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RDN residents doing better job of water conservation
NANAIMO - According to the Regional District of Nanaimo, there's no need to move to a stage 4 outdoor watering ban in Parksville and the Nanoose Bay Peninsula. It was a possibility after the RDN notic...
Daryl Major Jul 21, 2017
Closure of some recreation areas considered as illegal campfires persist
PARKSVILLE - Watching B.C.'s interior burn and thousands flee their homes is apparently not enough to stop people in our region from lighting illegal fires. Fire information officer Marg Drysdale said...
Daryl Major Jul 21, 2017
Sculptor gets second chance after disastrous sandcastle competition
  PARKSVILLE - A local artist is turning a rough outing at the annual Canadian Open Sand Sculpting Competition in Parksville into something positive. Mike Rebar said he didn't add enough water to...
Daryl Major Jul 20, 2017
Help available to Oceanside visitors displaced by BC Fires
PARKSVILLE - Oceanside Emergency Support Services is offering help to visitors stuck on the mid-Island because of forest fire evacuations in the Interior. On behalf of the province, OESS is providing ...
Daryl Major Jul 19, 2017
Salvation Army asking for city's help in address housing emergency
PARKSVILLE - Officials with the Mount Arrowsmith Salvation Army were in front of Parksville Council asking for some help. They are trying to secure housing for people displaced by a fire at Ocean Terr...
Daryl Major Jul 19, 2017
RDN releases survey of recreation services
NANAIMO - The Regional District of Nanaimo is ready to share the results of a survey on a new recreation services master plan. The RDN was looking for feedback on what residents thought of the service...
Daryl Major Jul 17, 2017
'The need is massive,' call made to help Parksville apartment fire victims
PARKSVILLE - After fleeing their on-fire apartment building, residents now have to move everything out to make room for repairs. Thirty-eight people living in 32 units of Ocean Terrace on the Island H...
Kyle Ireland Jul 15, 2017
'It's very disrespectful and it hurts,' reverend says after church looted
PARKSVILLE - A "disheartening" sight greeted a local reverend when he was called to his church on Monday after reports of a break-in. Oceanside RCMP said the St. Mary's Ukrainian Orthodox Church was r...
Daryl Major Jul 13, 2017
Some Parksville residents slow to conserve water
PARKSVILLE - The City of Parksville moved to stage 3 watering restrictions at the beginning of July, but some people aren't buying into the program. According to a city release, during the first week ...
Daryl Major Jul 12, 2017
Restoration work begins on Englishman River estuary
PARKSVILLE - People who enjoy a hike around the Englishmen River estuary in Parksville may want to make other plans. This month work will begin the first phase of a five-year restoration of the estuar...
Daryl Major Jul 10, 2017