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NANAIMO - One of the province’s largest sport and activity-based events is coming back to the Harbour City. The 55+ BC Games will run in Nanaimo in September 2025, the first time the city has ho...

NANAIMO - A local man vowing to forge a more positive future will be on probation for the next year after pleading guilty to assault for a high-profile attack in south Nanaimo. Brett Gordon Ranger, 34...

PARSKVILLE - Despite extensive efforts, searchers have been unsuccessful in finding any sign of a woman missing since mid-February. Sara Sherry, 45, was last seen the evening of Feb. 15 driving onto t...

NANAIMO - The Clippers regular season is rapidly coming to a close and for the team’s oldest players, it means their time in a junior hockey is ending. Emmett McHardy, Luke Buss, Noah Alvarez, I...

NANAIMO - A popular local thrift store is closing up shop permanently in May with the owner saying fear of downtown area social unrest has driven their customers away. Madeline Crane has owned and ope...

PARKSVILLE - It’s a huge sigh of relief for many of Oceanside’s tourist operators. Changes announced Wednesday, March 27 to provincial legislation designed to limit short-term rentals and ...

NANAIMO - A judge has ruled a man cannot be held criminally responsible for stabbing another man to death at a local coffee house in 2022. The decision by BC Supreme Court Associate Chief Justice Heat...

PARKSVILLE - The Independent Investigations Office of B.C. is reviewing the circumstances around the discovery of a body near Little Mountain, south of the city. A report from the agency states Oceans...

NANAIMO - A staple summer event for the Harbour City will be relocating down-island this year. Rising costs have forced the 2024 Nanaimo Dragon Boat Festival, run by the Fairway Gorge Paddling Club, t...

NANAIMO - More than 200 meters of aluminum boardwalk now tops a challenging section of trail on the south side of Cottle Lake in the popular Linley Valley recreation area. Charlotte Davis, manager of ...