David Dales, an assistant fire chief in Nanaimo, was recently deployed to protect homes in Kelowna that were threatened by raging wildfires.
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Highway 4 will be closed between 8:30 a.m and 9 p.m. today as rock-scaling work continues to shore up the cliffs at Angel Rock which were destabilized during the Cameron Lake wildfire earlier this summer.
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Evan Lloyd, emergency program manager at the City of Nanaimo, says there are some simple things you can do to be better prepared for an emergency.
The new Hullo fast ferry sailed on its maiden voyage between Nanaimo and Vancouver on Wednesday after two-day delay to the start of the service.
With temperatures hitting 35°C in Nanaimo on Tuesday, Asteras Greek Taverna closed for the day saying they didn’t want to put their kitchen staff at risk.
Chris Aubichon biked over 6,000kms in three months from Moncton, New Brunswick to Nanaimo, B.C. in a personal odyssey for his mental and physical health.
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A heat warning has been issued by Environment Canada for East Vancouver Island and the Sunshine Coast.
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A veteran ER doctor at the Nanaimo Regional General Hospital is sounding the alarm about a backlog of patients waiting to be admitted to the hospital due to a shortage of hospitalists.
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Doctors at the Nanaimo Regional General Hospital, the mayor of Nanaimo, the Chief of Snuneymuxw First Nation and other local leaders are calling on the province of British Columbia to build a cardiac catheterization lab for the region's 450,000 residents.
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Dr. Lauren Mayes, a professor of criminology at Vancouver Island University, says that while increases in the crime severity index can be scary the solution is addressing the root causes of crime.
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One woman battling record wildfires in B.C. this summer is Ashley Holyk, a forestry resources technology student at Vancouver Island University in Nanaimo.
Vancouver Island University’s board of governors failed to provide proper oversight of the university’s cybersecurity policies according to a new report by B.C’s Auditor General Michael Pickup on Tuesday.
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As federal politicians point fingers at one another in the debate on the housing crisis, homeowners are feeling the pinch of rising interest rates.
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The City of Nanaimo’s Governance and Priorities Committee unanimously voted to refer a staff recommendation to accelerate zero-carbon building code requirements to city council.
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Nanaimo RCMP seized two converted and replica firearms on Cavan Street on Monday morning as new statistics show the violent crime severity index in the city is at an all-time high.
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The Canadian Coast Guard is reporting that a fuel oil spill in the Nanaimo harbour has been contained.
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