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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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5:02

Award winning Poetry Walk returns to Courtenay with a...

Local News Update ·

2025/04/11

National poetry month has sprung to a start in the Comox Valley, with the Downtown Courtenay Business Improvement Association and Artful : The Poets joining together once again. Last year their Poetry Walk won the 2024 “Best in the West” award from Business Improvement Areas of B.C., for inventiveness, community engagement, relationship building between business and arts, and repeatability. The event is back and bigger this year, with the addition of two interactive poetry booths across

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10:44

Winners of inaugural Bop City Records Community Music...

Local News Update ·

2025/04/10

The 2025 Bop City Records Community Music Fund has been granted to two winners, local punk rock band Mean Bikini and local musician and guitar teacher Sebastian Robles.The funds for Mean Bikini will help cover costs of mastering their new album that was released on April 3rd, This Ain’t Gonna End Well, which the band previously was paying for out of pocket. For Sebastian Robles the funds will go to shred guitar lessons to further his skills.Both winners shared their stories of how music

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5:09

VIU students to vote on adding a new fee for a...

Local News Update ·

2025/04/07

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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5:28

Election 2025 – Knock-knock-knockin’ on...

Local News Update ·

2025/04/03

The 45th federal general election is in full swing across Canada, leading up to election day on Monday April 28th. This week CHLY and CVOX reached out to candidates from the Courtenay–Alberni riding for their thoughts going into the election.Incumbent NDP MP Gord Johns said the first week of campaigning is already off to a good start for his team.“Well first, we had a really successful first week, we reached hundreds of voters on the doorstep and over the phone, we've had a record amount of

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4:04

Candidates excited to start campaigning in North...

Local News Update ·

2025/03/28

The writ dropped on Sunday, March 23rd, launching Canada into its next federal election period, ending the anticipation for local party candidates in North Island—Powell River.This is the first election following the redistribution of federal electoral districts that took place in 2022, and one notable difference for the North Island—Powell River Riding is the addition of East Courtenay, shifting the boundary line to include all neighbourhoods east of the Courtenay River.Another change this

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4:48

Student-led program helped fight food insecurity at VIU

Local News Update ·

2025/03/27

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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6:51

VIU Students’ Union starts campaign to bring back...

Local News Update ·

2025/03/27

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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4:13

Risebridge to make sure no child goes without a...

Local News Update ·

2025/03/26

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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4:57

Comox Valley’s Liam Mackenzie gets first start in...

Local News Update ·

2025/03/26

“It was sort of a surreal moment when I was walking out, because I've been a Whitecaps fan since I was really young. So, being able to be in the shoes of the players I once looked up to was just, it was a surreal moment. And then just playing in the game– yeah, it was a really cool experience. I'm lost for words really,” said Liam Mackenzie.Local Comox Valley athlete Liam Mackenzie made his Whitecaps debut with his first start for the Vancouver Major League Soccer team on Saturday, March

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6:12

Record store gives back with community music fund

Local News Update ·

2025/03/21

“With music, your curiosity is never over because there's always something else to check out. So it's a way of traveling the world in a way, through different cultures, through their music,” said Kip Luce.Kip and Karen, spouses and co-owners of Bop City Records in Courtenay, are launching a brand new community music fund to support the local music scene.Bop City Records sells new and used CDs, records and cassettes, and sometimes when patrons bring in collections to sell, they opt not to

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4:59

From celebration to theft: a buzzy week for a local...

Local News Update ·

2025/03/21

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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5:55

Historic vote ratifies K’ómoks Constitution and Treaty

Local News Update ·

2025/03/20

“ It was interesting reading the outcome live on video. I was trying so hard to be stoic and non-emotional as I read it and I could hear my council, just the excitement behind me and it was really hard to not cheer right away. Yeah, just [a] really interesting moment in history, and in my life. To be making that announcement was pretty amazing,” said Chief Nicole Rempel.On March 8th 2025, K’ómoks First Nation voted overwhelmingly in favour of ratifying both a Constitution and Treaty,

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3:02

Change through metamorphosis reflected in Nanaimo...

Local News Update ·

2025/03/20

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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5:47

Local Nanaimo arts and culture group shares concerns...

Local News Update ·

2025/03/17

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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10:21

The smell of spring — herring spawn marks the new season

Local News Update ·

2025/03/13

“ We have triggers around us that remind us about these cycles that we're going through. It isn't always my clock or my calendar or my cell phone buzzing to tell me,” said Nick Chowdhury, IMAWG.As March begins off the coast of Vancouver Island, subtle cues like the changing colour of the ocean, the gathering of seagulls, eagles, sea lions, and orcas, and even the scent on the air, tell us two things. The herring are spawning, and Spring is near. Nick Chowdhury is the president of the Island

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4:01

Local festival calls for the renewal of B.C. festival...

Local News Update ·

2025/03/06

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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5:07

Social Prescribing program tackles loneliness

Local News Update ·

2025/03/06

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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6:42

Student protestor speaks out about unfair suspension

Local News Update ·

2025/03/05

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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2:59

Options for Sexual Health clinics to stay open for...

Local News Update ·

2025/03/04

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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7:17

Air quality is improving in Courtenay, report shows

Local News Update ·

2025/03/04

A report presented to the City of Courtenay indicates air quality has been improving in recent years. Courtenay’s Manager of Environmental Engineering, Jeanniene Tazzioli, shared what that presentation was about.“The Comox Valley has been monitoring air quality since 2011, and at that time there was a provincial air monitoring station that was installed and we found that fine particulate matter is the source of air quality concerns in the region,” she said. “And fine particulate matter

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