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NANAIMO - Ongoing drought-like conditions across the mid-Island is prompting some preventative measures from local officials. Beginning Monday, June 8, the City of Nanaimo will move to stage three wat...

NANAIMO - Motorists passing through a major Nanaimo thoroughfare may want to find an alternate route during morning and afternoon commutes. Fortis B.C. advises it’s installing an underground nat...

NANAIMO - Full access is restored around Westwood Lake Park, following a temporary bear-related closure. A southeastern portion of the trail was closed Tuesday, June 2, after a father and his children...

NANAIMO - An active investigation is underway after shots were fired across a city park. Local Mounties say the incident occurred around 8:40 p.m. on Wednesday, June 3, at Knowles Park, on the corner ...

Ottawa wants to increase Canadians’ use of artificial intelligence - and it plans to do so through free AI training and legislation to tackle concerns like surveillance pricing and chatbot safet...

NANAIMO - It has been a deadly spring with far more drownings than usual across B.C., including the Nanaimo and broader south coast areas. As of Wednesday, June 3, Lifesaving Society BC & Yukon da...

NANAIMO - A proposed multi-storey rental housing project is proceeding in the heart of the city. Forty-three units of rental housing are slated for 1901 Northfield Rd., across from McGarrigle Rd., wit...

NANAIMO - A man well known to police and the criminal justice system is back behind bars awaiting a court date. Local Mounties arrested 36-year-old Jessie Andrew Joseph Savidant without incident on Ma...

NANAIMO - A group of alumni pilots and technicians is hoping to change the mind of the federal government regarding the future of the Canadian Forces Snowbirds. The program is due to be suspended at t...

VICTORIA - BC Ferries has become the latest transportation service provider to levy a fuel surcharge in the wake of high oil prices triggered by conflict in the Middle East. The operator says in a sta...