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NANAIMO - A stopgap measure appears to be on the way to help address affordable housing challenges in the mid-Island's rural electoral areas. Regional District of Nanaimo directors voted in favour of ...

NANAIMO - An NFL wide receiver helped dispense some valuable life lessons like an all-star quarterback, using his experience as a collegiate and pro athlete, as well as a cancer survivor. New York Jet...

NANAIMO - The City is working on a policy for renters displaced by renovations and who need support. A survey will be online starting Wednesday, Jan. 28, until Feb. 18, asking Nanaimo citizens what th...

NANAIMO - A series of storms due to hit the region this week as the attention of forecasters. Environment Canada is calling for rain and strong winds across a wide section of Vancouver Island, includi...

NANAIMO - The City is aiming to remove a few layers of red tape to encourage more affordable housing units to be built. Councillors have unanimously supported the idea of overlay zoning for over 2,000...

VICTORIA - The president of the BC Association of Chiefs of Police says people will not be arrested for possession of small amounts of drugs after the end of decriminalization on Jan. 31, “unles...

NANAIMO - Local conservation officers believe someone, or a group of people, may be illegally poaching deer in a mid-Island community. Multiple animals in the Nanoose Bay Fairwinds neighbourhood have ...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney is announcing a 25 per cent hike to the GST credit to help lower-income consumers deal with the high cost of groceries across the country. Branded as the "Canada Gr...

NANAIMO - Significant post-offence strides by a Nanaimo man to turn his life around didn't go unnoticed by a BC Supreme Court justice. Daniel Nicholas Kipp, 38, was handed two-years' house arrest, fol...

QUALICUM BEACH - The Town is considering whether to fully ban the sale and use of fireworks within the community, closing the small window of approved use during Halloween. During the Wednesday, Jan 2...