Author Archives: Syndicated Content

PARKSVILLE - Following being closed for several months, most Vancouver Island Regional Library’s (VIRL) 39 branches have re-opened their doors. The Parksville branch attached to City Hall re-ope...

NANAIMO - Island Health has seen its first increase in total COVID-19 cases in almost a week. Three additional positive tests were confirmed Wednesday, Oct. 28, bringing the health authority’s t...

NANAIMO - Numerous targeted searches and street stops netted a significant amount of illicit goods. The Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit’s gang team worked with Nanaimo RCMP and other de...

NANAIMO - The long-promised fast ferry from downtown Nanaimo to Vancouver tops the provincial wish list for federal infrastructure funding. Re-elected MLA Sheila Malcolmson told NanaimoNewsNOW on elec...

NANAIMO - Basketball camps for school age kids have returned. Island Swish is a six week program for kindergarten to Grade 8 students, running Saturday’s out of the new gym at Aspengrove School....

NANAIMO - For the fourth straight day, Island Health has gone without an increase to its COVID-19 case count. The health authority remains at 250 total cases throughout the pandemic with eight current...

NANAIMO - The City has taken it’s first major enforcement effort against a growing downtown Nanaimo encampment. Nanaimo Fire Rescue, Nanaimo RCMP and City of Nanaimo bylaw officers enforced a re...

NANAIMO - Police are trying to solve a pair of smouldering fires in common areas of a Wellington Rd. apartment building. RCMP Cst. Gary O’Brien told NanaimoNewsNOW papers were set ablaze in stai...

NANAIMO - B.C. public health is cracking down on a key source of recent COVID-19 cases in response to record-high case counts. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry issued a new public health ord...

NANAIMO - The BC Liberals efforts to ‘rebuild BC’ came short on election night and now attention will turn to rebuilding the party. Leader Andrew Wilkinson spoke for around 90 seconds on M...