Environment

Whiskey Business: Is Scotch The Future Of Fuel?

Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! You may not often hear the words drinking and driving paired in a positive light, but that could change soon enough as a Scottish biofuel company makes hea...

Ripley's Believe It or Not! Apr 29, 2022

Several black bears roaming Cinnabar Valley and Extension neighbourhoods

NANAIMO - Numerous reports of human food conditioned bears in rural south Nanaimo have been made to the BC Conservation Officer Service over the past several weeks.Caitlin Bickford with the BC Conserv...

Apr 20, 2022

VIDEO: 90-year-old Nanaimo gardener takes landscaping to another level

NANAIMO - Maintaining his flawless half acre Nanaimo property offers Leo Katila the gift of being excited to wake up every morning.The 90-year-old's lot is often mistaken for a public park, where a wi...

Apr 04, 2022

Contaminated oyster advisory expands, more brands added to recall list

QUALICUM BEACH - People are being told not to eat additional brands of oysters following an expanded recall by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA).Several types of Taylor Shellfish Canada ULC b...

Mar 29, 2022

Popular Neck Point Park to receive upgraded washrooms, SCUBA diving change room

NANAIMO - The wheels are in motion for upgraded facilities at one of the city's crown jewel parks.Tender will go out from the City of Nanaimo in the next week for construction of a new universal washr...

Mar 25, 2022

Nanaimo area lakes stocked with trout ahead of spring fishing season

NANAIMO - Several Nanaimo area lakes received their latest top-up as spring and summer fishing season approaches.The Freshwater Fisheries Society of BC online stocking report showed 7,800 catchable ra...

Mar 15, 2022

Vastly reduced mid-Island roe herring fishery well underway

NANAIMO - While marine wildlife are as eager as ever, far fewer boats are battling for their share of this year's commercial roe herring fishery in the Strait of Georgia.Fisheries and Oceans Canada cu...

Mar 07, 2022

Record snowfall and cold snaps highlight wild winter, unstable spring expected

NANAIMO - With a winter shattering several snowfall and cold weather records, a cooler than average spring on the mid Island with possibly some unstable weather patterns are expected.Environment Canad...

Mar 06, 2022

City of Parksville resprouting tree rebate program

PARKSVILLE - A financial incentive has been re-introduced in Parksville in an effort to expand the tree canopy.A tree rebate program is available for a fourth year in Parksville, involving up to $50 t...

Mar 03, 2022

Donors raise nearly $5M to protect eagle habitat in French Creek

NANAIMO - Following a long journey, Vancouver Island's first eagle reserve is within striking range of taking flight.Years of fundraising dwindled the required funds to purchase 18 acres of land in th...

Feb 25, 2022