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NANAIMO - Officials in Nanaimo are working on implementing the provincial plan to increase available housing density near transit exchange areas. Passed on Nov. 30 bill 47 requires municipalities to d...
Alex Rawnsley Mar 26, 2024
NANAIMO - What's believed to be an unprecedented case of forgery in the mid-Island region involved a construction contractor issuing multiple fake occupancy permits for newly built homes. Don Ballard,...
Alex Rawnsley Feb 20, 2024
NANAIMO - Several years after a contested housing proposal was voted down, construction has begun to erect a 145-unit seniors' housing project.Located at 388 Machleary St. where the former Malaspina G...
Alex Rawnsley Feb 12, 2024
LANTZVILLE - Required zoning changes for a 306 bed publicly funded long-term care facility in Lantzville took a step forward this week. In votes of 4-1 in favour, zoning and official community plan by...
Feb 10, 2024
NANAIMO - Recently announced temporary housing for the local unhoused population is expected to be operational by mid-to-late 2024, according to BC Housing. To be situated at 1300 Island Hwy. South at...
Daryl Major Feb 01, 2024
NANAIMO - Slow, yet steady progress is being made to build hundreds of badly needed supportive and affordable housing units in Nanaimo.In the summer of 2020 a Memorandum of Understanding between the C...
Jan 30, 2024
NANAIMO - A developer's vision to transform a downtown office building into residential micro-units received a financial boost. Last week Nanaimo City Council voted in favour of a property tax exempti...
Jan 21, 2024
PARKSVILLE - In the end, densifying a wooded lot envisioned by the City of Parksville for a more intensive use won out over widespread localized grievances. During a Monday, Dec. 4 meeting, councillor...
Dec 04, 2023
NANAIMO - Lower cost housing options for nearly 90 people in the city's north end are ready to put a small dent in the widening affordability crisis. Operated by Ballenas Housing Society (BHS), around...
Alex Rawnsley Dec 04, 2023
NANAIMO - A tax aimed at freeing up non-primary homes in the province for rental purposes will be expanded to 13 communities, including Parksville and Qualicum Beach.On Wednesday, Nov. 22, the ministr...
Nov 22, 2023