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An overlooked yet pivotal feature of the coastal landscape has inspired a new public art project, and the community is invited to take part. Encrustation: Barnacles of Belonging is a new participatory exhibit from Twyla Exner, inspired by the sharp seaside staple. 

Hidden in the middle of Nanaimo’s Rock City neighbourhood is a wetland that a local community group fears could be affected by nearby development.

More than 60 years after a fire ravaged Nanaimo's final Chinatown, the Nanaimo Chinatown Heritage Foundation is working to save what's left.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Marking 30 years of pride in Nanaimo, and ten years of the Nanaimo Pride Society.

The City of Nanaimo is once again calling on the provincial government to provide more dry housing services in the city.