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Nanaimo financing $2.5 million action plan for downtown safety and social disorder
NANAIMO - City councillors gave unanimous support for a new direction in battling growing safety and social disorder issues in the downtown core. The Downtown Nanaimo Safety Action Plan, presented to ...
Alex Rawnsley Apr 20, 2022
Accused Nanaimo coffee shop murderer declared fit to stand trial
NANAIMO - A man accused of killing an elderly man unknown to him at a Nanaimo Coffee shop has been medically cleared to go on trial. The confirmation was made during a Wednesday, April 20 court appear...
Ian Holmes Apr 20, 2022
Nanaimo women conquer grueling 100 kilometre Utah ultra-marathon
NANAIMO - One year ago Jenna Wickham committed to completing the longest marathon of her life. Not only did she accomplish her goal, Wickham came in first place in her age category at the Zion Ultras ...
Ian Holmes Apr 20, 2022
Black shuts out Chiefs in 1-0 win in series finale
NANAIMO - Cooper Black’s 37 saves led the Clippers to a 1-0 win over the Chilliwack Chiefs. For the second game in a row Keighan Gerrie was the offensive hero scoring with four and a half minute...
Dan Marshall Apr 19, 2022
Development advancing to revamp vacant A&B Sound building in downtown Nanaimo
NANAIMO - After sitting dormant for well over a decade, a prominent building in the city’s downtown is on track for a substantial face lift. The former A&B Sound building wedged into the con...
Alex Rawnsley Apr 19, 2022
‘It’s all not guilty:’ man facing several trials throughout Van Isle
NANAIMO - Facing seven trials this year and more than 20 charges laid against him, Shaun Dean Thicke maintains he hasn’t done anything wrong. The 44-year-old is charged with 22 separate offences...
Jordan Davidson Apr 19, 2022
One-quarter of Canadians have been infected with COVID-19, poll suggests
OTTAWA - Almost one in four Canadian respondents to a new online survey said they had been infected with COVID-19, while about three in four had not. As the country grapples with its sixth wave of the...
Alex Rawnsley Apr 19, 2022
‘Life jackets saved their lives:’ Nanaimo father-son plucked from chilly waters by whale watchers
NANAIMO - A local man and his teenage son are thankful for a group of whale watchers who scooped them out of the chilly ocean over the Easter weekend. The man and his son were out in a canoe around no...
Jordan Davidson Apr 18, 2022
Shifting air masses behind “mixed bag” of wild weather for Nanaimo region
NANAIMO - As the old saying goes, ‘if you don’t like the weather, wait five minutes’. Residents across the mid-Island have lived the mantra over recent weeks with passages of wet sno...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Apr 18, 2022
Windy weather & Easter travellers hamper Nanaimo-Lower Mainland crossings
NANAIMO - A pair of cancelled sailings due to weather has added to an already hectic travel day on the Salish Sea. BC Ferries cancelled the first two round trips between Nanaimo’s Departure Bay ...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Apr 18, 2022