Author Archives: Syndicated Content

NANAIMO - NanaimoNewsNOW is proud to announce December’s Helping Wheels winner. In partnership with Nissan of Nanaimo and Nanaimo Mitsubishi, the winning non-profit each month will receive a $1,...

QUALICUM BEACH - A man was flown to hospital with a significant stab wound after an altercation at a campground got out of control. The incident ocurred at Riverside Resort in Qualicum Beach on Hwy. 1...

NANAIMO - Junior hockey athletes face an uncertain future after the COVID-19 pandemic. The six graduating players from the Nanaimo Clippers all had aspirations of continuing on in hockey, but several ...

NANAIMO - Liquor sales are being banned after 8 p.m. on New Year’s Eve to hopefully curb gatherings as 2020 comes to a close. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry ordered the sale of liquo...

COURTENAY - Heavy snowfall in the mountains coupled with strong winds increased the avalanche threat on Vancouver Island. A Vancouver Island Avalanche Bulletin (VIAB) statement showed the alpine’...

NANAIMO – The number of residents at a Nanaimo care home with COVID-19 has more than doubled. Island Health announcing an additional three additional cases of COVID-19 at the Chartwell Malaspina...

NANAIMO - There was little change in Island Health COVID-19 trends over the Christmas holiday. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry announced 44 new cases of COVID-19 in Island Health from Chris...

NANAIMO - There’s now a price tag attached to the dream of having rail service restored on Vancouver Island. In late April, the ministry of transportation and infrastructure released its long aw...

NANAIMO - Increasingly relied upon crisis line staff serving Vancouver Island are seeing first-hand effects COVID-19 is having on the people they serve. Nanaimo based Vancouver Island Crisis Society (...

NANAIMO – Island Health has confirmed COVID-19 spread within one unit of a long-term care home in Nanaimo. A release just before 5:30 on Monday, Dec. 28 said an additional case of COVID-19 was f...