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NANAIMO - An arrest has been made after an assault on a 19-year-old man which police say may have been a hate crime. Nanaimo RCMP arrested a 19-year-old man on Tuesday, March 29 at around 10 p.m., wit...

NANAIMO - Designs are being finalized for permanent repairs to a sinkhole on Hwy. 19. After an atmospheric river dumped a month’s worth of rain on the region over the course of a couple of days,...

NANAIMO - There is great demand for the great outdoors. The B.C. government launched their revamped BC Parks reservation site on March 21, with over 19,000 bookings made on the first day, according to...

NANAIMO - A man charged with assaulting a woman and trying to force her into his vehicle had his bail hearing re-scheduled to late next month. Bradley Dylan William Boscariol, 30, was transferred from...

QUALICUM BEACH - People are being told not to eat additional brands of oysters following an expanded recall by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA). Several types of Taylor Shellfish Canada ULC ...

NANAIMO - An investigation is underway following an apparent targeted attack against a local student. Police say a 19-year-old man, attending the Nanaimo campus of Vancouver Island University, was ass...

NANAIMO - A main arterial road in Nanaimo was shut down for over an hour due to a natural gas line break. A gas line at a property in the 4100 block of Uplands Dr. between Clubhouse Dr. and Stonewood ...

NANAIMO - Equipment is on site for an expansion of a major local high school. Work is imminent at Dover Bay Secondary School on four new classrooms for 100 students currently in portables. The $3 mill...

NANAIMO - Four teens planning to film a TikTok video flipped the script by instead phoning police, resulting in an 18-month jail sentence against the accused. Darian Scott Rogers, 27, pleaded guilty t...

NANAIMO - A cyclist hit at a central Nanaimo intersection has Nanaimo RCMP reminding motorists to be mindful of increasing numbers of cyclists using area roads. Police say on Thursday, March 24 around...