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Nanaimo council pass property tax & asset management increase

NANAIMO - A sizeable tax increase is locked in for 2022. City Councillors passed two bylaws during a special Council meeting on Monday, May 9, to move ahead with a five per cent property tax increase ...

Alex Rawnsley May 09, 2022

VIDEO: RDN temporarily shuts down Benson Creek ravine trail to improve safety

NANAIMO - Crews are adding features to help hikers navigate a challenging section of trail at Benson Creek Falls Regional Park (BCFRP).The steep ravine trail section of the 80 hectare park above Benso...

May 05, 2022

Regional District eyeing ways to make Oceanside Place greener

PARKSVILLE - Oceanside Place is a high greenhouse gas emitter and the Regional District of Nanaimo wants to do something about it.The RDN board signed off on a grant application this week in hopes of ...

Apr 28, 2022

Project to add housing density to Nanaimo's Newcastle neighbourhood approved

NANAIMO - Much-needed residential family units near Nanaimo's downtown core have been given the green light.City Council unanimously approved development permits for two new multi-unit residential bui...

Apr 26, 2022

Council rejects mixed use development proposal in Chase River

NANAIMO - Citing too many unknowns including traffic challenges, councillors narrowly opposed plans for several businesses off the Trans Canada Hwy. in south Nanaimo.A developer's official community p...

Apr 26, 2022

Nanaimo's Growing Opportunities co-op facing rising water bills and infrastructure challenges

NANAIMO - The Growing Opportunities Farm Community Co-Op have some water woes and need a little help.A record drought through summer 2021 amplified some existing infrastructure challenges and meant th...

Apr 21, 2022

Nanaimo financing $2.5 million action plan for downtown safety and social disorder

NANAIMO - City councillors gave unanimous support for a new direction in battling growing safety and social disorder issues in the downtown core. The Downtown Nanaimo Safety Action Plan, presented to ...

Alex Rawnsley Apr 20, 2022 Social disorder and security issues are being directly addressed through a new action plan combining a series of new and revamped positions and programs. (Jordan Davidson/NanaimoNewsNOW)

Development advancing to revamp vacant A&B Sound building in downtown Nanaimo

NANAIMO - After sitting dormant for well over a decade, a prominent building in the city's downtown is on track for a substantial face lift.The former A&B Sound building wedged into the confluence...

Apr 19, 2022

Public strongly opposes high-density development concept in Lantzville

LANTZVILLE - A proposed development framework which could open the door to significantly higher housing density in Lantzville drew plenty of critics during a lengthy public hearing.Dozens of speakers ...

Apr 14, 2022

City of Nanaimo after second round of funding to support local homeless projects

NANAIMO - For a second consecutive year the City of Nanaimo hopes to land senior government funding to assist the homeless and improve public safety.This week city councillors supported a staff recomm...

Apr 06, 2022