Author Archives: Syndicated Content

NANAIMO - A Snuneymuxw First Nation (SFN) owned and operated service station will welcome its first customers Friday afternoon. The four pump gas station and convenience store will employ five workers...

NANAIMO - It’s about one month later than usual but the local curling season is now underway. The Nanaimo club was one of the first to establish return to play guidelines, including a laneway sy...

NANAIMO - Island Health continues to escape much of the worsening COVID-19 storm across B.C. A new daily record of 425 cases in B.C. were announced by provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry on Thu...

NANAIMO - A long-planned oil response base in Nanaimo is at last being built following numerous setbacks. Western Canada Marine Response Corporation communications director Michael Lowry said construc...

NANAIMO - A local man is $2 million richer thanks in large part to a single loonie. Brad Rowan won $1 on a Daily Grand ticket and put the winnings towards a BC/49 entry for the Oct. 28 draw. RowanR...

NANAIMO - Police consider a high-profile attack against a Nanaimo fast food worker an "active and advancing investigation." Cst. Gary O’Brien told NanaimoNewsNOW several suspects emerged from th...

NANAIMO - Scammers have redoubled their efforts to prey on the innocent. A new scam is believed by Nanaimo RCMP to have victimized more than a dozen businesses and households to the tune of thousands ...

NANAIMO - Four new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed within Island Health on Wednesday. It’s a slight decrease in the five confirmed on Tuesday, Nov. 3 and takes Island Health’s tally to 27...

QUALIUCM BEACH - A cougar made what’s believed to be a brief appearance at a Kwalikum Secondary School playing field. The report described by Qualicum School District Supt. Dr. Keven Elder as cr...

NANAIMO - The COVID-19 pandemic won’t stop the Great Nanaimo Toy Drive from helping families in need at Christmas time. Carolyn Iles, a board member with the annual event, said it’s more i...