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Nanaimo athletes earn bulk medals at 2025 Special Olympics BC Summer Games
NANAIMO - A plane carrying athletes to and from a provincial competition in B.C.’s north was considerably heavier on its return to the Harbour City. Thirty-six athletes and 13 staff from the Nan...
Jul 16, 2025
‘Change the typical approach:’ Nanaimo taking long-term look at parking needs & strategies
NANAIMO - Following the adoption of changes to parking minimums in the city’s downtown, councillors are proceeding to take a further look at public parking city-wide. The City of Nanaimo, alongs...
Jul 16, 2025
Campfire ban coming for Vancouver Island
NANAIMO - Hot, dry and windy conditions have finally forced the hand of local fire officials. An open fire ban, including the use of campfires, will go into effect across all of Vancouver Island, and ...
Jul 15, 2025
Man jailed for road rage-fuelled shooting in Nanaimo
NANAIMO - A local man will spend the next nine years behind bars after a road rage-linked shooting incident two years ago. Reza Rahiman, 46, was sentenced on Tuesday, July 15, to nine years and six mo...
Jul 15, 2025
Parksville-born pitcher drafted into Major League Baseball
NANAIMO - First it was Elijah Ickes, then Connor Caskenette and now left handed pitcher Hayden Cuthbertson has become the third player in Nanaimo NightOwls history to be drafted into Major League Base...
Jul 15, 2025
‘Really amazing:’ community donations secure new SPECT/CT scanner at Nanaimo hospital
NANAIMO - The largest ever single-item campaign in the Nanaimo District Hospital Foundation’s history has come to an end on the best possible note. Through more than 1,400 individual and group d...
Jul 15, 2025
‘Obscene brutality’: Oceanside baseball-bat killer gets life term despite constitutional ruling
The B.C. Supreme Court has sentenced a man to life in prison without parole eligibility for 25 years for beating his ex-girlfriend to death with a baseball bat as she slept beside her young daughter i...
Jul 14, 2025
Lantzville fire ban issued as Province encourages summer water conservation
NANAIMO - A total fire ban is in place for one central Island municipality, as provincial officials urge caution over water use. Current dry and hot conditions are expected to continue through much of...
Jul 14, 2025
Unclaimed package left at Nanaimo RCMP detachment filled with toys, sender apologizes
NANAIMO - A suspicious package left outside the main entrance of the Nanaimo RCMP detachment last week which prompted a call to the bomb squad, turned out to be a false alarm. Police reported the "dis...
Jul 14, 2025
Airflow pattern brings potential for increased wildfires in coastal B.C.
VANCOUVER - The BC Wildfire Service says the Coastal Fire Centre is expected to get its first “outflow pattern” of the season, which could drive more significant fire behaviour. It says th...
Jul 14, 2025
