Nanaimo residents turn to Facebook to help battle crime
Source: Vancouver Sun
Nanaimo :: Canada | updated 2013-05-20 15:12:56 -0700 | technology-news
Nanaimo residents fed up with petty acts of theft have taken to social media to help clean up their neighbourhoods. A Facebook group called 'Stealing Nanaimo' has begun to take off and now boasts almost 800 members since its creation...
B.C. Greens' triumphant Weaver gets used to the spotlight
Source: The Globe & Mail
Nanaimo :: Canada | updated 2013-05-24 08:21:20 -0700 | political-news
When the security guard asked Andrew Weaver if he wanted to pick up his access card to the legislature, his eyes lit up, and a big grin appeared on his face. Now this is pretty cool, he said, as he...
Police attempt to pull over dozens of Hells Angels on annual HA ride from Nanaimo to Victoria
Source: Vancouver Sun
Nanaimo :: Canada | updated 2013-05-04 18:31:23 -0700 | technology-news
Biker cops attempted to pull over dozens of Hells Angels on Vancouver Island Saturday afternoon...Vancouver Island, monitored an annual HA ride from Nanaimo to Victoria. "The bikers, many of whom were observed allegedly ignoring red lights at intersections, speeding, and...
Nanaimo lake caretaker 'devastated' after discovery of three tiny dog bodies
Source: Vancouver Sun
Nanaimo :: Canada | updated 2013-05-03 15:47:04 -0700 | allnews
Authorities are investigating after the discovery of three dead Shih Tzu puppies in Nanaimo's Westwood Lake on Thursday morning. Park caretaker Lois Brammer said she was doing her morning rounds when she saw the floating body of a puppy near...
Nanaimo lake caretaker 'devastated' after discovery of three tiny dog bodies
Source: Vancouver Sun
Nanaimo :: Canada | updated 2013-05-03 15:47:04 -0700 | allnews
Authorities are investigating after the discovery of three dead Shih Tzu puppies in Nanaimo's Westwood Lake on Thursday morning. Park caretaker Lois Brammer said she was doing her morning rounds when she saw the floating body of a puppy near...
Independent Investigations Office probe into Nanaimo police dog bites nipped
Source: Vancouver Sun
Nanaimo :: Canada | updated 2013-05-03 13:33:41 -0700 | allnews
Two suspects bitten by a police dog in Nanaimo won't have their case probed by B.C.'s fledgling Independent Investigations Office. The man and woman were bitten as they fled following a suspected car theft in the Vancouver Island city last...
Independent Investigations Office probe into Nanaimo police dog bites nipped
Source: Vancouver Sun
Nanaimo :: Canada | updated 2013-05-03 13:33:41 -0700 | allnews
Two suspects bitten by a police dog in Nanaimo won't have their case probed by B.C.'s fledgling Independent Investigations Office. The man and woman were bitten as they fled following a suspected car theft in the Vancouver Island city last...
Day in History: Prince Charles and Lady Diana sail into Vancouver
Source: Vancouver Sun
Nanaimo :: Canada | updated 2013-04-30 18:51:17 -0700 | entertainment-news
About 3 p.m. on May 1, 1986, the BC ferry Queen of the North glided under the Lions Gate Bridge. A murmur rose from a throng of people standing at the rails beside the Pan Pacific Hotel Prince Charles and...
Independent Investigation Office called after two people bitten by police dog in Nanaimo
Source: Vancouver Sun
Nanaimo :: Canada | updated 2013-04-29 09:53:22 -0700 | allnews
A team from B.C.'s Independent Investigations Office is in Nanaimo, probing a case involving two people bitten by a police dog. Vancouver Island city notified the IIO, less than an hour after the Friday night incident. Investigators were told police...
Independent Investigation Office called after two people bitten by police dog in Nanaimo
Source: Vancouver Sun
Nanaimo :: Canada | updated 2013-04-29 09:53:22 -0700 | allnews
A team from B.C.'s Independent Investigations Office is in Nanaimo, probing a case involving two people bitten by a police dog. Vancouver Island city notified the IIO, less than an hour after the Friday night incident. Investigators were told police...
Be Not Deceived
Source: Salem News
Nanaimo :: Canada | updated 2013-04-28 03:36:54 -0700 | political-news
The predictable but ridiculous gestures by the Emperor of Rome, Jorge-Francis, to refashion the image of his Catholic Church into that of a more "humble, just" body makes as much sense as a ravaging strip-mining corporation sponsoring an annual "Eco-Friendly...
Makeshift homeless camps popping up in Nanaimo
Source: Vancouver Sun
Nanaimo :: Canada | updated 2013-04-25 14:24:07 -0700 | political-news
Dean and Brendon live in a makeshift camp hidden in a clump of trees along the Nanaimo Parkway. The two young men, who agreed to speak to the Daily News under condition their full names not be used, are proof...
Dinosaur statue returns to Vancouver Island lawn as raptor robbery resolved
Source: Vancouver Sun
Nanaimo :: Canada | updated 2013-04-18 10:24:11 -0700 | technology-news
The theft of a unique velociraptor on Vancouver Island threatened to wipe out the species, but Jurassic justice prevailed and the ripped-off raptor has been returned...Jesse Foreman says an off-duty officer spotted the metal sculpture of the velociraptor in the...
Terriers get first crack at the Cup
Source: Star Phoenix
Nanaimo :: Canada | updated 2013-04-17 06:59:19 -0700 | sports-news
Western Canada Cup, a qualifying tournament for the RBC Cup Canadian junior A hockey championship tournament...RBC Cup as the West region's representative and the Doyle Cup champion moved on to the national event as the Pacific rep. Now, the four...
Man gets life in prison for fatally stabbing young mother in Nanaimo park
Source: Vancouver Sun
Nanaimo :: Canada | updated 2013-04-16 15:47:40 -0700 | allnews
A Nanaimo man has been sentenced to life in prison for the brutal stabbing death of a young mother in a downtown park...Supreme Court on Monday for killing Brittany Baird, 22, in Nob Hill Park in May of 2011. Baird's...
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