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Island Health ends best week in a month, five new COVID-19 cases

NANAIMO - Island Health has concluded its best week in the COVID-19 pandemic in over a month.Five new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in Island Health on Friday, Dec. 18, part of 624 across the provi...

Alex Rawnsley Dec 18, 2020

Coombs man dies in two vehicle crash in Qualicum Beach

QUALICUM BEACH - A man died after a head-on crash on Rupert Rd. in Qualicum Beach.Oceanside RCMP say it happened on Thursday, Dec. 17 at about 3:15 p.m just west of Jones St. where it appeared the dri...

Dec 18, 2020

Nanaimo Mountain Bike Club changes gears by hiring youth to maintain trails

NANAIMO - Nine people who've struggled with employment are riding to new careers by working on Nanaimo's many mountain bike trails.The 15 to 29-year-olds were recently hired full-time by the Nanaimo M...

Dec 18, 2020

Man jailed after found squatting in badly damaged Nanaimo home

NANAIMO - A prolific criminal was jailed after pleading guilty to occupying a Nicol St. home.Sean Damien Kulai, 40, was sentenced on Tuesday, Dec. 15 at provincial court in Nanaimo to 19 months in jai...

Dec 17, 2020

Four new Island Health cases as B.C. vaccination program ramps up

NANAIMO - Island Health continues to dodge many of the newly added COVID-19 cases in British Columbia.The health authority accounted for just four of the 673 cases announced Thursday by provincial hea...

Dec 17, 2020

Top Stories of 2020: Major tent encampment sprawls downtown, forcibly displaced in rainy winter

NANAIMO - A large tent encampment in Nanaimo captured headlines for the second time in two years. Up to 100 people lived at the Wesley St. encampment, directly behind the City of Nanaimo's Services an...

Dec 17, 2020

VIDEO: Students with lived experience deliver care packages to Nanaimo's homeless

NANAIMO - Two Nanaimo students who've spent time living rough on Nanaimo's streets have given back this holiday season. Darrell August, 17, and Tobias Gillman, 14, both students in the Learning Altern...

Dec 17, 2020

Construction of delayed ICU for critically ill patients at NRGH expected in new year

NANAIMO - Staff at Nanaimo Hospital are excited construction will soon begin for a new Intensive Care Unit helping patients with life-threatening illnesses or injuries. A Ministry of Health statement ...

Dec 17, 2020

Dangling Santa Claus among prized pieces in winning light display

NANAIMO - Whatever the weather on Christmas Eve, countless large holiday light displays will mean Santa should have no trouble finding Nanaimo.NanaimoNewsNOW's Light Up The Island contest helped spur ...

Dec 16, 2020

5 new COVID-19 cases in Island Health, another deadly day for B.C.

NANAIMO - The number of new COVID-19 cases within Island Health continues to lag behind other health authorities as the province begins to plateau. Five new cases were confirmed by the province on Wed...

Alex Rawnsley Dec 16, 2020