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NANAIMO - The Clippers season came to an end over the weekend, with a Game 5 loss to the Victoria Grizzlies on Friday, April 12. It was a season which ended much too early for the players and coaches ...

OTTAWA - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland introduced the 2024 federal budget on Tuesday. Some key highlights: Housing In hopes of building nearly 3.9 million new homes across Canada by 2031, the gov...

NANAIMO - A long-awaited project scope and budget is now clear for a pending new cancer centre at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital (NRGH). Health Minister Adrian Dix announced details of the project ...

UPDATE - Oceanside RCMP report John Mathers was found, deceased, by search crews on Wednesday, April 17. “The cause of his death is not considered suspicious. The RCMP offers its condolences to ...

NANAIMO - A vulnerable man sleeping at a bus stop awoke to a woman stabbing him several times in the head. Kimberly Anne Lewis, 53, pleaded guilty to and was sentenced for aggravated assault for an Au...

ZEBALLOS, B.C. - The Department of Fisheries says planning for a new attempt to rescue an orca calf trapped in a Vancouver Island lagoon will be finalized in the next few days but no date has been set...

NANAIMO - Funding from the provincial government is increasing the number of complex care facilities for those with mental health or addiction challenges. As part of a 240-unit addition province-wide,...

NANAIMO - It was triumphant return to a national television audience for a local singer. Lauren Spencer-Smith returned to American Idol, not as a contestant, but as a guest performer during the Sunday...

OTTAWA - The federal government is doubling its investment to train urban firefighters to battle wildfires - a growing threat to Canada’s cities and towns. Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wi...

NANAIMO - It’s almost time once more the rubber to hit the road. Registration for the third annual Hub City Soap Box Derby opens Monday, April 15, with carts set to roll down Franklyn St. in dow...