Author Archives: Syndicated Content
‘This had devastating impacts on her life’ extensive harassment campaign targets Nanaimo woman
NANAIMO - A local social worker became the victim of a severe, obsessive mission by a man who refused to leave her alone. Well over two years after Brandon Lee Anderson’s campaign against the wo...
Aug 28, 2024
‘This is beyond my imagination:’ therapeutic garden opens at Nanaimo care home
NANAIMO - A once barren patch of grass overrun by weeds is now a flourishing garden and gathering area at Kiwanis Village Nanaimo. A little over eight weeks after crews began transforming a 3,000 squa...
Aug 27, 2024
‘A big effort:’ voter registration cards in the mail from Elections BC
NANAIMO - Voter registration is well underway ahead of this fall’s provincial election. Elections BC is in the process of sending out roughly two million voter registration notices to the approx...
Aug 27, 2024
Nanoose golfer looks to continue momentum at Women’s Senior Championship
GEORGETOWN, ON - Nanoose Bay’s Shelly Stouffer is one of 123 competitors teeing off at the Canadian Women’s Senior Championship this week. The event runs from Wednesday, Aug. 27 to Friday,...
Aug 27, 2024
Sweet-toothed suspects sought for Nanaimo school break-in
NANAIMO - A recent local elementary school break-in resulted in a bizarre theft by thieves who apparently had a late night dessert craving. Nanaimo RCMP said on Friday, Aug. 23 around 1 a.m. police re...
Aug 27, 2024
‘Quite a few don’t:’ ICBC driving home safety habits ahead of back to school
NANAIMO - Back to school is just a week away for area students, as is the return of school zones on area roads. Signed school zones are in place from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. every day school is in session, b...
Aug 27, 2024
Campfire ban being lifted for entire Coastal Fire Centre
NANAIMO - Recent rains are allowing the Coastal Fire Centre to ease some seasonal restrictions. Effective noon on Wednesday, Aug. 28, campfires measuring no more than a half metre by half metre will b...
Aug 26, 2024
‘It’s good news for the city:’ final cruise ship for 2024 season docks in Nanaimo
NANAIMO - For the second time this year, a passenger-packed cruise ship has docked in the Harbour City. The MS Oceania Regatta pulled into Nanaimo Harbour shortly before 7:30 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 26, ...
Aug 26, 2024
B.C. caps rent increases next year at 3 per cent, matching inflation
VICTORIA - The maximum allowable rent increase in British Columbia next year will be 3 per cent, down from the current 3.5 per cent. The Housing Ministry says the new amount, taking effect on Jan. 1, ...
Aug 26, 2024
New Nanaimo Correctional Centre programs nearing full operation
NANAIMO - Months after it was officially opened, work is continuing to get programs and services up to maximum capacity at the city’s newest jail. The new $181-million Nanaimo Correctional Centr...
Aug 26, 2024
