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VIJHL seeks Junior A status for 2023/24 season
NANAIMO - The Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League (VIJHL) is looking to adjust its footprint in the province. The league’s executive committee formally applied to BC Hockey to recategorize the...
Jul 11, 2023
Sizeable Harewood housing development given green light to proceed
NANAIMO - A considerable injection of family-friendly townhouses are coming to the city’s south end. City Councillors unanimously supported a development permit for two parcels of land on Watfie...
Jul 11, 2023
B.C. Amateur Golf Championship tees off at Parksville’s Morningstar Golf Club
PARKSVILLE - Some of the best golfers in the province and abroad are in Parksville for the 121st B.C. Amateur Championship at Morningstar Golf Club. Qualifying to solidify the final 15 spots wrapped u...
Jul 11, 2023
Fire at known problem house in Cinnabar Valley deemed deliberately set
NANAIMO - Local Mounties are searching for two people seen running from a burning home in the Cinnabar Valley. Just before 5 a.m. on Sunday, July 9, Nanaimo Fire Rescue crews were called to a home in ...
Jul 10, 2023
Crews installing traffic light at busy Harewood intersection
NANAIMO - Traffic is poised to move more efficiently later this year through an increasingly busy south end intersection prone to consistent back-ups. Starting Monday, July 10 contractors will be inst...
Jul 10, 2023
56-unit apartment and townhouse complex breaks ground in Qualicum Beach
QUALICUM BEACH - A new 56-unit apartment and townhome development had its groundbreaking ceremony in Qualicum Beach on Tuesday, July 4. Located at 136 Village Way W., The Residence at Qualicum Station...
Jul 09, 2023
‘The need for this is more and more:’ donations off to slow start for crucial Nanaimo program
NANAIMO - A popular program is back for another year helping local kids get a fresh start on the school year. “Fresh Start” is an annual program run by Dave Lawrence, owner of That 50̵...
Jul 09, 2023
Nanaimo RCMP conduct road check blitz for July CounterAttack campaign
NANAIMO - The message is a simple one: don’t drink and drive. Local Mounties were out in force on Friday, July 7 with many conducting a series of road blocks through the city checking for impair...
Jul 08, 2023
‘People are fed up’: City of Parksville aims to ban overnight camping at Memorial Plaza
PARKSVILLE - While acknowledging it’s merely a band-aid solution, Parksville councillors and the mayor say it’s time to outlaw overnight sheltering at its downtown public square. In a moti...
Jul 07, 2023
‘Effects being felt all over:’ port strike clogging cargo routes as striking workers hold steady
NANAIMO - Striking port workers along Canada’s west coast entered their seventh day of job action, as talks between the two sides appear to be stalled. More than 7,000 members of the Internation...
Jul 07, 2023
