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NANAIMO - The city’s crown jewel park is looking a little more patriotic this spring. Usually decorated with an array of international flags, the gallery at Maffeo Sutton Park, overlooking the C...

NANAIMO - Fewer people are losing their lives to drug toxicity than in recent years. New data from the BC Coroner’s Service showed two people from Nanaimo lost their lives to toxic drugs in Janu...

NANAIMO - With a half dozen games remaining in the BCHL regular season the Clippers don’t know where they’ll finish in the standings and they’re still trying to solidify a playoff sp...

Mark Carney has been officially sworn in as Canada’s 24th prime minister in a ceremony at Rideau Hall, about an hour after Justin Trudeau formally resigned. Carney told reporters on his way into...

NANAIMO - Together since before they can remember and always each other’s biggest supporters, two local golfers are going their different ways in pursuit of a university education. Isabel and Ma...

LANTZVILLE - A homeowner in his late 80’s was awoken to the sounds of a man and woman outside his bedroom. It happened on Saturday, March 8 between 5:30 and 6 a.m. at a home located near Lantzvi...

VANCOUVER - Vancouver police have issued an Amber Alert for two-year-old Theodore Lim. Police say the boy is believed to have been abducted at a location on East Broadway by Davis Lim, but don’t...

NANAIMO - While the skies aren’t likely to be completely clear, forecasted conditions are improving for a special celestial show. A total lunar eclipse will occur overnight Thursday, March 13 in...

NANAIMO - Local Mounties appeared quickly and en masse to a local grocery store Wednesday evening, after reports of a gun being brandished. RCMP members were called to the Country Grocer complex at th...

NANAIMO - Turquoise shades of water signal an active herring spawn that escaped the Nanaimo area this year. However, fishing boats have been active to the north in Parksville-Qualicum Beach, as operat...