10+ hour, 8+ min ago   (130+ words) Two people on board a sinking fishing vessel were rescued by B.C. Ferries crews Sunday afternoon near Tsawwassen. The Spirit of British Columbia and Coastal Renaissance launched rescue boats to help the pair, who were in distress in the water, said…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (558+ words) The decision to build four major B.C. Ferries vessels in China was a failure of planning and a “blatant contradiction” of the province’s call to buy Canadian amid recent trade tensions, says the lead author of a new report on the…...

3+ day, 16+ 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…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (246+ words) Nanaimo RCMP are warning about a scam targeting people who recently received new cellphones that they had purchased from legitimate providers. Police said they have received several reports of people obtaining a new phone through a promotion, then being contacted…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (174+ words) Nanaimo RCMP are investigating two break-and-enters early Tuesday and Wednesday that occurred at Tim Hortons locations, with the same person possibly behind both. Nothing appeared to have been taken. Surveillance footage shows a masked male wearing dark clothing, gloves and…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (151+ words) Impairment is suspected in a single-vehicle crash Sunday morning in Parksville that sent a male driver and female passenger to hospital. The driver had the most serious injuries of the two. Oceanside RCMP said emergency crews responded about 7:10 a.m. to the…...

5+ day, 17+ 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....

6+ day, 21+ hour ago   (529+ words) A commentary by the president of the B.C. Ferry and Marine Workers’ Union on behalf of the Build Them Here Shipbuilding Coalition. The coalition that brings together unions and labour organizations representing ferry, marine, construction and trades workers in B.C. and…...

1+ week, 23+ hour ago   (919+ words) People embedding metal spikes in trees in the Walbran Valley area are not associated with an activist group trying to stop old-growth logging, a member of the group says. The tree spikes were identified in a B.C. Supreme Court ruling as…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (894+ words) For years, Nanaimo city councillor Paul Manly has said that people recovering from addictions need access to housing where drug and alcohol use is not allowed. When he was running the city’s Unitarian shelter on Townsite Road, Manly said, he…...