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LIVE BLOG: Mid-Island results and reaction from 2020 B.C. Election
NANAIMO - NanaimoNewsNOW is covering the 42nd BC General Election with a live, up to the minute blog featuring vote counts, interviews, analysis and much more. In conjunction with our updates on 106.9...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Oct 24, 2020
Thousands of fish feed local lakes, license sales surge during pandemic
NANAIMO - Nearly 7,000 trout and counting have been piped into lakes in Nanaimo by staff with the Freshwater Fisheries Society of BC (FFSBC). The FFSBC stocking report showed six lakes in Nanaimo have...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Oct 24, 2020
Nanaimo RCMP looking for missing driver following Harewood pursuit
NANAIMO - Mounties are hoping a man who led police on a chase Friday afternoon and then fled on foot will turn himself in. According to the RCMP, officers witnessed a possible drug transaction in Hare...
Kyle Ireland Oct 24, 2020
Polls open across province for 42nd General Election
NANAIMO - Polls are open across the province for general voting. Following seven days of advance polling where turnout in the three mid-Island ridings was above 2017 tallies, Saturday is the final opp...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Oct 24, 2020
Fire safety order issued for Wesley St. as City contemplates “softer” approach to encampment
NANAIMO - A fire safety order is now in place for the Wesley St. encampment near Nanaimo City Hall. Nanaimo Fire Rescue chief Karen Fry confirmed to NanaimoNewsNOW the order was issued on Thursday, Oc...
Spencer Sterritt Oct 23, 2020
Island Health wraps week with 250th COVID-19 case
NANAIMO - Island Health has recorded its 250th case. Data from the health authority on Friday, Oct. 23 confirmed one new positive test was discovered in the region, the 10th announced this week. Only ...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Oct 23, 2020
Brief, intense storm to create tricky driving conditions for Island motorists
NANAIMO - It won’t last for long, but an earlier than expected winter-like storm will create some travel headaches for some parts of the Island. Cool air from the arctic is forecast to clash wit...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Oct 23, 2020
Nanaimo racewalker sets new Canadian record in 3 kilometre event
NANAIMO - It took all of one event for Olivia Lundman to break a Canadian record. The 17-year-old Dover Bay student was the only competitor in the three kilometre U18 racewalk in Kamloops on Oct. 17. ...
Dan Marshall Oct 22, 2020
Record-setting number of new COVID 19 cases announced in B.C., exposure event in Port Alberni school
NANAIMO - Social gatherings are blamed for B.C. breaking the provincial record for new daily cases. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry confirmed 274 new cases of COVID-19 in the province. This...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Oct 22, 2020
Man wanted for Nanoose Bay crime wave, including brazen residential break-in
PARKSVILLE - Oceanside RCMP are looking for a man believed to be responsible for several late night crimes in Nanoose Bay, including a daring residential break-in and truck theft. An Oceanside RCMP ne...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Oct 22, 2020