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Busy long weekend expected on Nanaimo-area ferries & roads
NANAIMO - Plan ahead and give yourself plenty of time to get from A-to-B. It’s tried and true advice for those venturing out for the Canada Day long weekend, with area ferries expected to be bac...
Alex Rawnsley Jun 28, 2024
‘Maybe the AAP wasn’t the right way:’ Ladysmith mayor reflects following failed approval process
LADYSMITH - Tax-payers have strongly disagreed with the Town’s plan to borrow up to $13.5 million for a new city hall with an attached housing component. Voters overwhelmingly rejected the propo...
Jordan Davidson Jun 27, 2024
Multiple charges laid against Nanaimo man after fatal Parkway crash
NANAIMO - A local man is facing multiple charges, including criminal negligence causing death, after a crash on the Nanaimo Parkway last summer. Sixty-year-old Michael Allison Rennie is the man RCMP a...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Jun 27, 2024
Clippers add homegrown coach Evan Richardson as assistant
NANAIMO - The Clippers have added a local flavour to their coaching staff for the upcoming season. New assistant coach Evan Richardson was born and raised in Nanaimo and has experience in the BCHL, NC...
Dan Marshall Jun 27, 2024
Tenant convicted of Gabriola Island hatchet attack against 81-year-old man
NANAIMO - A provincial court judge called the version of events of a man charged in a disturbing 2022 attack "nonsensical" and "a complete utter fabrication." Gregory Francis Collins, 72, was found gu...
Ian Holmes Jun 27, 2024
Ladysmith City Hall redevelopment AAP fails with resounding opposition
LADYSMITH - It’s back to the drawing board for the Town of Ladysmith to fund building a new city hall, after residents overwhelmingly voted against the borrowing process during an alternative ap...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Jun 26, 2024
Water safety urged during summer as Vancouver Island sees most drowning deaths in 2023
NANAIMO - More British Columbians died from accidental drownings in 2023 than at any point in the last decade with Vancouver Island leading the way. The latest report from the B.C. Coroners Service st...
Alex Rawnsley Jun 26, 2024
Construction underway on new Nanaimo BMX race track
NANAIMO - Construction of a new local BMX track represents short-term pain for long-term gain. Closed for the season is the Marie Davidson BMX Park on Labieux Rd. as crews construct an enlarged and im...
Ian Holmes Jun 26, 2024
Nanaimo City Council weighs funding options for planned new public works yard
NANAIMO - A pair of additional funding options proposed by City of Nanaimo staff aims to give councillors more flexibility in its odyssey to establish a new public works facility on Labieux Rd. Known ...
Ian Holmes Jun 25, 2024
‘Help maintain the ecological balance:’ Nanaimo youth plant native species garden in City park
NANAIMO - A group of local youth with a passion for volunteering have added more native plants to a central Nanaimo park. The latest project from Youth 20/20 Can Nanaimo and Volunteer Nanaimo added na...
Jordan Davidson Jun 25, 2024