News Updates
Civic and community news from Nanaimo, Oceanside, the Comox Valley, and the Salish Sea region.
After decades of work by local ecological groups, Hamilton Marsh Regional Park is officially open.
Imagination and creativity are on full display across the harbour city’s downtown, and along Bowen Road as the City of Nanaimo displays a new banner design by a local youth artist.
In the face of a global biological crisis, a Vancouver Island research group is using new environmental DNA techniques to help better understand some of the coast's smallest fish.
Once again the numbers of those living unhoused in Nanaimo remains high as United Way BC releases the latest numbers from the 2025 Point-in-Time (PiT) Count.
Just weeks away from the closing of the daytime and nighttime service Hub, a local neighbourhood group is concerned about what comes next.
On January 2nd, 2025, a year-round drop-in service hub opened in downtown Nanaimo, giving a space for those unhoused to access essential services. A little over a year later, they are now bracing for what will come next as the Hub is set to close.
Midcoast Morning
Our news and current affairs program and podcast.
Now aged 91, a woman who spent decades living at Wildwood Ecoforest is sharing her memories. In 1945, the late Merv Wilkinson began using the land as an ecoforest. It’s a type of forestry that strives to protect and or restore an ecosystem, rather than to maximize the commercial value of a forest over a short time frame…
To mark World Water Day, a UN observance intended to highlight the importance of freshwater, Midcoast Morning spoke with Mike Squire, Manager of Water Resources with the City of Nanaimo. We check in on the state of Nanaimo’s water supply and water infrastructure, the city’s ability to regulate water users, and its expected capacity in the future.
The Hub, a drop in centre for people experiencing homelessness, is set to close at the end of the month…
The best men’s college basketball teams in the country will gather in Nanaimo next week, as VIU plays host to the CCAA national championships…
As B.C. gets ready to spring forward one final time, a number of voices are saying the government has ignored the scientific consensus on how to best handle ending time changes…
Snuneymuxw First Nation is calling for investigation and enforcement around two incidents related to the marine environment in the Duke Point area. In a February press release, the nation raised concerns about a January oil spill and environmental impacts related to discharge from a sawmill, which they said dates back 40 years…
Station & Society Updates
Updates about internal happenings at CHLY 101.7FM.
Listener you may have noticed some changes on our airwaves as of last April 1st with BBC Newshour now airing during our noon-hour Monday through Friday. This follows our station having aired the program at 6AM since November 2024.
Established by UNESCO, since 2011, February 13th has marked World Radio Day, a day to celebrate what is still a powerful communication medium for entertainment and dissemination of information. This year the event will explore the intersection of radio and artificial intelligence (AI).
CHLY is seeking a motivated and dynamic reporter with a solid foundation in journalism to work in its Nonprofit Newsroom to cover local news in the Comox Valley, and northern Oceanside area.
Our annual Love Drive Returns for 2026, this year with two prizes that entrants will have a chance to win, with the submission of their love notes or voice memos! Be lovely, and send a note today to be read or played on the air!