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NANAIMO - Another large spike in new COVID-19 cases across B.C. while the Island Health region suffers much smaller increases. A joint statement from the province on Friday, Nov. 6 confirmed 589 new c...

NANAIMO - Oceanside RCMP arrested a Spider Lake man for escalating an argument by pointing a gun at someone. The incident happened on Wednesday, Nov. 4 at a job site on Lee Rd. in Parksville just afte...

WHISKEY CREEK - Investigators believe a driver may have unknowingly helped two people flee the scene of a gruesome triple homicide in Whiskey Creek. RCMP Cpl. Chris Manseau said the ongoing investigat...

NANAIMO - Hundreds of thousands of mail-in ballots for the 2020 provincial election are finally being counted. Counting began at 10 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 6 and will continue each day until 6 p.m. until...

NANAIMO - A Snuneymuxw First Nation (SFN) owned and operated service station will welcome its first customers Friday afternoon. The four pump gas station and convenience store will employ five workers...

NANAIMO - Island Health continues to escape much of the worsening COVID-19 storm across B.C. A new daily record of 425 cases in B.C. were announced by provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry on Thu...

NANAIMO - A long-planned oil response base in Nanaimo is at last being built following numerous setbacks. Western Canada Marine Response Corporation communications director Michael Lowry said construc...

NANAIMO - A local man is $2 million richer thanks in large part to a single loonie. Brad Rowan won $1 on a Daily Grand ticket and put the winnings towards a BC/49 entry for the Oct. 28 draw. RowanR...

NANAIMO - Police consider a high-profile attack against a Nanaimo fast food worker an "active and advancing investigation." Cst. Gary O’Brien told NanaimoNewsNOW several suspects emerged from th...

NANAIMO - Scammers have redoubled their efforts to prey on the innocent. A new scam is believed by Nanaimo RCMP to have victimized more than a dozen businesses and households to the tune of thousands ...