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‘Please find a safe way home:’ police checks increasing on Nanaimo & area roads
NANAIMO - Roadside checks for impaired drivers are ramping up ahead of the holiday season. B.C. Highway Patrol officers are joining with local RCMP detachments across Vancouver Island for increased en...
Dec 02, 2024
Nanaimo’s Matthew Wood included in Canada’s world junior selection camp roster
NANAIMO - A former local minor hockey product hopes to return to the same tournament but this time with a different result. On Monday, Dec. 2 Hockey Canada announced the 32-player selection camp roste...
Dec 02, 2024
‘Two years of hell:’ Nanaimo property declared nuisance due to loud music, cursing, and ‘blinding’ floodlights
NANAIMO - Songs playing loudly on repeat for hours, profanities and insults shouted day and night, and multiple floodlights permanently activated have led to a nuisance property designation for a cent...
Dec 02, 2024
Nanaimo hospital foundation raises money for neonatal unit incubators
NANAIMO - Combined with the strength of anonymous donors, a goal of $150,000 is set to help purchase four new state-of-the-art incubators for Nanaimo hospital's youngest patients. This year's Giving T...
Dec 01, 2024
‘Be part of a community:’ gender-affirming shopping experience created in Nanaimo
NANAIMO - Offering a safe, inclusive space for those on their gender journey find new fashion is behind a new event being hosted Saturday. The Unitarian Church at 595 Townsite Rd. in Nanaimo will host...
Nov 30, 2024
Fast start paces Clippers to comfortable win over Vernon
NANAIMO - A trio of goals in the first period proved enough as the Clippers won their fifth consecutive game at Frank Crane Arena. Hosting the Vernon Vipers on Friday, Nov. 29, Clipper fans barely wai...
Nov 29, 2024
Nanaimo fentanyl trafficker jailed, hopes to reform at local in-custody rehab program
NANAIMO - Already with a long history of property crimes throughout the mid-Island area, a first drug trafficking conviction resulted in an automatic jail sentence. Jesse Andrew Savidant, 35, was sent...
Nov 29, 2024
Unattended self-cleaning oven responsible for Nanaimo apartment fire
NANAIMO - An oven, believed to be self-cleaning, is believed to be the source of a fire at a Barons Rd. apartment complex. Nanaimo Fire Rescue crews were called to an apartment building in the 3100 bl...
Nov 29, 2024
Proposed $90m Nanaimo public works upgrade halted after third AAP
NANAIMO - Borrowing money to construct a slimmed down, “fit for purpose” revamp of the City’s public works facility has been denied by local voters. The City of Nanaimo confirmed the...
Nov 29, 2024
‘Take your time, do your research:’ Holiday shoppers warned to take precautions
NANAIMO - While shoppers are busy trying to cross off their holiday shopping lists, criminals are playing the role of scrooge with a multitude of scams. Starr Munro, Better Business Bureau Vancouver I...
Nov 29, 2024
