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‘Connection is correction:’ reducing stigma and remembering those lost during Overdose Awareness Day
NANAIMO - It’s a day of mourning, remembrance, and recognition that we are now in the seventh year of a public health emergency. Wednesday, Aug. 31 is International Overdose Awareness Day, with ...
Aug 31, 2022
‘Bigger performances, better videos:’ Funkanometry eyes future gigs as NASCAR beckons for Island dance duo
NANAIMO - Even with their America’s Got Talent dream potentially over, Jacksun Fryer and Carlow Rush are firmly focused on the future. The duo, better known as Funkanometry, were eliminated from...
Aug 30, 2022
Nanaimo RCMP bike patrol nabs day-drinking prolific offender during routine stop
NANAIMO - Keen-eyed officers on bike patrol have nabbed a prolific offender. Officers working in the detachment’s bike patrol unit were moving through downtown Nanaimo just before lunch on Thurs...
Aug 30, 2022
Head of Lantzville school terminated after alleged ‘inappropriate online activity’
NANAIMO - The head of a prestigious independent school near the city’s north end has been fired. Mark Pierotti was terminated shortly after Aspengrove School staff and its board of governors lea...
Aug 30, 2022
BCGEU stands down on job action as bargaining talks resume
NANAIMO - The union representing about 33,000 public service members in B.C. is stopping all their job action, following a return to the bargaining table with the province. The announcement was made T...
Aug 30, 2022
Leonard Krog announces re-election campaign for Nanaimo Mayor
NANAIMO - Incumbent Mayor Leonard Krog says he’s ready for another term. The man at the helm of Nanaimo’s City Council for the last four years announced his intention to seek re-election d...
Aug 30, 2022
‘Transformational project’ advanced for high-profile Howard Johnson hotel site
NANAIMO - One of the city’s most high-profile properties is officially on the path to redevelopment. Nanaimo City Council unanimously passed the first two readings of zoning and land use bylaws ...
Aug 30, 2022
‘It’s a fraud if anyone suggests that:’ over a dozen Nanaimo residents fall victim to gift card-based bank scams
NANAIMO - International scammers are still mining money from local victims. Through the last half of August, over a dozen people in Nanaimo have reported falling victim to phone scams, in which they w...
Aug 29, 2022
Nearly $2 million in back-to-school funding available for mid-Island parents
NANAIMO - Provincial cash to flowing through local school districts in a bid to make the return to class more affordable. Just under $2 million is earmarked for students in Nanaimo-Ladysmith and Parks...
Aug 29, 2022
VIDEO: Upgraded Nanaimo organics facility ‘keeping the bugs happy’, cuts compost time from months to days
NANAIMO - It’s the largest such facility on Vancouver Island, one of just four across Canada and it’s processing organic waste faster than ever before. Convertus, in partnership with the C...
Aug 29, 2022
