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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
Nanaimo senior loses $15K after fraudster poses as bank employee
NANAIMO - A Nanaimo senior is out thousands after falling victim to a gift card scam. A woman was phoned on Jan 3 by someone claiming to work for CIBC, who said they needed her to buy $15,000 in gift ...
Jan 10, 2023
Crews prepare for upcoming busy stretch of Midtown Water Supply Project replacement in Nanaimo
NANAIMO - While it’s not flashy, an important project aimed at providing water supply certainty in Nanaimo is becoming more visible. Preparatory works is underway alongside the Nanaimo Parkway f...
Jan 10, 2023
Hiking heroes help carry wounded dog from Cable Bay Trail
NANAIMO - A Nanaimo woman is thanking a pair of hiking heroes who helped carry her injured dog to safety. Courtnay Huber’s two-year-old Australian Shepard Pip was out with her mother-in-law and ...
Jan 10, 2023
‘I’m going to shoot you:’ man sentenced for initiating violent altercation against Nanaimo Mountie
NANAIMO - What started out as a shoplifting complaint escalated to a man attempting to disarm an RCMP officer and multiple threats to shoot her. The high risk incident in Nanaimo on Dec. 28, 2021 head...
Jan 10, 2023
Recycling program expanded with some single-use plastics now blue-bin friendly
NANAIMO - The province is now accepting more recyclable plastic items at their depots and through residential blue bin programs. The announcement was made on Friday, Jan. 6, and will allow easier recy...
Jan 09, 2023
Port Alberni man dead after crash near Coombs, alcohol a possible factor
NANAIMO - A man died following a Friday night two-vehicle collision after police believe the driver of an oncoming truck may have been impaired by alcohol and crossed the centre line. It happened on a...
Jan 09, 2023
Showers, rain and atmospheric rivers: explaining West Coast weather
NANAIMO - Significant rainfall over the weekend is set to continue through the week. It’s another parade of storms coming in from the Pacific, with an increasingly more familiar array of terms b...
Jan 09, 2023
Over $1.1 million in federal funding eyed for central and north Island non-profits
NANAIMO - It’s a major chunk of change which is hoped to bridge the gap between vulnerable people and vital services. United Way Central and Northern Vancouver Island (UWCNVI) has opened applica...
Jan 08, 2023
Clippers grind out 3-2 overtime win in Victoria
NANAIMO - The Clippers earned their first win of 2023 with a 3-2 overtime victory over the Grizzlies. After a scoreless first period Nanaimo’s Willyam Gendron banked a shot of a Victoria defende...
Jan 08, 2023
