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NANAIMO - The mercury won’t soar close to any records, but a forecasted heat wave is still enough for Environment Canada to suggest some extra precautions. The weather agency issued a heat warni...

NANAIMO - Black smoke was visible from across much of the city Tuesday morning, stemming from a bush fire inside Bowen Park. The fire sparked on Tuesday, Aug. 16 just after 10 a.m. toward the northern...

NANAIMO - After the shock wore off of winning $1 million, a Nanaimo man evaluated how the jackpot would change he and his family’s life. Richard Aubertin won the Lotto Max Maxmillions prize duri...

NANAIMO - An expanding medivac service has set up shop in Campbell River, creating a more stable and quicker response time for injured people on Vancouver Island. Technical Evacuation Advanced Aero Me...

NANAIMO - For the first time since 1968, a local team will compete for the Western Lacrosse Association Championship. The Nanaimo Senior A Timbermen swept their way past Coquitlam in the league semi-f...

NANAIMO - Steven Michael Bacon has formally admitted to killing Makayla Chang, but the murder charge he was facing has been downgraded. During a Monday, Aug. 15 appearance in B.C. Supreme Court in Nan...

NANAIMO - A 27-year-old man remains in hospital in stable condition after being stabbed multiple times in downtown Nanaimo. RCMP say the violent incident happened on Front St., near the transit exchan...

NANAIMO - Local Mounties consider a recent house fire in Nanaimo’s south end to be a homicide. In a bid to further their investigation, Nanaimo RCMP confirmed the man found inside a home on Athl...

NANAIMO - Those wanting to leave Vancouver Island for the Lower Mainland will face some additional delays Monday. BC Ferries reports there is a four sailing wait as of 10 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 15 betwe...

NANAIMO - A reckless case of impaired driving involving a speeding car hitting and killing a cyclist resulted in a four year prison sentence. Justin Jinil Stevens, 28, was handed the sentence in provi...