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NANAIMO - While it’s been a few months since the B.C. government passed legislation to increase housing density, the impacts are already being felt locally. Bill 44 was passed in the fall of 202...

NANAIMO - Four local community leaders have been recognized for their unending contributions. Peter Sinclair, executive director of Loaves and Fishes Food Bank; Laurie Grubb, president of the Royal Ca...

NANAIMO - While the notion of no cell phones in schools remains a very new policy for most local schools, the first few days under the new rules have gone reasonably well. School District 68 trustees ...

NANAIMO - The Oceanside Generals and Nanaimo Buccaneers are set to begin their 2024-25 Junior hockey campaigns. The Buccaneers have made significant roster changes and former BCHL coach Bill Bestwick ...

British Columbia says its current supply of COVID-19 vaccines will remain available until new formulations are approved, unlike other provinces that say they’re following instructions from the P...

PARKSVILLE - A motorist swerved and clipped a man running on the Inland Island Hwy. in Parksville late Tuesday evening. Oceanside RCMP Sgt. Shane Worth said their detachment received reports the man o...

LADYSMITH - A construction worker was airlifted to hospital after he became stuck under rubble in Ladysmith. Ladysmith Fire Rescue (LFR) was called on the late afternoon of Tuesday, Sept. 3 at 4:40 p....

LADYSMITH - The longtime mayor of Ladysmith is stepping down to take on a new role as CEO of a Victoria-based economic development organization. Aaron Stone will also step down as the chair of the Cow...

NANAIMO - Federal Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre wants federal NDP leader Jagmeet Singh to call a federal election as soon as possible. Speaking from Nanaimo’s Maffeo Sutton Park on Wednes...

PARIS - Canadian swimmer Nicholas Bennett is a double gold medallist at the Paralympic Games. The 20-year-old from Parksville, B.C., won the men’s 200-metre individual medley in Paralympic recor...