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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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. 

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.

Every spring, the Oceanside area gets visited by travelling birds stopping off on the coast of Vancouver Island to rest their wings. 

The deadline for candidates to apply for the riding has officially passed, and Elections Canada has put out the official list of who voters in the Nanaimo–Ladysmith riding will see on their ballot.

Candidates in Nanaimo–Ladysmith will have opportunities to speak with voters at upcoming candidate meetings in the riding.

National poetry month has sprung to a start in the Comox Valley, with the Downtown Courtenay Business Improvement Association and Artful : The Poets joining together once again.