VIU and faculty association reach tentative agreement

Vancouver Island University has reached a deal with its faculty association.

NewsMick SweetmanJanuary 4, 2024VIU, Vancouver Island University, VIUFA, labour

RCMP arrest suspect for aggravated assault, searching DBL Disposal Services

Nanaimo RCMP have arrested a suspect for aggravated assault and are executing search warrants at DBL Disposal Services on 10th Street in Nanaimo.

NewsMick SweetmanJanuary 2, 2024RCMP, crime, Nanaimo

Year in review: Mayor of Parksville looks back on 2023

After his first full year as mayor of Parksville, Mayor Doug O’Brien said he has seen a lot of growth in the city.

NewsLauryn MackenzieDecember 28, 2023Nanaimo, Parksville, City of Parksville

The holidays are not the time for impaired driving

Winter holidays bring good times, celebrations and parties. But winter holidays also bring an increased amount of impaired drivers to the roads.

NewsLauryn MackenzieDecember 22, 2023Nanaimo, Impaired Driving, Drunk Driving, RCMP

Nanaimo budget passes setting 8% property tax hike

Nanaimo homeowners are looking at an eight per cent property tax hike after council passed the provisional financial plan.

NewsMick SweetmanDecember 22, 2023City of Nanaimo, Nanaimo, Leonard Krog, property taxes, AAP, Nanaimo Operations Centre

Traveling fraudulent group last seen in Nanaimo

The Nanaimo RCMP has issued a warning to Nanaimo and surrounding areas of a group of fraudsters that was last seen in the Nanaimo area.

NewsLauryn MackenzieDecember 22, 2023Nanaimo, Scam

Construction starts on new housing for women and children fleeing violence in Nanaimo

Construction has started on a new 47-bed housing facility for women and children facing gender-based violence in Nanaimo.

NewsMick SweetmanDecember 21, 2023violence against women, gender based violence, Kelli Paddon, Leonard Krog, Nanaimo, Housing

Say Hullo to love

Finding love on choppy waters isn’t always that easy, but with Valentine's Day in the next couple of months, there’s a great opportunity to find your forever first mate.

NewsLauryn MackenzieDecember 20, 2023Nanaimo, Vancouver, Speed dating, Dating

Nanaimo council votes to not build affordable housing on Five Acres Farm

Nanaimo city council voted 8-1 on Monday to not build affordable housing on any portion of the Five Acres Farm at 933 Park Ave.

NewsMick SweetmanDecember 19, 2023Five Acre Farm, City of Nanaimo, Housing, BC Housing

More money for downtown businesses targeted by vandalism

Nanaimo City Council voted to amend the service agreement for the Downtown Vandalism Relief Grant program.

NewsLauryn MackenzieDecember 19, 2023Nanaimo, nanaimo city council, vandalism, Downtown

City to increase funding for free public showers

Nanaimo City Council voted on Wednesday to increase the budget for the free shower program at Caledonia Park.

NewsLauryn MackenzieDecember 15, 2023Nanaimo, hate, Shower Program, City of Nanaimo, Nanaimo Unitarian Shelter

Transit workers in Comox and Campbell River on strike

Transit workers in Comox and Campbell River went on strike Friday morning citing wages as the key reason for the job action.

NewsMick SweetmanDecember 15, 2023labour, transportation, public transit, Campbell River, Comox, Unifor

Mural recognizes the transition from hate to hope

A new mural at the Nanaimo Aquatic Center showcases communities coming together and transitioning hate to hope.

NewsLauryn MackenzieDecember 15, 2023Nanaimo, Human Rights, Mural, Art, hate

Public safety association concerned about second downtown warming centre

Two new warming centres are scheduled to open in Nanaimo this winter but the president of the Nanaimo Area Public Safety Association says he’s concerned that a second downtown location will attract drug dealers and worsen social disorder in the area.

Qualicum Beach Elementary students name Salamander Pond

A pond near Qualicum Beach Elementary is getting a new name after a local teacher wrote to the town council informing them that the students voted to name it Salamander Pond.

NewsMick SweetmanDecember 13, 2023Qualicum Beach, conservation, Town of Qualicum Beach

Santa lands at Nanaimo hospital

Santa Claus was spotted flying over Nanaimo early Tuesday morning, but left his sleigh at home instead opting for a flight in an air ambulance helicopter that landed at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital.

Drug deaths spike in Nanaimo

Recent figures show illicit drug poisonings attended by the BC Emergency Health Services in Nanaimo are more than double the per capita rate when compared to other communities within Island Health

NewsLauryn MackenzieDecember 12, 2023Nanaimo, City of Nanaimo, VIHA, Drugs, Toxic Drugs, nanaimo city council