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Pool swims into second decade

With the number of people using the Nanaimo Aquatic Centre in 2010 reaching close to the 500,000 mark, it’s no wonder staff at the Third Street facility are in a celebratory mood.

Council close to establishing EDC

Nanaimo Mounties searching for hit and run driver

Police hope the public can help them find a hit and run driver who put a 70-year-old woman in hospital and are thanking a man for stopping to help her.

Teachers to vote on job action

Nanaimo teachers – along with their public counterparts across the province – are gearing up to vote on whether to take job action in September if things don't improve at the bargaining table.

ER construction, fundraising coming along

Community agencies and businesses continue to buck up for the Nanaimo and District Hospital Foundation's campaign

Downtown group promotes plaza participation

The Diana Krall Plaza in downtown Nanaimo will be an event destination this spring and summer if the Downtown Nanaimo Business Improvement Association has anything to say about it.

Forensic evidence could nab Nanaimo sex assault suspect

Mounties hope to narrow their list of suspects in the sexual assault of a Nanaimo woman.
Island rail partners roll out safety campaign

Island rail partners roll out safety campaign

Pedestrians, not trains, make up a sizable portion of Vancouver Island’s railway traffic these days, which has raised alarm bells for South Vancouver Island Railway, the Island Corridor Foundation and the B.C. Safety Authority.

Charity event dives for poker pot

People will go to new depths to get a good poker hand at the fifth annual Great Nanaimo Poker Dive on Sunday (June 5).

Nanaimo storefront smashed for framed Canucks Jersey

Artfitterz Custom Frame Shop and Fine Art Gallery was targeted by thieves suffering from Canucks fever.