Author Archives: Syndicated Content

OTTAWA - The federal government is doubling its investment to train urban firefighters to battle wildfires - a growing threat to Canada’s cities and towns. Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wi...

NANAIMO - It’s almost time once more the rubber to hit the road. Registration for the third annual Hub City Soap Box Derby opens Monday, April 15, with carts set to roll down Franklyn St. in dow...

NANAIMO - A local non-profit hopes they’ve stumbled upon a golden idea. Nanaimo Women Helping Women are kicking off a fundraiser which runs through April 30, to collect unwanted gold and silver ...

NANAIMO - The first look at potential players for the Nanaimo Buccaneers next season happens at the team’s ID camp this weekend at the Nanaimo Ice Centre. New head coach Bill Bestwick said the u...

NANAIMO - Dan Maertins has never had a hard time finding work, and it’s easy to see why. While the 78-year-old Nanaimo man has technically been retired for years, he devotes much of his free tim...

NANAIMO - The Clippers playoff run is over after a 3-0 loss to the Grizzlies in Game 5 at the Q Centre. Victoria won the best of seven 4-1 with Nanaimo’s lone victory a 5-3 triumph at home on Ap...

The team trying to rescue an orphaned killer whale trapped in a B.C. lagoon says they are “truly humbled at the intelligence, adaptability and resilience” of the calf that managed to evade...

NANAIMO - Local Mounties are asking for the public’s help to locate a woman believed to be in the region or potentially the south Island. Thirty-eight year old Morgan Elizabeth Blanch has 14 out...

NANAIMO - Significant closures are coming to the city’s downtown, stemming from a major television production. Work is set to focus around Diana Krall Plaza and select businesses along Wharf St....

A rescue attempt to save a killer whale calf stranded in a remote tidal lagoon near Zeballos, B.C., is underway. Road access to the lagoon is blocked by members of the Ehattesaht First Nation, but an ...