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25 for 25: Daybreak Rotary offers up $25,000 to Nanaimo non-profits
NANAIMO - A local Rotary club is putting its money where its walking shoes are in a bid to better the community. Daybreak Rotary is celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2021 through a virtual walk-a-th...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Jun 07, 2021
Active COVID-19 cases fall in central and northern Vancouver Island
NANAIMO - The central Vancouver Island area has less than 10 active COVID-19 cases. The region, stretching from north of the Malahat to the northern tip of the RDN and west to the Tofino area, has eig...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Jun 07, 2021
Lotto Max jackpot soars to record levels ahead of Tuesday draw
NANAIMO - What would you do with $70 million? The jackpot for the Tuesday, June 8 Lotto Max draw will again sit at the maximum amount after no-one matched the right numbers on Friday, June 4. With the...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Jun 07, 2021
Clippers schedule set for 2021/22 BCHL campaign
NANAIMO - It will be a later start than normal, but the BCHL’s Nanaimo Clippers have a new target for some competitive game action. The team will start on the road for a double header against th...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Jun 07, 2021
City of Nanaimo commits to July 1 single-use plastic bag ban
NANAIMO - Banning plastic checkout bags at Nanaimo retailers takes effect on Canada Day, while enforcement won’t be heavy-handed out of the gate. The City’s zero waste coordinator Kirsten ...
Ian Holmes Jun 07, 2021
Traffic lights installed at busy Hwy. 19 and 4A intersection
PARKSVILLE - Traffic in all directions will now come to a stop traffic lights were installed at a busy highway intersection. Traffic lights were installed at Exit 51, where travellers turn from Hwy. 1...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Jun 06, 2021
Barriers removed at contentious Nanaimo intersection
NANAIMO - Infrastructure heavily restricting traffic volume and speeds through a Nanaimo neighbourhood no longer exists, benefiting the masses, while incensing Opal Rd. residents. Crews cleared a tria...
Ian Holmes Jun 05, 2021
Deceased body found in downtown Nanaimo believed to be missing woman
NANAIMO - Police believe a woman missing for the last few days was discovered deceased in downtown Nanaimo. Cst. Gary O’Brien said investigators believe the body found on Thursday, June 3 in the...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Jun 04, 2021
Island Health ends week with low number of new COVID-19 cases
NANAIMO - Less than 10 new COVID-19 cases were found in Island Health in the last week as the number of active cases dropped by half. Several days in the last week saw only one new case of COVID-19, r...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Jun 04, 2021
Hold-and-secure lifted at NDSS after reports of youth possibly with a weapon
NANAIMO - A hold-and-secure at Nanaimo’s largest school was lifted after reports of a youth with a weapon. Nanaimo RCMP Cst. Gary O’Brien confirmed the hold-and-secure was lifted to Nanaim...
Spencer Sterritt Jun 04, 2021