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Cash, lotto tickets stolen in apparent Fifth St. armed robbery
NANAIMO - Local Mounties are looking for a man in his 40’s who robbed a store at gun point. A 911 call was made around 9 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 26 from a business in the University Village near...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Feb 03, 2022
Brant geese migration triggers annual beach closures to dogs
PARKSVILLE - A mass migration of geese are set to return to local beaches over the coming weeks. It means restrictions will be placed on beaches in Parksville and Qualicum, preventing dogs on the beac...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Feb 03, 2022
‘Winter’s not over yet:’ marmots & meteorologists agree on prolonged Nanaimo winter
NANAIMO - Don’t stow the jackets in the back recesses of the closet just yet, we still have a ways to go this winter. There was an overwhelming consensus among both two and four legged weather p...
Alex Rawnsley Feb 02, 2022
Cash reward offered for information leading to remains of Lisa Marie Young
NANAIMO - A sizeable cash reward is being offered for information regarding the disappearance of Lisa Marie Young. An anonymous donor has put up $50,000 USD (around $63,000 CAD) for information which ...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Feb 02, 2022
Extended sexual abuse by Gabriola Island man against daughter results in no jail time
NANAIMO - A man’s continual sexual abuse of his own daughter for years resulted in a sentence to be served in the community and not in prison. The offender pleaded guilty to sexual interference ...
Ian Holmes Feb 02, 2022
Outbreaks of COVID-19 expand to 31 cases at Nanaimo hospital
NANAIMO - Two simultaneous but otherwise unrelated outbreaks of COVID-19 have expanded. A total of 31 patients at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital have tested positive over the course of two outbreak...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Feb 01, 2022
‘Our hospitals are coping, even though we’re stretched:’ Omicron causing volume, Delta leading to longer stays
NANAIMO - Hospitalization admissions continue to be some of the highest we’ve ever seen in B.C., however the province’s top doc said the system is holding. Dr. Bonnie Henry said case numbe...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Feb 01, 2022
Tewanee Joseph new head coach for Nanaimo Senior A Timbermen
NANAIMO - When the Nanaimo Senior A Timbermen play their first game in nearly three years, they’ll have a new face behind the bench. Tewanee Joseph was officially named the club’s new head...
Dan Marshall Feb 01, 2022
Space heater fire costs Nanaimo man trip to hospital for smoke inhalation
NANAIMO - A local homeowner had a close brush with a house fire over the weekend. Multiple engines from Nanaimo Fire Rescue were called to the 4100 block of Verte Pl. around 10 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. ...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Feb 01, 2022
VIDEO: Old growth protests to pause after month of highway disruptions in Nanaimo
NANAIMO - For the fourth week in a row, protesters disrupted mid-morning traffic in the city to bring awareness to old growth logging. The Nanaimo chapter of ‘Save Old Growth’, an offshoot...
Alex Rawnsley Feb 01, 2022