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NANAIMO - Increasing deficits and impacts from declining international student recruitment are hoped to be in the past for Vancouver Island University. The University announced Wednesday, April 8, it ...

NANAIMO - What started as an idea from a viral video in early 2025 continues to grow as a massive tourism and healthcare movement. The second Nanaimo Infusion will take place April 24-26, highlighted ...

NANAIMO - Ahead of the summer tourist season, a popular micro-mobility option is launching in Oceanside. Evolve will add Parksville to its growing list of communities served by their rentable e-bikes ...

NANAIMO - As average asking residential rents see multi-year lows both nationwide and in B.C., renters in the Harbour City are being asked to pay more. The April report from Rentals.ca and Urbannation...

NANAIMO - Local Mounties are looking for a chronic offender wanted on several warrants, including for sexual assault. Peter Jonathan Cameron Ludvigson, 50, is wanted on several outstanding warrants, i...

NANAIMO - Excessive levels of toxic fecal matter are among several infractions listed in an advisory notice against the Regional District of Nanaimo (RDN). A recent Ministry of Environment and Climate...

PORT ALBERNI - Scoring first has been a curse in the Clippers playoff series with the Bulldogs. In Game 4 Nanaimo scored the opening goal for the first time but suffered their first loss 5-2. Landon P...

LADYSMITH - A brand new school building and an expansion to another are coming to support a growing community. A new, seismically-sound and fully accessible 390-seat Ladysmith Intermediate School is b...

WHISKEY CREEK - A fully engulfed structure fire levelled a rural property east of Cameron Lake, prompting several regional crews to respond. Coombs-Hilliers Volunteer Fire Department (CHVFD) chief Enz...

NANAIMO - Distracted driving and not wearing seatbelts remains an issue in the province, and Vancouver Island is no exception. BC Highway Patrol members spent the month of March focusing on drivers no...