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Unique port project nearing completion

NANAIMO – Officials say unloading of 55 wind turbines a success so far with two more deep sea vessels to arrive.

The Land Conservancy in financial straits

Non-profit organization owes more than $12,000 on 24 properties provincewide.

Nanaimo considers third option to increase water storage

NANAIMO – Raising height of Jump Creek dam to be mulled along with new dam, tapping into Harmac supply.

Astronomy club ready for Perseids meteor shower

Astronomers welcome public to attend cosmic event at Westwood Lake on Aug. 11.

A&B Sound closed its Nanaimo location with little warning on July 23, 2008, just a few months before the entire retail chain collapsed. The store’s home, the big purple building on prime downtown real estate, continues to sit empty and garner little interest for redevelopment.

Downtown Nanaimo eyesore still vacant after four years

NANAIMO – Old A&B Sound location a vital link in downtown revitalization, but owners refuse to sell it.

A&B Sound closed its Nanaimo location with little warning on July 23, 2008, just a few months before the entire retail chain collapsed. The store’s home, the big purple building on prime downtown real estate, continues to sit empty and garner little interest for redevelopment.

Raw sewage leak draws in shellfish harvesting closures

NANAIMO – Chase River pump station leaked raw sewage into estuary for two hours after equipment failure during routine maintenance.

Nanaimo joins RDN emissions-reduction agreement

Regional District of Nanaimo municipalities are teaming up to fight climate change and pursue goals of carbon emission reduction.

Nanaimo plans to target infrastructure underfunding

Nanaimo underfunds infrastructure maintenance by about $15 million.

Survey indicates residents content with city hall, municipal services

NANAIMO – Mayor says communication with residents can still be improved.

Economic development releases 2012 budget

NANAIMO – $1.4 million of $1.84-million budget from city taxpayers.

Friends of Pioneer Park secure grant for legal support

NANAIMO – Environmental lawyer hired to help guide community group sift through complex land issue.

Roberta Bogle is concerned that somebody living in her neighbourhood is killing the trees on her property to get a better ocean view. At least four of her trees have been girdled, an act that will eventually kill them.

North-end residents ‘flummoxed’ over tree vandalism

NANAIMO – A tree assassin is at work in Nanaimo's Eaglepoint neighbourhood and Roberta Bogle is trying to understand why.

Roberta Bogle is concerned that somebody living in her neighbourhood is killing the trees on her property to get a better ocean view. At least four of her trees have been girdled, an act that will eventually kill them.

COLUMN: Science support crucial to society

NANAIMO – Everything we do and know is the result of science.

Judy Rozsas shows off injuries she suffered while trying to free her dog Angel from the choke collar she and another dog became entangled in while playing at the Beban off-leash dog park. Rozsas is now advocating for a ban on the collars after her dog passed out from strangulation in the mishap.

Nanaimo dog owner on the trail to ban choke chains

NANAIMO – Near-death experience of beloved Rottweiler has prompted Judy Rozsas to seek a bylaw banning dog devices from municipal dog parks.

Judy Rozsas shows off injuries she suffered while trying to free her dog Angel from the choke collar she and another dog became entangled in while playing at the Beban off-leash dog park. Rozsas is now advocating for a ban on the collars after her dog passed out from strangulation in the mishap.

Competitive wages offered at VIU student union

NANAIMO – Campus resource coordinator position pays $27 an hour plus benefits.

Council goes high-tech with international meeting

City's IT director had hands full accommodating one councillor in Italy, the other in Hawaii.

Federal electoral boundaries rejigged in Nanaimo

The proposed creation of a new federal electoral district near Victoria will have major implications in Nanaimo.

Port to sell two hectares to first nation

Nanaimo Port Authority selling two hectares of brownfield land to Snuneymuxw First Nation.

Danya Nieman, front, takes a dive to make the save as Mychaela Roelants moves in to keep the ball in play during a practice session at the Bowen Park volleyball courts Wednesday. Nieman, Roelants and their teammates took advantage of sunny weather to practice with coach Jordan Church, in the background, for U-17 Girls Beach Volleyball competition in this year’s B.C. Summer Games. After poor weather throughout June, the change to sun Wednesday is expected to last into the weekend.

Junuary strikes again, but better weather on the way

NANAIMO – Last month was colder, wetter and darker than usual

Danya Nieman, front, takes a dive to make the save as Mychaela Roelants moves in to keep the ball in play during a practice session at the Bowen Park volleyball courts Wednesday. Nieman, Roelants and their teammates took advantage of sunny weather to practice with coach Jordan Church, in the background, for U-17 Girls Beach Volleyball competition in this year’s B.C. Summer Games. After poor weather throughout June, the change to sun Wednesday is expected to last into the weekend.

DND eliminates Westwood trail access to public

Cites safety issues even though public has been using popular trail system for years.