Local News Updates
Updates on what’s happening in Nanaimo and on the Salish Sea.
June is Pride Month, and a local bird enthusiast is encouraging people to not only celebrate pride in the community but also out in nature.
What says ‘Nanaimo’ more than just a giant sign spelling out the name in the middle of Maffeo Sutton Park?
Kyle Wickland was excited when he was accepted to the Master of Community Planning program at Vancouver Island University this year.
The Comox Valley Regional District (CVRD) is inviting local residents to learn about the Comox Lake Watershed this week through a series of events they are calling Watershed Awareness Days.
On Tuesday, May 20th, B.C.’s Minister of Health Josie Osborne formally announced the Crisis Response, Community-Led team expanding to the Comox Valley.
It’s official, Nanaimo now holds the record for the world’s largest Nanaimo bar.
BroomBusters are on a mission to clear Vancouver Island of the invasive plant Scotch broom.
May 17th is the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, and Transphobia, and in a City of Courtenay Council Meeting on May 7th, Councillor Evan Jolicoeur made a statement on behalf of the council.
North Island Roller Derby is running a raffle, fundraising to help cover expenses, expand the league, and engage the community.
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.
A beloved downtown Nanaimo music festival is reimagining Backyard Fest after almost being cancelled last year.
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.
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Nanaimo is asking for voters' permission to sell an acre of parkland to pave the way for a road to a planned subdivision.
At a meeting Monday, Nanaimo city council approved a plan that would ultimately see the north edge of Elaine Hamilton Park in the city’s south end become a road that would serve as the main entryway to a residential development, one of six sections of the Sandstone Project.
A washroom at the park would need to be demolished, with the developer building a new facility on a different part of the park.
After initially voting against an running an AAP, council reconsidered and voted 6-3 in favour of the process, with councillors Paul Manly, Tyler Brown, and Ben Geselbracht opposed.
Midcoast Morning brings you coverage of the meeting, and speaks with the developer behind the project.
Midcoast Morning speaks with Gordon Robinson of the Coastal Fire Centre in Parksville to assess wildfire risks on Vancouver Island. The program also speaks with Steve Mjaaland of Mosaic, who manage nearly 1.5 million acres of private land on southeastern Vancouver Island.
Dinosaurs of BC, a traveling exhibition from the Royal British Columbia Museum, is making its way to Nanaimo for the summer.
Midcoast Morning speaks with paleontologist Victoria Arbour about the kinds of fossils around what’s now B.C, and what the mass extinction event at the end of the cretaceous period 66 million years ago was like.
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