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Clear skies over Nanaimo offering perfect conditions for rare ‘supermoon’
NANAIMO - It’s poised to be a little brighter overnight on Wednesday. The year’s brightest and biggest moon is set to illuminate the sky on Wednesday, July 13 with clear skies over the cen...
Jul 13, 2022
Calling all paddlers: Nanaimo’s Silly Boat Races needs more teams
NANAIMO - If you thought you’d missed your chance to don a life jacket, hop into a questionably-constructed boat and hit the water this weekend…think again. The annual Silly Boat Races, ho...
Jul 13, 2022
Open fire ban coming for entire Coastal Fire Centre area
NANAIMO - A recent trend of warmer, dry conditions throughout the region has forced the hand of local fire officials. The Coastal Fire Centre has announced a ban on all open fires, called category two...
Jul 13, 2022
Pilot project aiming to temper school zone speeds along Departure Bay Rd.
NANAIMO - It’s all about getting drivers to slow down and create a safer space for kids walking and riding to school. Two digital speed reading signs were recently installed along the Cilaire El...
Jul 13, 2022
Save Old Growth Nanaimo shifting protest focus away from highway blockades
NANAIMO - The practice of sitting on and sometimes gluing themselves to area highways in the name of forest protection appears to be over for now. Demonstrators from Save Old Growth in Nanaimo angered...
Jul 12, 2022
Major crime unit activated as search continues for missing Alberni woman
NANAIMO - Mounties in multiple Island jurisdictions are continuing the search for a woman missing for almost a week. The Vancouver Island Integrated Major Crime Unit have assumed control of the invest...
Jul 12, 2022
‘It’s a huge sack to the organization:’ VI Raiders practice facility badly damaged by fire
NANAIMO - It’s another major setback for the VI Raiders football program. An early morning fire on Tuesday, July 12 torched a large section of the team’s building at Caledonia Park on Wall...
Jul 12, 2022
Nanaimo Ball Hockey League wraps up first season
NANAIMO - It started small but has ended with some provincial representation for the region’s best ballers. The inaugural season of the Nanaimo Ball Hockey League began with free agent playing s...
Jul 12, 2022
New Provincial Court Justice appointed to Nanaimo
NANAIMO - A new judge is set to work on a growing list of cases in the region. Judge Tamara Hodge will be sworn in on July 25 after being appointed to the provincial court by Chief Judge Melissa Gille...
Jul 12, 2022
‘Going to see astronomy revolutionized:’ release of first James Webb images a game-changer Nanaimo astronomer
NANAIMO - It’s been decades in the making, but astronomers around the world are getting a glimpse of the universe like never before. A full slate of images from the recently calibrated James Web...
Jul 12, 2022
