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Group lobbies to preserve French Creek green space

FRENCH CREEK - A newly formed conservation group has begun a formal push to preserve 23-acres of privately owned forest along the north side of the French Creek Estuary. Save French Creek Estuary Land...

Family unity is key to back-to-school season: Island Health

NANAIMO - Heading back to school at the start of September can be hard for both children and parents. After a summer of relaxing and looser schedules, the sudden structure of going to bed at a certain...

New highway maintenance contract mandates faster road clearing for mid-island region

NANAIMO - A new provincial contract for road maintenance in the mid-island region calls for much higher standards during extreme weather events. The province awarded a 10-year, roughly $150-million co...

Surprise visitor: cougar prowls backyard of French Creek property

FRENCH CREEK - A quiet evening at home for a French Creek couple took a dramatic turn when a prowling cougar stopped by for a visit. Leonard Mustard told NanaimoNewsNOW his wife looked through a backy...

Sweet relief: air quality improves dramatically around mid-island

NANAIMO - Take in that fresh air. The province pegged the Nanaimo-Parksville area's Air Quality Health Index at a level 2, or a low health risk early Thursday morning. The government projected level 3...

'He got snowed on this:' Protesters rally in Nanaimo against Trudeau and Trans Mountain

NANAIMO - Chants of "Trans Mountain will never be built" and "We believe we will win" drowned out any work being done in Nanaimo at a federal ministers cabinet retreat. Hundreds of activists and prote...

Attendance for Parksville Beach Festival, sand sculptures tops 100K for 4th straight year

PARKSVILLE - Stunning works of art are being bashed to the ground by heavy machinery, a sure sign the Parksville Beach Festival has wrapped for another year. BeachFest 2018, featuring the Sand Sculpti...

Man dies in Parksville motorcycle crash

PARKSVILLE - A motorcycle crash claimed the life of a 48-year-old Parksville man. Island District RCMP Cpl. Tammy Douglas said it happened late Monday evening on Smithers Rd., off the Alberni Hwy., wh...

Stage 4 watering restrictions in Nanoose Bay after pump station failure

NANAIMO - The most strict watering restrictions have come into effect in Nanoose Bay after a pump station serving the area failed. The RDN reported the Craig Bay Pump station failure significantly red...

Nanaimo River Rd. fire moving away from homes, still uncontained: Wildfire Service

NANAIMO - The Nanaimo River Rd. fire remains out of control but fire officials believe it is moving in a "favourable" direction. The Coastal Fire Centre's Natasha Broznitsky said the most recent estim...