Firefighters say no one was injured after a car crashed through a fence and onto a busy pedestrian trail on Wednesday afternoon.

Three people escaped their mobile home on Ryan Road East in Comox Sunday before a fire destroyed it. Firefighters kept it from spreading.

#Nanaimo city council is moving ahead with changes to speed up its building permitting processes, as the industry says the city remains slow.

The Tseshaht and Hupacasath First Nations led the celebration with song as the #Alberni Pacific Railway extended its usable rail line Saturday.

A low-barrier shelter for 24 vulnerable people in #Nanaimo has closed as of Friday.

Late posting this story of mine from Monday about the wildfire near Coombs that is now out.

A 65-year-old man in Duncan is trying to recoup $51,000 after he says scammers secretly transferred money from his bank accounts… #Cowichan #scam

Hundreds of Americans, visiting #Nanaimo this weekend, showed up in a downtown park to be part of a picture this afternoon…

Nanaimo has hosted its first cruise ship visit of 2026, of eight scheduled

The Cowichan-Malahat-Langford MP says the federal government needs to address the unauthorized landfills in the Cowichan’s Valley.

Holland America’s Noordam has arrived in #Nanaimo marking the first of eight cruise ship stops the city is scheduled to see in 2026. @CHEK_News

Six environmental organizations have sent their request for strict regulatory oversight for a shipbuilding proposal in Union Bay to Prime Minister Mark Carney and B.C. Premier David Eby. #Comox #bcpoli

A new section of the E&N Trail in Nanaimo is officially open.

Want to support our next wave of entrepreneurs? Over 100 kids will be selling their wares at #Nanaimo North Town Centre today between 10-4.

The debate over a contentious rezoning proposal came to a head Thursday night at #Nanaimo council, with what may have been a record crowd for the public hearing. #CableBay

A plan for an unauthorized dump in the #Cowichan Valley is underway; however, a neighbour suspects illegal dumping may be continuing on Cowichan Tribes land…

A commemoration ceremony has been held, recognizing the Old Hillcrest Chinese Cemetery, #Cowichan Valley’s newest heritage site

A postal worker has been recognized in #Nanaimo for going above and beyond after reporting a gun to police last month in the city’s north end.

A #Nanaimo man says he called Fisheries and Oceans to report suspected poaching in #Nanoose Bay, but was told no officers were available to respond.

A well known actress is adding her voice to those opposed to the requested land rezoning by Harmac Pacific in #Nanaimo.

Police in Oceanside are warning the public about a particular scam after a local company was defrauded of nearly half a million dollars.

For a second day Wednesday more than 100 people gathered outside the #Cowichan Valley Regional District headquarters to protest the proposed Comprehensive Zoning Bylaw. #CVRD

A 63-year-old man has pleaded guilty and been sentenced at the #Nanaimo courthouse for child luring, even though in this incident, there was no child involved.

The @mycvrd.bsky.social says it’s listening to feedback about its proposed Comprehensive Zoning Bylaw that has many concerned. #Cowichan

A new social housing complex is opening in the City of Duncan, following significant delays that stretched the project timeline to nearly seven years from initials plans.

The #Nanaimo #Ladysmith School District is considering a name change for Chase River Elementary.

#Alberni Valley rail study examines near-term tourism opportunities cheknews.ca/alberni-vall...

Those who want to dissolve the Village of #Sayward say they’ve reached the necessary threshold of voters to forward the plan to the province.

A group of commercial fishermen say they were angry to have to move from prime fishing grounds in #Nanoose Bay.

The Town of #Ladysmith and the province are going to decrease access to a road that leads to two of the region’s key watersheds.

People living in a trailer park in the #Comox Valley say they’re being evicted unfairly by the K’omoks First Nation.

The founders and landlords of a land-based fish farm near #Nanaimo are dismayed by the state that it’s been left in. Blue Star Foods #Salmon

A #Nanaimo couple wants to warn others after suffering a terrifying home invasion while in Costa Rica in late February. #CostaRica

The head of Pacifica Housing says there’s no alternative supportive housing location for those living at Nikao on Labieux Road in #Nanaimo

The City of #Nanaimo is forging ahead with two new public works buildings at a cost of nearly $80 million.

People on Gabriola Island are calling on BCFerries to change its policy that prevents the transportation of damaged electric vehicles. #EV #BCFerries says changes are coming…

The Village of #Sayward tabled its five-year financial plan this past week, and its taxes are currently poised to increase 42 percent in 2026.

The #Nanaimo chapter of Unplugged Canada wants to delay children’s use of smartphones and social media.

Some #Nanaimo residents are taking exception to a comedian booked at the Port Theatre and are calling on Nanaimo City Council to cancel the booking…

The day after this story the Regional District of #Nanaimo opened its extreme weather shelters in the Oceanside region but critics say there should be a permanent shelter in #Parksville or elsewhere in Oceanside for the unhoused

Neighbours say it’s a remarkable that a 58-year-old #Nanaimo man walked away from a crash after driving off a 25m cliff near #Ladysmith

Island Health says it aims to address the 22 deficiencies at the #Nanaimo Regional General Hospital recorded in the its latest fire inspection.

A peeler bar coming back to #Nanaimo ?!?!

The fallout from the BC Supreme Court decision to grant Cowichan Tribes Aboriginal title over hundreds of acres of Land in Richmond in August of last year, played out in Victoria Supreme Court Friday.

Police appeal for more information after an alleged impaired driver crashes into oncoming vehicle north of #Qualicum Beach on Friday

With less than two months before, The Hub, which provides services to the homeless in #Nanaimo, closes, the city says it can’t find another location.

The victim of a stabbing in North #Cowichan this past fall is asking for the public’s help as police search for new leads.

#Cowichan Search and Rescue called on North Shore Rescue to assist in a dynamic, high-risk rescue of an injured paraglider found unconscious on the side of a cliff. #BCSAR

One month after an estimated 350 to 1,600 litres of oil spilled into the water near Duke Point Industrial Park, the booms to absorb the oil is almost ready to be removed. #Nanaimo cheknews.ca/boom-to-abso...

A 44-year-old man has been released following a highly visible arrest aboard a privately owned vessel on the #Nanaimo waterfront Sunday.