On a sunny Sunday, June 21st, Mid Island Métis Nation held their annual event, celebrating the day. The park pavilion hosted various speeches, singers and musical performances.
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More than 60 years after a fire ravaged Nanaimo's final Chinatown, the Nanaimo Chinatown Heritage Foundation is working to save what's left.
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The Globe Live Studios, a local all ages venue has, due to financial troubles laid off all paid staff, and is considering a shift to a non-profit or hybrid model with volunteers.
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This summer many of the diverse communities that make up Nanaimo will have the chance to showcase their cultures and traditions through music, food, and dance at the Commercial Street Night Market.
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A new experimental music festival is launching in Nanaimo, as a three day celebration of audiovisual and ambient music. Featuring independent artists, the upcoming Margins of Sound is a new festival taking place on the weekend of June 26 to 28 in Nanaimo.
On Monday night, the New Forest Act Roadshow, a campaign to reform provincial forestry legislation by the Boundary Forest Watershed Stewardship Society, stopped in Courtenay.
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With the City’s Sea Level Rise Management Plan almost complete, Nanaimo is visited by Philippine government officials as part of a peer exchange program focused on climate adaptation and reducing disasters.
Over the weekend thousands of people came out to celebrate the tenth annual Pride Parade in Nanaimo.
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A group of youths in the Comox Valley is making sure the region is prepared for climate emergencies.
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Marking 30 years of pride in Nanaimo, and ten years of the Nanaimo Pride Society.
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The City of Nanaimo is once again calling on the provincial government to provide more dry housing services in the city.
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Last Saturday June 6, local residents gathered around Diana Krall Plaza and the Harbourfront Library at 90 Commercial Street in downtown Nanaimo. Seniors for Climate consists of peaceful protests where participants sit and chat while making collages on climate themes as they sing protest songs.
A trio of groups are teaming up to help keep the Jazz scene alive in Nanaimo. The Sunday Jazz Brunch is a six week series of events that began on May 17, continuing through to June 21.
Nanaimo City Council has directed staff to review the city’s noise bylaw, after citizen complaints about construction noise.
A Comox Valley environmental group is reporting record Coho salmon smolt counts in Brooklyn Creek, following recovery efforts.
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Piper’s Lagoon Park is viewed as one of the best places in Nanaimo to see the stars, and a new project is making it easier to experience the night sky
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The Lions Foundation of Canada Dog Guides provides service dogs at no costs to Canadians with disabilities. Every year they raise money by organizing walks in more than 200 communities across the country.
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A group in the Nanaimo-Oceanside area is calling for more volunteers to help make sure seniors can keep their dogs at home.
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