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Island case counts continue downward slide, province gives detailed look at school transmission and VOC’s
NANAIMO - Island Health’s three day average of COVID-19 case counts has dropped substantially. It reported 48 new cases of COVID-19 cases on Thursday, April 15. The three day average sits at 150...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Apr 15, 2021
“Blanket” property tax increase freeze for Nanaimo businesses off the table
NANAIMO - Every business in Nanaimo won’t have their property taxes frozen this year. Nanaimo councillors debated the option to mitigate the property tax increase for Nanaimo businesses in their...
Spencer Sterritt Apr 15, 2021
UPDATE: Clippers resume team activities after COVID-19 scare
UPDATE - The BCHL confirmed on Friday, April 16 the team was clear to resume normal activities after further testing confirmed the player in question actually tested negative. – – – ...
Alex Rawnsley Apr 15, 2021
Nanaimo fishing pier off limits for maintenance day
NANAIMO - The well used Fishing and Walking Pier on Nanaimo’s waterfront is getting a deep clean. The public amenity will be power washed and checked for it’s structural integrity, which w...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Apr 15, 2021
Major TV production Chesapeake Shores returns to Parksville, Qualicum
PARKSVILLE - Cameras are rolling on the first major television production in the Oceanside region since before the pandemic. A total of 10 episodes of Chesapeake Shores will be shot through the spring...
Alex Rawnsley Apr 15, 2021
New COVID-19 outbreak confirmed in NRGH rehab unit
NANAIMO - The Nanaimo Regional General Hospital is once again the site of a COVID-19 outbreak. Island Health on Wednesday, April 14 confirmed three patients in the High Intensity Rehab unit within the...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Apr 14, 2021
Active COVID-19 cases across central Island drop
NANAIMO - Island Health reported 50 new COVID-19 cases for the health authority on Wednesday. It marks a continued decline in the average daily increases for the region over the last week. Of the new ...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Apr 14, 2021
Suspicious death now considered homicide by Nanaimo RCMP
NANAIMO - Local mounties are investigating Nanaimo’s first homicide since early 2018. RCMP said the body of 58-year-old Randell Charles Thomas was discovered in bushes near a walking trail along...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Apr 14, 2021
Nearly 200 lives lost in Nanaimo by fifth anniversary of illicit substance crisis
NANAIMO - April 14, 2021 is a grim day for Nanaimo peer worker Jessy Knight. “I woke up crying, with this heaviness and grief in my heart,” she told NanaimoNewsNOW. “I’m mostly...
Spencer Sterritt Apr 14, 2021
Nanaimo NightOwls cancel 2021 season
NANAIMO - Elite college level baseball won’t debut at Nanaimo’s Serauxmen stadium this summer as originally planned. NightOwls managing partner and GM Jim Swanson told NanaimoNewsNOW the f...
Ian Holmes Apr 14, 2021