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NANAIMO - A parade of shopping carts coming through the city in late May is hoping to be a literal ‘Push for Change’. Led by Nanaimo Youth Services Association (NYSA) and local Rotary Club...

NANAIMO - A much-loved downtown Nanaimo grocery store is up for sale, with neighbours worried they may lose a convenient and affordable food option. Superette Foods, on the corner of Albert and Milton...

NANAIMO - The body of a missing Nanaimo woman has been found. Crews were able to recover a body from the Millstone River just before 3 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 8 and quickly identified the remains as th...

NANAIMO - Six new players have joined the Senior A Timbermen in the 2024 WLA entry draft. Five of those players are graduates of the Junior A Timbermen program with club president Chris Bowman saying ...

NANAIMO - Vancouver Island is in for another dry and drought-filled spring and summer unless we get more rain or snow, according to the most recent snowpack report. The Feb. 1, snow survey and water s...

PARKSVILLE - A game-style trail camera mounted west of Qualicum Beach helped police hunt down a stolen travel trailer. Oceanside RCMP reported the camera helped find the item in Nanaimo on Tuesday, Fe...

NANAIMO - An unfamiliar ship is calling the region home for the next few weeks. The MV Isabelle X arrived in Nanaimo waters on Wednesday, Feb. 7 from Vancouver and is set to stay in the region until A...

NANAIMO - A first-of-its-kind award ceremony took place in the Harbour City Wednesday, honouring the very best women, gender diverse, non-binary and two-spirited local residents. The Women of Influenc...

NANAIMO - Despite becoming an increasingly preferred way of moving traffic through busy areas, driver comfort with roundabouts isn’t keeping pace. A new study from ICBC showed 57 per cent of dri...

NANAIMO - A horrified bystander called police when he saw a man being beaten and choked in his vehicle in Nanaimo last summer. The offender, Aden Lee Aaron Rutter, 29, was exceedingly drunk when he un...