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City on slippery spending slope
Nanaimo is on a slippery slope when it comes to municipal operational spending, says a representative of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business.
Healthy Calgary woman sent into coma by H1N1 infection
A sign at the Richmond Road Treatment Centre in Calgary, Alberta. Photograph by: Leah Hennel, Calgary Herald CALGARY a ' In only a few days, Jaclyn Bates went from the picture of health to a medically induced coma after being diagnosed with the H1N1 swine flu.
Crone and Poirier fourth after compulsory dance at NHK Trophy in Japan
NAGANO, Japan - Ice dancers Vanessa Crone of Aurora, Ont., and Paul Poirier of Unionville, Ont., sit fourth after Friday's compulsory dance at at the NHK Trophy.
Civil trial set for horrific crash that killed toddler, injured mother
The woman who survived a horrific head-on crash on Nanaimo's Jingle Pot Road five ago years this month -- as police chased a man who had kidnapped his daughter -- now has a civil trial set for next year.
B.C. man pleads for return of stolen camera with photos of late wife
Faced with the loss of hundreds of photos from the last weeks of his wife's life, James Robertson is begging the person who stole his camera to return it.
Major BC Ferries and TransLink reforms needed: report
TransLink operates the Vancouver area's public transit system. The top levels of both BC Ferries and TransLink require a major restructuring to give them more accountability, greater transparency and better oversight, B.C.'s comptroller general says.
Crime prevention awareness raised
Crime Stoppers is raising awareness about crime and ways to prevent it with tips and advice during Crime Prevention Week .
Web tools help diagnose your portfolio's health
When the stock market started plummeting last fall, Nanaimo investor Sharry Goldston stopped opening her account statements.
Olympic torch relay: From wild weather Sooke to Nanaimo fireworks
This was more like it. No barricades. No fancy video screens. No zombies or booming sound systems.
Ijeffrey hughes had ties to neo-Nazi group, but was also an active volunteer. Two Lower Mainland RCMP officers talk with Dana Wagg on the sidewalk on Selby Street, not far from where Jeffrey Hughes was shot.
Olympic Torch Relay rolling into Nanaimo area Saturday
Olympic spirit will be high with as many as 10,000 people expected to join in the public celebration when the torch relay winds its way to Nanaimo on Halloween.
Private sector can't keep financing public sector generosity
The recent departure of Jerry Berry from Nanaimo city hall reminded me of something former labour leader Jack Munro warned after signing the Kelowna Accord following 1983's "solidarity" demonstrations.
Shooting under probe, victim identified
Bullet holes in the front of a home across from where a fatal shooting took place Friday are among the few physical traces of the incident.
Lawyer tackles case of white supremacist killed by police
NANAIMO, B.C. a ' A Victoria lawyer says he has been retained by a party he will not identify to "find out certain things" about the death last week of a 48-year-old Nanaimo man who was shot by police outside his downtown apartment.
Nanaimo council promotes deputy manager to top city job
Nanaimo city council officially installed Al Kenning as city manager on Monday. Kenning, formerly the deputy city manager, served as acting city manager since council voted 8-1 to dismiss former city manager Jerry Berry last month.
Change to fire-training funding could be boon for Nanaimo
IPROVINCE CUTS support for firefighter instructor course. Nanaimo fire officials are optimistic training options can be found closer to home after the province cut a subsidy that enabled firefighters to get advanced medical training at the Justice Institute of B.C. free of charge.
Neighbours describe shot Nanaimo man as kind, caring neo-Nazi
The shooting death of a Neo-Nazi by Nanaimo RCMP is under investigation while Neo-Nazis mourn online and neighbours remember Jeff Hughes.
One man dead in Nanaimo shooting
An aerial view of downtown Nanaimo and the reported area of the shooting. Photograph by: Google maps, Times Colonist Sgt.
Nanaimo Shooting Incident Results in Death of Man
Police answering a noise complaint on Selby Street in Nanaimo ended with a shooting incident which resulted in the death of an unidentified man.
This Sunday at 3 p.m., Alastair Highet of Lantzville, along with local organist Robert Ramsay, will present a program of organ music at Cumberland United Church .