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The Old Victoria (OV) Arts Centre is set for renovations as the local venue works towards a new chapter with the help of The Nanaimo Performing Arts Guild (NPAG).

Fire season is underway in B.C. This year it could be more severe than usual.

Since 1968, the Society of Organized Services has been working to meet the needs of school children, families and seniors throughout the Oceanside area. Now the organization needs money to make sure those programs and services can continue.

A new pop up shop is offering job seekers free professional clothing donated by the community.

It has been over a month since a year-round drop-in service hub closed in downtown Nanaimo, leaving many community services looking for new ways to keep those living on the street from falling through the cracks.

Operating on Commercial street in downtown Nanaimo since 2018, Red’s Bakery has been described by its supporters as a pillar of downtown Nanaimo. The bakery’s Pay It Forward system provides free meals to anyone and everyone who comes in and asks.

With Men’s Mental Health month coming up, Nanaimo’s Western Edge Theatre prepares for its last show of the season, Canadian made play, 7 Stories.

With summer right around the corner, the annual Nanaimo music festival is back with a fresh new paintjob after adapting to challenges faced in 2024. 

Every May is a reminder of the crisis impacting B.C.’s missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls.

On January 1st, 2025, Carly Carey, got the news no one ever wants to hear, she had been diagnosed with cancer.

Nanaimo has a deep rooted history in farming, and Grow Nanaimo, a new exhibit at the Nanaimo Museum examines it.