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The Story of Shakesides

The Story of Shakesides

S3E171 · · 28:01

History is being carried into the future in the town of Comox with a viewing platform planned to be built on the foundation of Mack Laing's old house, Shakesides in Mack Laing Nature...

Special committee on democratic and electoral reform calling for submissions

Special committee on democratic and electoral reform calling for submissions

S3E170 · · 28:00

The BC Government wants to hear your input on how to improve our democracy. The province’s special committee on democratic and electoral reform is accepting written submissions from...

HMCS Nanaimo helps mark Canada Day in the Harbour City

HMCS Nanaimo helps mark Canada Day in the Harbour City

S3E169 · · 28:01

A visit from the city’s namesake ship helped people in Nanaimo mark Canada Day Tuesday. Large crowds gathered to take in the sunshine in Maffeo Sutton park, where local musicians pe...

Nanaimo exploring a ban on the sale of invasive plants

Nanaimo exploring a ban on the sale of invasive plants

S3E168 · · 28:01

Nanaimo is looking to ban the sale of invasive plant species at shops in town. This Monday at a governance and priorities committee meeting councillors voted in support of a plan to...

Nanaimo weighing how much new developments should pay in to community infrastructure

Nanaimo weighing how much new developments should pay in to community infrastructure

S3E167 · · 28:01

Nanaimo is debating how much new developments should have to pay to support community infrastructure. The city is looking at updating its Development Cost Charge (DCC) bylaw for the...

Nanaimo Food Hub looking to connect community with local growers

Nanaimo Food Hub looking to connect community with local growers

S3E166 · · 28:01

A group promoting local food took to Nanaimo City Council Monday,  The folks behind the Nanaimo Food Hub are looking to boost awareness of the project, and lay the foundations for f...

Nanaimo running AAP to remove dedication from part of Elaine Hamilton park for road to subdivision

Nanaimo running AAP to remove dedication from part of Elaine Hamilton park for road to subdivision

S3E165 · · 36:39

Nanaimo is asking for voters' permission to sell an acre of parkland to pave the way for a road to a planned subdivision. At a meeting Monday, Nanaimo city council approved a plan t...

Adressing wildfire risk on the island

Adressing wildfire risk on the island

S3E164 · · 28:00

Midcoast Morning speaks with Gordon Robinson of the Coastal Fire Centre in Parksville to assess wildfire risks on Vancouver Island. The program also speaks with Steve Mjaaland of Mos...

Dinosaurs of BC coming to Nanaimo

Dinosaurs of BC coming to Nanaimo

S3E163 · · 33:20

Dinosaurs of BC, a traveling exhibition from the Royal British Columbia Museum, is making its way to Nanaimo for the summer. Midcoast Morning speaks with paleontologist Victoria Ar...

Documentary filmed on the front lines of Fairy Creek coming to Nanaimo

Documentary filmed on the front lines of Fairy Creek coming to Nanaimo

S3E162 · · 28:01

A Documentary filmed on the front lines of what’s been called Canada’s largest act of civil disobedience is coming to Nanaimo. Fairy Creek from director Jen Muranetz tells stories f...

Nanaimo senior taking action for the environment + BC community forest group gathers in Nanaimo

Nanaimo senior taking action for the environment + BC community forest group gathers in Nanaimo

S3E161 · · 28:01

Two stories about making a change in the environment, one on a systems level, and one about a community member trying to make a difference The British Columbia Community Forest Asso...

Repeated vandalism sparks Nanaimo sign redesign

Repeated vandalism sparks Nanaimo sign redesign

S3E160 · · 28:01

The O in Nanaimo’s downtown sign is getting a new design after several incidents of vandalism over the last few years.  The sign was installed in Maffeo Sutton Park in 2021. Each of...

Sharing stories of the Coast Salish Wooly Dog

Sharing stories of the Coast Salish Wooly Dog

S3E159 · · 29:45

A new project puts the Coast Salish Wooly Dog in the spotlight. Several sources suggest the dogs, which are now extinct, experienced a severe population decline in the 1850s. The p...

A visit to new temporary housing at 1300 Island Highway

A visit to new temporary housing at 1300 Island Highway

S3E158 · · 38:53

Midcoast Morning visits a temporary housing site in Cedar that is set to welcome 50 people over the coming months. Located at 1300 Island Highway South, the site is described as temp...

It's harder to get a meal or shower than it was a decade ago if you're homeless in Nanaimo, says city report

It's harder to get a meal or shower than it was a decade ago if you're homeless in Nanaimo, says city report

S3E157 · · 37:50

This week members of Nanaimo City Council got an update on the state of services for people experiencing homelessness at a Governance and Priorities Committee Meeting. A report from...

Nanaimo mayor and council provided with update on efforts to address homelessness

Nanaimo mayor and council provided with update on efforts to address homelessness

S3E156 · · 28:01

“Despite increased demand, access to basic needs services in Nanaimo has declined over the past decade,” says a report from staff at the City of Nanaimo. Leaders in health, housing,...

CHLY alum has Nanaimo launch for graphic novel telling stories inspired by Xwemalhkwu elders

CHLY alum has Nanaimo launch for graphic novel telling stories inspired by Xwemalhkwu elders

S3E155 · · 28:00

A VIU and CHLY alumni was back in Nanaimo Thursday for the launch of a graphic novel telling stories from his home nation of Xwemalhkwu(Homalco) Tchadas Leo is a journalist with CHE...

Nanaimo city council reconsidering Loudon Park decision

Nanaimo city council reconsidering Loudon Park decision

S3E154 · · 28:01

At a meeting Monday, Nanaimo city council voted 6-3 to reconsider a plan to build a boathouse with rentable community space at Loudon Park by Long Lake. The decision to reconsider wa...

New exhibit at Nanaimo Art Gallery explores audiences' taste in more ways than one

New exhibit at Nanaimo Art Gallery explores audiences' taste in more ways than one

S3E153 · · 28:00

New exhibition After Wrappers From the art collective Big Rock Candy Mountain launches tonight at the Nanaimo Art Gallery. Featuring the work of Hannah Jickling, Reed H. Reed, a var...

24 people in Nanaimo could face eviction to the street as shelter funding expires

24 people in Nanaimo could face eviction to the street as shelter funding expires

S3E152 · · 28:01

24 people in Nanaimo could face eviction to the street as shelter funding expires