Friends and lovers who live on both sides of the Canada-US border will no longer be able to meet at Peace Arch Park. The park, that straddles the border will be closed to the public, starting at 8 o'clock tonight; Meanwhile, some National Parks campsites will open starting Monday. The Green Point Campground in Pacific Rim National Park will reopen with a limited number of spaces; If you would like to support more local journalism on our station, please make a contribution at chly.ca/support.

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For the fifth day in a row, there have been no deaths from COVID-19 in BC. However, there have been 19 new cases confirmed since Tuesday, including two new outbreaks; The provincial government wants to hear from you about how it should spend one and a half billion dollars on economic recovery and infrastructure projects. For information go to engage.gov.bc.ca/recoveryideas; Summer fun is about to begin, with the opening of water parks in Nanaimo and summer camp registration in the region.

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There have been no deaths from COVID-19 in BC since last Friday, but there were 10 new cases on the lower mainland over the past 24 hours; The Minister of Health says BC has learned its lesson when it comes to stockpiling equipment to fight pandemics; Nanaimo City council has voted to bend the rules, to allow a house to be built closer to a riparian stream; BC's provincial courts are planning a return to the new normal, starting next month; Please join the push for more local journalism by making a donation at chly.ca/support.

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There have been no new deaths from COVID-19 in BC in the past three days, but new cases continue to climb; Young people in the Comox Valley and Port Hardy who are struggling with mental health or addiction will soon receive seamless services when they need them with a pilot project that is now being expanded; Questions are being raised about the death of a member of the Canadian Forces Snowbirds. The Ottawa Citizen newspaper is reporting the Canadian Forces knew it had a problem with the ejection seat on its Snowbirds aircraft four years ago, but did nothing about it.

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BC's Ministry of Education has lost a landmark case in the Supreme Court of Canada; Dr. Shannon Dames a nursing professor at Vancouver Island University has received a $50,000 dollar grant to develop a psychedelic therapy for health care workers and first responders who suffer from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder; Farmers in the Alberni Valley will be allowed to slaughter animals on their farms for sale to consumers restaurants and butcher shops; Please consider making a donation at chly.ca/support.

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A former BC conservation officer who lost his job for refusing to kill two bear cubs has been vindicated by the BC Court of Appeal; Construction has started on a project at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital that will reduce wait times for colonoscopies; A funeral is being held today, for the 26-year-old Tla-o-qui-aht woman who was killed by a News Brunswick police officer during a wellness check one week ago. Family members of Chantal Moore say she was shot five times in what they believe was a racially motivated incident; We'd like to expand our local news service at CHLY and we can do it with your help. Please consider making a donation at chly.ca/support.

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There have been no new deaths from COVID-19 in BC for the fifth straight day. However, there are 12 new cases confirmed over the past 24 hours on the lower mainland, including a new outbreak at a long term care home and new cases related to two, large family gatherings; The Premier says the Provincial Health Officer has approved a plan that would allow Vancouver to become an NHL hub city; Amateur athletes in BC will be able to play their games this summer, thanks to a ministerial order; The Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council says it wants travel restricted in its territory until the province agrees to several measures to keep its communities safe from COVID-19; Please help sustain and grow our effort to increase local journalism with a donation at chly.ca/support.

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A new survey by Angus Reid shows British Columbians are hugely supportive of how the province is handling the COVID-19 pandemic; BC's Provincial Health Officer says researchers are crunching data, in an effort to learn how COVID-19 has affected people based on race and socioeconomic levels; If you would like to support our goal of expanding local news on our airwaves, please consider making a contribution at chly.ca/support.

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For the fifth straight day, there have been no new deaths from COVID-19 in BC. The Provincial Health Officer has also declared several outbreaks over; BC Ferries has announced, starting on June the 15th, it will require all passengers over the age of 2 to wear masks on ferry trips that are longer than 30 minutes but only when physical distancing is not possible; The City of Nanaimo's animal pound and adoption centre does not meet basic national standards for animals in shelters and a consultant's report is recommending a renovation; If you'd like to help support an increase in local news, please make a donation at chly.ca/support.

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The Department of National Defence’s Airworthiness Investigative Authority has released a preliminary report on the crash of a helicopter off the coast of Greece. The April the 29th crash killed six crew members, including Captain Kevin Hagan, of Nanaimo; The Prime Minister says Canada will lift some travel restrictions to allow family members to be reunited; Nanaimo's Loaves and Fishes Foodbank will receive more than $70,000 dollars, thanks to an anonymous donor who matched a month-long drive for donations; We would like to grow our local news service with your help; Please consider donating at CHLY.ca/support.

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More than 500 people attended an anti-racism in Nanaimo today. People chanted as people of colour and indigenous speakers talked about their experiences of racism, while supporters surrounded them in a symbolic safe circle; Today's COVID-19 numbers show one person has died from the virus and there is one new confirmed case in BC since Thursday, both are in the Fraser Health Region; The provincial government is bending its privacy rules because of COVID-19. This afternoon, the Minister of Citizens Services issued a ministerial order, allowing the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Education to use communications software that would normally not be allowed under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act; We'd like to create more local news programming for you and we can do it with your help. Please consider making a donation at CHLY.ca/support.

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New numbers on COVID-19 show there have been no new deaths from the virus in BC over the past 24 hours. There are nine new cases, three of which are in the Island Health Region, bringing our total to 130; Other new data show where the various strains of COVID-19 in BC have come from. Surprisingly, there were very few cases that actually came from outbreaks in China, while the majority has come from European outbreaks; A rally is being planned in Nanaimo on Friday, to stand in solidarity with anti-racism protests in the United States and to raise awareness of anti-black racism in Canada. If you would like to support and help grow local journalism on our airwaves, please make a contribution at chly.ca/support.

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New numbers on COVID-19 show there have been no new deaths from the virus in BC over the past 24 hours. There are nine new cases, three of which are in the Island Health Region, bringing our total to 130; Other new data show where the various strains of COVID-19 in BC have come from. Surprisingly, there were very few cases that actually came from outbreaks in China, while the majority has come from European outbreaks; A rally is being planned in Nanaimo on Friday, to stand in solidarity with anti-racism protests in the United States and to raise awareness of anti-black racism in Canada. If you would like to support and help grow local journalism on our airwaves, please make a contribution at chly.ca/support.

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The latest COVID-19 numbers are in and the Island Health region continues to have no new outbreaks and just one person in hospital; The Premier is promising announcements soon, when it comes to tourism, transit and paid sick leave; more in the update.

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The chaos in U.S. cities over the death of George Floyd has hit home for a Ladysmith school principal; The City of Parksville will not get its way when it comes to a proposed bylaw to restrict the distribution of clean needles; Ferry service resumes today between Departure Bay and Horseshoe Bay. This news update is made possible by a grant from the Local Journalism Initiative of the Community Radio Fund of Canada and Heritage Canada. If you would like to hear more community journalism on our airwaves, you can make it happen with a donation at chly.ca/donate.

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There are no new deaths and just four new cases of the virus confirmed in the past 24 hours; Health Minister Adrian Dix says BC can now use three million N95 type masks that have been declared safe for use; The Vancouver Island Integrated Major Crime Unit is investigating an apparent murder-suicide on Salt Spring Island; Playgrounds in Nanaimo and the regional district will reopen on Wednesday; If you would like to support and grow local news programming, please consider making a sustaining donation for as little as $3.50 a month. You can do that at chly.ca/donate.

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A report by BC's Acting Auditor General says an immigration program needs a better plan to recognize fraud and misrepresentation; Book lovers who have been cut off from their regional library because of COVID-19 will soon be allowed to check out reading and video material; Tourism marketing organizations hope a series of federal and provincial grants will help them weather the downturn, as a result of COVID-19; Please contribute to keeping initiatives like this alive at chly.ca/support.

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The Vancouver Island Health region continues to keep a lid on new COVID-19 cases. The Provincial Health Officer says she supports the right to protest against racism, but Dr. Bonnie Henry says protestors need to weigh the risks and take steps to prevent the spread of the virus. Henry was reacting to a large anti-racism protest, held in Vancouver on Sunday, where 3500 people attended. The protest violated the public health order that limits gatherings to 50 people; The province has issued an emergency order it hopes will force BC landlords to give their commercial customers a break. Support and grow local news initiatives like this, please get on board with a sustaining donation at chly.ca/donate.

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COVID-19 numbers continue to remain low in BC over the weekend. There were no new deaths reported on Saturday. Dr. Bonnie Henry says she is confident and excited about the reopening of schools, given BC's low infection rate; The Nanaimo Ladysmith School District says it has hired 14 extra custodians to ensure new cleaning protocols are met. It looks like tubing will be allowed on the Cowichan River this summer after all; Today is lottery day for 1500 Nanaimo residents hoping to win a spot at the drive-in being sponsored by the Nanaimo Clippers; If you'd like to support and grow local news initiatives like this, please get on board with a sustaining donation at chly.ca/donate.

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There have been no deaths reported in the past 24 hours, and just four new cases of the virus on the lower mainland. These are the lowest numbers recorded since the start of the pandemic; The Minister of Health and the Provincial Health Officer are welcoming the federal government's decision to ban cruise ships from Canadian waters until at least the end of October; Today has been proclaimed "Day of the Honey Bee" by the Ministry of Agriculture; The city of Nanaimo is reminding dog owners that your fur-babies are banned from beaches from now until October; If you'd like to support and grow local news initiatives like this, please get on board with a sustaining donation at chly.ca/donate.

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