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Non-essential travel road blocks not coming to Vancouver Island

NANAIMO - Police won't be waiting on Vancouver Island highways to stop people from travelling out of their area. Mike Farnworth, public safety minister, confirmed during a Friday, April 30 media brief...

Apr 30, 2021

Campaign helping Nanaimo and area women receive menstrual products they need

NANAIMO - A campaign to get menstrual products to the women who need them most is now in its second year. Signy Madden, executive director of the United Way Central and Northern Vancouver Island, said...

Apr 30, 2021

Fatal overdoses increasing in Nanaimo and across B.C.

NANAIMO - The number of lives lost each month to illicit substances in Nanaimo is increasing from the month before. Data from the BC Coroners Service unveiled on Thursday, April 29 showed nine people ...

Apr 30, 2021

Nanaimo music teacher pleads guilty to inappropriate contact with student

NANAIMO - A music teacher vowed he learned his lesson after personal exchanges he initiated were unwanted by a Nanaimo teenager. Flavio Livio Cianflone, 68, pleaded guilty on Thursday, April 29 to a d...

Apr 29, 2021

500 pounds of hockey gear donated from Nanaimo community

NANAIMO - Hockey teams and community groups across Nanaimo have banded together to help people in need half a country away. Upwards of 500 pounds of hockey equipment was donated from teams such as the...

Apr 29, 2021

Nanaimo woman loses $27K in lotto scam, believing she'd won

NANAIMO - Telephone scammers only need one person to fall for their scheme to make it worth it. A Nanaimo senior was such a case, losing $27,000 to a telephone scam where she was convinced she'd won u...

Apr 29, 2021

Forged cheques, fake bank accounts net conditional sentence at Nanaimo court

NANAIMO - Forging cheques and opening fraudulent bank accounts in the name of Nanaimo residents has led to a house arrest sentence. Dustin Frederick Knechtel was sentenced at provincial court in Nanai...

Apr 29, 2021

Maia's two goal night leads Clippers to 3-2 win over Bulldogs

PORT ALBERNI - Thomas Maia scored the first goal of the night and the last goal of the game in Nanaimo's 3-2 overtime victory against Alberni Valley.Despite Maia giving the Clippers the lead they were...

Apr 28, 2021

COVID-19 cases rise slightly in Island Health as new infections trend downward in B.C.

NANAIMO - The number of active COVID-19 cases found in Island Health has increased slightly as the health authority and province come down from the dizzying heights of only one month ago. Island Healt...

Apr 28, 2021

No playoffs for Clippers, BCHL as league pulls pin on postseason

NANAIMO - For the second consecutive year, the Fred Page Cup will stay in the trophy cabinet.The BC Hockey League announced on Tuesday, April 27, the on-going pod season would not be followed by any p...

Apr 28, 2021