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NANAIMO - Speeding vehicles looking to cut through Nanaimo’s Townsite neighbourhood are forcing a traffic pattern change. City Councillors, through a Monday, Nov. 24 governance and priorities co...

VANCOUVER - The iconic Vancouver waterfront fireworks festival that has been held for more than three decades has been cancelled indefinitely due to financial difficulties. In a statement, the Vancouv...

NANAIMO - Potentially facing jail time, a former Nanaimo woman opted for a plea deal for illegally using a company gas card. Amber-Dawn McLellan, 48, pleaded guilty to fraud under $5,000 for the fraud...

BELLA COOLA - Students were allowed back to school today in Bella Coola, B.C., where a bear attacked a group of students and teachers last week, but the kids couldn’t leave the grounds and the b...

NANAIMO - A first-term MLA is moving into a high-profile ministry. Ladysmith-Oceanside MLA Stephanie Higginson was named the new parliamentary secretary for primary care access, under the Ministry of ...

NANAIMO - Two new ferries, scheduled to begin operating in 2027, will sail with names honouring a local First Nation. BC Ferries announced on Tuesday, Nov. 25 their two new Island Class vessels, curre...

NANAIMO - Balancing public safety with the confines of the Motor Vehicle Act and some quirky local streets is behind a pending review of local school zones. Beginning early next year, City staff and c...

NANAIMO - An RCMP officer must pay a fine after the SUV he was driving hit another vehicle in Ladysmith last year causing significant injuries, particularly to the officer. Staff Sgt. Steven Michael P...

NANAIMO - Local Mounties are looking for a suspect who robbed a convenience store early Saturday morning. On Saturday, Nov. 22, at around 6 a.m., Nanaimo RCMP say a masked man wearing dark clothes and...

UPDATE: The BC Conservation Officer service reported Monday, Nov. 24 they had captured one grizzly bear, but evidence to suggest it was the one responsible for last week’s attack was inconclusiv...