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NANAIMO - Vancouver Island’s newest high-level baseball team will have some extra local flavour. Nanaimo NightOwls have signed five more players, four from Nanaimo as they continue to build thei...

NANAIMO - School District 68 provided details of its recently announced vaccination mandate for their staff, teachers and contractors. The Board of Trustees for Nanaimo-Ladysmith Public Schools heard ...

NANAIMO -When it comes to finding a final resting place, the residents of Gabriola Island are thinking outside of the traditional cemetery box. With space on the 57.6 sq. km island limited, co-chair o...

NANAIMO - Paying for the bus on the mid-Island could be about to leap into the 21st century. A new electronic fare collection system set to be debuted by BC Transit in the fall of 2022 is forecast to ...

NANAIMO - Travellers looking to explore central and western Vancouver Island will soon be able to do so with more peace of mind. Rogers has confirmed it will fund the expansion of cell phone coverage ...

Editor's Note: The following story contains descriptions of trauma and abuse suffered by Indigenous peoples at residential schools and hospitals. Discretion is advised. The National Indian Residential...

NANAIMO - Arrest warrants are piling up for a man facing serious charges for alleged offences in Nanaimo and Gabriola Island. A Nanaimo judged issued arrest warrants for Heath Henry Handy, 50, on Tues...

NANAIMO - What originally looked like a routine traffic stop turned into a substantial bust by local Mounties. RCMP media liaison officer Cst. Gary O’Brien said an officer spotted a suspicious o...

NANAIMO - As one warming centre faces an uncertain future, another is back up and running. The Canadian Mental Health Association Mid-Island branch took over operations of the centre back in December ...

NANAIMO - Island Health has announced two additional COVID-19 outbreaks on the mid-Island. Five patients on the fifth floor, a general medicine unit, at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital have tested p...