NANAIMO - A highly troubled addict lost his wallet, so he violently preyed on a vulnerable young woman unknown to him during a high profile random att.
VICTORIA A new jail will soon be coming to Nanaimo, which will create hundreds of jobs in the area, according to the provincial government. The upcoming facility will replace the current Nanaimo Correctional Centre (NCC) in the area, which was first built in 1953 and originally served as a reform school. Stuart Olson Construction Ltd. has been selected to build the new NCC, which is expected to require roughly 1,000 workers, the province announced Wednesday. The B.C. government says that construction will create 650 direct jobs, 275 indirect positions and roughly “100 additional jobs associated with spending by those workers.” The current Nanaimo Correctional Centre is just one of two facilities across B.C. that houses only medium classified sentenced people or lower who do not require higher levels of supervision.