Nanaimo city council voted down a motion by Coun. Paul Manly for the city to stop advertising on Meta social media platforms Facebook and Instagram yesterday.
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Scott Rees, who is blind, swam for 11 hours to cross the 30 km Georgia Strait from Sechelt to Nanaimo raising over $127.000 for the Canadian Guide Dogs for the Blind.
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Scott Rees, who is blind, will attempt to cross the Georgia Strait this Sunday to raise money for Canadian Guide Dogs for the Blind.
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This Saturday and Sunday Nanaimoites are encouraged to put household items and furniture on the curb for the 20th year of the Reuse Rendezvous.
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East Vancouver Island is already experiencing severe drought conditions with the province listing it as Drought Level 5, which means that “adverse impacts to socio-economic or ecosystem values are almost certain.”
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The 37th Annual Silly Boat Regatta took place on a sunny afternoon at Nanaimo’s Maffeo Sutton Park on Sunday raising money for the Nanaimo Child Development Centre.
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The Gutters Are Electric comic exhibit at the Nanaimo Art Gallery features local Indigenous artist bailey macabre alongside renowned comic artists from across North America.
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Updated Monday to Friday: The spread of COVID-19 in the Island Health region is being tracked by the BC Centre for Disease Control. This page includes information on the number of cases, rate of change, hospitalizations, deaths and recoveries. It will be updated weekly on Mondays.
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Early on Thursday morning, Sara Ladret was one of several people camping in Italian Square Park near Port Place Mall who were woken up by City of Nanaimo bylaw officers — accompanied by RCMP — and told that they had to pack up and leave.
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First Nations people in British Columbia have been hit hard by COVID-19 and Vancouver Island is no exception. As of March 1, First Nations people on the Island accounted for over 30 per cent of all cases of COVID-19 in the region.
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The B.C. Ministry of Health told CHLY 101.7FM on Monday afternoon that there are no additional cases related to the the one confirmed case of a highly transmissible variant of COVID-19 in British Columbia.
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There were 175 deaths from overdoses in July, according to the B.C. Coroner's service, bringing the total to 909 in 2020.
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Two overdose alerts were issued for the Nanaimo and Cowichan Valley areas as the region records a spike in overdose calls.
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BC's other provincial health emergency — overdose deaths — has become more acute since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Overdose deaths In BC increased sharply in March with 113 people dying in BC, but are still down from the previous year according to a report from the BC Coroners Service.
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British Columbia’s COVID-19 Go-Forward Strategy was released today. This document details recommendations and next steps to reach a sustainable ‘new normal’ for the next year to two years.
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