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New provincial funding helps secure immediate future for Nanaimo Airport
NANAIMO - New money will help the Nanaimo Airport weather the COVID-19 storm. The provincial government announced $720,000 in funding for the Nanaimo Airport to help offset losses sustained during the...
Alex Rawnsley Mar 30, 2021
COVID-19 outbreak at Longlake Chateau ‘blunted’ by vaccine
NANAIMO - Island Health’s top doctor says the most recent outbreak at a care facility was successfully mitigated by the COVID-19 vaccine. Dr. Richard Stanwick said the eight residents of Longlak...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Mar 30, 2021
Oceanside region gaining COVID-19 cases, 40 new across Island Health
NANAIMO - The Oceanside region, which has some of the highest populations of seniors in Canada, is rapidly gaining COVID-19 cases. Island Health’s chief medical health officer Dr. Richard Stanwi...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Mar 30, 2021
City of Nanaimo applying for $2.5M grant to tackle homelessness
NANAIMO - The City of Nanaimo is putting its hat into the ring for a substantial amount of money to tackle an ongoing problem. City of Nanaimo councillors unanimously approved applying for up to $2.5 ...
Spencer Sterritt Mar 30, 2021
$500,000 loan kicks construction of new Arrowsmith SAR base into high gear
QUALICUM BEACH - A new loan is helping Arrowsmith Search and Rescue (ASAR) realize their goals of a new operations centre, quicker. A total of $500,000 in funding will fast-track construction, which b...
Alex Rawnsley Mar 30, 2021
New COVID-19 restrictions introduced as new cases surge
NANAIMO - New restrictions are being implemented across B.C. after a sharp rise in COVID-19 cases. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry on Monday, March 29 announced 2,518 new cases since Friday...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Mar 29, 2021
VIDEO: Trio arrested following attempted assault with a knife in south Nanaimo
NANAIMO - A store security guard was left shaken but otherwise uninjured following a tense situation in south Nanaimo. Officers responded around 7 p.m. on Sunday, March 28 at University Village on Fif...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Mar 29, 2021
2 young children seriously injured in Nanaimo Parkway accident
NANAIMO - Two youth are in hospital after the minivan they were in was hit by a semi-truck. The accident happened just before noon on Sunday, March 28 just south of the Aulds Rd. and Nanaimo Parkway i...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Mar 29, 2021
Bird strike, engine stall identified as causes in deadly Snowbirds crash
KAMLOOPS - A Canadian Armed Forces investigation into the deadly Snowbirds crash in Kamloops has concluded. On May 17, 2020, the Snowbirds aerobatics team took off from the Kamloops Airport when one o...
Dylana Kneeshaw Mar 29, 2021
Prolific criminal jailed for extensive crime spree
NANAIMO - A hardened prolific criminal was sentenced to one year in jail following a lengthy run of property crimes in Nanaimo, Alberta and the Lower Mainland area. Leon Edward Sprlak, 41, was jailed ...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Mar 29, 2021