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Local News
News from around Nanaimo and the Salish Sea.
People are getting ready to move into a new supportive housing building in Nanaimo.
An anti-old-growth logging protestor and activist has been sentenced on Wednesday, April 24 for her role in blockades at Fairy Creek.
Housing projects continue to be at the forefront of development approvals and are still happening around Nanaimo, said the manager of current planning for the City of Nanaimo.
Nanaimo RCMP has tracked down a stash of bicycles they believed to have been stolen.
The City of Nanaimo through poetry is adding art to the natural landscape of Bowen Park.
A local Parksville brewery is looking for support from the City of Parksville for their application to the Liquor and Cannabis Regulation Branch to change their hours of liquor services.
Patients in Nanaimo with heart disease cannot get access to the care they need and it can lead to suffering poor or sometimes fatal outcomes said a healthcare advocate group.
Station Updates
Updates about station happenings.
CHLY 101.7FM is thrilled to welcome back Joe Pugh as host and producer of its news and current affairs program Midcoast Morning. Joe is taking over the role as current host Lauryn Mackenzie moves into an interim full-time role as an LJI Reporter at CHLY. He previously served as host and producer of an earlier version of Midcoast Morning in the summer of 2021.
The Radio Malaspina Society Board of Directors has again moved to hold our 25th Annual General Meeting in person at Vancouver Island University. The meeting will occur on Thursday, October 26th with sign-in starting at 5:30 PM, and meeting business starting at 6:00 PM.
On September 1st, 2023, CHLY Station Manager Jesse Woodward was interviewed by CBC Rundown regarding the impact of Meta's social media ban on campus-community radio stations like CHLY in retaliation for Bill C-18, the Online News Act. It was broadcast on CBC News Network.
CHLY 101.7FM is excited for the return of its news and current affairs program Midcoast Morning with the recent hiring of Lauryn Mackenzie as the host and producer of the program. Lauryn returns to CHLY after working this past summer as a junior producer at the station.
CHEK reporter Tchadas Leo interviewed CHLY Station Manager Jesse Woodward, Lauryn Mackenzie, as well as others involved in student media on Vancouver Island.
Great news for local journalism! You probably read that we recently hired Mick Sweetman as a reporter at CHLY 101.7FM and will be posting a weekly newsletter and eventually local news podcasts. I am excited about this.
Bad news for local journalism. In the coming days or weeks, maybe even today, Meta is going to block access to news on Facebook and Instagram in retribution for Bill C-18, the Online News Act. The Online News Act, based on the "Australian Model", is meant to rectify the financial imbalance between tech giants and news organizations that has developed over the last decade.