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Nanaimo box lacrosse returns for first full season since 2019
NANAIMO - The long layoff without competitive box lacrosse in the Harbour City has been agonizing for players and fans. The Junior A Timbermen had a brief eight game season in 2021 but other than that...
May 21, 2022
‘If you want to change someone’s life, this is how:’ fundraising concert focuses on LGBTQ refugees
NANAIMO - A concert being held this weekend will be in support of vulnerable refugees. The "Nanaimo Without Borders Concert" is taking place at the Pacific Garden Cohousing at 347 Seventh St., on Satu...
May 21, 2022
‘It’s free movement in any direction now:’ new four-way stop a safer way through Parksville’s downtown
PARKSVILLE -Motorists in downtown Parksville will now have an easier time accessing the Alberni Hwy. following the addition of a new four-way stop. The new-look intersection on the Alberni Hwy. at Hir...
May 20, 2022
Police seek to identify Parksville bank robber
PARKSVILLE - Mounties are looking to the public to help identify a bank robber. Oceanside RCMP say a man believed to be in his mid 20’s walked into the Parksville CIBC branch on Island Hwy. West...
May 20, 2022
Signature Dish: Lickity Drippity’s LD Special
NANAIMO - It’s soft serve ice cream like you’ve never seen before. Lickity Drippity’s signature LD Special is a combination of a flavoured waffle cone, filled with vanilla soft serve...
May 20, 2022
Water flowing this weekend at Nanaimo spray parks
NANAIMO - It’s a sure sign summer is finally here. City of Nanaimo crews are turning on their spray parks on Saturday, May 21, with water flowing from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. every day until sometime i...
May 20, 2022
Investigation into fatal daytime shooting ‘remains active and ongoing’
NANAIMO - One year to the day bullets sprayed an SUV leaving one man dead in Nanaimo, RCMP say their investigation remains active. On May 20, 2021 several bullets pierced the driver’s side windo...
May 20, 2022
New 88-unit apartment complex approved for Nanaimo’s Dover neighbourhood
NANAIMO - More residential units are on track for Nanaimo’s north end. A development permit for a six-storey building with 88 residential units at 6330 McRobb Ave., near Costco, was approved at ...
May 19, 2022
IIO clears Nanaimo RCMP following apparent self-inflicted death
NANAIMO - Local Mounties have been cleared of any wrong doing after the self-inflicted death of a man in early April. Nanaimo RCMP officers conducted a check wellbeing call on a man around 11:30 a.m. ...
May 19, 2022
Dirt bike rider injured south of Nanaimo flown to hospital
NANAIMO - A collision between a dirt biker rider and vehicle in rural Ladysmith resulted in an air ambulance transporting one person to hospital. BC Emergency Health Services (BCEHS) were informed abo...
May 19, 2022
