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No More Stolen Sisters memorial march set to remember victims

No More Stolen Sisters memorial march set to remember victims

S3E132 · · 28:01

Community members are gathering downtown this afternoon to honour the lives of of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQIA+ people. The No More Stolen Sisters Mar...

Studying how communities change when mountain biking goes mainstream

Studying how communities change when mountain biking goes mainstream

S3E131 · · 31:19

University of Vermont professor Kim Coleman is hitting the mountain biking trails of Vancouver Island. But she’s not here on vacation. Coleman is visiting Vancouver Island Universi...

Retiring archivist shares her favourite relics from Nanaimo's past

Retiring archivist shares her favourite relics from Nanaimo's past

S3E130 · · 35:29

Christine Meutzner says when she’s driving around Nanaimo, she sees all the buildings that have come and gone throughout the years. After close to 30 years at the Nanaimo Archives, ...

Setting the scene as Ladysmith prepares to elect a new mayor

Setting the scene as Ladysmith prepares to elect a new mayor

S3E129 · · 28:01

Ladysmith’s acting mayor says in her opinion, an increasing lack of civility online is the community’s greatest challenge. Voters in Ladysmith are getting set to elect a new mayor i...

Provincial government, industry promoting careers in trades amid labour shortage

Provincial government, industry promoting careers in trades amid labour shortage

S3E128 · · 36:51

The BC Road Show made a stop in Cedar, looking to get more young people interested in careers operating heavy equipment. The roadshow is a trailer that contains simulators for vario...

Planning the future of Gabriola Island

Planning the future of Gabriola Island

S3E127 · · 28:01

The community on Gabriola Island is mapping out how it will move through the next 25 years. Attempts to address Impacts from climate change, an aging population and a lack of divers...

New equipment coming to Nanaimo hospital following succesful fundraiser

New equipment coming to Nanaimo hospital following succesful fundraiser

S3E126 · · 34:01

Incubators for the neo natal unit and a new laser used to treat prostate cancer, are among equipment purchases enabled by fundraising from the Nanaimo and District Hospital Foundatio...

Retiring McLean's Specialty Foods owner reflects on 33 years downtown

Retiring McLean's Specialty Foods owner reflects on 33 years downtown

S3E125 · · 28:01

The owners of a downtown Nanaimo staple are stepping into retirement after more than three decades in the Old City Quarter. Eric and Sandy McLean have announced the sale of McLean’s...

Nursing union rep talks local concerns ahead of collective bargaining process

Nursing union rep talks local concerns ahead of collective bargaining process

S3E124 · · 28:01

The province’s nurses union is flagging workplace safety concerns and staffing shortages as they get ready to head to the bargaining table later this year. The BC Nurses’ Union’s (B...

Vancouver Island Symphony explores unfinished and second guessed works in week

Vancouver Island Symphony explores unfinished and second guessed works in week

S3E123 · · 28:01

The Vancouver Island Symphony is bringing unfinished, unpublished, and underappreciated works to audiences in Nanaimo and Courtenay this weekend. The program will feature music from...

8700 hours of increased bus service kicks in for Nanaimo

8700 hours of increased bus service kicks in for Nanaimo

S3E122 · · 27:53

Upgrades to Nanaimo’s transit service have kicked in this week. This year will see 8700 more hours of service on Nanaimo routes. 5000 of those hours are on the newly renamed route ...

The future of the A&B sound building, commercial real estate in Nanaimo, and 2025 property assessments

The future of the A&B sound building, commercial real estate in Nanaimo, and 2025 property assessments

S3E121 · · 28:01

Exploring Nanaimo as a commercial real estate market, getting an update on the old A&B Sound building, and checking in on the BC assessment process.

Doc telling the story of Haida Gwaii anti logging protest coming to Nanaimo

Doc telling the story of Haida Gwaii anti logging protest coming to Nanaimo

S3E120 · · 28:01

The story of a 1985 anti logging protest on Haida Gwaii is coming to Nanaimo for a special screening The Stand from filmmaker Christopher Auchter draws from more than a hundred hour...

Looking into the flying dutchman and the Trent River train disaster

Looking into the flying dutchman and the Trent River train disaster

S3E119 · · 28:01

A true crime story and a train disaster from the island’s past are being looked at through a new lens.  Historian Dave Flawse wonders whether Henry Wagner aka the flying dutchman de...

Exploring the Nanaimo news scene with Mick Sweetman

Exploring the Nanaimo news scene with Mick Sweetman

S3E118 · · 28:01

At the start of the year Mick Sweetman was reporting for CHLY, he now finds himself as the Nanaimo reporter for The Discourse. Mick paid a visit to the CHLY studio to share some of t...

Provincial election, public works yard among subjects of 2024 in review with Nanaimo Mayor Leonard Krog

Provincial election, public works yard among subjects of 2024 in review with Nanaimo Mayor Leonard Krog

S3E117 · · 28:01

The midtown water supply, pickleball courts, and land transfers to Snuneymuxw were some of the highlights Nanaimo Mayor Leonard Krog shared when he visited the CHLY studio to review ...

Turning a Christmas classic into a live radio play

Turning a Christmas classic into a live radio play

S3E116 · · 28:01

A Christmas classic is going to be transformed into a live radio play free for all to attend this Saturday night at VIU. The school’s Malaspina theatre will host a locally penned ad...

Part 2: The Nanaimo SPO on coordinating the community's response to homelessness

Part 2: The Nanaimo SPO on coordinating the community's response to homelessness

S3E114 · · 28:01

The Nanaimo Systems Planning Organization (SPO) exists to provide research, data, analysis, education and information related to the community's homelessness response. It began opera...

Nanaimo's SPO provides data around homelessness in the community

Nanaimo's SPO provides data around homelessness in the community

S3E114 · · 28:01

An average of 29 people are coming into homelessness every month in Nanaimo, according to the Systems Planning Organization (SPO). The SPO exists to provide research, data, analysis...

The journey towards new skateparks in Ladysmith and Qualicum Beach

The journey towards new skateparks in Ladysmith and Qualicum Beach

S3E113 · · 28:01

Ladysmith and Qualicum Beach are both in the process of getting new skateparks for their towns. An open house Wednesday night will provide residents of Ladysmith the chance to way in...