Nanaimo Homeless

• Nanaimo’s unhoused population jumps nearly 19% but officials think it’s likely higher

  Researchers found that at least 515 people were without homes in Nanaimo, which is a jump of nearly 19 per cent from the previous survey conducted in the spring of 2020.

  Politics

  Apr 9
  
• Nanaimo, B.C. thrift shop closing because customers ‘don’t feel safe coming down here’

  'This is my favourite thrift store,' a regular customer told Global News. 'It helped me get back on my feet, get me a new pair of shoes. I've always come here.'

  Crime

  Apr 2
  
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• String of suspicious Nanaimo fires renews public safety concerns

  The most recent fire broke out Saturday behind Evergreen Cremation Services on Nicol Street, while recent fires destroyed a dentist's office and damaged a rugby clubhouse.

  Fire

  Aug 28, 2023
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• ‘Self-defence’: Charge stayed against man accused in Nanaimo homeless camp shooting

  Prosecutors won't move ahead with a charge against a man in a March shooting outside a Nanaimo homeless camp, saying evidence suggests he was acting in self defence.

  Crime

  Jul 19, 2023
• Surveillance video captures man vandalizing Nanaimo, B.C. barbershop

  RCMP confirmed they received reports of windows being smashed at That 50s Barbershop just before 10 p.m. on Wednesday. The man was arrested shortly after.

  Crime

  Apr 13, 2023
• Hundreds rally in Nanaimo, B.C. to demand more public safety measures after shooting

  On Sunday, local business owner Clint Smith was shot in the stomach when he and a group of others decided to go into a homeless encampment to retrieve stolen property.

  Crime

  Mar 16, 2023
• Man shot in Nanaimo, B.C. was trying to retrieve stolen property from encampment: RCMP

  When officers arrived, they found a group of adults in a parking lot on Terminal Avenue, with one of them suffering from what appeared to be a gunshot wound.

  Crime

  Mar 13, 2023
• Nanaimo, B.C. soup kitchen celebrates permanent new home

  The work of the Nanaimo's Stone Soup Kitchen has never wavered, despite missing one key ingredient: somewhere to actually cook.

  Canada

  Dec 29, 2022
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• ‘He’s an actual human being’: Family decries horrific attack on Nanaimo homeless man

  Charles Salter, 45, was pushing his shopping cart near 102 Street and Victoria Avenue Saturday evening when witnesses say he was attacked and run over with a car.

  Crime

  Jul 17, 2021
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• ‘Get a hazmat team’: School district shares photos of Nanaimo squat aftermath

  "They had drills, they had saws, they had machetes, they had knives and the most troubling thing was there was drugs there," said school district Chair Steve Rae.

  Oct 7, 2018