Category Archives: (Portal- NanaimoNewsNow) Local Sports

NANAIMO - Following stops with two other NHL organizations, Nanaimo's Dylan Coghlan is returning to where he got his first shot in the league. Coghlan, a 27-year-old defenceman, signed a one-year, one...

NANAIMO - The fourth Nanaimo Ball Hockey League season is in the final days of playoffs. The regular season wrapped up in early June, with the postseason featuring a double knockout in the A and B div...

NANAIMO - Student athletes at Vancouver Island University have been recognized for their hard work on the field, in the gym and in the classroom. A dozen VIU Mariners were named CCAA academic All-Cana...

NANAIMO - Spring soccer programming for Nanaimo United has wrapped up and summer sessions are now ramping up. For U-8 to U-18 athletes academy and five-a-side play is set to begin Tuesday, June 17, wh...

NANAIMO - One of the important events on the Nanaimo Ultimate Association calendar took place on June 7 at the Bowen west field. The annual Art Hawkins Great Canadian Ultimate game is a fundraiser tha...

NANAIMO - A pair of local athletes who won Gold at the Paris Olympics and Paralympics, have continued their world-beating performances. Ethan Katzberg, a Nanaimo-born hammer thrower now living in Kaml...

NANAIMO - Several athletes from VIP Gymsports performed well at the recent Canadian Gymnastics Championships and Western Canada Cup events. VIP trampoline head coach Megan Conway said she was extremel...

PARKSVILLE - She conquered the track and the court during a glittering athletic career, and now a local athlete is being recognized at the highest level. Michelle Stilwell, a multi-time Paralympic gol...

NANAIMO - Gary Dorland is being remembered as a tireless volunteer, a former fire chief and the heartbeat of countless local sports teams. Dorland passed away at the age of 68, between Sunday, June 1 ...

NANAIMO - Clubs across the country, including Nanaimo, are celebrating National Come and Try Rowing Day on Saturday, June 7. Anyone interested in rowing can come to a free session at Long Lake. Nanaim...