A new exhibit at the Harbourfront Library in Nanaimo brings attention to the privatisation of much of the land on southeastern Vancouver Island. Called The Great Vancouver Island Land Grab, it’s about the granting of land in exchange for construction of the Esquimalt and Nanaimo railway…

The repair café movement has returned to Nanaimo. Volunteers came together Saturday May 30 to look at more than 100 household items in need of a fix. The event at St Andrew’s Church in the Old City Quarter featured tables for small appliances, electronics, furniture, jewellery, bike repairs and more…

A plan to shape the future of the Woodgrove Area is now complete and has made its way before Nanaimo City Council.

Project Manager Kasia Biegun of the City of Nanaimo’s planning department spoke with CHLY about what’s envisioned for the area through 2046.

A recent Nanaimo press conference saw the leader of BC’s Green Party joined by a community advocate and a pair of city councillors in a call for more stringent regulation of the data centre industry. Midcoast Morning speaks with Martin Karsten, a University of Waterloo computer science professor, to walk through some questions around how data centres work, and to get his take on some of the factors at play in Nanaimo’s situation…

Three groups made a pitch this week for a new organization to coordinate bringing affordable housing to Nanaimo. At a governance and priorities committee meeting, Nanaimo City Council received an ask to fund a Nanaimo Housing Collective…

The CEO of Nanaimo Forest Products says that while nothing is decided yet, he expects it to be months before a rezoning application for lands in the southeastern part of Nanaimo makes it back before city council…

A public hearing around the potential rezoning of lands near Cable Bay Trail is set to continue into a third session this week. With Nanaimo receiving more than 900 written submissions about the proposal, and more than 100 people speaking to the matter in person or over the phone so far, there has been significant community interest in the matter…

A public hearing on the potential rezoning of lands near Cable Bay trail packed the Vancouver Island Conference Centre Thursday April 16th, and is set to continue this week. Around 68 people spoke to the matter, with 24 of them calling into the hearing, with council also receiving 907 written submissions…