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NANAIMO - Football Nanaimo is ready to get back on the field. Interest in the program for eight to 14 year olds was heavy at all levels from atom to peewee and junior bantam. Registration opened on Fe...

NANAIMO - A man caught red-handed with a large child porn collection was given a nine month non-custodial sentence and two years probation. Kyle Patrick McGuire, 31, was sentenced on Wednesday, March ...

NANAIMO - School District 68 continues to experience COVID-19 exposure events. Nanaimo District Secondary School suffered exposure dates on Feb. 19, from Feb. 22 to 26 as well as March 1 and 2. Ladysm...

NANAIMO - Case counts across the province continue to pace above recent averages, however public health maintains there is still light at the end of the tunnel. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie He...

NANAIMO - Hands-on experience with COVID-19 exposures in schools is helping the Nanaimo-Ladysmith school district teach lessons to other island districts. SD68 was selected by the ministry of educatio...

PARKVILLE - There’s no end in sight to what was only expected to be a brief service disruption for recycling certain household items in the Oceanside region. Contracts involving Recycle BC expir...

NANAIMO - The number of people actively diagnosed and then recovering from COVID-19 continues to drop. Active cases in the health authority dropped by 21 on Wednesday, to 270. The central Island saw t...

NANAIMO - BC Ferries is making travel between central Vancouver Island and the Lower Mainland a little more affordable. The company recently unveiled new fare choices on three routes including both Ts...

NANAIMO - COVID-19 doesn’t appear to be a major hindrance in building new homes in the city. A presentation Monday night from the City’s director of development approvals Jeremy Holm showe...

NANAIMO - More first doses for more people is the mantra for public health as the COVID-19 pandemic rolls on. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry echoed Monday’s update on the vaccine rol...