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Calgary emergency officials say they're sending crews to help the Jasper wildfire while explaining why they briefly shuttered their evacuation centre just as the fire roared into the townsite and star...

NANAIMO - The Games of the 32nd Olympiad are underway, with a handful of mid-Island athletes and staff preparing for their shot at gold. While preliminary play in Rugby Sevens and soccer got underway ...

NANAIMO - A wildfire burning on southern Vancouver Island has nearly doubled in size since the start of the week. The Old Man Lake fire, burning around nine kilometres north of Sooke, is listed as out...

NANAIMO - The taps are on and water is starting to flow through a major infrastructure upgrade, designed to future-proof the City’s underground network. The Mid-Town Water Supply Project came on...

NANAIMO - Housing with attached retail opportunities is one step closer to being built in the downtown core on the site of a City of Nanaimo staff parking lot. A development permit was approved Monday...

NANAIMO - Central Island athletes helped lead Zone 6 to the highest medal count at the BC Summer Games in Maple Ridge. Zone 6 encompasses all of Vancouver Island and the central coast of the province ...

NANAIMO - While no lives or structures are in immediate danger, a tall plume of smoke stemming from a wildfire on the south Island is a close-to-home reminder fire season is here. The Old Man Lake fir...

NANAIMO - An RCMP forensic analyst took the stand on the second day of a trial of two local men accused of manslaughter. Proceedings against Mark Jayden Harrison, 21, and co-accused Aiden Matthew Will...

NANAIMO - For the third time in less than a year, the City of Nanaimo will seek elector approval to borrow money to fund a new public works yard. An alternative approval process is scheduled for the f...

NANAIMO - Weeks without significant rain coupled with abnormally high temperatures is forcing a tightening at the tap. The Regional District of Nanaimo announced the implementation of stage four water...