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New garden opens in Maffeo Sutton Park to honour rotary clubs
NANAIMO - A corner of Maffeo Sutton Park is now a public garden acknowledging the work of local Rotarians. The Rotary Centennial Garden is officially open in the north east corner of Maffeo Sutton Par...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Oct 21, 2020
Active COVID-19 patients within Island Health drop as B.C. reports 167 new cases
NANAIMO - After escaping largely unscathed over a record weekend across B.C., Island Health has continued to buck the COVID-19 trend. Just two new cases were confirmed for the health authority on Tues...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Oct 20, 2020
Suspect identified in substantial north Nanaimo storage lockers heist
NANAIMO - A man wanted by two Vancouver Island police departments is also a suspect in a significant break-in of storage lockers in Nanaimo. Michael Arthor Leighton, 32, is a suspect in Sept. 27, 2020...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Oct 20, 2020
City of Nanaimo’s plastic bag ban awaits provincial approval
NANAIMO - Pending a blessing from the province, single-use plastic bags containing retail purchases will be banned in the city of Nanaimo. Council approved a new bylaw during their meeting on Monday, ...
Alex Rawnsley Oct 20, 2020
Overdose deaths increase in central Vancouver Island, bucking B.C. trend
NANAIMO - The number of people who fatally overdosed within the central Vancouver Island area increased in September, as much of B.C. saw the overdose crisis ease. Data released on Tuesday, Oct. 20 fr...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Oct 20, 2020
New youth outreach unit rolls out in Nanaimo
NANAIMO - The Nanaimo Aboriginal Centre is hitting Nanaimo’s streets with a new youth outreach program. The program, known as Ts’its’uw’atul’ in the Hul’q’umn...
Spencer Sterritt Oct 20, 2020
Island Health avoids brunt of record-breaking COVID-19 weekend across B.C.
NANAIMO - It was a record-breaking weekend across British Columbia for new COVID-19 cases, however Island Health was largely spared. Just three new cases were confirmed in the region since Friday, par...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Oct 19, 2020
VIDEO: Trial begins for man accused of murder at south Nanaimo apartment
NANAIMO - Crown prosecutors believe surveillance video will help connect the dots in the murder of a Nanaimo man at a Nicol St. apartment unit. Crown prosecutor Leanne Mascolo opened the BC Supreme Co...
Ian Holmes Oct 19, 2020
Steven Bacon pleads not guilty for accused murder of Nanaimo teen Makayla Chang
NANAIMO - The man accused of killing a Nanaimo teenager will go to trial. Bacon entered a not guilty plea at provincial court in Nanaimo on Monday, Oct. 19. It was his second appearance in a Nanaimo c...
Spencer Sterritt Oct 19, 2020
Two men arrested, charged in connection with fatal hit and run in Parksville
PARKSVILLE - Oceanside RCMP have made a pair of arrests in connection to the death of a local man in August in an apparent hit and run. Ryan John Grob, 35, is accused of hitting and killing a man whil...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Oct 19, 2020
