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Nanaimo-Cowichan NDP MP Jean Crowder will take on additional responsibilities in the Official Opposition's shadow cabinet.

Parliamentary Budget Officer Kevin Page said he regrets having to cancel Tuesday night's address to a Vancouver Island University political youth group, but said he had no alternative after learning admission fees would be used for political fundraising

With influenza season just around the corner, the Vancouver Island Health Authority has stockpiled ammunition to go another round with the flu bug.

Police in Nanaimo have tracked down and arrested a man suspected of bear-spraying several people in a shopping mall last week.

Nanaimo RCMP are looking for a suspect who robbed a Quiznos Sub Shop Monday.

A Fort McMurray, Alberta, man has been charged for an alleged sex assault in Nanaimo.

Jobs minister Pat Bell said he believes Nanaimo's strengths include international education, forestry and tourism, but before the province can assist Nanaimo in any sector, the city itself has to decide which direction to take.

Almost 350 children are still waiting up to a year for services at the Nanaimo Child Development Centre.

Four years ago, Ali Perreault stood on Nanaimo's Visiting Vessel Pier with her four-year-old daughter, Emma Price, waiting for a Coast Guard crew to load her sick daughter onto a hovercraft.