Author Archives: Syndicated Content

NANAIMO - A local man has been spared additional jail time after pleading guilty to shooting a trespasser with rubber bullets on New Year’s Day last year. Jeffrey Andrew Benvin, 49, was given a ...

NANAIMO - A local, player-run basketball team has shown a host of Florida-based peers how Canadians hoop. Nine players from BBL Elite, a youth basketball team with players from Nanaimo, Parksville and...

NANAIMO - It wasn’t by much, but the mid-Island just experienced its hottest Aug. 26 on record. Preliminary data from Environment Canada showed monitoring stations at both the Nanaimo and Qualic...

NANAIMO - The final long weekend of the summer season is approaching. High volumes of traffic on area highways and ferries are expected beginning later this week and extending into Labour Day on Monda...

NANAIMO - A local man is awaiting his sentence for shooting another man multiple times at a south-end disposal site. Jeffrey Andrew Benvin, 48, pleaded guilty on Tuesday, Aug. 26, to charges of aggrav...

NANAIMO - An unusual late-August heat wave is persisting for a little white yet. Environment Canada issued a special weather statement on Monday, Aug. 25, advising of a “long duration of above s...

OTTAWA - Canada needs to build 3.2 million new homes in the next decade to close the housing gap but isn’t on track to do that, the Parliamentary Budget Officer said in a new analysis published ...

NANAIMO - Around 140 of the best senior women’s golfers from across Canada and overseas are preparing to tee off in the Harbour City. The Nanaimo Golf Club is hosting the 2025 Canadian WomenR...

PARKSVILLE - Two people received minor injuries after a vehicle drove through the front of a nail salon, causing considerable damage. The incident occurred on Monday, Aug. 25 at around 11:30 a.m. at t...

NANAIMO - Education, awareness and fighting the stigma are key drivers behind a series of events planned this week. Sunday, Aug. 31 marks International Overdose Awareness Day, an annual recognition of...