Nanaimo Museum exhibit looks at farming and food security through past and present

Nanaimo has a deep rooted history in farming, and Grow Nanaimo, a new exhibit at the Nanaimo Museum examines it.

NanaimoLauryn MackenzieMay 1, 2026Nanaimo, Nanaimo Museum, agriculture, Farms, Farming

Community comes out to support Volunteer Nanaimo during a time of need

Community members, members of government, and local organizations came together Wednesday April 29 to show support for Volunteer Nanaimo.

NanaimoLauryn MackenzieApril 30, 2026Nanaimo, Volunteer, Volunteer Nanaimo, funding

Second annual Infusion sees skyrocketing number of participants and interested healthcare workers

Hundreds of Americans once again came to visit the Harbour City this past weekend, but this time, many healthcare workers came to learn more about making Nanaimo their new home.

NanaimoLauryn MackenzieApril 28, 2026Nanaimo Infusion, Tod Maffin, USA, Americans, Healthcare, Healthcare workers, Nanaimo, NRGH

All speakers opposed at second night of Cable Bay public hearing

Once again the Shaw Auditorium was packed with concerned locals before city council, voicing their opinions on the proposed rezoning of land near the popular Cable Bay trail.

NanaimoLauryn MackenzieApril 24, 2026Cable Bay, Cable Bay Trail, Harmac, Public Hearing, City of Nanaimo, RDN, Reg

For 21st year, VISFF partners with CineVic local films to Nanaimo

Local and international short films will be on full display this weekend at the Malaspina Theatre at Vancouver Island University.

NanaimoLauryn MackenzieApril 16, 2026Vancouver Island Short Film Festival, Film

Grief Fire held at Vancouver Island University 10 years after toxic drug crisis declared

On April 14, 2016, the Government of British Columbia declared a public health emergency in response to the increase in toxic drug deaths happening across the province.

With a boom in clean energy, a new art exhibit at the Nanaimo Art Gallery, looks at the true cost of it all

While countries around the world work to switch from fossil fuels to green renewables, a new exhibit takes a step back and gives voice to those affected and affecting the clean energy transition.

NanaimoLauryn MackenzieApril 13, 2026Nanaimo Art Gallery, Argentina, Nanaimo, lithium, lithium mining

Hamilton Marsh Regional Park officially opened by RDN

After decades of work by local ecological groups, Hamilton Marsh Regional Park is officially open.

Nanaimo youth, youngest artist to be selected for City’s street banners

Imagination and creativity are on full display across the harbour city’s downtown, and along Bowen Road as the City of Nanaimo displays a new banner design by a local youth artist.

NanaimoLauryn MackenzieApril 3, 2026Art, Community Art, City of Nanaimo

Looking out for the ‘little guys.’ A new eDNA collection method to research Salish Sea forage fish

In the face of a global biological crisis, a Vancouver Island research group is using new environmental DNA techniques to help better understand some of the coast's smallest fish.

Youth and ‘hidden homelessness’ data now being counted in United Way Point-in-Time Count

Once again the numbers of those living unhoused in Nanaimo remains high as United Way BC releases the latest numbers from the 2025 Point-in-Time (PiT) Count.

NanaimoLauryn MackenzieMarch 27, 2026Homelessness, Nanaimo, Point-in-Time Count

Nanaimo Hub set to close but nearby neighbourhood group worried about what comes next

Just weeks away from the closing of the daytime and nighttime service Hub, a local neighbourhood group is concerned about what comes next.

NanaimoLauryn MackenzieMarch 19, 2026The Hub, SECA

“I don't know what I'm gonna do”—The Hub set to shut down end of March

On January 2nd, 2025, a year-round drop-in service hub opened in downtown Nanaimo, giving a space for those unhoused to access essential services. A little over a year later, they are now bracing for what will come next as the Hub is set to close.

NanaimoLauryn MackenzieMarch 19, 2026The Hub, SECA

New low-cost vet care program opens in Nanaimo

Nanaimo is full of animal lovers, and while people want to give their furry friends the best care possible, veterinary care can come at a high cost.

NanaimoLauryn MackenzieMarch 13, 2026

Bluebirds once flourished here, Cowichan conservation works for their return

Bluebirds once could be seen–and heard–all across the Cowichan Valley, but loss of habitat due to development saw a decline so significant that bluebirds became locally extinct.

NanaimoLauryn MackenzieMarch 12, 2026

VIU Students’ Union host free open textbook fair

The first week of March marks Open Education Week, and facing rising education costs, Vancouver Island University Students’ Union put a spin on the classic Scholastic Book Fair, hosting their first zero cost textbook fair.

NanaimoLauryn MackenzieMarch 5, 2026