Author Archives: Syndicated Content

NANAIMO - Equestrians won’t have to worry about unloading their horses on crowded roads south of Nanaimo. Expansion and construction of a 150 foot parking area for horse trailers on Timberlands ...

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 focuses on a lack of recycling ...

NANAIMO - Island Health has ended the week on a brighter note than the Friday before. New data from the health authority showed 27 new cases confirmed on Friday, March 5, making for slightly less than...

NANAIMO - Football Nanaimo is ready to get back on the field. Interest in the program for eight to 14 year olds was heavy at all levels from atom to peewee and junior bantam. Registration opened on Fe...

NANAIMO - A man caught red-handed with a large child porn collection was given a nine month non-custodial sentence and two years probation. Kyle Patrick McGuire, 31, was sentenced on Wednesday, March ...

NANAIMO - School District 68 continues to experience COVID-19 exposure events. Nanaimo District Secondary School suffered exposure dates on Feb. 19, from Feb. 22 to 26 as well as March 1 and 2. Ladysm...

NANAIMO - Case counts across the province continue to pace above recent averages, however public health maintains there is still light at the end of the tunnel. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie He...

NANAIMO - Hands-on experience with COVID-19 exposures in schools is helping the Nanaimo-Ladysmith school district teach lessons to other island districts. SD68 was selected by the ministry of educatio...

PARKVILLE - There’s no end in sight to what was only expected to be a brief service disruption for recycling certain household items in the Oceanside region. Contracts involving Recycle BC expir...

NANAIMO - The number of people actively diagnosed and then recovering from COVID-19 continues to drop. Active cases in the health authority dropped by 21 on Wednesday, to 270. The central Island saw t...