Nanaimo Mayor Leonard Krog discusses the cancelled alternative approval process and the future of the public works yard project. Shoppers at Nanaimo’s Superette share memories of the store in the wake of the news that it’s up for sale.
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Nanaimo has shelved an alternative approval process for the second time, after failing to follow the rules set out in provincial legislation.
To try and make sense of the situation, we spoke with Vancouver Island University Political Studies Professor Michael MacKenzie.
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Lunar New Year falls on Saturday February 10th in 2024
An important holiday in the culture of many Asian nations, including China, Korea, Vietnam, and Indonesia,
Today we’ll be taking a look at some of the ways it’s being celebrated here in Nanaimo.
We’ll visit the Nanaimo Chinese Cultural Society’s Lunar New Year event, and we’ll hear the favourite traditions of a number of students at VIU.
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Nanaimo’s nailed down five specific proposals it wants to see action on from the province
This week council approved the resolutions the city will bring before the Association of Vancouver Island and Coastal Communities.
We’ll be exploring what that means, what the resolutions are, how this all works, and why you should care.
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Housing has been a hot topic around town this week.
The provincial housing minister was in Nanaimo for an announcement, the province announced more funding for rent banks in BC, and the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation came out with its 2024 rental market report.
We’ll hear from housing minister Ravi Kahlon, and we’ll explore the Nanaimo housing scene with VIU Master of Community Planning professor Mark Holland.
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A pair of Vancouver Island Entrepreneurs have lost their space but not their vision.
Last Mother's day Sabrina Anderson and Whirly Bird launched Stray Coastal Moat Farm market, hoping to create community for island farmers.
They took over the building across from the Nanaimo Airport in Cassidy that’s hosted farm markets in one way or another since the 1970s.
In October, just as they were getting ready to put the finishing touches on their first year, the building was destroyed by fire.
In a recent Instagram post, Anderson and Bird said that their insurance adjuster found that their operations were not responsible.
They also said however that they won’t receive insurance to cover losses such as inventory or equipment.
As the pair take some time to regroup and decide what’s next, they stopped by the CHLY studio to reflect on their season at Stray Moat.
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The Canada goose and the Vancouver Island marmot, two iconic species in very different situations.
We’re going to hear about a pair of efforts on today’s show, one to get our goose population under control, and one to bring marmots back from the brink.
Nanaimo’s launched a bid looking for contractors to do some Canada goose egg addling.
At the same time, The Marmot Recovery Foundation is hiring for a pair of positions this summer.
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Page Pierce is Nanaimo’s new Youth Poet Laureate.
The Vancouver Island University education student will spend a two year term raising awareness of poetry and the impact that literary arts can have on community life.
Pierce, 21, has published 7 books of poetry, the first of those coming when she was 15.
CHLY reporter Mick Sweetman spoke with her in our studio.
We also follow up with Nanaimo's Poet Laureate Kamal Parmar, who reflects on her two years in the role so far.
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For the next two weeks It’s Dine About Mid-Island, as Nanaimo’s Food and Beverage festival returns for a second year.
During the event a variety of independent restaurants from Ladysmith to Qualicum Beach will be offering special menus.
Midcoast Morning is taking a look at the local food scene to mark the occasion.
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Nanaimo is offering tours of its public works yard this weekend.
The city is looking to borrow $48.5 million to begin replacing and upgrading parts of the facility, which was built in the 1960s.
Members of the media were invited for a separate tour Tuesday, we’ll bring you excerpts from that..
We’ll also explore the Alternative Approval Process that’s opening up this week as the city seeks voter approval to borrow the money it will take to complete the project.
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National commentator Jen Gerson is in town for a talk tonight at Vancouver Island University, titled “Free speech in the digital age: the problems of censorship and the perils of regulation”.
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The stoppage time winner, the penalty save, the last second tackle, the dazzling dribble.
There are a lot of reasons why people might call soccer the beautiful game, but have you ever thought about beautiful refereeing?
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What happens at a Christmas tree farm in January? And what’s the best way to dispose of your tree? Can you put it in the green bin?
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From the Hullo Ferry, to new turf fields, to some prime locations that are due for facelifts, we check in on the infrastructure of Nanaimo in part 2 of our 2023 Year in review with Nanaimo Mayor Leonard Krog.
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From speeding up adoption of the zero carbon step code, to a contentious alternative approval process, there’s plenty to look back on in municipal politics in 2023.
Nanaimo Mayor Leonard Krog stopped by the CHLY studio to help wrap up the last 12 months.
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As Nanaimo gets ready to turn the page on 2023, we’re taking a look at the year in books.
In this episode, we head to the Vancouver Island Regional Library to learn about the most checked out titles. We also hear from Literacy Central Vancouver Island’s Indigenous Literacy Coordinator Aimee Chalifoux.
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As Nanaimo gets ready to turn the page on 2023, we’re taking a look at the year in books.
In this episode, we explore the world of Literacy Central Vancouver Island, and hear from an independent bookseller in Nanaimo about the year in letters.
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International students have received some answers about how much they’ll be allowed to work over the coming months.
The federal government provided an update on a number of temporary policies impacting international students, which had been set to expire at the end of the year.
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It’s been more than twelve years since passenger rail on Vancouver Island ground to a halt.
Back in the 19th century, governments gave away around two million acres of land on southeastern Vancouver Island to get The Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway built. Now it sits abandoned.
But the unbroken 289 kilometre corridor stretching from Esquilmalt to Courtenay is still almost entirely intact.
In March, a small portion of the land was returned to the Snaw'naw'as first nation. At the same time, the provincial government announced it would provide 18 million dollars to study the future of the corridor.
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