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Signature Dish: Old City Station Pub’s Blueberry Reduction Ribs
NANAIMO - Wine and rib lovers unite! The Old City Station Pub has a new dish that is right up your alley. The new owners of the Old City Station Pub in Nanaimo’s historic downtown core want to p...
Apr 23, 2022
Water Cooler: Future of the A&B Sound building in downtown Nanaimo
NANAIMO - The Water Cooler is NanaimoNewsNOW's letters to the editor-style segment, featuring conversations about the news in Nanaimo and Oceanside. This week's feature deals with substantial feedback...
Apr 23, 2022
Nanaimo Lawn Bowling Club starts 2022 season with trio of open houses
NANAIMO - The green at the Nanaimo Lawn Bowling Club will be full this spring and summer with a full slate of activities for members. “We’re going to be operating as if it’s business...
Apr 22, 2022
Speed limit reduction pitched for Nanaimo’s downtown, hospital and university neighbourhoods
NANAIMO - A new pilot project is being pitched to see how reducing vehicle speeds in certain neighbourhoods will improve pedestrian safety. The future of a City staff-proposed $225,000 project will be...
Apr 22, 2022
Librarians ratify new four-year collective agreement with Vancouver Island Regional Library
NANAIMO - Vancouver Island Regional Library’s librarians are officially back on the job with a new contract. The BC General Employees Union, which represents nearly 50 librarians across the VIRL...
Apr 22, 2022
‘It has made a huge difference:’ empties program provides critical cash injection for local food bank
NANAIMO - When bins converting empties into cash debuted five years ago, the head of Nanaimo Loaves and Fishes Community Food Bank was excited about the potential. However, executive director Peter Si...
Apr 22, 2022
B.C.’s walk-in clinic patients waiting longer than anywhere else in Canada
NANAIMO - British Columbians are spending more time than their Canadian counterparts waiting in a doctor’s office. A new survey from Medimap looked at average wait times from its participating w...
Apr 21, 2022
VIDEO: Free vet clinic continues to serve Nanaimo’s four-pawed friends
NANAIMO - A free vet clinic remains committed to checking over furry friends and family members, free of charge. Helping Paws community clinic runs roughly once a month at St. Peter’s Church on ...
Apr 21, 2022
VIDEO: Nanaimo RCMP arrest ‘roof top crawler’ after several downtown businesses broken into
NANAIMO - A suspect used an unusual strategy to allegedly break into multiple downtown businesses. A 27-year-old man was arrested after police say he used a stolen ladder to get on top of a heritage b...
Apr 21, 2022
Nanaimo’s Growing Opportunities co-op facing rising water bills and infrastructure challenges
NANAIMO - The Growing Opportunities Farm Community Co-Op have some water woes and need a little help. A record drought through summer 2021 amplified some existing infrastructure challenges and meant t...
Apr 21, 2022
