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Nanaimo council votes to keep controversial traffic-calmed intersection
NANAIMO - Angry emails and phone calls to Nanaimo councillors will likely spike again after a surprise motion failed to remove barriers restricting vehicle flow in the Rock City neighbourhood. The nar...
Ian Holmes Nov 17, 2020
Nanaimo RCMP secure third notable fentanyl bust in recent weeks
NANAIMO - Police say a notable amount of fentanyl is no longer on Nanaimo streets and tainting the drug supply. The Vancouver Island Emergency Response Team carried out a search warrant on a home in t...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Nov 17, 2020
‘Schools are safe:’ Island Health MHO after five schools see COVID exposures
NANAIMO - Island Health wants students and parents to know schools haven’t proven to be sources of COVID-19 transmission. Clusters of cases in three Nanaimo schools were confirmed in recent days...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Nov 17, 2020
Island braces for ‘meteorological bomb’, wind warnings in effect for Nanaimo & Oceanside
NANAIMO - Mother Nature could be about to drop a bomb. Wind warnings are in effect for much of Vancouver Island, including Nanaimo and Oceanside. Speeds of up to 70 kilometres per hour are expected on...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Nov 16, 2020
Island Heath suffers 41 new COVID-19 cases over weekend
NANAIMO - Island Health saw the largest number of new cases confirmed over a weekend. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry on Monday, Nov. 16 announced 41 new COVID-19 cases were found within Is...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Nov 16, 2020
Nanaimo Minor Hockey, United Soccer alter plans after COVID-19 exposures
NANAIMO - A series of COVID-19 exposures in the region, particularly clusters within the school system, have forced local sports organizations to press pause. Nanaimo Minor Hockey Association said Mon...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Nov 16, 2020
West Ballenas Island preserved, purchased from private owner for $1.7M
NANAIMO - A privately owned island off Nanoose Bay is poised to be preserved as park land thanks to a substantial fundraising campaign. The BC Parks Foundation has secured an agreement to purchase Wes...
Ian Holmes Nov 16, 2020
City of Nanaimo lands $6.7 million COVID relief grant
NANAIMO - City councillors have more wiggle room during what will be challenging upcoming budget discussions. The City of Nanaimo received $6.69 million from the federally-funded Safe Restart Agreemen...
Ian Holmes Nov 16, 2020
Randerson Ridge Elementary, Ladysmith Secondary added to SD68 COVID exposures
NANAIMO - Two new COVID-19 cases have been confirmed at Randerson Ridge Elementary while one has tested positive from Ladysmith Secondary. The confirmations mark the fourth and fifth schools in School...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Nov 15, 2020
COVID-19 exposure confirmed at Frank J. Ney Elementary in Nanaimo
NANAIMO - There’s a third confirmed COVID-19 exposure at a Nanaimo school. The Nanaimo-Ladysmith Public School district announced on Sunday, Nov. 15 there was an exposure at Frank J. Ney Element...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Nov 15, 2020