The study, conducted by Bonnie Zand, involved collecting samples of bees from 19 different farm sites across the Island ...

The Canadian Coast Guard acted on Dec. 26 to secure an abandoned boat at Neck Point Park, ensuring it posed no threat to the ...

This December, West Coast Wind Swim Club closed out the fall training session with two exciting back-to-back events.

Every year, the CHEK News team works hard to deliver stories that are fiercely local to Vancouver Islanders, and this year we've put together a list of the top 10 most-read stories on the CHEK News ...

Petroglyph Development Group (PDG), a wholly owned corporation of Snuneymuxw First Nation (Snuneymuxw), and Great Canadian Entertainment announced today that they have entered into a definitive ...

People on a small island just off the east coast of Nanaimo, B.C., have taken traffic safety into their own hands. Someone has added more than a dozen barriers on Gabriola Island's Ferry Hill. But as ...

A missing Nanaimo, B.C., woman has been found dead and RCMP confirm they are investigating the case as a stranger homicide. Sherry Shelley, 64, was reported missing to Nanaimo RCMP on Nov. 14. In the ...

Police say there are no survivors after a small plane crashed southwest of Nanaimo, B.C., on Vancouver Island Thursday. In a news release, Nanaimo RCMP said they responded to reports of a plane crash ...

NANAIMO, BC / ACCESS Newswire / November 24, 2025 / CNA Electric Ltd., a locally owned and operated electrical company serving Nanaimo and surrounding areas, has been awarded the 2025 Consumer Choice ...

Mountain Equipment Company will be opening its second store on Vancouver Island, in Nanaimo, on Dec. 13. The store will be in the Diver Lake neighbourhood at 2517 Bowen Rd. The 24,158-square-feet ...