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NANAIMO - A vastly enhanced network of bases and staff are on standby just in case the unexpected happens. Mandated to bolster oil response times as a condition of approval of the Trans Mountain pipel...

NANAIMO - In a bid to comply with new provincial legislation, the City is preparing to make sweeping changes to its property zoning. The zoning changes, centred around three new residential designatio...

NANAIMO - B.C.'s drug decriminalization project has been scaled back upon pressure from the public and police. Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General Mike Farnworth addressed a Tuesday, May 7...

ZEBALLOS, B.C. - A reported sighting of an orca pod off Vancouver Island near where an orphan killer whale is spending her time after escaping from a lagoon has an expert expressing caution and downpl...

NANAIMO - Break out the sunscreen and board shorts as summer-like weather conditions are coming to the mid-Island this week. Environment Canada is predicting a slow-moving high-pressure system will be...

ERRINGTON - Provincial grant money is helping secure the future for a key facility in Oceanside. The century-old Errington War Memorial Hall recently received $250,000 for seismic upgrades from the pr...

NANAIMO - A mock training exercise in response to a white water rafting adventure gone wrong played out this weekend on the Nanaimo River. More than 100 dedicated search and rescue volunteers took par...

NANAIMO - Public transportation in communities across B.C. continues to go electric. BC Transit announced, on Monday, May 6, 66 electric buses have been ordered and at least nine communities will star...

RICHMOND, B.C. - London Drugs is gradually reopening its stores across Western Canada more than a week after a cybersecurity breach forced the retailer to close. The company says it is working with in...

NANAIMO - Sets are being built and production is just days away from seeing cameras roll. Crews working in downtown Nanaimo on HBO’s ‘The Last of Us’ television series continue prep ...