Tag Archives: People

LADYSMITH - An early morning traffic stop resulted in the rider reportedly hitting a curb and crashing on the Trans Canada Hwy.The Independent Investigations Office (IIO) reports the incident occurred...

NANAIMO - While it's not the kind of attention she desires, a Nanaimo mother vows to be vocal to protect the safety of local children.Janayh Wright attended the Nanaimo Aquatic Centre (NAC) on the aft...

NANAIMO - Synthetic surfaces providing substantially more playing time for a variety of user groups could be reality by late summer. It's the hope of City of Nanaimo's general manager of parks recreat...

NANAIMO - A controversial drug consumption service on Nicol St. will officially be no more as of March 1.The site, located at 264 Nicol St. is run by the Nanaimo Area Network of Drug Users (NANDU), wh...

QUALICUM BEACH - Buying a pair of new vehicles and paying down its mortgage headline the to-do list for Arrowsmith Search and Rescue's annual fundraising campaign.The agency's Rescue Ready effort inte...

NANAIMO - Junior A Timbermen dominated the top of the 2023 WLA draft board.For the first time ever the first three picks in the draft were all Nanaimo juniors.Team scoring leader Jacob Dunbar went fir...

DUNCAN - The Clippers played a solid 60 minutes with a 5-2 road victory over Cowichan Valley.The teams traded goals and the first period ended in a 2-2 tie.Michael Craig and Jake Hewitt on the man adv...

NANAIMO - An annual February hockey tradition in Nanaimo is back following two years of pandemic restrictions scrapping the popular event. The 40th annual Tubbers Hockey Tournament sees 17 teams compe...

NANAIMO - A man is facing a murder charge following a fatal stabbing outside downtown Nanaimo's Port Place Shopping Centre.Sean Carl John Patterson, 38, will answer to a second degree murder charge in...

NANAIMO - Legalizing the possession of small amounts of hard drugs means an adjustment period for police and likely the judicial system, according to the head of Nanaimo RCMP's Municipal Drug Enforcem...