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What should council's top priority be?

Vancouver Quadra Liberal MP and former B.C. provincial environment minister Joyce Murray was in Nanaimo Wednesday to drum up support from Vancouver Island's civic leaders to ban oil tankers from B.C.'s north coast.

Mother Nature has been a hindrance for workers building a new, state-of-the-art emergency department beside Nanaimo Regional General Hospital.

Census figures can be crucial in helping municipalities and social service agencies know where programs are most needed,and then secure funding to put those services in place.

Stories of the devastation and suffering last week's earthquake and tsunami wreaked upon Japanese citizens have inspired some Nanaimo groups to launch fundraisers.

Businesses within South End Neighbourhood Plan Area can stay open 24/7 if they choose after city council defeated a motion that would require them to close from 2-6 a.m.

Contract negotiations resume between Vancouver Island University administration and striking professors Saturday (March 19).

Nanaimo RCMP are on the lookout for a white van with a dragon painted on its side following an attempted abduction Thursday.

The Nanoose Bay Fire Protection Society is hosting an open house this Saturday (March 19) giving residents a chance to view the current fire hall before a referendum decides its fate later this month.

The discovery of a new strain of computer virus forced the City of Nanaimo to shut down its computer system Wednesday.