Author Archives: Syndicated Content
RDN probes expansion to extend life of regional landfill
NANAIMO - The Regional District of Nanaimo (RDN) is wondering if a long-term landfill option could be found by looking over its back fence. An unsealed RDN document revealed a preliminary attempt to e...
Jan 17, 2022
Salvation Army Kettle Campaign raises almost $300k
NANAIMO - The Salvation Army in Nanaimo is coming off an incredibly successful season for their Christmas Kettle Campaign. Fundraising coordinator Dawn Anderson said their 20 kettle locations between ...
Jan 16, 2022
Bailey elected new Nanaimo-Ladysmith school trustee after two candidate by-election
NANAIMO - School District 68 has its full compliment of trustees once more. Naomi Bailey won the seat on the Nanaimo-Ladysmith Public Schools Board of Trustees, vacated by new Nanaimo-Ladysmith MP Lis...
Jan 15, 2022
Staffing issues again cancel BC Ferries crossings between Nanaimo & Vancouver
NANAIMO - BC Ferries are again preemptively cancelling a handful of sailings due to a lack of staff. In a service notice, the company cited a “staffing issue” behind the cancellation of th...
Jan 15, 2022
Multiple SAR units comb Nanaimo River area for missing man
NANAIMO - Local police along with search and rescue members are conducting a massive search for a missing man. First responders were called out to the parking lot adjacent to the Nanaimo River bridge ...
Jan 15, 2022
Two Nanaimo care homes have COVID-19 outbreaks declared over
NANAIMO - Operations are returning to normal at a pair of local long-term care homes. Island Health said on Saturday, Jan. 15 no further transmission of COVID-19 had been detected through follow up te...
Jan 15, 2022
New round of neighbourhood safety audits coming to Nanaimo
NANAIMO -First of its kind safety audits introduced last year are being repeated to include new areas of the city to gauge how safe people feel in their local neighbourhood. Christy Wood, the City's c...
Jan 15, 2022
Water Cooler: Property taxes versus assessed value, Fifth St. affordable housing & Hwy. 1 protest
NANAIMO - The Water Cooler is NanaimoNewsNOW's letters to the editor-style segment, featuring conversations about the news in Nanaimo and Oceanside. This week's feature discusses a spike in assessed v...
Jan 15, 2022
Clippers fall behind early, lose 4-2 to Rivermen
NANAIMO - The Clippers were down 2-0 six minutes into the game and couldn’t recover in a 4-2 loss to Langley. Tristan Fraser scored Nanaimo’s first goal midway through the opening period b...
Jan 14, 2022
B.C. faring better than most amid fifth COVID wave
NANAIMO - The worst may be over in the fifth wave of COVID-19 cases, driven by the Omicron variant. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry presented another round of detailed case and hospitalizat...
Jan 14, 2022
