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NANAIMO - A familiar local offender will spend more time behind bars after threatening to shoot his probation officer. Kym Robert Arkell, 41, was given 61 additional days behind bars and 12 months pro...

NANAIMO - After serving 291 actual days behind bars, a young man will continue attending treatment instead of more jail time, after he was caught and beaten for attempting to break into a south Nanaim...

NANAIMO - Neighbourhood geography has triumphed over lines on a map for 16 properties south of the city. The Regional District of Nanaimo Board gave its unanimous approval on Tuesday, March 24, to a b...

NANAIMO - The Nanaimo Buccaneers have advanced to the VIJHL finals for the first time in franchise history but, regardless of results, will wrap their season away from their home arena. The Buccaneers...

NANAIMO - The Clippers have clinched the second seed and home ice advantage for the first round in the Coastal West division BCHL playoffs. With three games left in the season, they still don’t ...

NANAIMO - When Kayla Okada heard the news she’d been selected for the prestigious Loran Scholar Award, she’d already mentally prepared herself for disappointment. “I was so shocked, ...

PARKSVILLE - Inattentive chefs and overzealous landscapers have kept local firefighters busy in the first three months of the year. Emergency crews were called out to a home on Maple Cres. around 11 a...

PARKSVILLE - Inattentive chefs and overzealous landscapers have kept local firefighters busy in the first three months of the year. Emergency crews were called out to a home on Maple Cres. around 11 a...

NANAIMO - An overnight windstorm was forecast to hit Vancouver Island, but the damage left behind in some areas surprised meteorologists. Environment Canada data shows wind gusts peaked at just 57 kil...

NANAIMO - An overnight windstorm was forecast to hit Vancouver Island, but the damage left behind in some areas surprised meteorologists. Environment Canada data shows wind gusts peaked at just 57 kil...