According to a report by Third Space Planning, short term rentals in Qualicum Beach are harming the local housing and rental markets and making life less affordable.
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Nanaimo city council is putting the brakes on removing school zone speed signs that don’t comply with the provincial Motor Vehicle Act.
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BC’s minimum wage will be increasing from $16.75 to $17.40 an hour on June 1st.
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On February 21, Parksville city council voted to move ahead with an application to allow the development of a non-market rental building at 1225 Franklin Gulls Road by the Parksville Lions Society.
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Although the winter weather is still in the air, the Village of Cumberland is already looking forward to their annual summer concert series — and the noise it may bring.
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Paul Manly, executive director of the Naniamo Unitarian Shelter, is speaking out after a 23-year old woman named Sophia — who worked at the shelter — died from an infection after struggling to access primary care.
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The biggest francophone celebration on Vancouver Island kicks off in Nanaimo tonight.
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Nanaimo’s Seventh Street Pump Station is getting an early upgrade after heavy rains in November 2021 overwhelmed the system. During the atmospheric river event, both of the system's pumps had to operate at the same time, meaning if one failed, sewers in the area could have overflowed.
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With their job at the Nanaimo Art Gallery bailey macabre has to write a lot of land acknowledgements, and this week they will be hosting a workshop to teach the value and importance behind
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As the provincial election approaches in October, Elections BC has a new tool to help voters find what electoral district they are in.
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Registration has opened for Inclusion BC’s Everybody Belongs! Conference that will be held in Nanaimo this spring.
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On February 14th members of the Nanaimo community took to the streets to bring awareness to the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) across Canada.
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Julian Fell, alternate director for the Regional District of Nanaimo’s Electoral Area F, claimed that global warming was “not happening” and is based on what he called “junk science” at the RDN’s recent board meeting on Tuesday, February 13.
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Chocolate can be one of the sweetest gifts to give the person you love for Valentine's Day, and student Grace Poirier knows a thing or two about chocolate.
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Nanaimo city councillor Tyler Brown says he was personally threatened at a city council meeting on Monday, February 5.
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At a special council meeting on Monday, February 12 Nanaimo City Council voted to cancel a second Alternative Approval Process to take out a $48.5 million dollar loan to rebuild the public works yard
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