Author Archives: Syndicated Content

NANAIMO - The fourth Nanaimo Ball Hockey League season is in the final days of playoffs. The regular season wrapped up in early June, with the postseason featuring a double knockout in the A and B div...

QUALICUM BEACH - A family friendly event celebrating six decades of firefighting in Coombs-Hilliers will feature some blasts from the past. Vintage fire trucks, demonstrations, kids' activities, food ...

NANAIMO - Expect a warmer, drier summer this year. The summer season officially begins on the mid-Island at 7:42 p.m. on Friday, June 20, and with it comes predictions from meteorologists of temperatu...

QUALICUM BEACH - A pair of major developments with over 100 residential units combined are too tall for the community, according to some Town Councillors. The first proposal is for a 55-unit multi-res...

NANAIMO - Local mounties are looking for a man after he failed to appear for a scheduled court appearance recently. An arrest warrant has been issued for 38-year-old David Pollen, who is before the co...

NANAIMO - A pair of charges have been approved against a man involved in a fatal collision along the Nanaimo Parkway last year. Samuel Brody Taylor, 47, faces one count of dangerous operation causing ...

NANAIMO - Originally a casual jump-roper to stay in shape, a Nanaimo woman's home-based hobby is skipping her into the international spotlight. Elise Visentin, a 32-year-old on-call teacher, finds it ...

NANAIMO - The concept of row houses has been approved for a trio of Rutherford Rd. lots in the city’s north end. Councillors, on Monday, June 16, gave the first three readings to a rezoning byla...

NANAIMO - It didn’t last long, but a series of isolated but intense storm downpours which moved through the region Wednesday came with an extra punch. The Coastal Fire Centre reports the unsettl...

NANAIMO - Local Mounties are searching for a man who held up a highway gas station convenience store at knifepoint. Police were called out to the Ruckledge Store at the Gas N Go station along the Tran...