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Oceanside RCMP warn of scammers impersonating police/CRA agents in Bitcoin fraud

PARKSVILLE - Oceanside RCMP revealed a complex scam involving someone impersonating a Canada Revenue Agency agent and a local Mountie.Sometime this week a resident received a call from someone saying ...

Dec 19, 2021

Great Nanaimo Toy Drive another rousing success with 500+ families helped

NANAIMO - The good people at the Great Nanaimo Toy Drive are celebrating a monumental year.They spent all this week collecting toys and building their "Santa Sacks", with the final bag of goodies bein...

Dec 17, 2021

Province-wide health restrictions place limits on events/gatherings, sports tournaments cancelled

NANAIMO - Drastically rising COVID-19 cases in the province led to several notable public health orders to take effect Monday Dec 20.Dr. Bonnie Henry told a Friday, Dec 17 media briefing action is req...

Dec 17, 2021

Notorious Gabriola Island fisheries violator jailed following late night boat chase

NANAIMO - A banned angler with a lengthy and damning history of flouting fishery laws received a six-month jail sentence after he was caught red-handed in Vancouver Harbour.Scott Stanley Matthew Steer...

Dec 17, 2021

Local youth fiddlers once again take top spot in CBC's Music Class Challenge

NANAIMO - A local fiddling group of talented youth won top prize for the second straight year in a nationwide musical competition.Nanaimo-based Cross Canada Fiddle's Fiddelium topped the community/ind...

Dec 16, 2021

Frank Ney Memorial Polar Bear Swim cancelled for second straight year

NANAIMO - A Boxing Day tradition at Departure Bay Beach has been put on ice for another year.Brad Ney, coordinator of the annual Frank Ney Memorial Polar Bear Swim, said organizers felt it was in the ...

Dec 15, 2021

VIDEO: Santa leaves sleigh at home, touches down at NRGH in a helicopter

NANAIMO - Jolly Old Saint Nick made an appearance at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital (NRGH) to spread cheer to children at Island hospitals.While this event was limited last year due to the pandemic...

Dec 15, 2021

'Hartobahn' prompts safety concern from RCMP

PRINCE GEORGE - A stretch of Highway 97 through the Hart has earned a new nickname from the community who now refer to the portion of road as the 'Hartobahn.'"We're here to reinforce the message that ...

Dec 14, 2021

COVID-19 relief cash to support events flows to Nanaimo area

NANAIMO - Numerous events on the mid Island have gotten a financial boost from a provincial Covid-19 recovery program.$240,000 for mid Island specific events between July 1, 2021 and Sept. 30 2022 wer...

Dec 13, 2021

Prolific offender jailed for 'extremely dangerous' Qualicum Beach crime spree

NANAIMO - An erratic driver who rolled a stolen truck after entering oncoming Inland Island Hwy. traffic has been sentenced to 16 months behind bars.Sheldon James Johanson, 32, pleaded guilty to three...

Dec 13, 2021