Police said a man entered the bank and demanded cash, then fled on foot toward Alberni Highway and then west in the alley behind the branch. The robbery had occurred roughly 10 minutes before police arrived, according to a news release.
Officers from the Oceanside RCMP detachment, which serves Parksville and several other communities north of Nanaimo, were called to the CIBC branch at 130 Island Highway West around 3 p.m.
Mounties on the Mid-Island are asking the public for help identifying a man suspected of robbing a bank in Parksville last week.
