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NANAIMO - Pre-Christmas travellers may need to make other arrangements trying to get ahead of holiday traffic. BC Ferries have announced “required maintenance” is needed on one of its vess...

NANAIMO - A motorcyclist was taken to hospital after a midday collision. Emergency services were called out to the intersection of Terminal Ave. and Princess Royal Ave./St. George St. just before 11:4...

NANAIMO - The first in a series of storms this week is bringing significant rainfall. Environment Canada issued a rainfall warning for eastern Vancouver Island, including Nanaimo, Parksville and Quali...

NANAIMO - An eight-year-old boy is in hospital after he was hit by a vehicle in a school parking lot shortly before classes started Tuesday morning. Nanaimo RCMP said the incident occurred just after ...

NANAIMO - While not everything they asked for, a vitally important central Island food bank facility is finally receiving some long-requested federal backing. The fall economic statement tabled Monday...

NANAIMO - While maintaining he’s innocent, a man convicted of brutally stabbing his estranged wife to death in Nanaimo had his day parole privileges continued. In a Sept. 10 Parole Board of Cana...

VICTORIA - A rare and historic water bomber that was on its final journey from British Columbia to a museum in Arizona was forced to make an emergency landing near Victoria due to mechanical issues. T...

NANAIMO - Police are advising drivers to take extra time and use caution on area roads after a multi-vehicle crash. Three vehicles were involved in an incident along the Trans-Canada Highway, south of...

Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland has resigned from cabinet on the day she is set to present the government’s fall economic statement. In a resignation letter posted to social media, she said P...

PARKSVILLE - A six-month contract is in place for a free pop-up recycling operation to continue in south Parksville. A dozen recycling depot dates are in place, encompassing every second Saturday betw...