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Concrete truck tips over and lands on Hammond Bay Road property

NANAIMO - The driver and lone occupant of a concrete pump truck was not injured after losing control of his vehicle on Nanaimo's Hammond Bay Rd.The large truck veered off the road's shoulder and lande...

Jul 08, 2022

1 person injured in Nanaimo shooting, police search for suspect

NANAIMO - Police say a man was taken to hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries after a shooting in the city's north end.The incident occurred outside a home on Laguna Way at the corne...

Jul 08, 2022

Rogers customers cut off due to network outage

NANAIMO - Communications giant Rogers says its technical teams are trying to fix a widespread service disruption impacting mobile and internet customers for the past several hours.The outage is disrup...

Jul 08, 2022

Miri the cat found in Nanaimo months after going missing from her Victoria home

NANAIMO - Thanks to technology and a good Samaritan, a cat's 120-kilometre journey across Vancouver Island has a happy ending. Miri, a three-and-a-half-year-old blue and cream tortoiseshell cat, went ...

Jul 08, 2022

Man injured, car destroyed in Nanaimo highway crash

NANAIMO - A man was sent to hospital in stable condition after a serious late night single-vehicle crash on the Nanaimo Parkway.BC Emergency Health Services stated the crash happened near the Northfie...

Jul 07, 2022

Coast Salish name changes approved for Nanaimo sports field & elementary school

NANAIMO - Reconciling with local First Nations went from talk to action following a District 68 special school board meeting.Nanaimo Ladysmith Public Schools trustees unanimously endorsed renaming NDS...

Jul 07, 2022

Donation bolsters Nanaimo's popular Take a Hike program

NANAIMO - Backed by strong reviews from participants, a sizable $15,000 donation is providing much-needed support for a program gaining momentum in Nanaimo.United Way of B.C. supplied the monetary gif...

Jul 07, 2022

Arrest warrants piling up against Nanaimo based violent offender

NANAIMO - Police hope the public can help them track down a Nanaimo man described as violent.Seven arrest warrants ordered by provincial court judges are in effect against Michael Wayne Bonson, 34, wh...

Jul 06, 2022

RDN forms wildfire resiliency plan

NANAIMO - The Regional District of Nanaimo (RDN) is giving its residents more tools to help prevent the spread of wildfires. The RDN recently completed their new Community Wildfire Resiliency Plan (CW...

Jul 06, 2022

Island Top Team athletes make the podium at Brazilian jiu-jitsu event in Las Vegas

NANAIMO - All four Island Top Team competitors who competed at the IBJJF American National Gi and No Goi event took home medals.Stephanie Schmidt won a pair of medals at the Las Vegas based competitio...

Jul 05, 2022