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Great Nanaimo Toy Drive another rousing success with 500+ families helped
NANAIMO - The good people at the Great Nanaimo Toy Drive are celebrating a monumental year. They spent all this week collecting toys and building their "Santa Sacks", with the final bag of goodies bei...
Dec 17, 2021
Province-wide health restrictions place limits on events/gatherings, sports tournaments cancelled
NANAIMO - Drastically rising COVID-19 cases in the province led to several notable public health orders to take effect Monday Dec 20. Dr. Bonnie Henry told a Friday, Dec 17 media briefing action is re...
Dec 17, 2021
Notorious Gabriola Island fisheries violator jailed following late night boat chase
NANAIMO - A banned angler with a lengthy and damning history of flouting fishery laws received a six-month jail sentence after he was caught red-handed in Vancouver Harbour. Scott Stanley Matthew Stee...
Dec 17, 2021
Local youth fiddlers once again take top spot in CBC’s Music Class Challenge
NANAIMO - A local fiddling group of talented youth won top prize for the second straight year in a nationwide musical competition. Nanaimo-based Cross Canada Fiddle’s Fiddelium topped the commun...
Dec 16, 2021
Clippers beat Cowichan 6-3 thanks to strong third period
DUNCAN - The Clippers and Capitals were in a tight 3-2 game for 40 minutes but Nanaimo scored three times in the final frame to win 6-3. In the first period the two clubs exchanged five goals with Aus...
Dec 15, 2021
Frank Ney Memorial Polar Bear Swim cancelled for second straight year
NANAIMO - A Boxing Day tradition at Departure Bay Beach has been put on ice for another year. Brad Ney, coordinator of the annual Frank Ney Memorial Polar Bear Swim, said organizers felt it was in the...
Dec 15, 2021
Christmas comes early for Nanaimo RCMP’s Police Dog Service Unit
NANAIMO - A generous donation of hand-crafted blankets will help keep invaluable members of the Nanaimo RCMP detachment warm this holiday season. Unique homemade crocheted blankets for all four member...
Dec 15, 2021
VIDEO: Santa leaves sleigh at home, touches down at NRGH in a helicopter
NANAIMO - Jolly Old Saint Nick made an appearance at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital (NRGH) to spread cheer to children at Island hospitals. While this event was limited last year due to the pandemi...
Dec 15, 2021
‘There’s a lot of uncertainty:’ officials weigh possible impact of Omicron variant
NANAIMO - Vastly more COVID-19 cases are expected as health officials gauge various scenarios a new variant of the virus could bring. A modelling presentation by provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie H...
Dec 14, 2021
VIDEO: ‘It’s unacceptable’: thefts of red dresses and pride flag angers Nanaimo non profit
NANAIMO - A local non-profit organization well known for supporting marginalized people is discouraged by a series of disturbing thefts. Since late November four red dresses positioned in front of Nan...
Dec 14, 2021
