Tag Archives: Provincial Politics
Mid-Island candidates focus on homelessness, mental health and social disorder issues
NANAIMO - As part of NanaimoNewsNOW's continuing coverage of the 2020 Provincial Election, we reached out to all candidates in the three mid-Island ridings with a series of questions.Candidates are fe...
Oct 09, 2020
Job security, electric transportation, carbon neutrality key pillars of Green's COVID-19 economic recovery plan
NANAIMO - The BC Greens made their COVID-19 economic recovery pitch to voters during a stop in Nanaimo. Newly-minted leader Sonia Furstenau joined mid-Island Green candidates at a media event inside t...
Oct 09, 2020
Speed camera now in effect at crash prone Nanaimo intersection
NANAIMO - Speeders now have more incentive to slow down on the Island Hwy/Aulds Rd intersection.The only automated speed enforcement camera on Vancouver Island became operational in north Nanaimo on S...
Oct 09, 2020
Mid-Island candidates outline plan to make life more affordable for Nanaimo, Parksville residents
NANAIMO - As part of NanaimoNewsNOW's continuing coverage of the 2020 Provincial Election, we reached out to all candidates in the three mid-Island ridings with a series of questions.Each were given u...
Oct 07, 2020
New cancer centre promised for Nanaimo by BC NDP
NANAIMO - A new cancer centre in Nanaimo is part of a 10-year campaign promise by the BC NDP. Party leader John Horgan announced a centre would be built in Nanaimo and Kamloops if they're re-elected i...
Oct 07, 2020
BC Election 2020: Mid-Island provincial riding previews
NANAIMO - The 42nd British Columbia general election is Oct. 24, 2020. In the lead up to the vote, NanaimoNewsNOW is committed to presenting local candidates platforms and ideas to voters.Visit our BC...
Oct 05, 2020
Asian giant hornet sightings evade widespread monitoring effort
NANAIMO - Fears have eased about an invasive honey bee-killing insect making B.C.'s south coast and the pacific northwest a permanent home. Provincial apiculturist Paul van Westendorp reported no new ...
Sep 26, 2020
3,000 hectares of land returned to Snuneymuxw First Nation, lawsuit against province dropped
NANAIMO - Snuneymuxw First Nation has grown with the return of roughly 3,000 hectares of land. The land parcels are predominantly on Mt. McKay, just south of the Nanaimo River, and on the back of Mt. ...
Sep 22, 2020
NDP government triggers fall election one year early
NANAIMO - British Columbian's are heading back to the polls one year earlier than anticipated.Premier John Horgan has called a snap election for Oct. 24 after visiting with the lieutenant governor Jan...
Sep 21, 2020
Kenney says cross-country Energy East pipeline remains a possibility
CALGARY - Alberta's premier says new federal Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole was just stating the obvious when he indicated the Energy East pipeline project was off the table in a conversation with t...
Sep 15, 2020