The BC NDP introduced legislation that would prohibit use of illicit drugs in public spaces, but advocates say more overdose prevention sites are needed.
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National Day for Truth and Reconciliation was marked across Canada on Sept. 30 to remember the survivors of Canada’s residential school system, and the children who never made it home.
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Protests against the logging of old growth forests took place Thursday at Nanaimo MLA Sheila Malcolmson’s office marking the three-year anniversary of the provinces’ Old Growth Strategic Review.
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The Village of Cumberland is looking to attract new staff to the village, including on-call firefighters, with the purchase of a three-bedroom house with an attached studio suite.
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Nanaimo city council voted 5-3 to adopt changes to Nanaimo’s building bylaw banning natural gas heating in new buildings at its meeting on Monday.
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Nanaimo District Secondary School was vandalized over the weekend with racist, homophobic and transphobic slurs written on the front doors of the school.
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Dr. Timothy Green, Canada Research Chair in Shellfish Health and Genomics at Vancouver Island University, says marine heatwaves are a threat to B.C’s $20 million shellfish industry.
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Several hundred pro-LGBTQ activists counter-protested a smaller protest opposed to Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity programs in schools at various locations in Nanaimo on Wednesday.
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Adam Walker says he will clear his name and ‘all options are on the table’ including joining another party after getting booted from the BC NDP Caucus.
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Over 100 climate activists in Nanaimo marched from Maffeo Sutton Park to Nanaimo City Hall calling for an end to fossil fuels on Friday.
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Nanaimo Mayor Leonard Krog says that drug decriminalization in B.C has been a failure as Health Canada bans possession near playgrounds, splashpads and skateparks.
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On Monday, Nanaimo city council discussed a staff report on a possible bylaw that would regulate public drug use, but advocates say that isn't the solution.
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The Comox Valley Regional District moved new stage three watering restrictions on Monday to help conserve water flows for the salmon spawning in the Puntledge River.
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The Oceanside Task Force on Homelessness is looking for land to create a village of tiny homes for people who are experiencing homelessness in the area.
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Nanaimo RCMP were at Departure Bay Elementary on Wednesday reminding drivers to slow down and pay attention in school zones as part of a back-to-school safety blitz.
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Courtenay city council voted to accept a staff report at their meeting on Wednesday that recommended that the city continue advertising on Facebook and Instagram as parent company Meta continues to block news in Canada.
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