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Active transportation back on the table for E&N Rail line
NANAIMO - The head of Friends of Rails to Trails Vancouver Island (FORT-VI) thinks the chances of a full-service rail line coming back to the E&N corridor are getting slimmer. Alastair Craighead s...
Mar 18, 2023
Clippers lose battle of division leaders 9-2 to the Vees.
NANAIMO - The Clippers were dealt two major blows on the same day. A mid afternoon announcement from the team on March 17 explained head coach and general manager Colin Birkas had been temporarily sus...
Mar 18, 2023
Clippers coach sidelined pending ‘discipline and complaints policy’ investigation
NANAIMO - The Clippers will be without their bench boss for a while. Through a social media post on Friday, March 17, the Nanaimo Clippers announced Colin Birkas has been temporarily suspended from hi...
Mar 17, 2023
Man wielding syringe-loaded bow and arrow arrested at Port Place parking lot
NANAIMO - A man well known to police remains in custody following an altercation with officers in the downtown. RCMP were called to Port Place Shopping Centre around 7 p.m. on Monday, March 13 after r...
Mar 17, 2023
66-year-old Nanaimo man arrested after allegedly stabbing security guard
LADYSMITH - RCMP officers have quickly tracked down the man they believe responsible for a serious stabbing. A security guard was checking on reports of an open fire on private forestry lands near Nan...
Mar 17, 2023
Inflation forces $1.6M in cost increases for City of Nanaimo projects
NANAIMO - Plentiful reserves have helped bail the City out of a sticky financial spot. During a Wednesday, March 15 finance and audit committee meeting, Council provisionally approved extra spending o...
Mar 17, 2023
Motion sensors which detect ‘as slight as your heartbeat’ aim to reduce drug toxicity deaths in Nanaimo
NANAIMO - There’s a new tool being deployed to help monitor and detect toxic drug poisonings. Specialized motion detection sensors are being added to select bathrooms at Island Health facilities...
Mar 16, 2023
BC Ferries on summer hiring spree to fill 500 positions
NANAIMO - The annual summer hiring blitz from BC Ferries is underway. Ferries’ spokesperson Deborah Marshall said it’s the biggest in the company’s history as they look to have enoug...
Mar 16, 2023
‘Enough is enough:’ Nanaimo residents rally for more action on keeping communities safe
NANAIMO - It was a clear, concise message from local residents fed up with violence in their community. Over 100 people gathered at Pearson Park near downtown Nanaimo on Thursday, March 16, pleading f...
Mar 16, 2023
New downtown Nanaimo Marriott hotel officially opens
NANAIMO - Bookings are now being taken at the newest hotel on the central Island. The Courtyard by Marriott Nanaimo was declared officially open this week and is accepting guests, with online rates fo...
Mar 16, 2023
