Nanaimo News

Everything from dogs on the property to boats on Skipsey Lake and a low-cost campground were discussed Saturday when the public gave the Regional District of Nanaimo suggestions concerning the future of Moorecroft Regional Park.

It's a message emblazoned in white letters on a red paper heart. It's meant to raise awareness that some heart attacks and strokes are preventable.

Mere days after learning the joyous news that they were going to be parents, Wendy Gurney and Kurt Stewart made a horrific discovery in December.

T he 11th Annual Maple Sugar Festival du Sucre d'Erable, emerging from its modest sugar shack event last February, took over the Beban Park Social Centre this weekend.

It may not have seen any logging equipment built in four years, but the former 2.8-hectare former Madill Equipment site on Labieux Road is still seeing lots of action.

Imagine any item that would make a hospitalized youngster or newborn more comfortable.

The long-running battle of Olivia Pratten to change the law preventing her from finding out information about her biological father is heading for the B.C. Court of Appeal on Tuesday.

By Rachel Stern - Nanaimo News Bulletin Published: February 12, 2012 10:00 AM Updated: February 12, 2012 1:59 PM For the third consecutive year VIHA was named one of B.C.'s Top Employers for 2012 by Mediacorp Canada Inc.

Preliminary matches start at 9 a.m. with the finals scheduled to begin at 2: 30 p.m. Noon to 4 p.m. The Regional District of Nanaimo hosts an open house at the Kennedy Lodge in Moorcroft Regional Park to discuss the recently-acquired park's inaugural 10-year management plan.

The Nanaimo Clippers are fighting for their lives after losing three straight games earlier this month and despite a decisive 7-2 win over the seventh-place Aberni Valley Bulldogs last night, the shipmen are treading dangerous water.

In September of 1992, Anne Judson's father died of a heart attack. Less than two months later, her husband also died suddenly.

Dave Silver of Nanaimo pedals Beeline, one of the trails among a popular network at an area known as Doumont, west of Brannen Lake.

After 25 years of working quietly to improve conditions for resident doctors, Dr.

Jen Bruce and Jen Clyne led the way as the University of Northern British Columbia ran their PACWEST record to 13-0 with a 90-59 win Friday over the Camosun College Chargers in Victoria.

A campaign has begun to have the Nanaimo River estuary become part of the National Marine Conservation Area that is expected to be established in the Southern Gulf Islands later this year.

Meagan Lewis and Dustin Descoteau were delighted with the help they received from Variety: The Children's Charity, after son Caleb - now a happy, healthy 14-month-old - was transferred to Nanaimo Hospital when he was born six weeks early.

This weekend, the Maple Sugar Festival, or Le Festival du Sucre d'Erable, is back to its full size in a new Nanaimo location.

One of Nanaimo's most distinctive neighbourhoods - beloved by those who live there and looked down on by those who don't - is facing the reality that change is in the wind.

A Nanaimo apartment building manager estimates that nearly one-third of the residents in his 50-unit building have come to him complaining of bill increases since controversial smart meters were installed at the property in November.

Nanaimo is getting another provincial court judge to help address caseload pressures and improve access to the justice system, but local critics say the new appointments will not meet the demand.