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64 new cases found in Island Health over New Years period, vaccination efforts ramp up
NANAIMO - Island Health added a significant number of new COVID-19 cases as 2020 transitioned to 2021, but maintained its status as the province’s least affected health authority. A total of 64 ...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Jan 04, 2021
Supply and demand sends Nanaimo area property valuations up
NANAIMO - BC Assessment Authority property valuations increased in the Nanaimo area and across the province despite the global pandemic ravaging the economy. 2021 assessments used to gauge annual prop...
Ian Holmes Jan 04, 2021
Trailblazing Nanaimo fast food manager retires after nearly 50 years
NANAIMO - Nancy Lamont welled up in tears looking back on a fulfilling career she was told would never materialize. The 64-year-old general manager of the Nicol St. McDonald’s made her last Big ...
Ian Holmes Jan 04, 2021
Generosity fuels Great Nanaimo Toy Drive
NANAIMO – The annual Great Nanaimo Toy Drive hit a new high in 2020. Carolyn Iles with the event said families responded like never before to the call for donated gifts and cash to help those st...
Spencer Sterritt Jan 03, 2021
VIDEO: Drive-by rally held for Nanaimo long-term care home in midst of COVID-19 outbreak
NANAIMO - A Nanaimo care home is standing in solidarity with a long-term care home currently suffering a COVID-19 outbreak. Staff from the Eden Gardens dementia care clinic honked their horns and wave...
Spencer Sterritt Jan 02, 2021
Torrential winter rain forces evacuation alerts for rural homes
NANAIMO - Evacuation orders were issued for two areas within the Nanaimo Regional District after days of heavy rain. The RDN issued the alerts for 380 Martindale Rd. in Parksville and 1698 Wilkinson R...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Jan 02, 2021
Shelter-in-place order issued for Snuneymuxw First Nation as COVID-19 spreads
NANAIMO - A shelter-in-place order is now in effect in Snuneymuxw First Nation after several COVID-19 cases were confirmed. A letter from SFN chief Mike Wyse on Friday, Jan. 1 confirmed five positive ...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Jan 02, 2021
COVID-19 outbreak at Nanaimo long-term care home expands with additional case
NANAIMO – The outbreak at a Nanaimo long-term care home has grown. Island Health announcing around 6 p.m. on Jan. 1, 2021 an additional case of COVID-19 was discovered at the Chartwell Malaspina...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Jan 01, 2021
Nanaimo couple welcomes Island’s first baby of 2021
NANAIMO - Vancouver Island’s first baby of the year arrived at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital. Gerald Patrick Doughty was born at 1:54 a.m. on Jan 1 to parents Taylor and Chris of Nanaimo, ac...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Jan 01, 2021
Island Health ends 2020 with 928 total COVID-19 cases
NANAIMO - Island Health remained the least affected health authority in B.C. throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. By Thursday, Dec. 31, 928 COVID-19 cases were confirmed within the health authority cover...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Dec 31, 2020