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TORONTO - Hudson’s Bay landlords are back in court today, where they’re arguing a B.C. billionaire, and owner of Nanaimo’s Woodgrove Centre, doesn’t have the cash needed to lau...

NANAIMO - While creating new catchment boundaries feeding into Rutherford Elementary School was a contentious task, many more students than initially thought will attend the north end school. Closed s...

NANAIMO - A well-known golfer with a winning pedigree lived up to her reputation at the Canadian Women’s Senior Championship staged this week at Nanaimo Golf Club. Shelly Stouffer, 55, won the t...

Canada will send four defending champions to the world athletics championships for the first time in the competition’s history. Hammer throwers Ethan Katzberg and Camryn Rogers, 800-metre runner...

The number of active wildfires in British Columbia has leapt by about 10 following several days of hot, sunny weather. BC Wildfire Service figures Thursday morning show 78 active blazes, up from 68 on...

NANAIMO - For one last time this summer, downtown’s Commercial St. will come alive on a Thursday night. The year’s final Commercial Street Night Market, hosted by the Greater Nanaimo Chamb...

NANAIMO - A local man has been spared additional jail time after pleading guilty to shooting a trespasser with rubber bullets on New Year’s Day last year. Jeffrey Andrew Benvin, 49, was given a ...

NANAIMO - A local, player-run basketball team has shown a host of Florida-based peers how Canadians hoop. Nine players from BBL Elite, a youth basketball team with players from Nanaimo, Parksville and...

NANAIMO - It wasn’t by much, but the mid-Island just experienced its hottest Aug. 26 on record. Preliminary data from Environment Canada showed monitoring stations at both the Nanaimo and Qualic...

NANAIMO - The final long weekend of the summer season is approaching. High volumes of traffic on area highways and ferries are expected beginning later this week and extending into Labour Day on Monda...