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Our Favourite Stories of 2020: Running up those stairs
NANAIMO - In the wake of such a grueling year, I decided to go back and find something fun from before COVID-19 times for my favourite story of the year. My choice is also the most demanding story I w...
Spencer Sterritt Dec 18, 2020
Island Health ends best week in a month, five new COVID-19 cases
NANAIMO - Island Health has concluded its best week in the COVID-19 pandemic in over a month. Five new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in Island Health on Friday, Dec. 18, part of 624 across the prov...
Alex Rawnsley Dec 18, 2020
Coombs man dies in two vehicle crash in Qualicum Beach
QUALICUM BEACH - A man died after a head-on crash on Rupert Rd. in Qualicum Beach. Oceanside RCMP say it happened on Thursday, Dec. 17 at about 3:15 p.m just west of Jones St. where it appeared the dr...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Dec 18, 2020
New affordable housing with mental health and addiction supports opens in Nanaimo
NANAIMO - A three-story complex of low-rent housing has begun welcoming residents in Nanaimo. The doors officially opened on 285 Rosehill St. at Terminal Ave on Dec. 1, providing 23 studio apartments ...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Dec 18, 2020
Nanaimo Mountain Bike Club changes gears by hiring youth to maintain trails
NANAIMO - Nine people who’ve struggled with employment are riding to new careers by working on Nanaimo’s many mountain bike trails. The 15 to 29-year-olds were recently hired full-time by ...
Spencer Sterritt Dec 18, 2020
Man jailed after found squatting in badly damaged Nanaimo home
NANAIMO - A prolific criminal was jailed after pleading guilty to occupying a Nicol St. home. Sean Damien Kulai, 40, was sentenced on Tuesday, Dec. 15 at provincial court in Nanaimo to 19 months in ja...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Dec 17, 2020
Four new Island Health cases as B.C. vaccination program ramps up
NANAIMO - Island Health continues to dodge many of the newly added COVID-19 cases in British Columbia. The health authority accounted for just four of the 673 cases announced Thursday by provincial he...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Dec 17, 2020
Top Stories of 2020: Major tent encampment sprawls downtown, forcibly displaced in rainy winter
NANAIMO - A large tent encampment in Nanaimo captured headlines for the second time in two years. Up to 100 people lived at the Wesley St. encampment, directly behind the City of Nanaimo’s Servi...
Spencer Sterritt Dec 17, 2020
VIDEO: Students with lived experience deliver care packages to Nanaimo’s homeless
NANAIMO - Two Nanaimo students who’ve spent time living rough on Nanaimo’s streets have given back this holiday season. Darrell August, 17, and Tobias Gillman, 14, both students in the Lea...
Spencer Sterritt Dec 17, 2020
Construction of delayed ICU for critically ill patients at NRGH expected in new year
NANAIMO - Staff at Nanaimo Hospital are excited construction will soon begin for a new Intensive Care Unit helping patients with life-threatening illnesses or injuries. A Ministry of Health statement ...
Ian Holmes Dec 17, 2020