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VIDEO: ‘Push that limit:’ Wounded Warriors on final leg of 800 km fundraising run
NANAIMO - The inspiring annual campaign to support veterans and first responders stopped in Nanaimo earlier this week before continuing south to Victoria. One of the stops for the Wounded Warriors Can...
Mar 03, 2024
Clippers give up late goals in 3-1 loss at Surrey
SURREY - The Clippers and Eagles put on a defensive duel at the South Surrey Arena. Surrey won the contest 3-1 but the game was tied 1-1 for most of the night. Remi Gelinas opened the scoring for Nana...
Mar 02, 2024
Weather, impaired driver believed responsible for serious crash near Qualicum Beach
QUALICUM BEACH - Three people were seriously injured in a pair of incidents along Hwy. 19A overnight. Oceanside RCMP were called out to Hwy. 19A, just north of Qualicum Beach between Seacroft Rd. and ...
Mar 02, 2024
‘It left us hungry:’ Dover Bay senior boys basketball team prepares for provincials
NANAIMO - After losing in last year’s provincial final, the senior boys basketball team from Dover Bay Secondary School is heading back to the big dance with some unfinished business. The north ...
Mar 02, 2024
‘We raise eyebrows and we raise funds:’ naked bungy fundraiser returns to Nanaimo
NANAIMO - “You’re up there, you’re nude, you’re scared and you have to trust that these professionals will get you through and keep you safe.” Mental Health and Recovery ...
Mar 02, 2024
Clippers McHardy shines against former team
COQUITLAM - Emmett McHardy had a huge night against his former team in a Clippers 5-2 win in Coquitlam. The Nanaimo veteran scored two goals and was named the game’s first star. After a scoreles...
Mar 02, 2024
Despite a few cold nights, February weather back to relative normalcy for the mid-Island
NANAIMO - Average temperatures and about normal precipitation was the weather story for last month, as the mid-Island settles into more seasonal conditions to start March. Environment Canada meteorolo...
Mar 01, 2024
Police seek potential witness of pedestrian hit by car in south Nanaimo
NANAIMO - Local Mounties are hoping to identify the driver of a white pick-up truck in hopes of advancing an investigation involving a pedestrian hit on Nicol St. Surveillance video footage of the tru...
Mar 01, 2024
Toxic drug deaths in Nanaimo leads Vancouver Island to start year
NANAIMO - While the number of people dying from toxic drugs fell province-wide in January, the greater Nanaimo area went in the opposite direction. Data from the BC Coroners Service (BCCS) showed 13 p...
Mar 01, 2024
Injured white raven found in Qualicum; third rare bird to be treated locally in three years
ERRINGTON - For the third time in as many years, a rare white raven has come under the care of a mid-Island wildlife refuge centre. The unnamed leucitic raven was brought to the North Island Wildlife ...
Mar 01, 2024
