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Weapons, pipe-bomb and drugs seized after prolonged search
NANAIMO - An observant general duty officer helped remove a sizeable quantity of weapons from city streets. Around 9 p.m. on July 25, a Nanaimo RCMP officer spotted a distinctive white Lexus driving n...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Sep 24, 2021
Signature Dish: The Buzz Coffee House’s folded eggs and flat white
NANAIMO - A popular local coffee favourite is branching out and seeking inspiration half a world away. The Buzz Coffee House’s new Rutherford Rd. location also came with a change to their inside...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Sep 24, 2021
Road construction worker killed after apparent drunk driver speeds through work zone south of Nanaimo
NANAIMO - One person is dead and another was taken to hospital following an overnight crash on Hwy. 1 involving an apparent drunk driver. Police and emergency crews were called to the scene around mid...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Sep 24, 2021
Nanaimo man celebrates 1,500th summit of Mt. Benson
NANAIMO - A love affair which started 20 years ago recently reached a major milestone. Kevin White celebrated his 1,500th ascent of Mt. Benson, just west of Nanaimo, on Tuesday, Sept. 21. It was the c...
Alex Rawnsley Sep 24, 2021
Aidan Webber Memorial Race returns after COVID hiatus
NANAIMO - A BMX event to remember a fallen hero and support the local race community is back on track. After a year off because of COVID-19 the Aidan Webber Memorial Race and Pro-Am will return to the...
Dan Marshall Sep 23, 2021
Total COVID-19 cases in Island Health crests 8,000, 69 new
NANAIMO - Island Health passed another milestone in its COVID-19 case counts. The health authority crested the 8,000 total case tally, dating back to the start of the pandemic, now at 8,045. Of the to...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Sep 23, 2021
Regional District of Nanaimo scales back water restrictions following heavy rains
NANAIMO - The drought which gripped the mid-Island through the warm, summer months is officially over. Multiple rounds of rainfall in recent weeks allowed the Regional District of Nanaimo to move down...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Sep 23, 2021
‘They dive through dumpsters:’ return of shredding event aims to stop identity thieves
NANAIMO - Local Mounties are offering a way to stop identity thieves in their tracks. The Nanaimo and Ladysmith branches of the RCMP’s Crimestoppers program will again host a shredding event bet...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Sep 23, 2021
ICU’s at 20-week high with majority of patients unvaccinated, 76 new Island Health cases
NANAIMO - Available space in provincial intensive care units is dwindling courtesy a steady rise in serious hospitalizations. The province reported 324 people hospitalized as of Wednesday, Sept. 22 in...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Sep 22, 2021
1 person injured in Highway 19 crash at Horne Lake
QUALICUM BEACH - A collision involving two trucks on the Inland Island Hwy. near Qualicum Beach sent one person to hospital in serious, but stable condition. BC Emergency Health Services responded to ...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Sep 22, 2021