S3E39 · · 28:01
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...
S3E39 · · 28:01
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 situatio...
S3E39 · · 28:01
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 tak...
S3E38 · · 28:01
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 Va...
S3E37 · · 45:14
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...
S3E36 · · 27:59
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, hopin...
S3E35 · · 28:00
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 ...
S3E34 · · 28:00
Paige 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 lite...
S3E33 · · 28:01
For the next two weeks It’s Dine About Mid-Island, as the local Food and Beverage festival returns for a second year. During the event a variety of independent restaurants from Lady...
S3E32 · · 28:00
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 ...
S3E31 · · 28:00
British Columbia has a new French-language policy. The five page document outlines a goal of incrementally increasing services available for francophones across the province. Today...
S3E31 · · 28:00
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 reg...
S3E30 · · 28:00
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 eve...
S3E29 · · 28:01
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?
S3E29 · · 28:01
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 N...
S3E28 · · 28:01
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 L...
S3E28 · · 28:00
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...
S3E25 · · 27:59
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...
S3E25 · · 28:02
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 temporar...
S3E25 · · 28:01
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 sout...
