Going for grand slam, roller derby team raffles $1000

North Island Roller Derby is running a raffle, fundraising to help cover expenses, expand the league, and engage the community.

Heather WatsonMay 9, 2025Comox Valley, roller derby, sports, raffle, fundraiser, community

Evo bike share success in Nanaimo sees expansion and introduction of e-scooters

It has been a full year since the Evolve Bike Share program started in Nanaimo, and the company has announced an expansion of the bike share program while also introducing electric scooters into the mix.

Lauryn MackenzieMay 8, 2025Nanaimo, e-bikes, e-scooter, Evo, Evolve

No backyard, no problem: Backyard Fest keeps the local music scene alive with new Sunk City music festival

A beloved downtown Nanaimo music festival is reimagining Backyard Fest after almost being cancelled last year.

Lauryn MackenzieMay 8, 2025Backyard Fest, Music, Nanaimo

Nanaimo council to reconsider Loudon Park boathouse project

After concerns from the community that a new boathouse at Loudon Park would see 29 mature trees cut down, Nanaimo city council is reconsidering the project.

Lauryn MackenzieMay 7, 2025Nanaimo, City of Nanaimo

Art student explores gender dysphoria through Barbie’s form

The annual student art exhibition at North Island College in Comox Valley has wrapped up, and CHLY and CVOX met at the studio with one student to hear their experience of exhibiting their own work, a series titled “They”.

Vanier Secondary garage sale funding the future of Explore Program

Local high school G.P. Vanier’s Explore Program is hosting their famed fundraiser, gearing up for Spring trips into the great outdoors.

Skin safe and sun smart: Skin Cancer Awareness Month reaches Courtenay

The City of Courtenay is joining other municipalities across B.C. and Canada in naming May 2025 as Melanoma and Skin Cancer Awareness Month.

“These people became my family.” Risebridge shelter faces possible closure as shelter funding expires

Today, 24 people are facing the possibility of being on the street after BC Housing funding for a temporary shelter ends.

Lauryn MackenzieApril 30, 2025Nanaimo, Risebridge, housing, winter shelter

Success: “Infusion” sees hundreds of Americans gather in Nanaimo

After one man’s idea to have Americans come and visit Nanaimo, hundreds of them came this weekend.

Lauryn MackenzieApril 28, 2025Nanaimo, Tod Maffin, Infusion, USA, United States of America, Americans

Second urgent and primary care centre to open in Nanaimo

Residents in Nanaimo will have more access to primary care as a second urgent and primary care centre is set to open in the community.

Lauryn MackenzieApril 25, 2025Nanaimo, Healthcare, UPCC

Nanaimo-Ladysmith candidates speak to voters days before the election

With less than a week until election day, Nanaimo-Ladysmith candidates took to the stage to answer questions from engaged voters.

Lauryn MackenzieApril 24, 2025Nanaimo, Election

Comox Valley Regional District seeks input on new nature park

Three plots of land have been donated to the community through the Canadian Ecological Gifts Program, and the CVRD is turning to the public for feedback on how to manage it.

Community members rally at Loudon Park, hoping to save the trees

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.

Lauryn MackenzieApril 23, 2025Loudon Park, City of Nanaimo, Nanaimo, Trees, environment

Exploring the pros and cons of strategic voting

The election is in its final stretch on Vancouver Island, and with the right side of the Canadian political spectrum mostly consolidated within one party, many progressive voters are calling for strategic voting.

Queer Potluck creates space for chosen family this Easter

This Easter Sunday, Queer Centre Comox Valley is inviting people of all ages to gather with chosen family for a Queer Potluck at The Foundry in Courtenay.

Spending time with the volunteers who flock to count brant geese

On the shoreline of Vancouver Island, there are things you are certain to hear: crashing waves, birds chirping, and running water from nearby streams. But every week on Monday mornings, there is one sound in particular that a group of volunteers would be looking for.

Lauryn MackenzieApril 16, 2025Brant, brant geese, geese, goose