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Nixon's 51 saves leads Clippers over Bulldogs 3-2 in a shootout
PORT ALBERNI - The Clippers have their first four game winning streak of the season after a 3-2 shootout win over the Alberni Valley Bulldogs.It was tight throughout with Elliot Perreault opening the ...
Feb 01, 2025
Timbermen focus on transition players at the 2025 WLA draft
NANAIMO - The Nanaimo Timbermen selected seven players to their roster through the WLA draft, including three excellent transition defenders.With their territorial protection pick Nanaimo secured the ...
Feb 01, 2025
Clippers erase two goal deficit to win 5-4 in overtime against Victoria
NANAIMO - A tight low scoring game turned into a thriller at Frank Crane Arena with the Clippers winning 5-4 in OT versus the Grizzlies.Reegan Hiscock and Dylan Kinch traded first period goals with Ki...
Jan 31, 2025
Pattern shift creating 'potential for moderate to heavy localized snowfall' in Nanaimo & Oceanside
NANAIMO - Early forecasts for a snowy weekend and start of next week appear to be holding true. Rainfall which began on Thursday, Jan. 30 is forecast to turn into a more wintery mix of precipitation t...
Jan 31, 2025
'You are my worst nightmare:' Nanaimo woman awaits sentence for murdering/dismembering ex-boyfriend
Editor's note: this article contains graphic details of violence and may not be suitable for some readers. Discretion is strongly advised. VANCOUVER - Sentencing submissions presented in B.C. Supreme ...
Jan 31, 2025
'Left with a lot of questions:' Oceanside RCMP investigating fatal highway crash
COOMBS - A 36-year-old man died following a single-vehicle crash on the Alberni Hwy just west of the village core in Coombs. On Thursday, Jan. 30 at about 8 p.m., the man was driving his green Dodge p...
Jan 31, 2025
‘It’s a full team event:’ VIU men’s hockey team bolsters longstanding Nanaimo tournament
NANAIMO - While VIU's men's hockey team is well acquainted with putting pucks in nets and butts in seats, they'll turn their attention to serving drinks and blowing whistles this weekend. The annual T...
Jan 31, 2025
Sentence issued against Nanaimo man for violent sexual assault of 17-year-old girl
Editor's note - this article contains details of a disturbing sexual assault and may not be suitable for some readers. Discretion is strongly advised NANAIMO - A federal jail sentence of three years w...
Jan 30, 2025
Police cruisers rammed in south Nanaimo as driver takes off
NANAIMO - Local mounties are looking for the driver of a pickup truck who damaged several police vehicles while fleeing the scene of a south Nanaimo shopping centre. On Tuesday, Jan. 28, right before ...
Jan 30, 2025
'It shatters us:' neighbours enraged by proposed Nanoose Bay cellular tower
NANOOSE BAY - Members of a typically quiet, rural Nanoose Bay neighbourhood are making a lot of noise about a cell tower application. Proposed to be placed on private property at 1800 Serenity Pl., Ro...
Jan 30, 2025