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NANAIMO - Harbour City newcomers can find all the health and wellness services they need and more, all in one location. The fourth annual Newcomer Wellness Fair takes place on Thursday, Feb. 5, from 1...

NANAIMO - Local artists and makers will have pride of place when a revamped pillar of the city’s downtown re-opens this spring. The Pacific Arts Market will be one of the major tenants of Soundw...

PARKSVILLE - A proposed apartment complex is facing some pushback in the early stages due to its proposed height and design. Developers want to build a four-storey, 76-unit building with a mix of one,...

NANAIMO - Andrew Reynolds was cleaning up the damaged interior of his custom-made converted tugboat when an unwelcomed guest reappeared at Cameron Island Marina. Reynolds' 65-foot boat was ransacked d...

WASHINGTON - NASA has delayed the planned launch of moon rocket with a Canadian on board until at least March. In a press conference in Florida today, NASA officials said the Artemis II astronauts, in...

NANAIMO - Amid a flurry of similar projects over recent years designed to improve connectivity, two additional locations are eyed for cell towers. City Councillors, on Monday, Feb. 2, unanimously supp...

NANAIMO - A dedicated leader of a local non-profit is stepping down after 15 years at the helm. Violet Hayes whose been with the Island Crisis Care Society (ICCS) since 2010 and serving as executive d...

NANAIMO - Local critter weather predictors say winter will stick around for another six weeks, in tune with what their more famous American counterpart is saying. February 2 is Groundhog Day, with the...

NANAIMO - A man barricaded in a boat in Nanaimo’s inner harbour triggered a substantial police response. Mounties from the Nanaimo detachment, along with the Emergency Response Team, Police Dog ...

NANAIMO - A sizable workplace theft resulted in a substantial restitution order applied against a Nanaimo man. Leland Robert Dresser, 28, was sentenced on Friday, Jan. 23 at Nanaimo Law Courts after p...