Author Archives: Syndicated Content

With no major external factors on the horizon and a seasonal shift expected in the coming weeks, local gas prices are anticipated to drop. As of Friday, Aug. 30, a litre of gasoline in the Nanaimo reg...

NANAIMO - An expanded and updated gathering space at Vancouver Island University (VIU) is now available for Indigenous students. Located in the Shq’apthut (a gathering place) building on campus,...

NANAIMO - A man was fined, handed community service duty and banned from caring for animals for a decade for violently attacking his 11-month-old dog. Matthew Matanovic, 28, was sentenced on Thursday,...

PARKSVILLE - Search efforts are continuing to locate a man last seen walking into a wooded area by Horne Lake. Twenty-nine year old Jordan Kirchner was last seen by a friend walking into the backcount...

NANAIMO - Arnold Roxas has looked out a drive-through window and seen everything, from cars and trucks to tanks and artillery. Roxas, manager of the McDonald’s on Nanaimo’s Bowen Rd., was ...

NANAIMO - A B.C. Supreme Court judge awarded the victim of a high-speed Nanaimo highway crash more than $3 million in damages, lost and future earnings and care costs. Paul Jacques, based at the time ...

British Columbia Opposition Leader Kevin Falcon announced Wednesday that he is suspending BC United’s election campaign and encouraging supporters to instead back the rival B.C. Conservative Par...

NANAIMO - The city’s former top firefighter has received a high honour. Karen Fry, chief of Nanaimo Fire Rescue from summer 2017 to early January 2021, was one of 54 recipients of the King Charl...

NANAIMO - Police say it’s never a good idea to send a nude photo of yourself to someone on the internet. It’s a piece of advice a local man learned after being extorted by online criminals...

NANAIMO - Some maintenance on natural gas lines in the Nanoose Bay area had some unpleasant consequences elsewhere. Complaints to FortisBC and local first responders skyrocketed early morning, on Wedn...