📷 A Harbour Air Seaplane lands in the Nanaimo Harbour in front of Protection Island. Photo by Jesse Woodward.
CHLY produces local civic and community news from our broadcast community and beyond. We serve Nanaimo and the Salish Sea region, reporting on the news in Nanaimo, Lantzville, Ladysmith, Gabriola Island, Denman Island, Hornby Island, the Oceanside region, and the Comox Valley. We can also be heard in Sechelt and the Southern Sunshine Coast.
This weekend the annual Robbie Thompson Slo-Pitch Tournament will go to bat, raising money for the Cancer Care Unit at the Comox Valley Hospital. This year’s fundraiser has a special focus on honouring late founder Jim Lalic, and the legacy he created within the community.
Read MoreLocal historian Dawn Copeman has proposed the Village of Cumberland become the first municipality in the world to name an Official Village Fungus.
Read MoreSunday August 31st was International Overdose Awareness Day, and communities across Vancouver Island gathered on Friday August 29th to honour the day. The Village Clinic in Courtenay hosted an event at the Comox Valley Art Gallery, including a “die-in.”
Read MoreJam Camp, a musical summer camp for families across B.C., is coming to Vancouver Island for the first time this August and will be taking place at Camp Gilwell just outside Courtenay.
Read MoreThe BC Green Party leadership race is on, and Comox Valley’s own Jonathan Kerr is one of three candidates running. Kerr is a local family doctor, Vice-Chair of the Comox Valley Regional District (CVRD), and is serving his second term as a councillor in the Town of Comox.
Read MoreComox Valley’s new organization Queer Centre is hosting Pride this year, with events spanning the weekend of August 21st to 24th, including the 3rd annual Pride Parade on Saturday August 23rd.
Read MoreThe Comox Valley Regional District (CVRD) is inviting local residents to learn about the Comox Lake Watershed this week through a series of events they are calling Watershed Awareness Days.
Read MoreOn Tuesday, May 20th, B.C.’s Minister of Health Josie Osborne formally announced the Crisis Response, Community-Led team expanding to the Comox Valley.
Read MoreBroomBusters are on a mission to clear Vancouver Island of the invasive plant Scotch broom.
Read MoreMay 17th is the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, and Transphobia, and in a City of Courtenay Council Meeting on May 7th, Councillor Evan Jolicoeur made a statement on behalf of the council.
Read MoreNorth Island Roller Derby is running a raffle, fundraising to help cover expenses, expand the league, and engage the community.
Read MoreThe annual student art exhibition at North Island College in Comox Valley has wrapped up, and CHLY and CVOX met at the studio with one student to hear their experience of exhibiting their own work, a series titled “They”.
Read MoreLocal high school G.P. Vanier’s Explore Program is hosting their famed fundraiser, gearing up for Spring trips into the great outdoors.
Read MoreThe City of Courtenay is joining other municipalities across B.C. and Canada in naming May 2025 as Melanoma and Skin Cancer Awareness Month.
Read MoreThree plots of land have been donated to the community through the Canadian Ecological Gifts Program, and the CVRD is turning to the public for feedback on how to manage it.
Read MoreThe election is in its final stretch on Vancouver Island, and with the right side of the Canadian political spectrum mostly consolidated within one party, many progressive voters are calling for strategic voting.
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