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OTTAWA - The federal government says it will pause all mandatory random COVID-19 tests at Canada’s airports for vaccinated travellers until the end of the month, starting Saturday. For now, unva...

NANAIMO - Checks and balances are being done to local swimming holes ahead of the summer months. The City of Nanaimo is set to begin conducting its annual testing of public, outdoor swimming spots for...

NANAIMO - If the rainbow flags and supportive social media posts haven’t given it away, June is Pride Month and a time to celebrate members of the LGBTQ+ community. While the pandemic severely l...

NANAIMO - With recruiting still underway, the ‘who’ for the Nanaimo Clippers might be unclear but the ‘where’ and ‘when’ is set in stone. The British Columbia Hocke...

NANAIMO - Police are looking to identify a woman caught on camera snatching a purse. On Monday, May 2 around 5:30 p.m., a woman sat down in the food court at Nanaimo’s Country Club Centre with h...

NANAIMO - While the number of people losing their lives to illicit drugs in B.C. is below last year’s record-setting mark, another devastating year in the extended public health emergency is mat...

NANAIMO - The resident of a Diver Lake area home died after being unable to escape a fire. Emergency services including Nanaimo Fire Rescue, BC Emergency Health Services and Nanaimo RCMP attended to t...

NANAIMO - Continued growth in the city’s north end will likely force the re-opening of a school closed just a few years ago. School District 68’s business committee voted unanimously for a...

NANAIMO - Crews have knocked down the former Community Services Building on Prideaux St. in advance of a future supportive housing complex. Contractors substantially tore down the aging facility 285 P...

PARKSVILLE - A pair of business break-ins along the Alberni Hwy. are believed, but not confirmed, to be connected. Oceanside RCMP officers have attended two reported break-ins to businesses in the 140...