3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (332+ words) An RCMP helicopter tracked a speeding motorcycle for officers on the ground during a traffic-enforcement blitz in Nanaimo last week, leading to the arrest of the rider and impoundment of the bike. Nanaimo RCMP said the rider was weaving through…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (173+ words) North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP say an active police search for a woman in the Mount Tzouhalem and Maple Bay areas has concluded. In a statement issued about 5:15 p.m., police there was no immediate safety risk to the public related to the…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago   (182+ words) Island ferry terminals were busy Tuesday as drivers and passengers bound for the Lower Mainland scrambled to get aboard after the Labour Day weekend. By 10 a.m., sailings from Nanaimo’s Duke Point to Tsawwassen were completely booked on the 10:15 a.m., 12:45 p.m., 2 p.m....

3+ week, 12+ hour ago   (106+ words) A 16-year-old youth reported missing by her family may have travelled to Vancouver, Victoria police say. Police are asking the public for assistance in finding Alanna, who was reported missing on Sunday. The teen’s last name has not been made…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (826+ words) A Nanaimo RCMP officer has pleaded guilty to a breach of trust for having sex with a vulnerable woman while off-duty in July 2024. Const. Mark Tyler Hilland, 47, entered the plea in B.C. provincial court on Aug. 13 and will be sentenced at…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (400+ words) Two people have died after an apartment fire early Friday morning in Duncan that sent four to hospital and left more than 50 people displaced. The blaze broke out at an apartment near the intersection of Government and College streets, behind…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (151+ words) Campbell River RCMP are investigating after several businesses were targeted in recent overnight incidents in which windows or glass doors were smashed. Police said that at least four businesses in the Campbell River area had glass broken between about 1:30 a.m. and…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (206+ words) Nanaimo RCMP are investigating a stabbing downtown on Aug. 13 that left one man in hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Community Safety Officers were in the midst of performing first aid on the man when RCMP officers arrived on the scene at…...