Tag Archives: People
'We're here to help:' Habitat 4 Humanity welcomes newest Nanaimo family
NANAIMO - A successful transition out of non-market housing to make room for another family is the kind of cycle Habitat 4 Humanity hopes to see more of.In order for the vision to meaningfully take sh...
Sep 23, 2023
Clippers open season with 6-3 victory over Capitals
NANAIMO - The Clippers won their fourth straight season opener by beating Cowichan Valley 6-3.The Capitals were up 2-0 six minutes into the game on markers by Luke Lavery and Matteo Lamoureux.Joel Pla...
Sep 22, 2023
New venue for 2023 Gripstrength Kettle Bell Competition
NANAIMO - The seventh annual Gripstrength Kettle Bell Competition is poised to be the biggest ever with nearly 40 lifters scheduled to attend.Competitors are coming from Nanaimo, around the province a...
Sep 22, 2023
Clippers have many new faces for the 2023-24 BCHL season
NANAIMO - There's a new look to the Nanaimo Clippers this year. The team has 17 players on the roster who weren't with the team during their first place run to the top of the Coastal Division in 2022-...
Sep 22, 2023
Korean traditional values cited in financial reward following untimely death of Nanaimo teen
NANAIMO - Citing Korean tradition of supporting parents for sacrifices they made, a BC Supreme Court justice awarded $327,000 for hypothetical future awards from a deceased Nanaimo teen.Eric Shimm was...
Sep 21, 2023
Child exploitation unit trying to identify bedroom potentially from Nanaimo or Ladysmith home
NANAIMO - Investigators in Edmonton looking into a potential sexual assault case involving a young child say there might be a link to the central Island region.Officers from the Internet Child Exploit...
Sep 21, 2023
Suspect in fatal Nanaimo stabbing remains in jail, judge tosses detention review application
NANAIMO - A co-accused in the disturbing death of a special needs man who was violently stabbed on Nanaimo's waterfront has again been denied pre-trial release. Mark Jayden Harrison, 20, had a detenti...
Sep 20, 2023
John Barsby ready to usher in new high school football season
NANAIMO - The always competitive John Barsby Football teams are poised to get their regular season underway.This year the Bulldogs will have both a AA varsity and AA junior varsity squad.Varsity offen...
Sep 20, 2023
VIDEO: 'Here to celebrate SOGI:' overwhelming support for sexual orientation education at Nanaimo rallies
NANAIMO - Emotions ran high, however a public rally both for and against aspects of the current school curriculum remained largely peaceful. Around six protesters against school curriculum on sexual o...
Sep 20, 2023
'Hundreds and hundreds of rescues:' marine SAR volunteers recognized for 35 years of service
LASQUETI ISLAND - Helping distressed boaters is something the Jones brothers of Lasqueti Island have done over and over again.Described as "critically important" members of Royal Canadian Marine Searc...
Sep 20, 2023