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Paving work to begin through Parksville, including notable Hwy. 4 disruption
PARKSVILLE - Paving projects are poised to disrupt some traffic through the community over the next two and a half weeks. Projects which were originally scheduled in the fall and winter months are bei...
Apr 13, 2025
Snaw-naw-as Sawbills youth basketball combines cultural tradition and sport
SNAW-NAW-AS - The U13 and U17 Snaw-naw-as Sawbills basketball teams made their first ever appearance at the Junior All Native basketball tournament in Kelowna. Over 100 teams took part with some large...
Apr 13, 2025
Neurodiverse storytelling journey continues for busy Nanaimo mom
NANAIMO - May Sosa appears to have the storytelling bug, having now produced several children’s books with the singular aim of emboldening neurodiverse children. Sosa, profiled by NanaimoNewsNOW...
Apr 12, 2025
Never-ending: Nanaimo university students show off interconnected custom designs
NANAIMO - The request was a simple one: move a ball from one place, to another…then do it over, and over and over again. Students in Vancouver Island University’s Engineering Transfer Dipl...
Apr 12, 2025
Clippers season ends with Game 5 playoff loss in Cowichan Valley
DUNCAN - The Clippers lost their final playoff game 3-0 to the Cowichan Valley Capitals. After winning 5-2 in Game 4 Nanaimo couldn’t get their offense on track in Game 5. In.a scoreless first p...
Apr 11, 2025
‘Want some clarity:’ AAP’s headline local government discussions in Nanaimo
NANAIMO - Coastal mayors and councillors have converged on the Vancouver Island Conference Centre with the hope of unified messaging eventually leading to B.C. government policy adjustments. Reps from...
Apr 11, 2025
Proposed Nanaimo data centre passes design review
NANAIMO - A large scale data centre envisioned for a presently rural lot west of the Nanaimo Parkway cleared its latest hurdle. Around a dozen recommendations were made by the City’s Design Advi...
Apr 11, 2025
Former B.C. MLA launches CentreBC party, wants to ‘push back’ against polarization
VICTORIA - A former member of the British Columbia legislature has launched a new political party called CentreBC, aiming to push back against what she describes as polarization in provincial politics...
Apr 11, 2025
Rings, watches, and gold teeth: Nanaimo Women Helping Women holding jewelry donation drive
NANAIMO - A group of dedicated local women are looking to take your old jewelry off your hands and use it to help women in need. The Nanaimo Women Helping Women (NWHW) group is holding their gold and ...
Apr 11, 2025
‘They’ve saved a lot of lives:’ Nanaimo CSOs seeing high volume of calls for service
NANAIMO - Having just wrapped their second full year of operation, calls for service to the City’s Community Safety Officers continue to flood in. New data presented Wednesday, April 9 showed th...
Apr 10, 2025
