Tag Archives: People
48 per cent of COVID-19 cases in B.C. fully recover
NANAIMO - The number of people recovering from COVID-19 continues to rise during the ongoing crisis. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry announced Monday 48 per cent of those who contracted the...
Mar 30, 2020 Dr. Bonnie Henry says the number of recovered COVID-19 cases rose to 48 per cent at this critical time. (Government of B.C.)
Neighbours help save house after workshop destroyed in fire
NANAIMO - It was a team effort of firefighters and neighbours armed with garden hoses to preserve a Cathers Lake area home. Nanaimo Fire Rescue investigator Alan Millbank said the fire destroyed a lar...
Mar 30, 2020 Fire investigator Alan Millbank focuses on a section of a large workshop on Dockside Way where he believed a non-suspicious fire ignited Sunday, March 29. (Ian Holmes/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Nanaimo teachers helping families relax with new podcast
NANAIMO - A new podcast hopes to help families take their mind off the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.Shannon Gillespie and David Hossini, teachers at Nanaimo Christian School, have recorded the "In the Mi...
Mar 30, 2020 Nanaimo Christian School teachers David Hossini and Shannon Gillespie recording their podcast. (submitted/Shannon Gillespie)
Here fishy, fishy: Nanaimo lakes stocked with rainbow trout
NANAIMO - Fishing one of Nanaimo's stocked lakes can be a fun social distancing way to spend an afternoon.Even more so now, since the Freshwater Fisheries Society piped 7,000 trout into seven lakes in...
Mar 29, 2020 Freshwater Fisheries Society crews have been busy pumping rainbow trout into Nanaimo lakes lately. (Ian Holmes/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Nanaimo woman leads charge to 'spread the love, not the germs'
NANAIMO - The simple gesture of placing a heart in the window of a home in a Nanaimo neighbourhood has had profound impacts in communities around the world.Natasha James created the Facebook group Hea...
Mar 29, 2020 A campaign started in Nanaimo has swept around the world as a way to show support and love in a community during social isolation. (Melanie Dennison/Hearts in the Window)
Three more confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Vancouver Island
NANAIMO - The province has provided another update as to the number of COVID-19 cases on Vancouver Island and the province as a whole.Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry announced three new cas...
Mar 28, 2020 Dr. Bonnie Henry announced new cases of COVID-19 on Vancouver Island and B.C. on Saturday, March 28. (File Photo/Government of B.C.)
5 new COVID-19 cases confirmed for Vancouver Island
NANAIMO - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases on Vancouver Island has once again risen by five. The new cases announced Friday afternoon brings the total to 57 on the Island. This is the second day...
Mar 27, 2020 The number of COVID-19 cases is steadily increasing in B.C. but provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry expressed cautious optimism about the state of the pandemic. (BC CDC)
Rate of COVID-19 increases slowing in B.C.
NANAIMO - New modelling data from B.C.'s provincial health officer portrayed a sense of optimism in the fight to flatten the COVID-19 curve. During a Friday morning briefing from Victoria, Dr. Bonnie ...
Mar 27, 2020
Kiwanis Village complaints resecures transit stop in front of Nanaimo care home
NANAIMO - A more direct bus route near Nanaimo Hospital reflecting public feedback and ridership trends was reversed when concerns were raised long after public consultation.RDN directors recently una...
Mar 27, 2020 Public transit has been restored to Nelson St. in front of Kiwanis Village. Residents, their family members, staff and volunteers raised concerns when this bus stop was temporarily shuttered. (Alex Rawnsley/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Nanaimo Youth Service Agency helping the hungry during COVID-19 crisis
NANAIMO - A new initiative is helping youth who need it the most during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Nanaimo Youth Services Association is now handing out free food boxes every Thursday at their downtow...
Mar 26, 2020 Youth will be able to pick up food boxes at the downtown Nanaimo NYSA location every Thursday until the COVID-19 pandemic is over. (Google Earth)