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Local News on the Salish Sea

📷 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.

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Guiding Principles for COVID-19 Response from Dr. Bonnie Henry, Provincial Health Officer of BC
Guiding Principles for COVID-19 Response from Dr. Bonnie Henry, Provincial Health Officer of BC

BC's Provincial Health Officer is calling on all British Columbians to keep these principles in mind to help guide you in your actions during this epidemic. Dr. Bonnie Henry is urging us to "be kind, be calm and be safe" to not judge others, but to look to our own actions in helping to flatten and decrease the curve.

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NewsLisa CordascoMay 5, 2020
Emergency Response Centre for homeless to open in Nanaimo
Emergency Response Centre for homeless to open in Nanaimo

Updated May 1: The City of Nanaimo and BC Housing has announced that an Emergency Response Centre will open in June to provide shelter for 35 homeless residents for the duration of the pandemic.

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Mick SweetmanMay 1, 2020
Nanaimo has no hotel rooms for homeless to isolate
Nanaimo has no hotel rooms for homeless to isolate

As BC Housing announced plans to move homeless people in Vancouver and Victoria from large encampments to hundreds of hotel rooms and communal spaces, a similar effort has faltered in Nanaimo.

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Mick SweetmanApril 27, 2020
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Snuneymuxw First Nation to become largest Indigenous-led casino operator in the province
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Radio Malaspina Society / CHLY 101.7FM
2-34 Victoria Crescent,
Nanaimo, BC, V9R 5B8,
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CHLY 101.7FM acknowledges and thanks the Snuneymuxw First Nation, as we broadcast from their traditional territory up and down the coast of Vancouver Island and across the Salish Sea to the Southern Sunshine Coast and Lower Mainland. Learn more about our reconciliation efforts.

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Address: #2 - 34 Victoria Cres. Nanaimo BC Canada V9R 5B8
Office Phone: (250) 716-3410 / Studio Line: (250) 740-1017
Staff Hours: Weekdays: 10 AM to 5PM / Weekends: Closed.

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CHLY 101.7FM is Listener supported on the Salish Sea. Our non-profit station is also funded in-part with by grants from the following sources. Learn more about our funding on our about page.

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