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VIDEO: Clippers looking to take lessons from lost leads
NANAIMO - The Clippers are trying to break a cycle of building leads only to have them slip away. In three of their last five games Nanaimo has gotten off to tremendous starts, including on Friday, No...
Nov 08, 2024
‘Parade of storms’ expected to hit Nanaimo & Oceanside beginning Friday
NANAIMO - Expect a wet and windy next five to seven days across much of the central Island. Environment Canada’s forecast for the region features almost exclusively rain icons, with a “par...
Nov 08, 2024
VIU Mariners women’s soccer in contention for bronze medal at CCAA nationals
SQUAMISH - After a narrow defeat in their first game at the CCAA women’s soccer nationals the VIU Mariners kept in medal contention with a massive win. The Mariners scored four goals in the open...
Nov 08, 2024
Nanaimo Hells Angel jailed 6 years for drug trafficking
NANAIMO - A lengthy investigation centered on identifying and dismantling highly organized Vancouver Island drug trafficking was aided by an informant and undercover police operation. William Karl Pau...
Nov 08, 2024
Repeat offender wanted by Mounties in both Nanaimo & Kamloops
NANAIMO - Police on Vancouver Island and in B.C.’s interior are searching for a man wanted on a number of outstanding criminal charges. Thirty-one year-old Ronald Douglas Arndt is wanted on new ...
Nov 07, 2024
Storm tracker group confirms rare tornado touchdown on B.C.’s Sunshine Coast
A resident of British Columbia’s Sunshine Coast says a rare tornado that she saw touch down on Monday was like a scene out of a movie with trees coming down “like dominoes” in the hi...
Nov 07, 2024
Stronger smells expected from Nanaimo landfill as flare station shutting down
NANAIMO - South end residents might notice a stronger odour emanating from the regional landfill in Cedar over the next month. Starting Tuesday, Nov. 12, the Regional District of Nanaimo (RDN) will be...
Nov 07, 2024
Industrial real estate remains tight, however rental rates slide in Nanaimo area
NANAIMO - A competitive industrial real estate market on mid Vancouver Island continues putting a squeeze on sparse inventory. An annual fall report by commercial real estate firm Colliers Internation...
Nov 07, 2024
Pedestrian hit at south Nanaimo intersection suffers ‘significant injuries’
NANAIMO - A man remains in hospital after being hit by a vehicle which failed to stop at an intersection, according to police. It happened on the Park Ave at Seventh St. on Tuesday, Nov. 5 just after ...
Nov 06, 2024
‘Welcome mat to the beach:’ Parksville mobi-mats improve beach access
PARKSVILLE - After only a few months in operation this summer, a new accessible beach mat is already being put to good use. Installed during the peak tourism season in July, the 133-foot mobility mat,...
Nov 06, 2024
