Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Man secretly snapped pictures of woman changing in Parksville store
NANAIMO - A repeat sex offender who endured a severely challenged early childhood received a non-custodial sentence following a sinister crime of opportunity. Joel Perry, 39, took pictures of a woman ...
Dec 20, 2024
‘Bring people in, stabilize them:’ new Nanaimo drop-in centre preparing for January opening
NANAIMO - A new year-round warming and cooling centre is seen as a step forward in recovery and connection for those living on local streets. A new partnership involving financial backing from the Cit...
Dec 19, 2024
Top Stories of 2024: Deadly year on Nanaimo and Oceanside roads
NANAIMO - A pair of high-profile, and presently unsolved hit-and-runs highlighted the potential dangers of rural roads this year. Police continue investigating a pair of crashes which led to the death...
Dec 19, 2024
Nanaimo students pull off large care package collection effort
NANAIMO - An elementary school gym transformed into a packaging assembly line to help those in the region in need of a boost over the winter holidays. Hosted by cole Hammond Bay Elementary School, 450...
Dec 19, 2024
Late rally saves Nanaimo-based Late-French Immersion program
NANAIMO - Thanks to a last-minute push by parents and students, Late-French Immersion (LFI) programming at Nanaimo Ladysmith Public Schools (SD68) has been saved, for now. The SD68 board of trustees d...
Dec 19, 2024
Nanaimo Fire Rescue enhances skills to combat interface fires
NANAIMO - Climate change has Nanaimo Fire Rescue (NFR) officials paying closer attention to increasingly volatile forest fire behaviour. Following online courses taken by about 80 NFR members, four da...
Dec 19, 2024
New year-round warming & cooling centre opening in Nanaimo
NANAIMO - After years of community calls for action, a new City-funded warming and cooling centre is opening in the city. Announced Wednesday, Dec. 18, the same day a lease was signed, and to open Jan...
Dec 18, 2024
‘Transformative for the downtown:’ 162-unit rental housing complex approved in Nanaimo
NANAIMO - A so-called “second kick at the can” for a major rental housing development in the city’s downtown core has been given the green light. For the second time in just under tw...
Dec 18, 2024
Oceanside RCMP arrest man after Nanoose break and enter, investigating six others
PARKSVILLE - A 40-year-old man of no fixed address remains in police custody, charged with one break and enter and being investigated for any links to several others. Timothy Joseph Dafoe was allegedl...
Dec 18, 2024
Rental vacancy rates in Nanaimo, Parksville inch closer to desired levels
NANAIMO - New data from the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) is showing the mid-Island is inching closer towards housing targets, albeit slowly. Released on Tuesday, Dec. 17, the corpora...
Dec 18, 2024
