Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Tourism Vancouver Island bows out of Nanaimo contract, review underway for replacement
NANAIMO - Shifting priorities after the COVID-19 pandemic has brought changes to who handles the Tourism Nanaimo file. Tourism Vancouver Island, one year into a five year contract and three years into...
Spencer Sterritt Oct 26, 2020
Man wanted for manslaughter on Canada-wide warrant potentially seen in Parksville
PARKSVILLE - Oceanside RCMP believe a man wanted on a Canada-wide warrant was seen in the area. Mounties searched a rural area in Parksville on Friday, Oct. 23 after reports of a suspicious man in the...
Kyle Ireland Oct 25, 2020
‘Just find someone you can help and do it:’ anonymous cookie crusader makes third large donation in a year
NANAIMO - What started as a chance meeting at a local coffee shop has grown into a $6,200 donation, which the man responsible hopes will inspire others. For the second time in six months, an anonymous...
Alex Rawnsley Oct 25, 2020
Routley locked in for fifth term in Nanaimo-North Cowichan
NANAIMO - One of the BC NDP’s elder statesmen has won another four years in Victoria. Doug Routley held off a strong challenge from Chris Istace of the BC Greens to retain his seat of Nanaimo-No...
Alex Rawnsley Oct 25, 2020
Incumbent Sheila Malcolmson re-secures Nanaimo riding
NANAIMO - The incumbent MLA in the Nanaimo riding has won again, carried by a wave of NDP support across the province. Sheila Malcolmson was the first confirmed winner in the Nanaimo-area ridings, lea...
Alex Rawnsley Oct 24, 2020
LIVE BLOG: Mid-Island results and reaction from 2020 B.C. Election
NANAIMO - NanaimoNewsNOW is covering the 42nd BC General Election with a live, up to the minute blog featuring vote counts, interviews, analysis and much more. In conjunction with our updates on 106.9...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Oct 24, 2020
Thousands of fish feed local lakes, license sales surge during pandemic
NANAIMO - Nearly 7,000 trout and counting have been piped into lakes in Nanaimo by staff with the Freshwater Fisheries Society of BC (FFSBC). The FFSBC stocking report showed six lakes in Nanaimo have...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Oct 24, 2020
Nanaimo RCMP looking for missing driver following Harewood pursuit
NANAIMO - Mounties are hoping a man who led police on a chase Friday afternoon and then fled on foot will turn himself in. According to the RCMP, officers witnessed a possible drug transaction in Hare...
Kyle Ireland Oct 24, 2020
Polls open across province for 42nd General Election
NANAIMO - Polls are open across the province for general voting. Following seven days of advance polling where turnout in the three mid-Island ridings was above 2017 tallies, Saturday is the final opp...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Oct 24, 2020
Fire safety order issued for Wesley St. as City contemplates “softer” approach to encampment
NANAIMO - A fire safety order is now in place for the Wesley St. encampment near Nanaimo City Hall. Nanaimo Fire Rescue chief Karen Fry confirmed to NanaimoNewsNOW the order was issued on Thursday, Oc...
Spencer Sterritt Oct 23, 2020
