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Driver awarded $3 million settlement after high-speed Nanaimo crash
NANAIMO - A B.C. Supreme Court judge awarded the victim of a high-speed Nanaimo highway crash more than $3 million in damages, lost and future earnings and care costs.Paul Jacques, based at the time o...
Aug 28, 2024
'This had devastating impacts on her life:' extensive harassment campaign targets Nanaimo woman
NANAIMO - A local social worker became the victim of a severe, obsessive mission by a man who refused to leave her alone. Well over two years after Brandon Lee Anderson's campaign against the woman be...
Aug 28, 2024
'This is beyond my imagination:' therapeutic garden opens at Nanaimo care home
NANAIMO - A once barren patch of grass overrun by weeds is now a flourishing garden and gathering area at Kiwanis Village Nanaimo. A little over eight weeks after crews began transforming a 3,000 squa...
Aug 27, 2024
Nanoose golfer looks to continue momentum at Women's Senior Championship
GEORGETOWN, ON - Nanoose Bay's Shelly Stouffer is one of 123 competitors teeing off at the Canadian Women's Senior Championship this week.The event runs from Wednesday, Aug. 27 to Friday, Aug. 29 in G...
Aug 27, 2024
Sweet-toothed suspects sought for Nanaimo school break-in
NANAIMO - A recent local elementary school break-in resulted in a bizarre theft by thieves who apparently had a late night dessert craving. Nanaimo RCMP said on Friday, Aug. 23 around 1 a.m. police re...
Aug 27, 2024
Football Nanaimo teams nearly full for fall season
NANAIMO - The preseason is underway for the atom, pee wee, bantam and midget teams with Football Nanaimo.Club president Wanda Currie said there aren't many spaces left on any of their teams."We're ful...
Aug 24, 2024
Man pleads guilty in connection to death of former girlfriend in Nanaimo
NANAIMO - A local man has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of a woman three years ago. Kyle Gordon Ordway, 39, formally entered a guilty plea to manslaughter in B.C. Supreme Court in Nanaim...
Aug 21, 2024
Mid Island Pirates secure national U18 silver medal following dreadful regular season
NANAIMO - Success didn't appear to be in the cards for the Mid Island Pirates following an agonizing last-place finish in the Premier Baseball League (PBL) regular season this year. Following a 7-31 c...
Aug 21, 2024
Notable injection of rain falls following long dry stretch
NANAIMO - A lengthy stretch of summer-like conditions has given way to recent rains on the mid Island, with additional precipitation expected.According to Environment Canada, 12.3 millimeters (mm) of ...
Aug 19, 2024
'We're really pleased:' over 115,000 view Parksville Beach Festival sand sculptures
PARKSVILLE - A solid stretch of amazing weather contributed to an increase in visitors to the annual Beach Festival. A total of 115,203 visitors were recorded entering the gates of the Sand Sculpting ...
Aug 19, 2024