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'We have to close:' downtown Nanaimo warming centre in limbo over City support

NANAIMO - The future of a warming shelter in Nanaimo is up in the air.The Warmreach Warming Centre, operated by non-profit Risebridge Project, has enough funding to operate until the evening of Thursd...

Jan 19, 2022

Upgrades eyed as current Nanaimo infrastructure poses 'extreme risk to our water supply'

NANAIMO - A major overhaul to water supply infrastructure is being fast-tracked to the top of the City's to-do list.It comes after the high-profile eruption of an underground Bowen Rd. watermain in Ap...

Jan 19, 2022

Island Health pushes back elective surgeries at NRGH as part of 'temporary service adjustments'

NANAIMO - Staffing levels are behind a planned reduction of certain services at hospitals across Vancouver Island, according to the local health authority.A statement from Island Health issued Tuesday...

Jan 18, 2022

City councillors deny contentious Protection Island housing proposal...again

NANAIMO - Emotions flared on both sides of a technically challenging development proposal on an undeveloped lot on Protection Island zoned for residential use.Councillors voted down a development perm...

Jan 18, 2022

Car smashes through dance academy window in north Nanaimo

NANAIMO - A local performance art space sustained significant damage after a vehicle came crashing through.First responders were called to Sara Raymond Dance Academy at Nored Plaza near Costco, at 2 p...

Jan 18, 2022

Province to lift restrictions on gyms & fitness centres, one day after extending

NANAIMO - A return to the iron paradise is coming sooner than first thought.A day after provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry indefinitely extended orders put in place in late December which forc...

Jan 18, 2022

Coquihalla Highway to re-open to all vehicles following damage from November storms

NANAIMO - A critical vehicular link between Hope and Merritt re-opens to all traffic on Wednesday, Jan. 19, ending nearly two months of service disruptions.Transportation minister Rob Fleming said the...

Jan 18, 2022

Construction starts on north Nanaimo affordable housing complex

NANAIMO - Site preparation work has begun in anticipation of a four storey affordable housing complex in north Nanaimo.The 53-unit independent living facility, to be owned and operated by the Nanaimo ...

Jan 18, 2022

VIDEO: Clippers expand leadership group ahead of push for playoffs

NANAIMO - The Clippers hope two heads are better than one when it comes to their captaincy for the rest of the BCHL season.Jack O'Brien has been wearing the 'C' since the start of the year, but over t...

Jan 17, 2022

Several arrests made after shots fired at Nanaimo home known to police

NANAIMO - Six people were arrested after shots were reportedly fired in a home early Monday morning.An extensive police response saw multiple cruisers and officers descend to a home in the 300 block o...

Jan 17, 2022