Author Archives: Syndicated Content

NANAIMO - Following the adoption of changes to parking minimums in the city’s downtown, councillors are proceeding to take a further look at public parking city-wide. The City of Nanaimo, alongs...

NANAIMO - Hot, dry and windy conditions have finally forced the hand of local fire officials. An open fire ban, including the use of campfires, will go into effect across all of Vancouver Island, and ...

NANAIMO - A local man will spend the next nine years behind bars after a road rage-linked shooting incident two years ago. Reza Rahiman, 46, was sentenced on Tuesday, July 15, to nine years and six mo...

NANAIMO - First it was Elijah Ickes, then Connor Caskenette and now left handed pitcher Hayden Cuthbertson has become the third player in Nanaimo NightOwls history to be drafted into Major League Base...

NANAIMO - The largest ever single-item campaign in the Nanaimo District Hospital Foundation’s history has come to an end on the best possible note. Through more than 1,400 individual and group d...

The B.C. Supreme Court has sentenced a man to life in prison without parole eligibility for 25 years for beating his ex-girlfriend to death with a baseball bat as she slept beside her young daughter i...

NANAIMO - A total fire ban is in place for one central Island municipality, as provincial officials urge caution over water use. Current dry and hot conditions are expected to continue through much of...

NANAIMO - A suspicious package left outside the main entrance of the Nanaimo RCMP detachment last week which prompted a call to the bomb squad, turned out to be a false alarm. Police reported the "dis...

VANCOUVER - The BC Wildfire Service says the Coastal Fire Centre is expected to get its first “outflow pattern” of the season, which could drive more significant fire behaviour. It says th...

PARKSVILLE - There were a few tense moments right down to the final minutes, but around 20 sand sculptures are standing tall for the next five weeks. Winners for the 2025 Parksville Beach FestivalR...