Nanaimo Daily — 2026-07-28

In today's episode:Man arrested after ‘driving directly into vehicles’ at Nanaimo mallParksville officials warn of cougar in area after livestock killedNNN’s Last 10: Downtown Nanaimo’s transformation, and remaining sore spotsNanaimo RCMP investigating suspicious fire in Bowen ParkCanoe races an important part of Snuneymuxw culture and heritageFormer Nanaimo supportive housing tenant broke in twice, stole credit cardsDuncan issues response following StatsCan’s crime severity index rankingTrio of Duncan firefighters deployed to Kamloops for wildfire responseTemporary location set up for Port Alberni’s ServiceBC following fireMissing man last seen in Kelowna may be walking to Anahim LakeCrews coming from Yukon, Alberta, Mexico to help with B.C.’s wildfiresKatzberg wins hammer throw, Canada claims six gymnastics medals at Commonwealth GamesAsian shares slip and South Korea’s Kospi index sinks 11% on heavy selling of chipmaking stocks