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Annual trunk sale returns to give new life to old items
NANAIMO - It’s time to get the junk out of your trunk. A popular swap meet-style event is returning Saturday, July 16 with around 100 vendors selling used, garage sale-type items out of the trun...
Jul 16, 2022
Nanaimo non-profits making the most out of latest provincial grants
NANAIMO - A number of mid-Island non-profits received a welcome boost from the provincial government this week. North of $3 million worth of grants were handed out to over 80 organizations as part of ...
Jul 15, 2022
Big medal haul from provincial championships by Nanaimo track and field athletes
NANAIMO - The Nanaimo Track and Field Club had a large medal haul at the BC Championships Jamboree. Athletes from the U16 to senior level took home 18 medals from July 8-10 in Kamloops. Nate Paris ear...
Jul 15, 2022
New VIU Mariners women’s soccer coach ready to tackle the PACWEST
NANAIMO - The VIU Mariners women’s soccer team is looking forward to a new season with a new coach. Bobbie Taylor who was a player with the Malaspina College Mariners from 1988-91 and a coach in...
Jul 15, 2022
‘Heard a boom:’ boats catch fire at Nanaimo marina, one person severely injured
NANAIMO - Two boats have caught fire at the Newcastle Marina, sinking one and badly damaging another, while one person was left severely burned. Fire Rescue crews were alerted to the situation in the ...
Jul 14, 2022
Nanaimo eclipsing record pace for drug toxicity deaths
NANAIMO - If the current pace continues, more people will die from drug toxicity in Nanaimo in 2022 than any year previous. New data from the B.C. Coroners Service showed 26 people have died in Nanaim...
Jul 14, 2022
Fewer marriages, more group living revealed in Nanaimo through latest Census data dump
NANAIMO - The region’s relationship status appears to be changing to ‘it’s complicated. The third data dump from Statistics Canada on the 2021 Census showed a noticeable skew for peo...
Jul 14, 2022
Parksville Beach Festival is ‘roaring’ back with a vengeance
PARKSVILLE - It’s been a long time coming but an international roster of sculptors and sand carvers are ready to rumble. Highlighted by the world-renowned sand sculpture competition, the Parksvi...
Jul 14, 2022
Nanaimo NHL’ers swapping jerseys during first day of free agency
NANAIMO - A pair of players with local hockey connections have moved as the NHL opened up its annual free agency period. Dylan Coghlan, who grew up in Nanaimo, was traded from the Vegas Golden Knights...
Jul 13, 2022
Slightly reduced gas prices across Nanaimo not expected to last
NANAIMO - While the prices at the pumps have slowly dropped since the Canada Day long weekend, don’t expect it to last. Prices jumped to around 226.9 cents per litre back in May, with global dem...
Jul 13, 2022
