Over 50 members of local governments in British Columbia have signed an open letter urging the Government of Canada to call for a ceasefire in the conflict in Gaza.
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The City of Parksville is seeking an exemption to the province’s new law on short-term rentals for tourist accommodation areas in the city, but the minister of housing says the city needs to increase the vacancy rates for long-term rentals first.
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Nanaimo Fire Chief Tim Doyle painted a dire picture of the overdose crisis to Nanaimo city council on Monday.
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About 300 people marched through downtown Nanaimo on Saturday, Nov. 4 calling for a ceasefire in Israel’s escalating war against Hamas in Gaza.
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Lisa Marie Barron, the NDP Member of Parliament for Nanaimo - Ladysmith, is calling on the federal government to support a ceasefire in the war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip as it enters its third week.
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Nanaimo city councillor Tyler Brown is the keynote speaker at the 16th Annual Urban Film Festival is taking place on the evening Friday, Nov. 3 at Vancouver Island University. CHLY spoke with him about the challenges, and opportunities, to make Nanaimo more walkable.
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The City of Nanaimo has voted to allocate up to $230,000 to Risebridge to operate a daytime warming centre this winter that will run seven days a week between November 14 and March 31, 2024.
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This is the final week for voters in the City of Nanaimo to file their opposition to the city taking out a loan for up to $48.5 million for the first phase of a new operations centre.
Participants at the Five Acres Farm open house were given a sticker to post on one of four options showing where affordable housing could be built, plus a fifth option with no housing development.
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Premier David Eby addressed the State of the Island Economic Summit in Nanaimo on Thursday morning, speaking about housing, transportation and the toxic drug crisis.
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The 17th Annual State of the Island Economic Summit opened at the Vancouver Island Conference Centre in downtown Nanaimo on Wednesday.
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A presentation by the Nanaimo Systems Planning Organization (SPO) to city council’s governance and priorities committee meeting on Monday, stressed a dire need for multiple daytime warming centres in the city this winter, but noted there is no funding to operate them.
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A new long-term care home in Lantzville will bring a total of 306 long-term care beds to the region, including a 20-bed hospice unit and a 26-bed specialized population unit.
The City of Nanaimo’s finance and audit committee is recommending that city council allocate $60,000 to continue a breakfast meal program until the end of the year.
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The City of Nanaimo is supporting the LGBTQ+ community as another march for “parental rights” is set to take place at City Hall on Saturday, Oct. 21.
On Thursday, Oct. 12 the Muslim Women’s Club at Vancouver Island University held a “Solidarity with Palestine” protest in the campus quad.
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October 16 to 29 is fall GoByBike week in communities across British Columbia where people are encouraged to cycle as much as possible to improve their mental and physical health and help the environment.
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On Wednesday evening, members of Nanaimo’s Jewish community packed the small synagogue in Rabbi Bentzi Shemtov’s home in north Nanaimo for a “Solidarity and Prayer for Israel” service.
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