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Buccaneers first hockey team in Nanaimo to start regular season
NANAIMO - The first local hockey team to start a 2020/2021 regular season is the Nanaimo Buccaneers. The VIJHL will begin play on Oct. 1 when the Bucs host the Oceanside Generals. There are eight game...
Dan Marshall Sep 30, 2020
Two new cases reported in Island Health as active cases drop again
NANAIMO - The number of total cases within Island Health has increased again, however less people are currently fighting the novel coronavirus. According to data from Island Health, two new cases were...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Sep 30, 2020
VIDEO: 60 years since Nanaimo’s last ever Chinatown destroyed in massive fire
NANAIMO - The Harbour City was forever altered 60 years ago when a devastating fire ripped through the city’s last ever Chinatown. Dozens of tightly packed wooden buildings on both sides of Pine...
Alex Rawnsley Sep 30, 2020
Nanaimo man jailed after police uncover ‘astounding’ child porn collection
Editor’s Note: The following story contains information that may be disturbing for some readers. Discretion is advised. NANAIMO - A long-standing habit of collecting child pornography and distur...
Ian Holmes Sep 30, 2020
BC Ferries passengers to be forced to vacate closed, lower decks
NANAIMO - An order requiring drivers to leave their parked cars during transit throughout the COVID-19 pandemic is taking effect. The Transport Canada regulation requires anyone parked on a lower deck...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Sep 29, 2020
No change for Island Health as B.C.’s active cases dip below 1,300
NANAIMO - Island Health is leading the way during the COVID-19 pandemic. No new cases were confirmed in the health authority Tuesday, with the province announcing 105 elsewhere in B.C. It leaves Islan...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Sep 29, 2020
Patio space to remain for Nanaimo restaurants through winter months
NANAIMO - Downtown restaurants are keeping their extended patio space. Nanaimo councillors on Monday, Sept. 28 voted to extend a program which built patios in parking spaces to provide increased seati...
Alex Rawnsley Sep 29, 2020
Nanaimo RCMP seeking thief who spat on Wal-Mart employee before fleeing
NANAIMO - Stealing from one of Nanaimo’s largest stores allegedly wasn’t enough for a man caught on camera. Police said the man spat on a Walmart loss prevention officer when confronted wi...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Sep 29, 2020
Proposed high-density development in Lantzville draws mixed reception
LANTZVILLE - Prosperity versus lifestyle is at the heart of a contentious debate over a large multi-unit residental development in Lantzville. Around 40 people staged a vocal protest outside District ...
Alex Rawnsley Sep 29, 2020
Driver in Country Club rampage pleads guilty, facing 17 months in prison
NANAIMO - The man behind the wheel of a car in two serious, dangerous driving incidents will spend roughly one-and-a-half years behind bars. Joshua Tyler Schaeffer pleaded guilty and was sentenced at ...
Spencer Sterritt Sep 28, 2020
