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Donations pour in after Nanaimo Mountain Bike Club robbed of tools
NANAIMO - A member of the Nanaimo Mountain Bike Club (NMBC) planning to carry out trail maintenance was instead greeted by a break-in to a storage container. Numerous hand tools and other trail buildi...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Nov 08, 2021
Increased routes and resources helping Nanaimo’s automated garbage collection keep up with demand
NANAIMO - Local waste collectors are doing all they can to keep up with Nanaimo garbage. A surge in trash and recycling created through the COVID-19 pandemic from more food and online shopping orders ...
Jordan Davidson Nov 08, 2021
Unlocked vehicles providing easy pickings for local thieves
NANAIMO - Local Mounties are continuing their efforts to catch thieves in the act. Cases involving theft from vehicles are projected to reach upwards of 1,300 in Nanaimo this year, still too high but ...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Nov 07, 2021
New advocacy group for vulnerable Nanaimo area women gains early traction
NANAIMO - A local woman decided to harness online chatter about a popular Netflix series into tangible positive change. Kerri Isham, a Nanaimo based sexual health educator, was moved by the series MAI...
Ian Holmes Nov 07, 2021
Clippers blanked 3-0 by Bulldogs
NANAIMO - The Clippers became the third team in a row to get shutout by the Alberni Valley Bulldogs. Hobie Hedquist made 35 saves for his third consecutive shutout. The Bulldogs scored a goal in each ...
Dan Marshall Nov 06, 2021
VIDEO: Great Pumpkin Toss expected to be a smashing good time
NANAIMO -If your Halloween jack o’lantern is still in one piece, the Nanaimo Science and Sustainability Society (NSSS) would love to change that. The Great Pumpkin Toss will blast pumpkins out o...
Jordan Davidson Nov 06, 2021
Clippers drop 7-3 game to Penticton
NANAIMO - The Clippers had a strong second period but were blanked in the first and third in a 7-3 loss to the Vees. A goal by Brett Moravec was the only marker of the opening 20 minutes. The teams tr...
Dan Marshall Nov 05, 2021
Nanaimo police seek more information on ‘hate motivated’ graffiti vandal
NANAIMO - Local police are repeating calls for help in confirming the identity of a graffiti vandal. Black paint was used to deface the pride crosswalk at the Commercial St. and Bastion St. intersecti...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Nov 05, 2021
Fire-damaged cargo ship off Victoria cleared to move to Nanaimo or Vancouver
VICTORIA - Transport Canada has cleared the way for a cargo ship that’s been moored off the coast of Victoria since several containers caught fire and more than 100 were lost overboard to move t...
Alex Rawnsley Nov 05, 2021
New cases identified as COVID-19 outbreak expands at NRGH
NANAIMO - Two additional cases have been added to an ongoing COVID-19 outbreak at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital. One patient and one staff member in the Transitional Care Unit of NRGH recently tes...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Nov 05, 2021