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Updates on what’s happening in Nanaimo and on the Salish Sea.
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.
A group of youths in the Comox Valley is making sure the region is prepared for climate emergencies.
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.
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.
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
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.
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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A new exhibit at the Harbourfront Library in Nanaimo brings attention to the privatisation of much of the land on southeastern Vancouver Island. Called The Great Vancouver Island Land Grab, it’s about the granting of land in exchange for construction of the Esquimalt and Nanaimo railway…
The repair café movement has returned to Nanaimo. Volunteers came together Saturday May 30 to look at more than 100 household items in need of a fix. The event at St Andrew’s Church in the Old City Quarter featured tables for small appliances, electronics, furniture, jewellery, bike repairs and more…
A plan to shape the future of the Woodgrove Area is now complete and has made its way before Nanaimo City Council.
Project Manager Kasia Biegun of the City of Nanaimo’s planning department spoke with CHLY about what’s envisioned for the area through 2046.
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