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The corporation announced late last week that Susan Cudahy, currently a senior manager at the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, will help establish the fledgling corporation and complete the process of creating the 17-member board of directors.

What Mounties describe as a freak accident in Nanaimo on the weekend sent a Port Alberni man to hospital with life threatening injuries.

Residents on Stamp Way in the Departure Bay neighbourhood are growing concerned that their aging septic fields won't hold up until sanitary sewer services are installed.

Frank Mazzei, 59, founder of Mazzei Electric and former president of the Nanaimo Dragon Boat Festival Society, was travelling to a friend's house in Cupar, Sask. on his Honda Goldwing Wednesday evening when the accident occurred near the town of Southey, Sask. on Highway 22.

Snuneymuxw First Nation elder Ellen White was among 14 people named Friday as recipients the 2011 award, the province’s highest honour.

As teachers ready themselves for the first day of job action today (Sept. 6), the Education Minister isn't holding much hope talks between the teachers' union and the province will end in a negotiated settlement quickly.

Nanaimo educators are sharpening their pencils and readying their day planners for a busy start to the school year.

Merve Wilkinson, founder of Wildwood in Yellow Point, died last week at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital. He was 97.

Two brownfield sites in Nanaimo can begin the process of recovery and redevelopment after receiving financial help from the province.