News

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.

Nanaimo boasts plenty of technology trailblazers and forward-thinking entrepreneurs.

Opposition says throne speech offers little substance of direction for province.

Local lakes stocked with trout.

Protect your family from fire is the theme of this year's Fire Prevention Week, a national awareness initiative that takes place Oct. 9-15.

With their faces streaked with yellow paint, the Belbin family of Nanaimo entered the first head-to-head competition in the national Energy Diet Challenge’s first Urban Energy Challenge determined to best the other four families who had all flown to Calgary on the weekend.

Nanaimo Fire Rescue members are man enough to wear pink, especially when it raises money and awareness for breast cancer.

A land-use restriction at 6025 Uplands Dr. required a provincial amendment before Nanaimo’s proposed north-end social housing project could get the go ahead.