Author Archives: Syndicated Content

NANAIMO - Dealing with troublesome dead spots and improving overall connection quality is the goal of two proposed cell phone tower installations. Monopole installations are planned, through infrastru...

QUALICUM BEACH - New life has been injected into the community following the recent opening of a highly anticipated skateboard park. Replacing an aging 25-year-old facility deconstructed earlier this ...

NANAIMO - Senior government funding is helping the BC Care Providers Association get more nurses to work in the healthcare industry. Ten spots are open in Nanaimo, another 10 in Vernon, for qualified ...

NANAIMO - A van barreled into a power pole on Nanaimo's Uplands Dr., sending the driver to hospital with injuries. The single-vehicle wreck happened on Monday, June 16, shortly before 11 a.m. on Uplan...

PARKSVILLE - Two people were taken to hospital after a highway crash just after midnight. RCMP report a pickup truck lost control in the southbound lanes of Hwy. 19, between Church Rd. and the south P...

NANAIMO - Spring soccer programming for Nanaimo United has wrapped up and summer sessions are now ramping up. For U-8 to U-18 athletes academy and five-a-side play is set to begin Tuesday, June 17, wh...

NANAIMO -Already boasting a sizable and skilled workforce, a vital mid-Island economic driver is by no means on cruise control. Manufacturing firm VMAC, home to 200 full-time workers located in rural ...

NANAIMO - The message is simple: if you drink, don’t drive. But it’s one some drivers are unable to comprehend, resulting in another campaign starting Sunday, June 15, from BC Highway Patr...

QUALIUCM BEACH - Classic car buffs will be on cloud nine when a dazzling display of vehicles line the streets of downtown Qualicum Beach. Seaside Cruizers Car Club annual Father's Day Show & Shine...

QUALICUM BEACH - While it wasn't a smooth process, a modernized new firehall is now serving a rural area north of Qualicum Beach. Dashwood Volunteer Fire Department (DVFD) members recently moved into ...