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The debate on whether to accept or extinguish the harmonized sales tax has taken a step toward dirty politics.

More than 100 Mounties from Island detachments and other areas Voisine served were joined by officers from Island and Lower Mainland municipal police departments and Nanaimo Fire Rescue firefighters in a march through downtown to the funeral ceremony.

Under the provincial Traffic Fine Sharing Revenue Program, Nanaimo will receive $1.05 million that will go directly back to help pay for police services and crime prevention programs.

A $10.4 million project to widen Bowen Road and expand the Quarterway Bridge is on schedule to meet its completion date in the fall of 2012.

Save-On-Foods Dragon Boat Festival starts this Friday

After a dismal April, arguably wretched May and ho-hum June, summer has settled over the Nanaimo area, at least for now.

Wireless Internet, a mobile laptop cart in every school and centralized decision-making are some of the ways Nanaimo school district can improve its use of technology in schools.

EPublishing is changing the landscape of the publishing industry and allowing authors more artistic control over their work.

Police in Nanaimo want to talk with a man who might be a potential witness in the murder of Brittany Baird.

Warni Fernando, a security guard with Casino Nanaimo, was recognized at an an award ceremony Wednesday for possibly saving the life of an RCMP officer.