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NANAIMO - Additional federal grant money is coming to the mid-Island to support those who are unhoused. A total of $1.9 million will go towards 11 programs addressing homelessness in the Nanaimo, Cowi...

NANAIMO - Back for another year, local shoppers have another option for local, fresh food and other items. The Nanaimo Food Hub is in its second year of the Friday Farm Market, held from 4 p.m. to 7 p...

NANAIMO - A newly upgraded track at Beban Park will get its first international competition test this weekend. The Marie Davidson BMX Park is hosting the Harbour City Nationals, Friday, July 4 through...

NANAIMO - Three weeks removed from her latest liquor store theft, a Nanaimo woman is getting an opportunity to redeem herself. Cheyenne Patricia Davidson, 32, received a time-served jail sentence this...

British Columbia’s wildfire service says cool conditions and thunderstorms are in the forecast for much of the province as nearly 90 wildfires actively burn. Its latest situational report says t...

NANAIMO - Estimated wait times at several Island emergency care facilities are now available online. Island Health has launched a new page on their website which provides regularly updated estimates o...

Inspector Drew Milne of the British Columbia Conservation Officer Service likened it to finding a needle in a haystack - the haystack being a 137-hectare park on Vancouver Island, and the needle being...

NANAIMO - Another warmer and drier than average month in the Harbour City, with similar conditions likely in store for the mid-Island for the rest of the summer. That’s according to meteorologis...

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 - A woman had to be rescued after falling down a steep, dirt cliff just outside of the downtown requiring a tricky rope rescue. On Monday, June 30, just after 7 p.m., a passerby at Maffeo Sutt...