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Mandatory reservations coming to Vancouver-Nanaimo ferry route
NANAIMO - Reservations will soon be required for travel to Departure Bay from the Lower Mainland. Beginning Wednesday, Oct. 15, BC Ferries will require all vehicles and motorcycles leaving Horseshoe B...
Oct 14, 2025
Clippers switch arenas before beating Okotoks
NANAIMO - The Nanaimo Clippers were supposed to play the Okotoks Oilers at the BCHL Showcase in Abbotsford on Thanksgiving Monday at 10 a.m. but instead they played the game in Coquitlam at 4 p.m. A p...
Oct 13, 2025
Dying Giant Sequoia in Parksville to be removed
PARKSVILLE - A huge tree in the city’s downtown is poised to come down in the next few weeks. The Giant Sequoia along the Island Hwy. W, at Morison Ave. will be removed by early November after a...
Oct 13, 2025
‘We’re adding substantially more:’ affordable housing complex expanding in Nanaimo
NANAIMO - A sizeable injection of affordable and subsidized housing is planned through a new housing development. A total of 160 studio, one, two and three bedroom units are planned across three, four...
Oct 13, 2025
Nanaimo’s Brooklyn Chase excelling in several different sports
NANAIMO - 15-year-old Brooklyn Chase is a champion discus thrower, hockey player and lacrosse player who also plays golf for fun. The NDSS student said hockey is her first love but she recently won a ...
Oct 12, 2025
Parksville honours fire chief after 35 years of service
PARKSVILLE - A local fire chief was recently honoured for his long years of dedicated service to the community. Parksville fire chief Marc Norris recently received the 35-year long service award on be...
Oct 12, 2025
Mounties asking for help after Nanaimo man assaulted twice in two days
NANAIMO - Police are looking for leads after a man reported being attacked twice in consecutive days while waiting for his bus. Both assaults happened at the bus loop on Front St., next to Port Place ...
Oct 11, 2025
Mail, parcel delivery to resume as postal union begins rotating strikes
Kathryn Gallagher Morton is “absolutely thrilled” that Canada Post is at least moving. “It may be moving slowly now, but at least it’s moving,” said Morton, who is the ow...
Oct 11, 2025
Designs enthusiastically supported for new supporting housing complex in south Nanaimo
NANAIMO - Design, form and character of a four-storey, 60-bed supportive housing complex in the city’s south end has passed with flying colours. The City of Nanaimo’s Design Advisory Panel...
Oct 11, 2025
Clippers drop home contest to Silverbacks
NANAIMO - The Clippers lost just their second game in regulation time this season with a 4-1 home ice setback versus Salmon Arm. The Silverbacks opened the scoring on a deflection goal by Jaden Johnso...
Oct 11, 2025
