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NANAIMO - For the third time this year, fencing now surrounds what was a growing homeless encampment in a highly visible portion of the city’s downtown. Barriers were erected around private prop...

NANAIMO - Local diners are among Canada’s most generous and polite, according to a new survey. Delivery company Uber Eats pulled data from orders submitted through their service to date in 2021,...

NANAIMO - If a rental property you see online looks too good to be true, chances are it probably is. The region’s increasingly hot rental market is breeding more opportunity for scammers, lookin...

NANAIMO - Three players from the VIU Mariners men’s hockey program have earned league-wide recognition. Fourth year Mariners forward Gavin Rauser was named player of the month by the BC Intercol...

NANAIMO - Island Health has confirmed an outbreak of COVID-19 at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital. Four patients in the transitional care unit of the hospital have tested positive, the first of which...

NANAIMO - Demonstrators, staunch in their opposition to some public health measures during the COVID-19 pandemic, took their message to a Nanaimo shopping centre. Between 150-200 protesters descended ...

NANAIMO - While details are thin on what services will be provided, conceptual work is happening to establish a new cancer facility in Nanaimo. The project is part of a John Horgan re-election promise...

NANAIMO - The first month of the BCHL season has yielded largely positive results for the Nanaimo Clippers. At 6-3 the Clippers are two points out of first place in the Coastal Division. Coach Darren ...

NANAIMO - Amid no sign the drug toxicity crisis is improving in B.C., the province wants criminal penalities wiped out for people possessing small amounts of illicit drugs. Mental health and addiction...

NANAIMO - Around 200 previously unvaccinated healthcare workers within Island Health have rolled up their sleeves. The province reported, as of Monday, Nov. 1, 480 workers (approximately two per cent)...