Category Archives: (Portal- NanaimoNewsNow) Nanaimo Home
Generosity fuels Great Nanaimo Toy Drive
NANAIMO – The annual Great Nanaimo Toy Drive hit a new high in 2020. Carolyn Iles with the event said families responded like never before to the call for donated gifts and cash to help those st...
Jan 03, 2021
VIDEO: Drive-by rally held for Nanaimo long-term care home in midst of COVID-19 outbreak
NANAIMO - A Nanaimo care home is standing in solidarity with a long-term care home currently suffering a COVID-19 outbreak. Staff from the Eden Gardens dementia care clinic honked their horns and wave...
Jan 02, 2021
Torrential winter rain forces evacuation alerts for rural homes
NANAIMO - Evacuation orders were issued for two areas within the Nanaimo Regional District after days of heavy rain. The RDN issued the alerts for 380 Martindale Rd. in Parksville and 1698 Wilkinson R...
Jan 02, 2021
Shelter-in-place order issued for Snuneymuxw First Nation as COVID-19 spreads
NANAIMO - A shelter-in-place order is now in effect in Snuneymuxw First Nation after several COVID-19 cases were confirmed. A letter from SFN chief Mike Wyse on Friday, Jan. 1 confirmed five positive ...
Jan 02, 2021
COVID-19 outbreak at Nanaimo long-term care home expands with additional case
NANAIMO – The outbreak at a Nanaimo long-term care home has grown. Island Health announcing around 6 p.m. on Jan. 1, 2021 an additional case of COVID-19 was discovered at the Chartwell Malaspina...
Jan 01, 2021
Nanaimo couple welcomes Island’s first baby of 2021
NANAIMO - Vancouver Island’s first baby of the year arrived at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital. Gerald Patrick Doughty was born at 1:54 a.m. on Jan 1 to parents Taylor and Chris of Nanaimo, ac...
Jan 01, 2021
Island Health ends 2020 with 928 total COVID-19 cases
NANAIMO - Island Health remained the least affected health authority in B.C. throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. By Thursday, Dec. 31, 928 COVID-19 cases were confirmed within the health authority cover...
Dec 31, 2020
Top Stories of 2020: Murder charge laid years after Makayla Chang disappeared
NANAIMO - One of the Nanaimo’s longest cold cases warmed up in 2020 when a first degree murder charge was laid. Steven Bacon, long connected to the disappearance and murder of Nanaimo teen Makay...
Dec 31, 2020
Helping Wheels: Island Crisis Care Society
NANAIMO - NanaimoNewsNOW is proud to announce December’s Helping Wheels winner. In partnership with Nissan of Nanaimo and Nanaimo Mitsubishi, the winning non-profit each month will receive a $1,...
Dec 31, 2020
Man hospitalized after Boxing Day stabbing in Qualicum Beach
QUALICUM BEACH - A man was flown to hospital with a significant stab wound after an altercation at a campground got out of control. The incident ocurred at Riverside Resort in Qualicum Beach on Hwy. 1...
Dec 31, 2020
