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Construction on new Nanaimo ICU officially underway
NANAIMO - A brand new, multi-million dollar intensive care unit at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital is officially under construction. Crews broke ground on Tuesday, Feb. 2 to kickstart the $41.57 mil...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Feb 02, 2021
Van Isle marmots bundling up for prolonged winter, regular forecaster misses annual assignment
NANAIMO - We’re not out of the winter woods yet. The ‘official’ prediction from Vancouver Island’s marmot population is for six more weeks of winter after substitute prognostic...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Feb 02, 2021
Free, fast-charge EV stations go green at Nanaimo Airport
NANAIMO - Four new, free electric vehicle charging stations are operational at Nanaimo Airport. Two stations were installed recently in the main parking lot outside the terminal building. A further tw...
Alex Rawnsley Feb 02, 2021
COVID-19 exposure event confirmed at Rock City Elementary
NANAIMO – Another COVID-19 exposure event was confirmed at a Nanaimo school. The Nanaimo-Ladysmith School District announced the evening of Monday, Feb. 1 there was a COVID-19 exposure at Rock C...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Feb 01, 2021
Parksville-Qualicum incumbent outspends NDP winner 9/1 in 2020 provincial election
PARKSVILLE - New financial documents show the BC Liberals outspent the winner of the Parksville-Qualicum riding by a substantial margin to earn only 35 per cent of the vote. Elections BC documents sho...
Spencer Sterritt Feb 01, 2021
Province on alert as COVID-19 vaccination campaign changes infection trends
NANAIMO - The province continues to monitor two, new strains of COVID-19 cropping up in British Columbia. Dr. Bonnie Henry, provincial health officer, said cases of both the South African and United K...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Feb 01, 2021
Driver of speeding car wanted by Nanaimo RCMP after late night crash
NANAIMO - Police are looking for the driver of a vehicle involved in a two-car crash in central Nanaimo. A routine patrol spotted a black Honda Civic travelling at 84 kilometres per hour along Departu...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Feb 01, 2021
Demand made for improved goose population control, Nanaimo birds show surprising trend
NANAIMO - An environmental organization committed to reversing goose-damaged estuaries is trying to get Vancouver Island communities on the same flight path. The Guardians of Mid Island Estuaries Soci...
Ian Holmes Feb 01, 2021
Bayview elementary, Qwum Qwum Stuwixwulh schools report COVID-19 exposure events
NANAIMO -Two local schools have reported COVID-19 exposures. School District 68 reported late Sunday night a potential exposure events on Jan. 27 and 29 at Bayview Elementary School in south Nanaimo. ...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Jan 31, 2021
‘It’s huge and it increases every year:’ Nanaimo Bike Bait program puts the brakes on thieves
NANAIMO - The local RCMP’s Bait Bike program recently helped lure two would-be thieves over the span of just a couple of days. In both cases, on Wednesday Jan. 13 and Thursday, Jan. 15, members ...
Kyle Ireland Jan 31, 2021