Tag Archives: Community

VIDEO: Large overnight structure fire causes extensive damage
LANTZVILLE - Multiple buildings and vehicles were either destroyed or sustained significant damage after a large structure fire broke out across two properties in upper Lantzville.A call for help was ...
Oct 06, 2021

Retired politician receives prestigious Freeman of the City designation
NANAIMO - Local governments can't offer a higher honour than what was bestowed upon former longtime City councillor and social advocate Diane Brennan.She received the distinguished Freedom of the City...
Oct 04, 2021

Nanaimo drenched by wet September, extreme seasonal weather continues
NANAIMO - When it rains it pours.Environment Canada meteorologist Lisa Erven said the hot and dry summer came to an abrupt end when the calendar to September, leading to consistent and steady rain loc...
Oct 04, 2021

'Shame is what keeps bad things hidden:' intimate partner violence campaign launched in Nanaimo
NANAIMO - An intimate partner violence investigator with Nanaimo RCMP hopes people recognize signs of abuse and realize help is available.An inaugural Purple Light Nights program in Nanaimo, aimed at ...
Oct 02, 2021

Fallfest is back!
PRINCE GEORGE - Fallfest gets under tomorrow downtown. Third Avenue will be shut down to vehicular traffic from 8:30 a.m. to two p.m. But there's a new addition to the event this year. Starting at 10 ...
Oct 01, 2021

'He doesn't have much to show for his life:' chronic offender jailed for latest Nanaimo crime spree
NANAIMO - A man's unresolved drug addiction continues plaguing him, the judicial system and society.Jason Paul Klughart, 30, was handed an eight month jail sentence on Wednesday, Sept. 29 after he ple...
Oct 01, 2021

Large Nanaimo event provides lesson on pain caused by residential schools
Editor's Note: The following story contains descriptions of trauma and abuse suffered by Indigenous peoples at residential schools and hospitals. Discretion is advised. The National Indian Residential...
Sep 30, 2021

Vanderhoof being hit hard by 4th wave of COVID-19
VANDERHOOF- Several communities in Northern Health continue to be hit hard by the fourth wave of COVID-19 with cases on the rise in Northern BC in particular.The pandemic has shifted though since the ...
Sep 29, 2021

Trinity United and CAC partner for the arts
PRINCE GEORGE - "We've moved the pipe organ. It's still connected. It still works. We've just moved it. We're filling in the pit where it was. We've lowered the front, the knee wall that's there, we'v...
Sep 29, 2021

Nanaimo Hospital staff appreciation event counters 'disappointing' protest
NANAIMO - Management at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital staged an event for its increasingly relied upon staff following a boisterous protest earlier this month.The gathering outside the hospital's ...
Sep 27, 2021