At a Regional District of Nanaimo, or RDN, board meeting on Tuesday, March 13, directors voted to defer a motion that would have seen a four per cent increase to curbside collection utility fees.
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Utility boxes around the Ladysmith area are getting a new look.
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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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Leader of the federal NDP, Jagmeet Singh stopped by Nanaimo on Friday, March 8. He and Nanaimo-Ladysmith MP Lisa Marie Barron spent some time volunteering at Loaves’ & Fishes free food market.
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Another local environmental group has spoken to their town council about the potential impacts of recent changes to B.C.’s Local Government Act could have on urban forests in the community.
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Parksville city council voted to defer a motion that could have seen an Official Community Plan, (OCP) bylaw amendment to limit multi-unit developments along the Englishman River. At the council meeting on Monday, March 4, council heard a presentation from Mid Island Habitat Enhancement Society president, Barb Riordan, about how changes to the Local Government Act, may impact environmentally sensitive areas along the Englishman River.
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A new building of micro rental suites ranging from 323 to 366 square feet is coming to downtown Nanaimo after city council approved a development permit for a five-storey, 31-unit building at 337 Robson Street.
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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 Regional District of Nanaimo (RDN) has approved a new health and wellness service for Gabriola Island. This comes after an Alternative Approval Process (AAP), for the new service only received 101 forms in opposition to it.
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According to a report by Third Space Planning, short term rentals in Qualicum Beach are harming the local housing and rental markets and making life less affordable. Eric Swanson from Third Space Planning presented the findings to the town council on February 28.
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Nanaimo city council is putting the brakes on removing school zone speed signs that don’t comply with the provincial Motor Vehicle Act.
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BC’s minimum wage will be increasing from $16.75 to $17.40 an hour on June 1st.
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On February 21, Parksville city council voted to move ahead with an application to allow the development of a non-market rental building at 1225 Franklin Gulls Road by the Parksville Lions Society.
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Although the winter weather is still in the air, the Village of Cumberland is already looking forward to their annual summer concert series — and the noise it may bring.
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Paul Manly, executive director of the Naniamo Unitarian Shelter, is speaking out after a 23-year old woman named Sophia — who worked at the shelter — died from an infection after struggling to access primary care.
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The biggest francophone celebration on Vancouver Island kicks off in Nanaimo tonight.
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