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Over $900K in provincial grants supporting Nanaimo active transportation projects
NANAIMO - Crosswalk upgrades and active transportation corridors are the focus of over $1 million in provincial funding allocated for the region. The ministry of transportation announced the money on ...
Mar 27, 2025
VIDEO: Clippers graduating players excited for Fred Page Cup playoffs
NANAIMO - The Clippers oldest and most experience players have just a pair of games left in their junior careers and one more run to try to win a playoff championship. Connor DeTurris, Luke Lavery, Dy...
Mar 27, 2025
‘A blight on the neighbourhood:’ Nanaimo River Rd. property owner given month to remove dilapidated buildings
NANAIMO - The Regional District of Nanaimo (RDN) is giving a property owner 30 days to start cleaning up his property and removing three unsafe buildings, or they’ll do it for him. Located at 79...
Mar 27, 2025
Expansion proposed for south Nanaimo temporary housing project
NANAIMO - An already approved supportive housing project in the city’s south end could grow, subject to Council and provincial approval. BC Housing submitted a re-zoning application to the City ...
Mar 26, 2025
VIU to host 2026 CCAA men’s basketball championship
NANAIMO - For the second time in four years the VIU Mariners will host a CCAA basketball national tournament. In 2022 it was the women’s nationals that ended with a silver medal finish for the u...
Mar 26, 2025
BC Ferries adding daily Tsawwassen-Departure Bay sailing, starting mid-June
NANAIMO - Travellers between Nanaimo and the Lower Mainland will have some additional options this summer. Beginning June 19, BC Ferries will add a single daily sailing from Tsawwassen to Nanaimo̵...
Mar 26, 2025
RDN seeing increase in wildlife encounters linked to curbside collection bins
NANAIMO - Island residents are no strangers to safely sharing a habitat with wild animals, but some still aren’t getting the message. A recent report presented to the Regional District of Nanaim...
Mar 26, 2025
B.C. drug decriminalization and safer supply associated with more overdoses: study
VANCOUVER - A study into safer supply and drug decriminalization policies in British Columbia has found that both were associated with increased opioid overdose hospitalizations. The report says that ...
Mar 25, 2025
Parksville arena workers praised after reviving hockey player using AED
PARKSVILLE - Arena staff are being hailed for their life-saving actions earlier this month. On March 11, an individual playing in a drop-in hockey game at Oceanside Place collapsed from an apparent ca...
Mar 25, 2025
No charges pending for Nanaimo Mounties after woman injured in custody
NANAIMO - The Independent Investigations Office of B.C. (IIO) will not recommend charges against local RCMP officers after a woman fractured her arm while in police cells. A report from the IIO publis...
Mar 25, 2025
