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.
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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.
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Just weeks away from the closing of the daytime and nighttime service Hub, a local neighbourhood group is concerned about what comes next.
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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.
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Nanaimo is full of animal lovers, and while people want to give their furry friends the best care possible, veterinary care can come at a high cost.
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Bluebirds once could be seen–and heard–all across the Cowichan Valley, but loss of habitat due to development saw a decline so significant that bluebirds became locally extinct.
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The first week of March marks Open Education Week, and facing rising education costs, Vancouver Island University Students’ Union put a spin on the classic Scholastic Book Fair, hosting their first zero cost textbook fair.
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A local software developer wants to make buying local produce to support Vancouver Island farmers a lot easier with a new website.
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Following the story of a long lost record being found, former Nanaimo-based band, The Glass Cage, was reunited for the first time in over 50 years.
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With little over a month out from the federal NDP leadership election, NDP leadership candidate and current MP Heather McPherson made a stop in Nanaimo to hear from local party members.
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In the summer of 1968, performing a once in a lifetime gig, a band of Vancouver Island teenage boys decided to record their live performance, an album that never saw the light of day, until now.
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Since the incorporation of the City of Nanaimo, many members of the Snuneymuxw First Nations (SFN) have not been able to vote in municipal elections.
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For many people, sexual health was only something taught to them in high school. Vancouver Island University Students’ Union wants to go further in breaking down stigma and opening up conversion around sexual health and consent.
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A local non-profit group is calling on parents and youth to beware of the harmful effects of their cell phone, devices, and social media.
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Students from John Barsby Secondary School’s School of Rock program are gearing up to hit the stage this Friday.
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Highlighting the importance of inclusion in sports, the Nanaimo Clippers hockey team and the Nanaimo Pride Society hosted a Pride Night for the first time.
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