Joe Pugh

Host & Producer (Nanaimo) / Editor — Since fall 2023, Joe Pugh has hosted and produced Midcoast Morning, our newsroom’s current affairs program. Since 2026, Pugh took on the additional role of editor in our newsroom. Pugh has also hosted and produced People First Radio, a program in partnership with the Vancouver Island Mental Health Society since 2022.

Joe attended the University of Guelph for a Bachelors in Arts and Science, and later Humber College for a graduate certificate in radio and media production. In the fall of 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic Joe Pugh applied to volunteer at our station, and in 2021 joined the station as summer staff through Canada Summer Jobs.

Regular Office Hours:
None—email for meeting.

Contact:
joe.pugh@chly.ca
news@chly.ca

Recent Stories

Midcoast Morning
Talking about the systems that guide development near wetlands in B.C.
Talking about the systems that guide development near wetlands in B.C.

Plans for a development near a wetland ecosystem in the Rock City area have generated concern among local residents, and prompted multiple delegations before city council this month. To better understand what systems are in place to regulate development around wetlands, Midcoast Morning spoke with Russell Chiong, a staff lawyer at West Coast Environmental Law.

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Exploring a non-market municipal housing authority in Nanaimo
Exploring a non-market municipal housing authority in Nanaimo

Nanaimo is looking to get more active on bringing non market housing to the community. The City’s Governance and Priorities committee voted Monday in favour of recommending Nanaimo City Council send $75,000 to the Nanaimo Prosperity Corporation to facilitate a non-market housing delivery system pilot.

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Amidst world cup excitement, Nanaimo hosts B.C. youth soccer championship
Amidst world cup excitement, Nanaimo hosts B.C. youth soccer championship

As Canada’s time hosting the FIFA world cup comes to a close, Nanaimo is hosting some of B.C.’s youth soccer talent.

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Hammond Bay Neighbourhood Association hopes that major sewer project brings pedestrian improvements
Hammond Bay Neighbourhood Association hopes that major sewer project brings pedestrian improvements

Barry Lyseng says he’s been advocating for pedestrian improvements on Hammond Bay road for 27 years…

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Advocates say tenant protection bylaw recommendation is weak
Advocates say tenant protection bylaw recommendation is weak

The City of Nanaimo is in the process of creating a tenant protection bylaw, but staff are recommending against some of the enhanced protections offered by bylaws in other B.C. communities…

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140 years later, the cost and impact of the E&N Railway Land Grant
140 years later, the cost and impact of the E&N Railway Land Grant

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…

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A visit to Nanaimo's repair café
A visit to Nanaimo's repair café

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…

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Exploring the Woodgrove Area Plan
Exploring the Woodgrove Area Plan

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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