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Respiratory illnesses leveling off after early season peak

NANAIMO - Following elevated numbers of people sick from seasonal illnesses, the province reported more positive signs following a turbulent early start to flu season.During a Friday, Jan 13 media bri...

Jan 13, 2023

VI Raiders begin search for new head coach after Curtis Vizza steps down

NANAIMO - The VI Raiders are set to have a new coach on the sidelines this season.Curtis Vizza is leaving as the team's head coach and ending a tenure with the team as a player or coach dating back to...

Jan 12, 2023

Nanaimo man awaits punishment for causing pair of highway blockades

NANAIMO - A brief jail sentence is possible for a man at the centre of a pair blockades on the Trans Canada Highway on Vancouver Island last spring. Sentencing arguments for Derek Hugh Menard took pla...

Jan 12, 2023

VIDEO: Clippers keep roster intact through BCHL trade deadline

NANAIMO - The BC Hockey League's trade deadline has come and done, with the Clippers staying silent. The team did have an open roster spot but were unable to work out any transactions ahead of the Tue...

Alex Rawnsley Jan 11, 2023

NRGH turns 60-years-old, advocates demand new hospital tower

NANAIMO - It has seen better days, but the future of primary health care in the mid-Island area has nowhere to go but up.The Nanaimo and District Hospital Foundation is recognizing the 60th anniversar...

Jan 11, 2023

Nanaimo senior loses $15K after fraudster poses as bank employee

NANAIMO - A Nanaimo senior is out thousands after falling victim to a gift card scam.A woman was phoned on Jan 3 by someone claiming to work for CIBC, who said they needed her to buy $15,000 in gift c...

Jan 10, 2023

Crews prepare for upcoming busy stretch of Midtown Water Supply Project replacement in Nanaimo

NANAIMO - While it's not flashy, an important project aimed at providing water supply certainty in Nanaimo is becoming more visible. Preparatory works is underway alongside the Nanaimo Parkway for the...

Jan 10, 2023

Hiking heroes help carry wounded dog from Cable Bay Trail

NANAIMO - A Nanaimo woman is thanking a pair of hiking heroes who helped carry her injured dog to safety. Courtnay Huber's two-year-old Australian Shepard Pip was out with her mother-in-law and partne...

Alex Rawnsley Jan 10, 2023

'I'm going to shoot you:' man sentenced for initiating violent altercation against Nanaimo Mountie

NANAIMO - What started out as a shoplifting complaint escalated to a man attempting to disarm an RCMP officer and multiple threats to shoot her.The high risk incident in Nanaimo on Dec. 28, 2021 headl...

Jan 10, 2023

Port Alberni man dead after crash near Coombs, alcohol a possible factor

NANAIMO - A man died following a Friday night two-vehicle collision after police believe the driver of an oncoming truck may have been impaired by alcohol and crossed the centre line.It happened on an...

Jan 09, 2023