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‘A realistic budget that focuses on public safety’: Nanaimo council green lights provisional 7.3% tax increase
NANAIMO - A projected 7.3 per cent tax increase is provisionally locked in for 2023. City Councillors voted unanimously on Monday, Dec. 19 for a 6.3 per cent bump, plus one per cent for asset manageme...
Dec 20, 2022
If you don’t have to go, stay home: thick blanket of snow covers Nanaimo & Oceanside
UPDATE - The City of Nanaimo continues to make headway in clearing roads and its facilities. Registered recreation programs remain cancelled for Tuesday, Dec. 20, however many arenas, centres and pool...
Dec 20, 2022
New ‘Rapidbus’ line projected for future of transit network in Nanaimo
NANAIMO - Expansion of transit services throughout the Regional District are set to somewhat centre around a new, express line connecting the city’s north and south end. A developing memorandum ...
Dec 20, 2022
‘Train hard and fight easy:’ Nanaimo waters host marine response drills
NANAIMO - Boats and a helicopter flying around the city’s north end last week caught more than a few interested onlookers. Multiple boats and a helicopter were seen actively engaged in a situati...
Dec 19, 2022
Top Stories of 2022: Sex offenders sentenced for multiple breaches of trust
NANAIMO - Crimes by adults against minors often result in life-long damaging consequences for victims, particularly when an adult is in a direct position of trust. A pair of highly disturbing cases be...
Dec 19, 2022
Winter storm warning issued as Arctic air takes firm grip of Nanaimo & Oceanside
NANAIMO - It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas. Snowfall began over the weekend but intensified overnight Sunday, Dec. 18 and into Monday, Dec. 19 with around two centimetres falling in m...
Dec 19, 2022
Man sentenced for violent, erratic outburst in Nanaimo
NANAIMO - Substance abuse treatment is planned following the latest of many trips to jail for a Nanaimo man well acquainted to police and the judicial system. Leon Edward Sprlak, 43, received a time-s...
Dec 19, 2022
Top Stories of 2022: The most viewed & viral stories of the year
NANAIMO - Amazing animal stories, heartwarming rescues, and an April fools joke turned into some of our top viral stories of 2022. Viral Animals In May, a warning about a rare bacterial infection affe...
Dec 18, 2022
‘A labour of love:’ new bottlecap mural driving home important message at Departure Bay elementary
NANAIMO - A project nearly a decade in the making is finally finished. A new mural made entirely of bottle caps is now hanging in the library of Departure Bay Elementary Eco-School in Nanaimo, the res...
Dec 18, 2022
Clippers go into Christmas break with 6-3 win over Capitals
NANAIMO - The Clippers scored three minutes into their Teddy Bear Toss game and cruised to a 6-3 win over the Cowichan Valley Capitals. Willyam Gendron scored the Teddy Bear Toss goal and finished he ...
Dec 17, 2022
