Tag Archives: Community

NANAIMO - While details are thin on what services will be provided, conceptual work is happening to establish a new cancer facility in Nanaimo.The project is part of a John Horgan re-election promise ...

NANAIMO - Amid no sign the drug toxicity crisis is improving in B.C., the province wants criminal penalities wiped out for people possessing small amounts of illicit drugs.Mental health and addictions...

NANAIMO - A hearing this week in BC Supreme Court in Nanaimo will determine if there is enough evidence against an accused murderer to proceed to trial.Steven Michael Bacon is charged with first degre...

PRINCE GEORGE - A new Provincial Health Order was released quietly earlier this week, now banning unvaccinated coaches and volunteers from being associated with youth sports, and organized clubs in BC...

NANAIMO - A man intending to meet a 14-year-old boy for a sexual encounter outside a busy Nanaimo mall was instead greeted by a high-profile vigilante pedophile hunter.Cory John Lloyd, now 41-years-ol...

NANAIMO - A cottage which stood at Neck Point Park for decades is no more after crews demolished the dilapidated structure perched above the parking lot.The cottage was torn down earlier this year, wh...

NANAIMO - It looked real for dozens of onlookers, but a beached whale in Departure Bay turned out to be little more than a routine training drill.Local officers from Fisheries and Oceans Canada were o...

NANAIMO - It appears a public plaza has fallen out of favour to replace the former Jean Burns building property at the centre of an extensive overhaul in the area.The City's director of engineering an...

NANAIMO - The highest court in B.C. will examine the fate of a disgraced Parksville woman who stole $70,000 from her former employer.The Crown appealed a B.C. Supreme Court judgment handed to Renee Pa...

NANAIMO - A critical fundraiser to fuel hundreds of Vancouver Island social programs is even more important this year.United Way British Columbia is aiming to raise $1.2 million through its annual cam...