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S3E95 · · 28:01
This week Nanaimo city council heard from a group making the case for the city to get rid of minimum parking requirements. At that same meeting, construction downtown on Commercial S...
S3E94 · · 28:01
There’s a byelection this weekend to decide on a new school board trustee. Two candidates are running to fill the vacancy left by former school district 68 board chair Charlene Mcka...
S3E93 · · 28:01
At a ceremony at the Vancouver Island Conference Centre Thursday, Laurie Grubb, Joshua Waltman, Amanda Hall, and Peter Sinclair were presented with the King Charles the third coronat...
S3E92 · · 28:01
Generative AI and Elections are in the spotlight in a new report from UBC’s Centre for the Study of Democratic Institutions. The report identifies that Gen AI-created audio, video, ...
S3E91 · · 28:00
Could the Hullo ferry transform Nanaimo into the public transit hub of Vancouver Island? Urban planner and self described transit nerd Denis Agar thinks so. He worked at trans link...
S3E90 · · 27:59
A Gabriola Pub is facing a court ordered sale, in the midst of foreclosure proceedings. The Skol Pub near the Gabriola Island Ferry Terminal is listed for sale at $319, 000. Accord...
S3E89 · · 35:02
A plan to build a new water reservoir in Nanoose Bay has generated opposition among residents. The Regional District of Nanaimo is currently running an alternative approval process(...
S3E88 · · 28:01
The Palestine Solidarity Encampment has been cleared off of the grounds of VIU, following a Sunday deadline set out in an injunction from the BC Supreme Court. The terms of the inju...
S3E87 · · 28:01
From the doctor shortage, to the lack of proper heart and stroke care, Nanaimo is suffering from an overburdened and underfunded healthcare system. Why is healthcare, the very thing ...
S3E84 · · 29:58
On the same weekend an icon of fire fighting history was making its final flight, crews were working to get a blaze under control just south of Nanaimo. Midcoast Morning explores wi...
S3E85 · · 28:01
Today on the show we’ll speak with Jamie Rose, Manager of Transportation for the City of Nanaimo, about the upcoming upgrades to the Country Club Transit Exchange. We’ll also get an ...
S3E84 · · 27:58
On August 6th, 1945, the atomic bomb called Little Boy was dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Three days later, another atomic bomb, Fat Man, was dropped on the citic of Naga...
S3E83 · · 27:58
The 19th Annual Nanaimo Blues Festival takes over Maffeo Sutton park this August 8th to 10th. Today on the show we get a behind the scenes look at how the Blues Festival got started...
S3E82 · · 28:01
Nanaimo’s 14th annual Fringe Festival is back this year, and for the first time, Fringe Festival will have a satellite venue on Gabriola Island, as well as expanded stages in The Bla...
S3E80 · · 28:01
As Nanaimo maps out potential big builds over the next few years, it faces rising construction costs. A South End Community Centre, upgrades to the public works yard and a new RCMP ...
S3E79 · · 35:03
Rules around RVs and tiny homes have been a hot topic of discussion around the board table at the Regional District of Nanaimo lately. Concerns were raised in May that proposed upda...
S3E79 · · 33:58
Vancouver Island University is suing student protestors, seeking an injunction to bring an end to the Palestine Solidarity Encampment on its grounds. In a notice of civil claim, fil...
S3E78 · · 28:01
A traditional Snuneymuxw Village site in downtown Nanaimo is being returned to the nation, and an 1854 treaty played a part in getting the deal done. Between 1850 and 1854, fourteen...
S3E77 · · 27:59
Continuing the conversation on considering socially responsible investing at the city level with Municipal Finance Authority (MFA) CEO Peter Urbanc. And VIU has delivered a trespas...
S3E76 · · 28:01
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...
S3E75 · · 32:48
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 ...
S3E73 · · 35:02
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 ...
S3E72 · · 27:59
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...
S3E71 · · 27:54
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...
S3E70 · · 28:01
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...
S3E69 · · 28:01
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...
S3E68 · · 28:01
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...
S3E67 · · 28:01
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...
S3E66 · · 28:01
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...
S3E65 · · 28:00
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,...
