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NANAIMO - Island Health has confirmed three COVID-19 outbreaks at long-term care facilities on the mid-Island are now over. Dufferin Place was added to Island Health’s outbreak list on Jan. 13, ...

NANAIMO - The family of a man killed while showing up to work say he was a community champion. Eric Kutzner was found dead at Buzz Coffee House around 9 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 12. Police responded to ...

NANAIMO - The former executive director of the Nanaimo Aboriginal Centre (NAC) pleaded guilty to a pair of child luring charges. Christopher Robin Beaton, 56, entered the pleas in provincial court on ...

NANAIMO - The frustrated landlord of a badly damaged Nanaimo home felt compelled to speak up about her ordeal, calling it “a disturbing and eye-opening experience." A little more than two months...

NANAIMO - Residents of a home escaped serious injuries following a late afternoon house fire. Fire Rescue crews were called to a home in the 2500 block of Quill Dr., between Rosstown Rd. and Labieux R...

PARKSVILLE - A passerby who reported a man passed out in his vehicle in Errington led Oceanside RCMP to a significant drug bust. Officers were called out to a vehicle parked on a side street off Hwy. ...

NANAIMO - As the Omicron variant levels off in B.C., several notable COVID-19 restrictions are about to be lifted province-wide. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry announced five key health or...

NANAIMO -Police believe break-ins to several Nanaimo elementary schools early Monday morning are related incidents. The break-ins all happened on Monday, Feb 14 between 2:30 and 4:00 a.m. at Coal Tyee...

OTTAWA, ON - Canada's Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos announced that COVID-19 border restrictions are easing. He says we are past the peak of the Omicron wave in Canada and some border restrictions c...

NANAIMO - A program called ‘Clean Sweep’ is giving some who need it a clean start on life. Since debuting in the city just over two years ago, the garbage and needle collection program whi...