Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Top Stories of 2021: man sentenced for planting secret bathroom camera capturing family members
NANAIMO - Public outrage was swift for one of our most read stories of the year. Details of a Nanoose Bay man secretly installing a video camera in the main bathroom of his family home draw widespread...
Dec 18, 2021
Dover Bay hosts volleyball provincials in season to honour former player
NANAIMO - Dover Bay Secondary’s senior AAAA girls volleyball team had more than just wins and losses on their minds this season. It was a year that saw a return to play from COVID-19, but also h...
Dec 18, 2021
Clippers lose emotional battle 3-1 to Cowichan Valley
NANAIMO - For the second time in two weeks the Clippers lost at home to Cowichan Valley. The Clippers wore their retro jerseys and saluted 50 years of team alumni before the game but it was the road t...
Dec 17, 2021
Top Stories of 2021: Nanaimo RCMP juggle five active homicide investigations
NANAIMO - It was a deadly year in the city with local police officers swamped. Nanaimo RCMP will close 2021 with five active homicide investigations after a series of suspicious deaths ranging from mi...
Dec 17, 2021
Great Nanaimo Toy Drive another rousing success with 500+ families helped
NANAIMO - The good people at the Great Nanaimo Toy Drive are celebrating a monumental year. They spent all this week collecting toys and building their "Santa Sacks", with the final bag of goodies bei...
Dec 17, 2021
Province-wide health restrictions place limits on events/gatherings, sports tournaments cancelled
NANAIMO - Drastically rising COVID-19 cases in the province led to several notable public health orders to take effect Monday Dec 20. Dr. Bonnie Henry told a Friday, Dec 17 media briefing action is re...
Dec 17, 2021
Notorious Gabriola Island fisheries violator jailed following late night boat chase
NANAIMO - A banned angler with a lengthy and damning history of flouting fishery laws received a six-month jail sentence after he was caught red-handed in Vancouver Harbour. Scott Stanley Matthew Stee...
Dec 17, 2021
Local youth fiddlers once again take top spot in CBC’s Music Class Challenge
NANAIMO - A local fiddling group of talented youth won top prize for the second straight year in a nationwide musical competition. Nanaimo-based Cross Canada Fiddle’s Fiddelium topped the commun...
Dec 16, 2021
Clippers beat Cowichan 6-3 thanks to strong third period
DUNCAN - The Clippers and Capitals were in a tight 3-2 game for 40 minutes but Nanaimo scored three times in the final frame to win 6-3. In the first period the two clubs exchanged five goals with Aus...
Dec 15, 2021
Frank Ney Memorial Polar Bear Swim cancelled for second straight year
NANAIMO - A Boxing Day tradition at Departure Bay Beach has been put on ice for another year. Brad Ney, coordinator of the annual Frank Ney Memorial Polar Bear Swim, said organizers felt it was in the...
Dec 15, 2021
