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A former Gabriola resident who was arrested by Myanmar immigration authorities has been freed and returned to Thailand.

Going green comes with a hefty price tag for Nanaimo's public education and health facilities.

A proposed cell tower in the Cedar area hasn’t met the same public outcry that made the Regional District of Nanaimo reject a proposed site earlier this year.

Classes at all Vancouver Island University campuses are set to resume Tuesday (April 12).

About 200 litres of diesel spilled into the water at 10:35 a.m. Saturday when an Island Tug and Barge fuel barge was about to transfer oil into onshore tanks at the Suncor fuel terminal at Brechin Point.

The university and the faculty association reached an agreement Sunday evening and professors returned to work Monday, with regular classes resuming today.

Residents in north Nanaimo could start checking out books closer to home if plans for a new library in Hammond Bay are completed by 2013.

Wild Foods Festival later this month features information, displays and chefs preparing food foraged in the forest

Dog owners now have three additional permanent off-leash sites to choose from in Nanaimo with three more being introduced as pilot sites.

New restrictions apply to all election campaigns