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NANAIMO - A provincial court judge called the version of events of a man charged in a disturbing 2022 attack "nonsensical" and "a complete utter fabrication." Gregory Francis Collins, 72, was found gu...

LADYSMITH - It’s back to the drawing board for the Town of Ladysmith to fund building a new city hall, after residents overwhelmingly voted against the borrowing process during an alternative ap...

NANAIMO - More British Columbians died from accidental drownings in 2023 than at any point in the last decade with Vancouver Island leading the way. The latest report from the B.C. Coroners Service st...

NANAIMO - Construction of a new local BMX track represents short-term pain for long-term gain. Closed for the season is the Marie Davidson BMX Park on Labieux Rd. as crews construct an enlarged and im...

NANAIMO - A pair of additional funding options proposed by City of Nanaimo staff aims to give councillors more flexibility in its odyssey to establish a new public works facility on Labieux Rd. Known ...

NANAIMO - A group of local youth with a passion for volunteering have added more native plants to a central Nanaimo park. The latest project from Youth 20/20 Can Nanaimo and Volunteer Nanaimo added na...

NANAIMO - Nanaimo RCMP are asking the public to be on the lookout for a wanted offender. Police say 29-year-old Dalton Vanance is wanted on an unendorsed BC-wide warrant for a charge of assault by cho...

NANAIMO - Nanaimo Fire Rescue Service (NFR) had to completely extinguish a pair of smouldering fires at Nanaimo’s Pipers Lagoon Park. NFR crews were called to the popular north Nanaimo park on M...

NANAIMO - An agreement is in place to sell Casino Nanaimo to Snuneymuxw First Nation's economic development arm Petroglyph development Group. A news release from Great Canadian Entertainment (GCE), th...

NANAIMO - A man from Nanaimo faces serious charges after police in Alberta accuse him of luring and sexually assaulting a youth in Airdrie, AB. Airdrie RCMP began the investigation on June 12 after a ...