The grizzly bear who had taken up residence on Texada Island was found shot dead July 15th. The bear, nicknamed Tex by local resident and advocate Katrin Glenn-Bittner, had been on the island since late May.
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As invasive species cause harm to native ecosystems around the world, on a local level, the City of Nanaimo is looking at banning the sale and distribution of certain invasive plants.
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The 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.
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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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MARS Wildlife Rescue Centre in Merville is building a new mews for resident raven Kora.
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A local salmon enhancement project is making waves. On Monday, December 16th, the Comox Valley Regional District’s Electoral Area Services Committee met to discuss final actions for the year.
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Seniors stood outside the provincial constituency office for Nanaimo on October 1st bringing attention to climate change hoping to make the earth a better place for future generations.
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A local Nanaimo business is urging everyone to challenge themselves to rethink how much single-use plastic they use in July.
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A proposal for school children to help clean up an empty lot led to a heated debate at the Lantzville council meeting on Wednesday, March 6. The original motion was for district staff to develop a work plan and agreement with Seaview Elementary School to restore 7101 Stevens Place to a natural park space, have city staff remove all the invasive blackberry bushes, and allocate $2,500 to purchase native plants.
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Nanaimo city council is asking the provincial and federal government to help preserve the unique ecosystem in Harewood Plains. The city has received a subdivision and development permit application for the land, which includes dedicating five per cent of the land as park space and a no-build, no disturbance covenant on a section of the land that has been designated as an environmentally sensitive area.
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The City and Regional District of Nanaimo are looking for people to join the Acting for Climate Together program, or ACT, for a second year.
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The late Craig Evans, known for his work in sustainability and food security in the Nanaimo community, is being honoured with the Medal of Good Citizenship.
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Protests against the logging of old growth forests took place Thursday at Nanaimo MLA Sheila Malcolmson’s office marking the three-year anniversary of the provinces’ Old Growth Strategic Review.
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A five-hour session of Nanaimo city council that lasted late into Monday night narrowly passed a staff recommendation to move to the top level of the province’s Zero Carbon Step Code by July 2024, six years earlier than the provincial timeline.
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One woman battling record wildfires in B.C. this summer is Ashley Holyk, a forestry resources technology student at Vancouver Island University in Nanaimo.
The City of Nanaimo’s Governance and Priorities Committee unanimously voted to refer a staff recommendation to accelerate zero-carbon building code requirements to city council.
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