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Socially responsible investing was the subject of a lively debate around the council table in Nanaimo on Monday. Councillor Ben Gesselbracht brought forward a motion calling for a s...
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Rail lines on Vancouver Island have sat mostly unused for years. But the impacts of the deal it took to create those rail lines continue. Back in the 1880s, around 2 million acres ...
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Dave Witty is calling on Nanaimo to recognize homelessness as an existential crisis. Witty brought a motion before city council this month that included a call for Nanaimo to adopt ...
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Nanaimo city council is split between two different plans to upgrade its public works yard. The issue, which was the subject of two cancelled AAPs returned to the agenda this week a...
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A local neighbourhood association is raising concerns around vacant properties Karen Kuwica and Nancy Mitchell of the Newcastle Community Association brought the issue to city counc...
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The dollar’s in the details in Nanaimo’s 2023 annual municipal report. Adopted at a council meeting this week, the 122 page document breaks down last year’s finances. Midcaost Morn...
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A new report has provided insight into what went wrong with the two alternative approval processes that have been abandoned in Nanaimo since last fall. It also makes recommendations...
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In the last week representatives from both the encampment and the school’s administration have started to hold dialogue with each other. The school has disclosed its investment inf...
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World Ocean Day is Saturday June 8th. First proposed back in 1992 by Canada's International Centre for Ocean Development (ICOD), an organization that no longer exists, the event was...
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Exploring cycling in Nanaimo with people at a Go By Bike Week station. Learning about the advocacy behind new minimum passing distance laws coming into effect this week, and checking...
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The sights and sounds of Cable Bay Trail in Nanaimo’s south end could be very different in a few years time. The 2 kilometre trail down to the ocean is nestled amongst private land,...
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A number of community initiatives have gotten a boost this week, as Nanaimo City Council approved grants for fourteen projects. More than forty thousand dollars is going to be sprea...
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A new exhibit at the Vancouver Island Military Museum features the Chinese Labour Corps from the first world war. Museum Vice President Brian McFadden spoke with Midcoast Morning abo...
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A group of novelists, poets, and playwrights will be giving readings at an event Wednesday May 22 at the Palestine Solidarity Encampment on the grounds of Vancouver Island University...
S3E61 · · 28:01
The Regional District of Nanaimo has a new plan to manage growth in our area through 2040. This week the RDN board approved the adoption of Shaping our Future 2024, which contains g...
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Brechin Lanes owner Ray Brittain is planning to sell the business that’s been in his family for more than 50 years, citing rising costs and competition from a foreign owned chain wor...
S3E59 · · 28:01
The RDN and BC Transit have a survey open, asking about the impact of a potential fare increase for trips on busses in the city. And you may have noticed a bunch of new e-bikes arou...
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Vancouver Island University’s response to a Palestine solidarity encampment on its grounds has drawn criticism from the B.C. Federation of Students, The Vancouver Island University S...
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Thousands are expected to gather Saturday at a comic convention in Nanaimo that’s paying tribute to the man who founded it. Curious Comicon is on Saturday at Country Club Mall. It ...
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As of May 1, in communities with a population over ten thousand, short term rentals will only be allowed in an owner’s principal residence, or in a secondary suite or accessory dwell...
