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Vancouver Island police treating deaths of two sailors as homicides

VICTORIA - Police investigators on Vancouver Island say they are treating the deaths of two sailors reported missing last month as homicides. The Vancouver Island Integrated Major Crime Unit confirms ...

Suspicious fire guts notorious Parksville house

PARKSVILLE - There's virtually nothing left of a Martindale Rd. house after an early morning fire. Oceanside RCMP Cpl. Jesse Foreman said the fire broke out at 585 Martindale Rd. just after 4:30 a.m. ...

Parksville mayor won't run for second term

PARKSVILLE - There will be a new mayor at the helm following the October municipal election. Current Parksville mayor Marc Lefebvre announced this week he won't seek re-election and will instead throw...

Ferry repairs to force long waits at Departure Bay ferry terminal

NANAIMO - Weekend travellers should stock up on supplies for their upcoming long wait in line for the ferry. Debra Marshall with BC Ferries told NanaimoNewsNOW they were forced to remove a ferry they'...

Direct flights between Nanaimo and Toronto lift off

NANAIMO - A critical new link added to the Nanaimo Airport schedule begins Friday, as direct service between the Harbour City and Toronto takes off. An Air Canada Rouge 136-seat Airbus 319 will serve ...

Huge spike in illegal shellfish harvesting noted by DFO

NANAIMO - A popular Nanaimo tourist destination was under siege by ecological thieves. The Department of Fisheries and Oceans says roughly 700 pounds of illegally harvested shellfish were seized from ...

Parksville residents clash over $7M supportive housing project

PARKSVILLE - A $7-million supportive housing project in Parksville has deeply divided the community. The signs and scars were apparent at a public hearing on Tuesday at the Parksville Community and Co...

Insight from the inside, part 1/2: Nanaimo inmate opens up about criminal mindset

NANAIMO - Drugs, violence, mistrust, anger. All factors which put a Nanaimo man on a one-way track to jail. They're the demons he's now hoping to vanquish in order to realize his goal of living a norm...

Man 'very cold,' but alive after going overboard on ferry bound for Nanaimo

HORSESHOE BAY - Crew members aboard the British Columbia ferry Queen of Cowichan saved a man who went overboard as the ship was leaving port in West Vancouver. BC Ferries spokeswoman Deborah Marshall ...

National effort on climate change means 1,000 trees being planted in Mount Arrowsmith Biosphere Region

NANAIMO - The Mount Arrowsmith Bioshpere Region is doing its part to curb carbon emissions. One thousand Douglas fir trees will be planted in the biosphere reserve as part of a larger national initiat...