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‘It’s very gratifying:’ rehabilitation efforts paying off at fish-bearing Departure Creek
NANAIMO - Significant signs of life are visible in an urban Nanaimo creek where fish sightings were once rare. While challenges persist, advocates are encouraged about the present and hopeful for the ...
Oct 19, 2023
VIDEO: Clippers taking process driven approach to BCHL season
NANAIMO - The Clippers are approaching the ten game mark of their season and sit in the top half of the Coastal Division. Results always matter in a 54 game schedule but the players and coaches are fo...
Oct 18, 2023
New information results in homicide investigation into Nanaimo woman’s death
NANAIMO - The death of a local woman in early March has been upgraded to a homicide. Wendy Head, 52, died in a home in the 2300 block of Autumnwood Dr., near Labieux Rd., on March 7. It was initially ...
Oct 18, 2023
Man fined and banned from hunting after illegal killing of Roosevelt Elk near Chemainus
NANAIMO - The illegal capture and harvesting of a large elk proved costly for a Vancouver Island man. Kyle Emrys Watson-Harley was fined $5,100 and banned from hunting for two years following a senten...
Oct 18, 2023
Flood watch in place for Englishman River system near Parksville
PARKSVILLE - Heavy rainfall overnight and continued downpours in the forecast forced an upgrade in flood watches for the region. The B.C. River Forecast System, part of the ministry of forests, issued...
Oct 18, 2023
Rash of thefts from unlocked vehicles sweeping through north Nanaimo neighbourhood
NANAIMO - Thieves have found an apparent target-rich environment in the city’s north end. The RCMP say several thefts have been reported from vehicles in the Stephenson Point Rd. area of north N...
Oct 18, 2023
High tech options examined to aid City of Nanaimo roadway infrastructure management
NANAIMO - What started as a tool to identify and more quickly repair potholes in the city had led to broader ambitions fueled by artificial intelligence. David Thompson, City of Nanaimo’s manage...
Oct 18, 2023
Proposed Metral townhouses take next steps forward, despite traffic concern
NANAIMO - A proposed residential development in the north end, along a busy transportation corridor has taken another step forward. Rezoning 6074 Metral Dr. passed first and second reading at Nanaimo ...
Oct 17, 2023
Rainfall warning issued for Oceanside, DriveBC advises of possible Hwy. 4 issues
PARKSVILLE - A considerable amount of rain is forecast to hit the region beginning Tuesday. Environment Canada issued a rainfall warning for eastern Vancouver Island from Campbell River to Fanny Bay, ...
Oct 17, 2023
‘It should be a clear slam dunk yes:’ Parksville council gives support to addiction treatment centre
PARKSVILLE - Following a detailed information-gathering phase by Island Health, local councillors want to hear what the public has to say about a proposed residential treatment centre. During a Monday...
Oct 17, 2023
