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Top Stories of 2020: Hundreds of supportive housing units announced for Nanaimo, temporary housing sites to close
NANAIMO - Hundreds of new supportive housing units were announced for Nanaimo after years of calls for more supports. The province announced in mid-July upwards of 190 supportive housing units and 125...
Spencer Sterritt Dec 23, 2020
New COVID-19 cases dropping by more than half in Nanaimo & Oceanside areas
NANAIMO - New data shows how restrictions are limiting COVID-19 transmission in the Nanaimo and Oceanside areas. The BC CDC showed there were six new cases of COVID-19 within Nanaimo and one in Oceans...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Dec 23, 2020
Nanaimo airport eyeing new domestic & vacation flights through $29M upgrade plan
NANAIMO - A host of infrastructure and safety upgrades are penciled in for Nanaimo Airport. The Airport Commission released its investment plan for the next five years, budgeting $28.8 million in capi...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Dec 23, 2020
Suspected drunk driver damages several vehicles in loud late-night wreck
NANAIMO - A series of bangs rang out in a north Nanaimo neighbourhood after a suspected impaired driver bounced his car off several parked vehicles. It happened Tuesday Dec. 22 around 11:45 pm on Upla...
Ian Holmes Dec 23, 2020
Top Stories of 2020: What the COVID happened this year?
NANAIMO - COVID-19 changed society in ways no one could have expected in 2020. In the span of two weeks, the pandemic which had severely affected countries like China, Spain and Italy, arrived on Cana...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Dec 22, 2020
First COVID-19 vaccinations occur on Vancouver Island, nine new cases announced
NANAIMO - Efforts to vaccinate frontline health care workers in Island Health have officially begun. The first of 1,950 doses of the approved Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine was administered to Dena Scriven, ...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Dec 22, 2020
Nanaimo youth ticketed for breaking COVID-19 protocols in school parking lot
NANAIMO - Police “brought the hammer down” on young people partying in a Nanaimo school parking lot. Eleven teenagers were each given a $230 ticket for not following COVID-19 protocols nea...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Dec 22, 2020
Provisional 2021 property tax increase set at 3 per cent
NANAIMO - Residents have a snapshot of their 2021 property tax bill. Nanaimo councillors passed three readings of the 2021 property tax increase and budget during the council meeting on Monday, Dec. 2...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Dec 22, 2020
Gordon St. hotel hits development goals, 10-year tax exemption extended
NANAIMO - Councillors have granted an extension to the significant Gordon St. project despite it missing key deadlines. They voted unanimously on Monday, Dec. 21 to push the 10-year tax exemption for ...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Dec 22, 2020
Nanaimo RCMP K9 officer sued for alleged ‘reckless, lawless & evil actions’ during arrest
NANAMO - A Nanaimo man wants a local Mountie held accountable for what he describes as excessive force causing physical, psychological and emotional trauma. David Alan Banford’s civil claim file...
Ian Holmes Dec 22, 2020