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Rathtrevor Beach parking lot being paved to boost accessibility

PARKSVILLE - An often pothole-filled parking lot at one of Parksville's biggest destinations will soon be paved. The ministry of environment announced on Friday, Jan. 22 the currently gravel day-use p...

Jan 24, 2021

COVID-19 outbreak declared in east wing of Nanaimo Regional General Hospital

NANAIMO - Island Health has confirmed a COVID-19 outbreak at NRGH.A statement from the health authority late Saturday, Jan. 23 said two staff and one patient in a ward on the fourth floor of the east ...

Jan 23, 2021

Another staff member tests positive for COVID-19 at Nanaimo care home

NANAIMO - Island Health has discovered an additional case of COVID-19 at Chartwell Malaspina Care Residence in Nanaimo.In a statement released Saturday, Jan. 23, the health authority announced a staff...

Jan 23, 2021

Fired Nanaimo CAO returns in senior role overseeing Trans Mountain pipeline expansion

NANAIMO - Controversial former City of Nanaimo CAO Tracy Samra has a new job, now with the federal government.Samra, now going by her maiden name of Fleck, was recently hired by the Department of Natu...

Jan 23, 2021

Transit driver performs life-saving CPR on unconscious woman in downtown Nanaimo

NANAIMO - A RDN transit driver is being praised for his heroic, life-saving actions.Terry Keogh was driving his route through downtown Nanaimo when he was flagged down by several people near a bus sto...

Jan 22, 2021

Island Health ends week on subdued note, 14 new COVID-19 cases

NANAIMO - Island Health ended the week with relatively lower counts of new COVID-19 cases. Island Health announced 14 new cases on Friday, Jan. 22. This was the lowest announced by Island Health throu...

Jan 22, 2021

Allegedly impaired wrong-way driver pulled over on highway south of Nanaimo

NANAIMO - RCMP members in an unmarked cruiser heading back to Nanaimo were stunned to see a vehicle going the wrong way on the Trans Canada Hwy.RCMP Cst. Gary O'Brien said the suspect vehicle was view...

Jan 22, 2021

Goal posts set for Island Health's COVID-19 vaccination program

NANAIMO - The steps necessary to provide 8.6 million doses of a COVID-19 vaccine in B.C. are more clear.The province unveiled the next steps in its ongoing vaccine roll out plan on Friday, Jan. 22. Th...

Jan 22, 2021

Nanaimo paramedics respond to record number of overdose calls in 2020

NANAIMO - Local paramedics handled a record number of overdose calls in 2020, even higher than when the overdose crisis was at its peak.New information from BC Emergency Health Services showed there w...

Jan 22, 2021

Nanaimo Pickleball Club among first groups to implement plan for safe indoor play

NANAIMO - Indoor sessions have returned to the Oliver Woods Community Centre for the Nanaimo Pickleball Club.Eight people allowed in the gym at one time with six different 90-minute singles slots for ...

Jan 21, 2021