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NANAIMO - Saturday marks a day to remember those who have been lost to toxic drug poisonings and reflect on how we can do better to help those currently battling addiction. International Overdose Awar...

NANAIMO - Nearly 40 players will be broken into two teams for Clippers training camp. The team will hold ice sessions at Frank Crane Arena Friday, Aug. 30 to Sunday, Sept. 1 ahead of a four game prese...

NANAIMO - The list of candidates vying to represent the newly redrawn provincial Nanaimo-Gabriola Island riding is changing minute by minute. Online profiles and news releases promoting previously ann...

NANAIMO - New classrooms are coming to Wellington Secondary School. The provincial government, in partnership with School District 68, announced 150 new seats will be added to the school, pushing offi...

TORONTO - When August rolled around, April Hicke realized the $100 she typically gives her 13-year-old son to update his wardrobe in time for school to start was no longer enough. “Even on the s...

With no major external factors on the horizon and a seasonal shift expected in the coming weeks, local gas prices are anticipated to drop. As of Friday, Aug. 30, a litre of gasoline in the Nanaimo reg...

NANAIMO - An expanded and updated gathering space at Vancouver Island University (VIU) is now available for Indigenous students. Located in the Shq’apthut (a gathering place) building on campus,...

NANAIMO - A man was fined, handed community service duty and be banned from caring for animals for a decade for violently attacking an 11-month-old dog. Matthew Matanovic, 28, was sentenced on Thursda...

PARKSVILLE - Search efforts are continuing to locate a man last seen walking into a wooded area by Horne Lake. Twenty-nine year old Jordan Kirchner was last seen by a friend walking into the backcount...

NANAIMO - Arnold Roxas has looked out a drive-through window and seen everything, from cars and trucks to tanks and artillery. Roxas, manager of the McDonald’s on Nanaimo’s Bowen Rd., was ...