Environment

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

Routley, Osbourne see new roles as BC Government shuffles cabinet

VICTORIA - A small cabinet shuffle announced by Premier John Horgan involved a pair of MLA's exchanging ministerial duties.Josie Osbourne was appointed the first ever minister of land, water and resou...

Feb 25, 2022

Nanaimo cancer centre remains on horizon as mental health, disaster relief headline B.C. budget

NANAIMO - Better care, closer to home for mid-Island residents battling cancer remains in the plans for the B.C. government, albeit without any specifics.Finance minister Selina Robinson delivered thi...

Feb 22, 2022

Invasive moth spray program coming to mid Island

NANAIMO - Parts of the mid-island will be getting a pesticide aerial-spray treatment this spring to deal with an invasive moth species. The caterpillars of the Lymantria moth feed on tree leaves and c...

Feb 10, 2022

Proposed Diver Lake hotel inches closer to reality

NANAIMO - Constructing a nearly 70 room lakefront hotel in Nanaimo is advancing following a required land use designation change for a vacant lot.On Monday, Feb 7 city councillors endorsed converting ...

Feb 08, 2022

Provincial and federal governments pitch in to help B.C. farmers devastated by flooding

VICTORIA - Up to $228 million in federal-provincial government funds will be available to farmers who sustained extraordinary damages during November's devastating floods.The Canada-BC Flood Recovery ...

Feb 07, 2022

'Winter's not over yet:' marmots & meteorologists agree on prolonged Nanaimo winter

NANAIMO - Don't stow the jackets in the back recesses of the closet just yet, we still have a ways to go this winter.There was an overwhelming consensus among both two and four legged weather prognost...

Feb 02, 2022

Nanaimo's Harmac Pacific making significant upgrades to reduce carbon emissions

NANAIMO - Millions of dollars will be invested into a major Nanaimo employer to reduce its natural gas consumption.A little over $12 million is committed through the CleanBC Industry Fund to upgrade t...

Jan 31, 2022