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Christmas Angels helping families struggling to provide basic essentials in tough year
NANAIMO - Christmas Angels are having a busy holiday season in Nanaimo. Volunteers with the annual program have collected hundreds of supplies and gifts for families in need during a difficult holiday...
Spencer Sterritt Dec 06, 2020
CounterAttack: Nanaimo RCMP to set up roadblocks in ‘non traditional’ areas
NANAIMO - Local mounties are on their yearly quest to limit the amount of impaired drivers on area roads through the holidays. The detachment’s annual roadblocks will be established on "any give...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Dec 05, 2020
VIDEO: Wesley St. residents left with nowhere to go, dispersed into bushes and parks around Nanaimo
NANAIMO - A sizable number of people living rough in a downtown Nanaimo encampment are now displaced into the bush. Their former home on Wesley St. was cleared by City of Nanaimo staff and Nanaimo Fir...
Spencer Sterritt Dec 04, 2020
Island Health posts 10 new COVID-19 cases as active cases in B.C. drop slightly
NANAIMO - For the third time in four days, Island Health has recorded 10 new COVID-19 cases. Island Health has 679 total cases since March with 183 currently active. Of those 99 are in the central Van...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Dec 04, 2020
Nanaimo police seek motorist in daytime hit & run
NANAIMO - Mounties are looking for the driver of an unlicensed vehicle who rammed a truck and ran off. The crash happened on Wednesday, Dec. 2 just before noon on Jordan Ave. at Wellington Rd., near F...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Dec 04, 2020
Mount Washington opens on schedule for winter season
NANAIMO - Vancouver Island’s biggest ski resort is open for business. Two lifts are operating on the mountain on Friday, Dec. 4, providing access to a handful of runs of easy and intermediate di...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Dec 04, 2020
Nanaimo brothers fundraising efforts for Congo orphans surpasses expectations
NANAIMO - Two local brothers want to make life a little better for kids in need half a world away. Nine-year-old Djibril and six-year-old Dejan Ndiaye planned to raise $100 to help two children at Gra...
Dan Marshall Dec 04, 2020
Wesley St. tent encampment closed after fire destroys tents
NANAIMO - The largest tent encampment in Nanaimo is now closed after a fire. Between 60 and 100 people who lived on Wesley St. in downtown Nanaimo are forced to find new housing after the large fire o...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Dec 03, 2020
Province prepares for COVID-19 vaccine delivery; 10 new Island Health cases
NANAIMO - Another day of lower than average case counts for Island Health in the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry confirmed 10 new cases within the Island Health a...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Dec 03, 2020
Tent fire breaks out at Wesley St. in downtown Nanaimo
NANAIMO - A significant fire broke out among a growing homeless encampment in downtown Nanaimo. Nanaimo Fire Rescue were called to the Wesley St. encampment scene around 12:15 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 3...
NanaimoNewsNOW Staff Dec 03, 2020