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PARKSVILLE - Two athletes from the Oceanside region will represent the country at the highest level. Swimmer Nicholas Bennett and wheelchair rugby player Trevor Hirschfield were named to Team Canada f...

NANAIMO - Arguably the most decorated athlete to ever come out of the Harbour City is beyond grateful for the support he’s received from his hometown and across Canada. Ethan Katzberg became the...

PARIS, FRANCE - A local athlete has wrapped her first Olympic experience. Lantzville’s Olivia Lundman and her Richmond-based race partner and coach Evan Dunfee placed 20th in the marathon race w...

NANAIMO - Results were tough to come by for the senior and junior lacrosse teams in the Harbour City this summer. The Senior B and Junior A Timbermen both suffered playoff sweeps while the WLA T-men d...

PARIS - Nanaimo is now home to an active Olympic gold medal winner. Ethan Katzberg outthrew his opponents in the medal round of the men’s hammer throw on Sunday, Aug. 3 with a distance of 84.12,...

PARIS - Ethan Katzberg is the reigning world champion in the men’s hammer throw and the Nanaimo product is looking to add Olympic gold to his resume. On Aug. 2 Katzberg threw for the top result ...

NANAIMO - Luke Lavery is returning home to the team he started with in the BCHL. The 2004-born winger was re-acquired from the Coquitlam Express for Cooper Wilson and the playing rights of Matt Lahey....

NANAIMO - The first annual Hornets 7’s rugby tournament was played at May Bennett Pioneer Park in Nanaimo on July 27. There were five men’s teams and three women’s teams in the draw,...

NANAIMO - It’s the first taste of playoff soccer for an upstart local franchise. Harbourside FC’s men’s team will line up against league regular season champion TSS Rovers at Swangar...

NANAIMO - The Games of the 32nd Olympiad are underway, with a handful of mid-Island athletes and staff preparing for their shot at gold. While preliminary play in Rugby Sevens and soccer got underway ...