Category Archives: (Portal- NanaimoNewsNow) Nanaimo Home
City of Nanaimo cracking down on short-term, Airbnb-specific rentals
NANAIMO - Airbnb and short-term rentals are the focus of bylaw changes in Nanaimo. An amended bylaw would target homes which are exclusively used as short-term rentals year round. The governance and p...
Alex Rawnsley Oct 29, 2020
Warrant issued for man accused of stabbing at Parksville homeless camp
PARKSVILLE - No-showing for a court appearance led to an arrest warrant for a Parksville man with a lengthy and troubling criminal history. Hudson David Klassen failed to show up for his scheduled Tue...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Oct 28, 2020
Island libraries ramp back up after COVID shut down
PARKSVILLE - Following being closed for several months, most Vancouver Island Regional Library’s (VIRL) 39 branches have re-opened their doors. The Parksville branch attached to City Hall re-ope...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Oct 28, 2020
Minor jump in COVID-19 cases for Island Health
NANAIMO - Island Health has seen its first increase in total COVID-19 cases in almost a week. Three additional positive tests were confirmed Wednesday, Oct. 28, bringing the health authority’s t...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Oct 28, 2020
Guns, drugs and cash found in busts throughout Nanaimo and southern Vancouver Island
NANAIMO - Numerous targeted searches and street stops netted a significant amount of illicit goods. The Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit’s gang team worked with Nanaimo RCMP and other de...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Oct 28, 2020
Fast ferry from downtown Nanaimo to Vancouver tops provincial wish-list
NANAIMO - The long-promised fast ferry from downtown Nanaimo to Vancouver tops the provincial wish list for federal infrastructure funding. Re-elected MLA Sheila Malcolmson told NanaimoNewsNOW on elec...
Spencer Sterritt Oct 28, 2020
Island Health confirms fourth consecutive day without COVID-19 case
NANAIMO - For the fourth straight day, Island Health has gone without an increase to its COVID-19 case count. The health authority remains at 250 total cases throughout the pandemic with eight current...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Oct 27, 2020
Tents removed from Wesley St. encampment as City enforces fire safety order
NANAIMO - The City has taken it’s first major enforcement effort against a growing downtown Nanaimo encampment. Nanaimo Fire Rescue, Nanaimo RCMP and City of Nanaimo bylaw officers enforced a re...
Spencer Sterritt Oct 27, 2020
Nanaimo RCMP investigating 2 purposely set fires in same apartment building
NANAIMO - Police are trying to solve a pair of smouldering fires in common areas of a Wellington Rd. apartment building. RCMP Cst. Gary O’Brien told NanaimoNewsNOW papers were set ablaze in stai...
Ian Holmes Oct 27, 2020
New order limiting household gatherings as B.C. posts over 800 new cases, none in Island Health
NANAIMO - B.C. public health is cracking down on a key source of recent COVID-19 cases in response to record-high case counts. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry issued a new public health ord...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Oct 26, 2020
