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Clippers and Eagles meet in first playoff series in 15 years
NANAIMO - The Clippers and Eagles played six times in the regular season but they haven’t had a post season series since 2007. Nanaimo won the first round best of seven in five games back then a...
Dan Marshall Apr 01, 2022
Canada avoids group of death in FIFA World Cup draw
The schedule is known for Canada’s first trip to the FIFA World Cup in over 30 years. Canada were placed into Group F during the draw held Friday, April 1. The team will play Belgium, Morocco an...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Apr 01, 2022
Missing Ladysmith teen located safe and sound
NANAIMO - The RCMP announced a teen missing for more than two weeks has been located. Payton MacDonald, 13,"has been located, and she is safe and sound," a news release from the RCMP stated on Friday,...
Alex Rawnsley Apr 01, 2022
Major developments planned for new ‘North North Nanaimo’ suburb as City purchases Lantzville
Editors Note: April Fools! We’ve had our fun and don’t want anybody in the days and weeks to come, outside the context of April 1, to think the information contained in this article is eve...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Apr 01, 2022
Independent Investigations Office probing Port Place Shopping Centre arrest
NANAIMO - The BC Independent Investigations Office (IIO) are looking into Nanaimo RCMP officers after an arrest in the downtown. A release from the IIO said an investigation has begun following a Tues...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Mar 31, 2022
50 years later, BGC Central Vancouver Island continually evolves
NANAMO - A heavily leaned on non-profit celebrating 50 years of service has come a long way from a meet up club at a Nanaimo home. BGC Central Vancouver Island (BGCCVI) formally known as the Boys and ...
Ian Holmes Mar 31, 2022
‘Minutes can count in that situation:’ Nanaimo blood packed and ready to go on Island Air Ambulances
NANAIMO - Donated and collected blood is now more readily available for an express flight where it’s needed most. A partnership between Island Health and BC Emergency Health Services (BC EHS) is...
Alex Rawnsley Mar 31, 2022
Search for missing Ladysmith teen escalates
LADYSMITH - Police are still unsure on the whereabouts of 13-year-old Payton MacDonald. She was last seen March 15, with Ladysmith RCMP asked to conduct a wellness check on the girl a day later by the...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Mar 31, 2022
‘Hope for change:’ First Nations delegates meet with Pope Francis
Chief Gerald Antoine says he hopes a meeting with Pope Francis at the Vatican can forge the beginning of an important relationship. "Despite our collective grief and pain, there comes hope for change,...
The Canadian Press Mar 31, 2022
New classrooms at Hammond Bay elementary behind schedule
NANAIMO - An underway expansion of Hammond Bay elementary school will wrap later than expected. The addition of 12 new classrooms for a mixture of 295 existing and new students at the French immersion...
Alex Rawnsley Mar 31, 2022