Author Archives: Syndicated Content

NANAIMO - At least one person was taken to hospital with minor injuries after a multi-vehicle crash along the Nanaimo Parkway. Emergency services were called to the Parkway intersection with Aulds Rd....

RICHMOND, B.C. - The president of London Drugs has issued a letter apologizing for a cybersecurity incident that forced the company to close stores for more than a week, but he says there’s no e...

NANAIMO - They came, they danced and they’re conquering. Jacksun Fryer and Carlow Rush, better known by fans as the Island-based dance duo Funkanometry, are through to the finals of Canada’...

NANAIMO - A vastly enhanced network of bases and staff are on standby just in case the unexpected happens. Mandated to bolster oil response times as a condition of approval of the Trans Mountain pipel...

NANAIMO - In a bid to comply with new provincial legislation, the City is preparing to make sweeping changes to its property zoning. The zoning changes, centred around three new residential designatio...

NANAIMO - B.C.'s drug decriminalization project has been scaled back upon pressure from the public and police. Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General Mike Farnworth addressed a Tuesday, May 7...

ZEBALLOS, B.C. - A reported sighting of an orca pod off Vancouver Island near where an orphan killer whale is spending her time after escaping from a lagoon has an expert expressing caution and downpl...

NANAIMO - Break out the sunscreen and board shorts as summer-like weather conditions are coming to the mid-Island this week. Environment Canada is predicting a slow-moving high-pressure system will be...

ERRINGTON - Provincial grant money is helping secure the future for a key facility in Oceanside. The century-old Errington War Memorial Hall recently received $250,000 for seismic upgrades from the pr...

NANAIMO - A mock training exercise in response to a white water rafting adventure gone wrong played out this weekend on the Nanaimo River. More than 100 dedicated search and rescue volunteers took par...