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A search warrant carried out by the Nanaimo RCMP’s crime reduction unit has shut down an active drug house.

Premier Christy Clark will headline a long list of keynote speakers at what is shaping up to be an impressive roster at the fifth annual State of the Island Economic Summit, hosted by the Vancouver Island Economic Alliance.

Smoke-free zones at all city-owned recreation properties will expand.

Trailer destroyed in blaze

Two properties at Oceanview Resort and Golf Course, formerly Cable Bay, was purchased by the city last Monday at a tax sale after the property's owner, Canadian Property Investments, failed to pay about $100,000 in taxes over the past three years.

The position of Nanaimo's first Poet Laureate was approved by council Monday.

Nanaimo council took a step back to reassess its improvement plan for Maffeo Sutton Park on Monday, the same night it redesignated back to prakland nearly one hectare of land at the former Civic Arena site.

A free workshop will help parents talk to their preschool-aged children about their body parts and sexuality in general, as well as answer any sexual health questions parents have.

Bargaining between the teachers' union and the employers' association resumes today (Oct. 6), but neither side holds out much hope for a quick resolution.