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Multiple warrants out for accused drug trafficker evading Nanaimo RCMP
NANAIMO - Local mounties believe a prolific accused drug trafficker is deliberately evading arrests after failing to appear for an October court appearance. Shai Ilan, 26-years old from Nanaimo, has 1...
Jan 06, 2021
Canadian Tire employee injured in hit & run, alleged driver arrested
NANAIMO - Police tracked down a motorist accused of hitting a department store worker who was chasing a shoplifter. It happened Tuesday, Dec 29 at around 1 p.m. at the Canadian Tire parking lot in Nan...
Jan 06, 2021
Three additional COVID-19 cases in Snuneymuxw First Nation, vaccination program to begin
NANAIMO - A cluster of cases in Snuneymuxw First Nation continues to grow. According to an open letter to local residents published Tuesday, Jan. 5 from Chief Mike Wyse, three additional cases were co...
Jan 05, 2021
Total COVID-19 case count in Island Health passes 1,000, active cases across B.C. drop
NANAIMO - Island Health’s total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases passed a major milestone. Data from the health authority showed nine new cases were confirmed Tuesday, Jan. 5 taking the total ...
Jan 05, 2021
Foul play ruled out in connection to body found in Nanaimo
NANAIMO - Investigators probing the discovery of a man’s body in the Old City Quarter neighbourhood on Boxing Day determined homicide was not a cause of death. A news release from Nanaimo RCMP s...
Jan 05, 2021
Powerful wind storm moving across central Vancouver Island
NANAIMO - Batten down the hatches, the year’s first major windstorm is here. Environment Canada issued a wind warning on Monday, Jan. 4 with a major Pacific system forecast to move through centr...
Jan 05, 2021
Auxiliary Cst. program discontinued at Nanaimo RCMP detachment
NANAIMO - A once-valuable program is no longer in force at the Nanaimo RCMP detachment. The volunteer Auxiliary Constable program within the detachment was officially shuttered at the end of 2020. Aux...
Jan 05, 2021
64 new cases found in Island Health over New Years period, vaccination efforts ramp up
NANAIMO - Island Health added a significant number of new COVID-19 cases as 2020 transitioned to 2021, but maintained its status as the province’s least affected health authority. A total of 64 ...
Jan 04, 2021
Supply and demand sends Nanaimo area property valuations up
NANAIMO - BC Assessment Authority property valuations increased in the Nanaimo area and across the province despite the global pandemic ravaging the economy. 2021 assessments used to gauge annual prop...
Jan 04, 2021
Trailblazing Nanaimo fast food manager retires after nearly 50 years
NANAIMO - Nancy Lamont welled up in tears looking back on a fulfilling career she was told would never materialize. The 64-year-old general manager of the Nicol St. McDonald’s made her last Big ...
Jan 04, 2021
