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Ladysmith Museum benefits from COVID-19 recovery fund
LADYSMITH - Provincial funding awarded to the Ladysmith and District Historical Society will see the local museum improved. A news release said $89,000 will better protect artifacts and improve the bu...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Mar 10, 2021
Number of new COVID-19 cases drops significantly in Island Health
NANAIMO - The number of new COVID-19 cases plummeted for Island Health but it remains to be seen if it’s a fluke or beginning of a trend. Island Health confirmed only eight new COVID-19 cases we...
NanaimoNewsNOW Mar 09, 2021
VIJHL officially cancels remainder of 2020/21 season
NANAIMO - The Vancouver Island Junior B Hockey League is pulling the plug on its season. A statement from VIJHL president Simon Morgan released Tuesday, March 9 said with no clear path forward, it mad...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Mar 09, 2021
First new hotel in more than a decade opens in Nanaimo
NANAIMO - A new hotel stands out amid the older-style homes and empty lot just west of downtown Nanaimo. The 45-room Quality Inn hotel at 440 Selby St. between Franklyn and Albert St. is now open. Acc...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Mar 09, 2021
Oceanside RCMP investigating complicated stabbing
PARKSVILLE - Police are sifting through the few details available from an early morning stabbing. Oceanside RCMP were called to the 900 block of Fairdowne Rd. in Parksville around 1:30 a.m. on Sunday,...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Mar 08, 2021
Restrictions on gathering, activities set to loosen slowly over coming weeks
NANAIMO - The province is eyeing a deliberate return to normal as the winter weather subsides and temperatures increase. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said current restrictions banning ga...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Mar 08, 2021
RCMP investigating after local man dies in ATV crash west of Nanaimo
NANAIMO - A 21-year-old local man is dead following an ATV crash in the backcountry west of the city. Police said the man was riding a motorcycle on Road 142 near Boomerang Lake around 3 p.m. on Sunda...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Mar 08, 2021
Reservations open for provincial campgrounds ahead of expected busy season
NANAIMO - British Columbians can now book their spot at provincial campgrounds with the government advising demand is high and campsites fill up quickly. Reservations to book provincial camping spots ...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Mar 08, 2021
Nanaimo’s Mountain View elementary added back to Island Health school exposure list
NANAIMO - Another local elementary school is on Island Health’s exposure list for COVID-19. Mountain View elementary was confirmed to have another case in its population, with exposure events on...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Mar 07, 2021
COVID-19 vaccination clinics confirmed for Nanaimo, Parksville
NANAIMO - New COVID-19 vaccination clinics are coming to the mid-Island. Two clinics in Nanaimo, at Beban Park Social Centre and Cedar Community Centre, will work in conjunction with one at Aggie Hall...
Alex Rawnsley Mar 07, 2021