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Regular Nanaimo to Tofino-Ucluelet bus service beginning end of January
NANAIMO - A Vancouver Island bus company is filling in some service gaps by offering cross-community routes. Island Express Bus Inc. announced Wednesday, Jan. 12 they were starting service out to Vanc...
Jan 12, 2023
Fire starts at former Nanaimo restaurant deemed nuisance property
NANAIMO - Fire has broken out at the site of a former restaurant. Flames were reported coming from an abandoned building in the 1000 block of Terminal Ave. at St. George St. on Thursday, Jan. 12 just ...
Jan 12, 2023
VI Raiders begin search for new head coach after Curtis Vizza steps down
NANAIMO - The VI Raiders are set to have a new coach on the sidelines this season. Curtis Vizza is leaving as the team’s head coach and ending a tenure with the team as a player or coach dating ...
Jan 12, 2023
Vehicle crashes through light post & fencing near Port Place Shopping Centre
NANAIMO - A vehicle crashed into fencing around the Italian Fountain near Port Place Shopping Centre, following an apparent medical emergency. The dark grey sedan was travelling northbound on Terminal...
Jan 12, 2023
Nanaimo man awaits punishment for causing pair of highway blockades
NANAIMO - A brief jail sentence is possible for a man at the centre of a pair blockades on the Trans Canada Highway on Vancouver Island last spring. Sentencing arguments for Derek Hugh Menard took pla...
Jan 12, 2023
Nanaimo ‘aggressively recruiting’ lifeguards to restore service levels at area pools
NANAIMO - A shortage of qualified lifeguards is behind some shuffling of programming at the City’s two indoor pool facilities. Swim lessons ordinarily run at Beban pool were shifted to the Nanai...
Jan 11, 2023
B.C. launches hiring drive for Crown prosecutors to help address repeat offending
VICTORIA - The British Columbia Prosecution Service has launched a recruitment drive for Crown lawyers and other staff, part of a series of recent measures to address repeat violent offending. A state...
Jan 11, 2023
VIDEO: Clippers keep roster intact through BCHL trade deadline
NANAIMO - The BC Hockey League’s trade deadline has come and done, with the Clippers staying silent. The team did have an open roster spot but were unable to work out any transactions ahead of t...
Jan 11, 2023
Nanaimo RCMP look to identify driver after ‘significant damage’ to gas station
NANAIMO - Local Mounties are looking to identify a person they say caused “significant damage” to a gas station. Police say a woman, later captured by security cameras at the Shell gas sta...
Jan 11, 2023
NRGH turns 60-years-old, advocates demand new hospital tower
NANAIMO - It has seen better days, but the future of primary health care in the mid-Island area has nowhere to go but up. The Nanaimo and District Hospital Foundation is recognizing the 60th anniversa...
Jan 11, 2023
