Victoria BC: VIHA Faces New Crisis 9 Deaths in Care Home

On the heels of crises in health care on Vancouver Island, the Vancouver Island Health Authority is facing a new crisis in the deaths of nine people in a Victoria care home. Apparently the elderly victims fell to...

Victoria BC: Hundreds Possibly Exposed to Hep B, C, HIV

The failure to adequately clean medical instruments has left hundreds in Victoria, BC possibly exposed to Hepatitis B, C and HIV.  If you say it quickly, it sounds like a child's rhyme, but this is no...

Nanaimo Regional Hospital Struggling With Deadly Infection

Nanaimo Regional Hospital and Vancouver Island Regional Health Authority are struggling to deal with the latest deadly infection outbreak.  The death toll with the latest C. difficile spread currently stands...

Nanaimo Clippers Hockey Team Ends Playoff Hopes

The BCHL Nanaimo Clippers ended their playoff hopes Tuesday night with a 2/5 defeat at the hands of the Alberni Bulldogs.  The Bulldogs took the best of seven, but not without a hard fought battle.  The...

Nanaimo Clippers Edge Out Quesnel Millionaires 3/2

Nanaimo Clippers edged out the Quesnel Millionaires in a 3/2 overtime win Friday night at the Frank Crane Area.  The just over 1 000 fans who turned out to the Clippers game were rewarded with a win in...

Nanaimo Clippers Win Against W.L. Timberwolves

Nanaimo Clippers Junior Hockey Team pulled off a decisive 5/1 win against the Williams Lake Timberwolves Wednesday night at the Frank Crane Arena.  They were playing their first home game after a lengthy and...

Nanaimo Clippers 4 PG Spruce Kings 3 in Overtime

BCHL Nanaimo Clippers won a squeaker 4/3 against the Prince George Spruce Kings in double overtime Wednesday night.  The sparse Nanaimo crowd was treated to the first win of the year by the struggling...

BCHL Nanaimo Clippers 1 Cowichan Capitals 2

Friday night saw about 1 600 fans witness the BCHL Nanaimo Clippers lose yet another match by one goal.  The score:  Nanaimo Clippers 1, Cowichan Capitals 2.  Nanaimo Clippers and Cowichan Capitals...

BCHL Nanaimo Clippers 4 Vernon Vipers 5

Friday night an enthusiastic crowd witnessed the BCHL Nanaimo Clippers lose 4/5 to the Vernon Vipers.  While the Nanaimo Clippers continued their losing streak, now 15 games long, the crowd went home somewhat...

BCHL Nanaimo Clippers 2 Alberni Bulldogs 5

The BCHL Nanaimo Clippers kept their losing streak going Sunday afternoon with a 2/5 loss to the Alberni Bulldogs.  The Bulldogs are a much improved hockey team this year, with a new coach.  The former...

BCHL Nanaimo Clippers Lose to Cowichan Capitals Hockey Team

Friday night saw the BCHL Nanaimo Clippers lose 2/3 to the Cowichan Capitals hockey team.  Nanaimo Clippers scored early in the first period and dominated the action for the first minutes of the game. ...

BCHL Nanaimo Clippers Lose to Victoria Grizzlies

Saturday night saw a sparse crowd see the Nanaimo Clippers lose the first home game of the year to the Victoria Grizzlies.  The Nanaimo Clippers have been struggling all season and Saturday night's game...

Christmas Customs: The Pantomime Sinbad in Nanaimo

A Christmas custom unique to England and some former colonies is the pantomime.  This British tradition has its early roots in the Middle Ages, but by the early 1700s evolved into the form that we see...