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Paying tribute this Remembrance Day in Nanaimo & Oceanside, COVID-19 style
NANAIMO - Normally mid islanders pile around local cenotaphs and into legions to pay tribute to people who served and continue to protect our country in order to preserve the freedoms we enjoy. Howver...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Nov 11, 2020
Over 500 new COVID-19 cases across B.C., seven within Island Health
NANAIMO - For the fourth time in five days, British Columbia has posted over 500 new COVID-19 cases. Over 92 per cent were in the Lower Mainland with just seven recorded in the Island Health authority...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Nov 10, 2020
Former Nanaimo construction worker jailed for ‘deplorable’ sex crimes, disturbing chat room behaviour
Note to readers: the following story includes graphic details, reader discretion is advised NANAIMO - A man sent to jail on child porn charges also carried out a pattern of revolting behaviour in unde...
Ian Holmes Nov 10, 2020
Dover Bay secondary school upgraded to COVID-19 cluster, Barsby sees first exposure
NANAIMO - Dover Bay secondary school has reported its second exposure of COVID-19 while John Barsby secondary is now a new exposure spot. A letter sent to parents by Nanaimo-Ladysmith Public Schools o...
Alex Rawnsley Nov 10, 2020
VIJHL hits pause on season after Nanaimo school reports COVID-19 exposure
NANAIMO - A number of teams in the Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League is pressing pause on their season for one week. Following a confirmed COVID-19 exposure at Dover Secondary School in Nanaimo, t...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Nov 10, 2020
De-icing highways tops list of regional highway maintenance crews
NANAIMO - While the mid island region braces for the first potential snowfall of the season, highway maintenance crews are taking a proactive approach. Daniel Hutchins, regional general manager of Mai...
Ian Holmes Nov 10, 2020
‘He loved to help people:’ Howie Meeker remembered for more than hockey accomplishments
PARKSVILLE - Tributes are pouring in for Howie Meeker,who was described by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as a great Canadian. The longtime French Creek resident passed away at the age of 97 on Sunday,...
Ian Holmes Nov 09, 2020
Island Health COVID-19 cases surpass 300, almost 1,000 new cases confirmed across B.C.
NANAIMO - British Columbia’s COVID-19 curve continues to trend up. A total of 998 cases across B.C. were confirmed Monday, Nov. 9 by provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry, including 12 in t...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Nov 09, 2020
NDP’s Adam Walker officially elected as new Parksville-Qualicum MLA
PARKSVILLE - For the first time since 1996, when current Nanaimo mayor Leonard Krog represented the area, Parksville-Qualicum will send an NDP MLA to Victoria. Adam Walker, a councillor with the Town ...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Nov 09, 2020
Nanaimo mounties take down drug, cash carrying man who attempted to flee on a bike
NANAIMO - Local RCMP finally got their man after a prolonged and challenging overnight pursuit through downtown Nanaimo, taking a considerable amount cash and drugs off the streets. Officers patrollin...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Nov 09, 2020