads Clippers to 6-3 win in Cranbrook

CRANBROOK - The Clippers survived a rocky start to claim their fourth straight win, a 6-3 decision over the host Bucks at Western Financial Place. Kaslo Ferner made it 1-0 seven minutes into the game ...

Nov 19, 2023

Public Safety Committee to be launched in Nanaimo

NANAIMO - With public safety and social disorder an increasing concern in recent years in Nanaimo, a committee will be formed to examine ways to make a difference. Interested volunteers are being aske...

Nov 18, 2023

Clippers on three game winning streak following 5-3 victory over Smoke Eaters

TRAIL - The Clippers are on their first three game winning streak of the BCHL season after a 5-3 victory in Trail.Nanaimo got off to a fast start thanks to a goal 80 seconds into the contest from Noah...

Nov 17, 2023

'She's a beautiful girl:' Nanaimo engineer secretly aimed camera at nude 13-year-old

NANAIMO - A successful local engineer can't explain why he invaded the privacy of a girl while showering in his Nanaimo area home. Lorne Raymond Gale, 44, pleaded guilty to a downgraded charge of atte...

Alex Rawnsley Nov 17, 2023

VIDEO: Boisvert and El-Tahhan are friends & roommates adjusting to life in the BCHL

NANAIMO - New Clippers Gus El-Tahhan and Samuel Boisvert have moved across the country to begin their junior hockey careers.After finishing last season with the Mount Academy Selects in the maritimes ...

Nov 16, 2023

John Barsby varsity and junior varsity football teams set for crucial playoff games

NANAIMO - The John Barsby Bulldogs high school football program is in playoff mode.The varsity team went 6-1 to sit atop the AA west division while Holy Cross was also 6-1 and finished second in the e...

Nov 15, 2023

French Creek fishing bust leads to hefty fine and ban

PARKSVILLE - Illegal fishing and evading a fisheries officer were costly moves by an angler intercepted at French Creek Marina this past summer. Dwight Alexander Lorenz, 74, pleaded guilty to four fed...

Daryl Major Nov 15, 2023