Author Archives: Syndicated Content

NANAIMO - A home along the banks of the Millstone River has been destroyed by fire, believed to be caused by a wood stove. Multiple calls to 911 came in around 9:15 a.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 18 after sm...

NANAIMO - A B.C. Supreme Court justice gave a one-week deadline for the deletion of several publicly available Facebook posts defaming the City of Nanaimo's communications manager. Justice Douglas Tho...

NANAIMO - Projected property tax increases are being dialled in as Council’s in both Nanaimo and Parksville move through the required steps. Following weeks of meetings and presentations, City o...

NANAIMO - Pre-Christmas travellers may need to make other arrangements trying to get ahead of holiday traffic. BC Ferries have announced “required maintenance” is needed on one of its vess...

NANAIMO - A motorcyclist was taken to hospital after a midday collision. Emergency services were called out to the intersection of Terminal Ave. and Princess Royal Ave./St. George St. just before 11:4...

NANAIMO - The first in a series of storms this week is bringing significant rainfall. Environment Canada issued a rainfall warning for eastern Vancouver Island, including Nanaimo, Parksville and Quali...

NANAIMO - An eight-year-old boy is in hospital after he was hit by a vehicle in a school parking lot shortly before classes started Tuesday morning. Nanaimo RCMP said the incident occurred just after ...

NANAIMO - While not everything they asked for, a vitally important central Island food bank facility is finally receiving some long-requested federal backing. The fall economic statement tabled Monday...

NANAIMO - While maintaining he’s innocent, a man convicted of brutally stabbing his estranged wife to death in Nanaimo had his day parole privileges continued. In a Sept. 10 Parole Board of Cana...

VICTORIA - A rare and historic water bomber that was on its final journey from British Columbia to a museum in Arizona was forced to make an emergency landing near Victoria due to mechanical issues. T...