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Signature Dish: Firehouse Grill’s Miyagi Magic Prawns
NANAIMO - The top seller at a popular Nanaimo restaurant always keeps the customers coming back for more. The Miyagi magic prawns from Firehouse Grill bring the spice, with panko-breaded flash fried p...
Jun 25, 2021
BC Ferries’ new schedule released to handle busy summer
NANAIMO - Ferries to and from Vancouver Island are expected to be packed this summer, especially as COVID-19 restrictions loosen. BC Ferries’ summer schedule began Friday, June 25 with extra sai...
Jun 25, 2021
Mid-Island Pirates on the diamond for first time since 2019
NANAIMO – Premier Baseball League action is back for the Mid-Island Pirates. They were on the diamond Thursday, June 24 against the Parksville Royals, the first time playing since the COVID-19 p...
Jun 24, 2021
Active cases remain unchanged in Island Health, two new
NANAIMO - The central and southern areas of Island Health split two new COVID-19 cases. One new case in each area was announced on Thursday, June 24. This is the second day of two new cases in Island ...
Jun 24, 2021
Old South Wellington School turning into much-needed community centre
NANAIMO - Members of the South Wellington community will once again have a place to meet and socialize after going without a venue for nearly a decade. The Regional District of Nanaimo and SD68 announ...
Jun 24, 2021
751 unmarked graves found at former residential school in Saskatchewan
REGINA – Searchers have found the graves of 751 people at the site of a former residential school in southern Saskatchewan. The Cowessess First Nation and Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nati...
Jun 24, 2021
Parksville man jailed for terrorizing women with anonymous sexually explicit calls & texts
Editor’s Note: The following story may not be suitable for all readers, discretion is advised. NANAIMO - A man was jailed after he unleashed a lengthy and damaging harassment campaign against se...
Jun 24, 2021
Two new COVID-19 cases in Island Health
NANAIMO - Only a relatively low number of new COVID-19 cases in Island Health. The health authority confirmed the two new on Wednesday, June 23 brought the central Island total to 2,475, which is slig...
Jun 23, 2021
24-hour bike ride boosts Loaves & Fishes summer fundraiser
NANAIMO - An annual fundraiser for Nanaimo’s food bank is set to have its most successful year yet. Peter Sinclair, executive director of Loaves & Fishes Community Food Bank said the annual ...
Jun 23, 2021
More than 1 million second COVID-19 doses given in B.C., 6 new in Island Health
NANAIMO - B.C. public health claims more than one million residents are now fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry on Tuesday, June 22 said of the roughly 4.5 mi...
Jun 22, 2021
