Tag Archives: People
Youth come together to learn Indigenous culture and share histories
NANAIMO - A day spent making friends and steeping themselves in culture is hoped to help foster a community focused on reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities. Roughly 150 you...
Nov 07, 2019 Roughly 150 Indigenous youth took part in a drum circle and various workshops to come together and learn history and life lessons from one another. (submitted/Ruby Barclay)
Nanaimo's Bortolotto getting lots of attention for her baseball skills
NANAIMO - One of the region's best baseball players is expanding her horizons.In the last two years 17-year-old Isabella Bortolotto has gone to Cuba twice, and other destinations like Florida and Illi...
Nov 07, 2019 17-year-old Isabella Bortolotto is competing with and against some of the best female baseball players from Canada and around the world. (Roberta Bortolotto)
Nanaimo Mountie finds and restores stolen bike
NANAIMO - A sharp-eyed and generous Nanaimo Mountie ended months of disappointment for a 12-year-old boy missing his stolen bike.Police say Cameryn White was left devastated when his bike was swiped f...
Nov 07, 2019 Cameryn White had a pleasant surprise recently from Nanaimo RCMP Cst. Mark Long. He found White's stolen bike and paid to restore it. (submitted/Nanaimo RCMP)
Lawsuit over zoning process for Terminal Ave. housing dismissed in Supreme Court
NANAIMO - A Supreme Court lawsuit over special provincial rules to hastily build a temporary housing site in Nanaimo has been struck down. The failed lawsuit was brought by Vancouver Ave. resident Jan...
Nov 07, 2019 Newcastle Place at 250 Terminal Ave. is run by Island Crisis Care Society, providing shelter to roughly 65 people in need. It's one year anniversary of construction is coming up at the end of the year. (Spencer Sterritt/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Nanaimo man awaits punishment in chilling animal torture case
- Editors note: this story contains content that may not be suitable for some readersNANAIMO - A disturbing animal cruelty case played out in court involving a troubled, drug addicted man who violentl...
Nov 06, 2019 Kevin Gartner savagely beat up a rabbit, which was caught on surveillance video outside the Vancouver Island Military Museum on May 2, 2018. He's awaiting his punishment after pleading guilty to three offences. (Ian Holmes/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Controversial Parksville needle bylaw on hold in favour of input from Island Health
PARKSVILLE - A controversial proposed bylaw aiming to control needle distribution in Parksville is on hold, in favour of more discussions with health officials who are opposed to the bylaw. Parksville...
Nov 06, 2019 A draft bylaw from Parksville council is on hold for more consultations with the medical health officer, who has significant concerns about the bylaw and the political will behind it. (The Canadian Press)
'It has saved my life:' Nanaimo senior strongly supports getting annual flu shot
NANAIMO - While her days holding court in the classroom have long past, a retired teacher made a point to preach the importance of getting an annual flu shot.Phyliss Scott-Feigel, 91, credited her lon...
Nov 05, 2019 91-year-old Phyliss Scott-Feigel religiously gets a flu shot every year. Health officials estimate the flu causes roughly 4,000 deaths across Canada every year. It's anticipated roughly 35 per cent of Vancouver Island's population will get a flu shot this winter. (Ian Holmes/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Major Front St. revamp fast tracked for 2020
NANAIMO - A significant project revamping Front St. in downtown Nanaimo is going ahead a year faster than anticipated. The project, now beginning in 2020, will bring Front St. down to two lanes instea...
Nov 05, 2019 Front St. in downtown Nanaimo is being redesigned by City staff to include a bi-directional cycle lane and repositioned street parking. (Google Earth)
"It's important to recognize how far we've come:" Nanaimo council celebrates first anniversary
NANAIMO - Twelve months into a four year term, Nanaimo City Council is celebrating a new era of local politics.Following a tumultuous period that regularly saw council disfunction in the spotlight, th...
Nov 05, 2019 Nanaimo council has spent the first of its four years in office regaining the trust of city officials and Nanaimo residents. (Alex Rawnsley/NanaimoNewsNOW)
$1,200 of Girl Guide cookies donated to Nanaimo food bank
NANAIMO - Someone in Nanaimo has a sweet tooth for good deeds. An anonymous donor bought $1,200 worth of Girl Guide cookies and asked the treats be donated to charity. Girl Guides leader Sarah Pachkow...
Nov 05, 2019 The Cedar Sparks, youngest of the Girl Guides in the Nanaimo Arbutus District, giving $1,200 worth of Girl Guide cookies to the Loaves and Fishes food bank. (submitted/Sarah Pachkowsky)