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Tents removed from Wesley St. encampment as City enforces fire safety order
NANAIMO - The City has taken it’s first major enforcement effort against a growing downtown Nanaimo encampment. Nanaimo Fire Rescue, Nanaimo RCMP and City of Nanaimo bylaw officers enforced a re...
Spencer Sterritt Oct 27, 2020
Nanaimo RCMP investigating 2 purposely set fires in same apartment building
NANAIMO - Police are trying to solve a pair of smouldering fires in common areas of a Wellington Rd. apartment building. RCMP Cst. Gary O’Brien told NanaimoNewsNOW papers were set ablaze in stai...
Ian Holmes Oct 27, 2020
New order limiting household gatherings as B.C. posts over 800 new cases, none in Island Health
NANAIMO - B.C. public health is cracking down on a key source of recent COVID-19 cases in response to record-high case counts. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry issued a new public health ord...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Oct 26, 2020
BC Liberal leader Andrew Wilkinson to step down following election defeat
NANAIMO - The BC Liberals efforts to ‘rebuild BC’ came short on election night and now attention will turn to rebuilding the party. Leader Andrew Wilkinson spoke for around 90 seconds on M...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Oct 26, 2020
Projected winner awaiting mail-in ballots before declaring Parksville-Qualicum flip
PARKSVILLE - The last BC Liberal riding on Vancouver Island has all but flipped following a surge in NDP support in the region. Town of Qualicum councillor and NDP candidate Adam Walker was projected ...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Oct 26, 2020
Tourism Vancouver Island bows out of Nanaimo contract, review underway for replacement
NANAIMO - Shifting priorities after the COVID-19 pandemic has brought changes to who handles the Tourism Nanaimo file. Tourism Vancouver Island, one year into a five year contract and three years into...
Spencer Sterritt Oct 26, 2020
Man wanted for manslaughter on Canada-wide warrant potentially seen in Parksville
PARKSVILLE - Oceanside RCMP believe a man wanted on a Canada-wide warrant was seen in the area. Mounties searched a rural area in Parksville on Friday, Oct. 23 after reports of a suspicious man in the...
Kyle Ireland Oct 25, 2020
‘Just find someone you can help and do it:’ anonymous cookie crusader makes third large donation in a year
NANAIMO - What started as a chance meeting at a local coffee shop has grown into a $6,200 donation, which the man responsible hopes will inspire others. For the second time in six months, an anonymous...
Alex Rawnsley Oct 25, 2020
Routley locked in for fifth term in Nanaimo-North Cowichan
NANAIMO - One of the BC NDP’s elder statesmen has won another four years in Victoria. Doug Routley held off a strong challenge from Chris Istace of the BC Greens to retain his seat of Nanaimo-No...
Alex Rawnsley Oct 25, 2020
Incumbent Sheila Malcolmson re-secures Nanaimo riding
NANAIMO - The incumbent MLA in the Nanaimo riding has won again, carried by a wave of NDP support across the province. Sheila Malcolmson was the first confirmed winner in the Nanaimo-area ridings, lea...
Alex Rawnsley Oct 24, 2020