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Local News Update

Local civic and community news updates from our broadcast community and beyond. Serving Nanaimo and the Salish Sea region. News for Nanaimo, Lantzville, Ladysmith, Gabriola Island, Denman Island, Hornby Island, Parksville, Qualicum (Oceanside), Courtenay, Cumberland, Comox (Comox Valley). We can also be heard in Sechelt and the Southern Sunshine Coast. Get more news at chly.ca/news along with longer form stories at chly.ca/midcoastmorning.

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4:16

Fresh Start back-to-school event in great need of...

Local News Update ·

2025/08/07

As the need for more school backpacks grows, Fresh Start’s charity drive is figuring out what to do as they see a lack of donations compared to previous years.

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3:38

United Way BC opens fund for those affected by Wesley...

Local News Update ·

2025/08/07

As the Wesley Ridge fire continues to burn in the Cameron Lake area, United Way BC has opened its wildfire fund to help those affected by the fire.

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11:15

Comox Valley doctor and town councillor talks...

Local News Update ·

2025/08/06

The BC Green Party leadership race is on, and Comox Valley’s own Jonathan Kerr is one of three candidates running. Kerr is a local family doctor, Vice-Chair of the Comox Valley Regional District (CVRD), and is serving his second term as a councillor in the Town of Comox.

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4:08

New art exhibits at the Nanaimo Art Gallery invite...

Local News Update ·

2025/08/01

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7:54

Comox Valley Pride has new host — the new non-profit...

Local News Update ·

2025/07/30

Comox Valley’s new organization Queer Centre is hosting Pride this year, with events spanning the weekend of August 21st to 24th, including the 3rd annual Pride Parade on Saturday August 23rd.

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6:47

New Westwood Lake Park upgrades bring more inclusion...

Local News Update ·

2025/07/30

As summer heats up, Westwood Lake Park is a go-to spot for many locals, and the City of Nanaimo has finished upgrades that will allow many more people to get out and enjoy the lake.

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3:47

National Youth Orchestra to play in Nanaimo,...

Local News Update ·

2025/07/28

A local musician has reached a life goal as they play a hometown show while on tour with the National Youth Orchestra of Canada.

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9:50

Texada residents “devastated”: Tex the grizzly killed

Local News Update ·

2025/07/18

The grizzly bear who had taken up residence on Texada Island was found shot dead July 15th. The bear, nicknamed Tex by local resident and advocate Katrin Glenn-Bittner, had been on the island since late May.

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7:03

Art and science meet to visualize the history of Nanaimo

Local News Update ·

2025/07/17

Art and data meet in a new art piece now on display at Oliver Woods Community Centre, visualizing the history of Nanaimo.

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7:03

Conservation group monitors Western painted turtle...

Local News Update ·

2025/07/03

After an outcry from concerned citizens wondering where daytime warming shelters are for the unhoused, the City of Nanaimo has announced a year-round daytime drop-in hub set to open next month.Operated by Island Crisis Care Society (ICCS) in partnership with Nanaimo Family Life Association (NFLA) the drop-in hub will offer a space for those unhoused in the community to find shelter during the day in all forms of weather.The drop-in hub will be located at 55 Victoria Road with the entrance

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6:27

Nanaimo’s world record title dethroned, but won’t...

Local News Update ·

2025/07/02

After an outcry from concerned citizens wondering where daytime warming shelters are for the unhoused, the City of Nanaimo has announced a year-round daytime drop-in hub set to open next month.Operated by Island Crisis Care Society (ICCS) in partnership with Nanaimo Family Life Association (NFLA) the drop-in hub will offer a space for those unhoused in the community to find shelter during the day in all forms of weather.The drop-in hub will be located at 55 Victoria Road with the entrance

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6:26

City of Nanaimo to look at banning the sale of...

Local News Update ·

2025/06/27

After an outcry from concerned citizens wondering where daytime warming shelters are for the unhoused, the City of Nanaimo has announced a year-round daytime drop-in hub set to open next month.Operated by Island Crisis Care Society (ICCS) in partnership with Nanaimo Family Life Association (NFLA) the drop-in hub will offer a space for those unhoused in the community to find shelter during the day in all forms of weather.The drop-in hub will be located at 55 Victoria Road with the entrance

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4:25

Celebrating pride in the community and out in nature

Local News Update ·

2025/06/04

After an outcry from concerned citizens wondering where daytime warming shelters are for the unhoused, the City of Nanaimo has announced a year-round daytime drop-in hub set to open next month.Operated by Island Crisis Care Society (ICCS) in partnership with Nanaimo Family Life Association (NFLA) the drop-in hub will offer a space for those unhoused in the community to find shelter during the day in all forms of weather.The drop-in hub will be located at 55 Victoria Road with the entrance

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4:25

City to redesign controversial ‘O’ in Nanaimo Sign

Local News Update ·

2025/06/02

After an outcry from concerned citizens wondering where daytime warming shelters are for the unhoused, the City of Nanaimo has announced a year-round daytime drop-in hub set to open next month.Operated by Island Crisis Care Society (ICCS) in partnership with Nanaimo Family Life Association (NFLA) the drop-in hub will offer a space for those unhoused in the community to find shelter during the day in all forms of weather.The drop-in hub will be located at 55 Victoria Road with the entrance

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8:38

VIU to cut Master of Community Planning program...

Local News Update ·

2025/05/29

After an outcry from concerned citizens wondering where daytime warming shelters are for the unhoused, the City of Nanaimo has announced a year-round daytime drop-in hub set to open next month.Operated by Island Crisis Care Society (ICCS) in partnership with Nanaimo Family Life Association (NFLA) the drop-in hub will offer a space for those unhoused in the community to find shelter during the day in all forms of weather.The drop-in hub will be located at 55 Victoria Road with the entrance

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4:54

Comox Valley Regional District events raise watershed...

Local News Update ·

2025/05/28

The Comox Valley Regional District (CVRD) is inviting local residents to learn about the Comox Lake Watershed this week through a series of events they are calling Watershed Awareness Days.Events include walking tours of Comox Lake Bluffs, the Eastern Ecological Reserve, the Comox Valley Water Treatment Plant, and the Courtenay and District Fish and Game Protective Association site. There will also be a “Who Lives in the Watershed?” presentation by the BC Community Bat Program, a “Beavers,

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10:50

Health Minister formally announces Community-Led,...

Local News Update ·

2025/05/26

On Tuesday, May 20th, B.C.’s Minister of Health Josie Osborne formally announced the Crisis Response, Community-Led team (or CRCL, pronounced “circle”) expanding to the Comox Valley. Minister Osborne was joined at the press conference in Simms Millennium Park in Courtenay by K’ómoks Elder Fernanda Pare, K’ómoks Chief Nicole Rempel, CEO of the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) BC Division Jonathan Morris, and AVI Health and Community Services Program Coordinator Nicole

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6:48

Delicious: World’s largest Nanaimo bar unveiled in...

Local News Update ·

2025/05/20

After an outcry from concerned citizens wondering where daytime warming shelters are for the unhoused, the City of Nanaimo has announced a year-round daytime drop-in hub set to open next month.Operated by Island Crisis Care Society (ICCS) in partnership with Nanaimo Family Life Association (NFLA) the drop-in hub will offer a space for those unhoused in the community to find shelter during the day in all forms of weather.The drop-in hub will be located at 55 Victoria Road with the entrance

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4:44

Vancouver Island volunteers battle against invasive...

Local News Update ·

2025/05/15

BroomBusters are on a mission to clear Vancouver Island of the invasive plant Scotch broom. Bev Agur is the coordinator of the Comox Valley branch, and has been part of this volunteer effort for fifteen years.“Scotch broom is a very invasive plant. It's not native to Vancouver Island or even to Canada at all. It was brought here in the mid-1800s by a well-meaning Scot, and what you see all over the island started with three broom plants that were brought to some place near Sooke,” Agur

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4:40

City of Courtenay acknowledges International Day...

Local News Update ·

2025/05/13

May 17th is the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, and Transphobia, and in a City of Courtenay Council Meeting on May 7th, Councillor Evan Jolicoeur made a statement on behalf of the council.“I'd just like to take a moment on behalf of myself and of council to recognize that next Saturday, May 17th, is the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, and Transphobia. And this day is observed around the world to raise awareness of the discrimination both historic and ongoing,

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