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VIU Mariners teams gearing up for post-shutdown sports season
NANAIMO - Plans are in motion for a near-normal return to action Vancouver Island University is planning for a near-normal fall sports season at all levels. The Mariners soccer teams have resumed play...
Dan Marshall Sep 01, 2021
Island Health’s active COVID-19 cases continue to drop
NANAIMO - Following a substantial reduction in active cases over the weekend, Island Health is reporting fewer active patients once more. A total of 429 active cases remain for the health authority, a...
Alex Rawnsley Sep 01, 2021
Overnight commercial sailings planned between Duke Point & Tsawwassen
NANAIMO - More ferries will shuttle commercial goods to and from Vancouver Island. Beginning Sept. 7, BC Ferries will operate one round trip sailing between Tsawwassen and Duke Point in the late night...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Sep 01, 2021
Nanaimo’s development approval process to speed up with new online site
NANAIMO - The overwhelmed development permit process in Nanaimo is expected to become easier with provincial money. Nanaimo received $500,000 from the ministry of municipal affairs to speed up the dev...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Sep 01, 2021
City of Nanaimo gates off second downtown park, extended closures possible
NANAIMO - A pair of downtown Nanaimo parks are closed indefinitely in response to social disorder issues. Richard Harding, the City’s general manager of parks, recreation and culture, said last ...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Sep 01, 2021
Homicide investigation begins after person in Bowser succumbs to injuries
BOWSER - A homicide investigation is in its early stages after someone found injured in a Bowser home passed away. The person was found in a home in the 5000 block of Thompson Clark Drive West in Bows...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Aug 31, 2021
Active COVID-19 cases in Island Health drop substantially in central Island area
NANAIMO - The COVID-19 rollercoaster in Island Health continued with a steep drop in active cases. The number of active fell by 83 on Tuesday, Aug. 31 to 440, while 66 new cases were confirmed. The nu...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Aug 31, 2021
Nanaimo’s Overdose Awareness Day takes politicians to task over rising fatalities
NANAIMO - The first International Overdose Awareness Day event in Nanaimo since the pandemic took aim at the systems and policies behind the toxic drug crisis. “I’m still confused over wha...
Spencer Sterritt Aug 31, 2021
Development permits awarded for pair of large Old City Quarter housing complexes
NANAIMO - City councilors endorsed a pair of significant housing complexes which will boost the downtown area’s population by several hundred people. Council issued a development permit with hei...
Ian Holmes Aug 31, 2021
Driver pointing gun out car window sparks multi-hour search across Oceanside region and Nanaimo
NANAIMO - A series of illegal incidents led to a crash in Nanaimo and a Qualicum Beach man being arrested. Oceanside RCMP said Clayton Solberg, 25, first came to their attention on Tuesday, Aug. 24 ar...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Aug 31, 2021