More than 60 years after a fire ravaged Nanaimo's final Chinatown, the Nanaimo Chinatown Heritage Foundation is working to save what's left.

The Globe Live Studios, a local all ages venue has, due to financial troubles laid off all paid staff, and is considering a shift to a non-profit or hybrid model with volunteers.

This summer many of the diverse communities that make up Nanaimo will have the chance to showcase their cultures and traditions through music, food, and dance at the Commercial Street Night Market.

A new experimental music festival is launching in Nanaimo, as a three day celebration of audiovisual and ambient music.  Featuring independent artists, the upcoming Margins of Sound is a new festival taking place on the weekend of June 26 to 28 in Nanaimo.

With the City’s Sea Level Rise Management Plan almost complete, Nanaimo is visited by Philippine government officials as part of a peer exchange program focused on climate adaptation and reducing disasters.

The City of Nanaimo is in the process of creating a tenant protection bylaw, but staff are recommending against some of the enhanced protections offered by bylaws in other B.C. communities.

Staff are recommending a bylaw that would apply to redevelopments of buildings with four or more rental units. It is expected to offer displaced tenants four months of rent, as well as moving expenses.

Some communities in B.C. with tenant protection bylaws offer people the opportunity to move back into buildings with a rent that is guaranteed at a certain threshold below market levels.

While Nanaimo’s staff recommendations include a right of first refusal, the suggestion is to leave any discount to the discretion of developers.

Midcoast Morning speaks with a member of the Victoria Tenants Union, a legal advocate from the Tenant Resource and Advisory Centre, as well as a planner from Nanaimo about the bylaw that’s in the works.