Today, 24 people are facing the possibility of being on the street after BC Housing funding for a temporary shelter ends.
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After one man’s idea to have Americans come and visit Nanaimo, hundreds of them came this weekend.
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Residents in Nanaimo will have more access to primary care as a second urgent and primary care centre is set to open in the community.
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With less than a week until election day, Nanaimo-Ladysmith candidates took to the stage to answer questions from engaged voters.
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Following a City of Nanaimo council vote to spend over $10.8 million to redevelop Loudon Park, community members gathered at the park hoping the City would stop the project.
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It has been a busy week for Beaufort Food Forest after celebrating their first annual Mason Bee Day to then finding out their mason bee cocoons had been stolen.
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With Spring around the corner, change is in the air and new banners will brighten up the streets of Nanaimo
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Over 250 nurses from around the Vancouver Island area rallied in downtown Nanaimo outside the Vancouver Island Conference Centre following a local union conference.
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Haida filmmaker Christopher Auchter’s debut feature film The Stand will premiere in Nanaimo on Sunday, January 5th at 4pm, at the Vancouver Island Conference Centre.
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It has been a busy year for Paige Pierce as she finishes up her first year as the City of Nanaimo’s Youth Poet Laureate.
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After an outcry from concerned citizens wondering where daytime warming shelters are for the unhoused, the City of Nanaimo has announced a year-round daytime drop-in hub set to open next month.
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In December 2023, there were three City of Nanaimo-funded daytime warming centre. Now a year later, with none yet open, local concerned citizens are wondering why that is.
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As it sees the highest number of registrations ever in its history, the Great Nanaimo Toy Drive is calling for donations.
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For the first time in recent history, a Christmas tree has been lit at Diana Krall Plaza, kicking off the holiday season for downtown Nanaimo.
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boom has taken over Mount Washington as the critically engaged species, the Vancouver Island Marmot, welcomed over 100 newly born pups.
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Nanaimo City Council will not immediately go to referendum and is now reevaluating options following the failed attempt to borrow money for its Public Works Yard project via an alternative approval process, also known as an AAP.
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