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NANAIMO - Local police were able to recover three bikes last month worth a total of $10,000 thanks to their active patrols in areas criminals are known to frequent. Officers were in one such area when...

NANAIMO - One of the most iconic planes in B.C. firefighting history is days away from flying its final mission. Coulson Aviation’s Hawaii Mars water bomber will make its trek from its home base...

PARIS, FRANCE - A local athlete has wrapped her first Olympic experience. Lantzville’s Olivia Lundman and her Richmond-based race partner and coach Evan Dunfee placed 20th in the marathon race w...

QUALICUM BEACH - A number of Island residents are being honoured as some of the most dedicated community members in the province. The provincial Medal of Good Citizenship is awarded to those who have ...

NANAIMO - A pair of men have been found guilty of a public, late-night killing at Maffeo Sutton Park in 2022. Mark Jayden Harrison, 21, and Aiden Matthew William Bell, 20, were convicted by an 11-memb...

NANAIMO - Lane closures and construction crews are expected along a main artery in the city for the next couple of weeks. The middle lanes along Bowen Rd. between Dufferin Cres. and Pryde Ave. will be...

NANAIMO - RCMP say a pair of local victims lost thousands of dollars in a costly scam involving a phony financial representative. Nanaimo RCMP Res. Cst. Gary O'Brien said in the past month a man and w...

NANAIMO - Expect some smoky skies across the region for the next couple of days. Environment Canada is calling for “local smoke” in the Nanaimo and Oceanside areas, beginning overnight Mon...

British Columbia officials say there is a risk of more landslides and bank erosion as a large lake of water and debris flows past a landslide that blocked the Chilcotin River for days. The latest prov...

NANAIMO - A man police say busted into a south Nanaimo home late last year and allegedly attacked the homeowner with a bat is unaccounted for. Calvin Anthony Michael failed to show up for a court appe...