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NANAIMO - A perfect start to the season for the VIU Mariners men’s basketball team as the group in some rare air. The squad has been a perfect 12-0 through PACWEST play in the first half of the ...

NANAIMO - Local Canada Post workers in the fourth week of a nationwide strike are hoping a quick resolution can be found. Both the Crown corporation and roughly 55,000 Canadian Union of Postal Workers...

NANAIMO - More residential, compact housing appears destined for central Nanaimo after a development permit was awarded for a three-storey apartment building. Located at 2126 Meredith Rd., a block wes...

NANAIMO - Santa Claus will be touching down in the Harbour City a little earlier this year, part of an annual holiday tradition. Jolly Old Saint Nick will be landing in Nanaimo on Saturday, Dec. 7 at ...

VANCOUVER - If you’re looking for a permanent reminder of Taylor Swift’s Era’s Tour concerts in Vancouver, long after the friendship bracelets have been traded, tattoo artist Jen Van...

NANAIMO - It’s one of our favourite annual activities and is a surefire way to get into the holiday spirit. Our elves have been busy over the last week touring through Nanaimo and the central Va...

GABRIOLA ISLAND - BC Ferries announced last month they are working on a new engagement model that they say would better address the “evolving needs of growing coastal communities”, replaci...

NANAIMO - A pair of mid-Island women impacted in different ways by donating vital organs thanked front-line professionals at Nanaimo hospital. Operation Popcorn, organized by Transplant BC across the ...

NANAIMO - The holiday season means it’s time for the Salvation Army’s annual Christmas Kettle Campaign, spreading cheer and raising money for their local programs. The kettles have been se...

VANCOUVER - When BC Place stadium announced a ban on loose objects and large bags for Taylor Swift’s upcoming shows in Vancouver, it put some Swifties in a bind - what to do with the hundreds of...