Tag Archives: Environment
Public bus service between Nanaimo and Duncan set for approval
NANAIMO - Plans are heating up to link Nanaimo and Duncan by bus.The Regional District of Nanaimo board is scheduled to vote on advancing the initiative later this month, which was endorsed by Cowicha...
Mar 12, 2020 One more 'yes' vote is required from the RDN board to ensure public bus service between Nanaimo and Duncan. (Ian Holmes/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Nanaimo city council takes forward steps towards plastic bag ban
NANAIMO - It appears to be only a matter of time before shoppers in Nanaimo won't have the option to carry their goods away in plastic bags.Nanaimo councillors unanimously endorsed on Monday a motion ...
Mar 10, 2020 A ban on plastic bags is widely supported by Nanaimo councillors, who voted in favour of reworking existing bylaws and forwarding it to senior government for approval. (File photo/The Canadian Press)
Debate heats up over last remaining west coast commercial herring fishery
NANAIMO - Objections are growing louder as a scaled-down fleet of vessels idles on standby off Vancouver Island's east coast for the annual roe herring fishery. Roughly 75 Gillnet and seiners are pois...
Mar 03, 2020 The annual herring roe fishery sees roughly 100 million of the small fish eligible to be caught in the waters between the Comox Valley and Nanaimo. The imminent fishery could last as quickly as a few days or several weeks. (Department of Fisheries and Oceans)
Officials searching for new glass, soft plastics recycling depot in Parksville after contract expires
PARKSVILLE - Unwanted glass, soft plastics and Styrofoam piling up around Oceanside homes could be a way of life unless a local solution is brokered to properly dispose of those items.The contract bet...
Mar 01, 2020 Parksville-Qualicum Beach residents no longer have a local option to properly get rid of glass, soft plastics and Styrofoam. Recycle BC said it is working to find a private operator in the Oceanside region to take the service over. (Ian Holmes/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Parksville Council rejects controversial affordable housing proposal
PARKSVILLE - Efforts to build a controversial affordable housing complex on a south Parksville property were dashed by City Council.The narrow 4-3 no vote was made at a Wednesday, Feb. 19 council meet...
Feb 21, 2020 A bid to re-zone property near the Englishman River Estuary for an affordable housing complex was rejected by Parksville City Council. (Karen Barry)
City crews fill potholes popping up around Nanaimo
NANAIMO - City crews are busy filling dozens of potholes after a blast of cold winter weather hit Nanaimo. David Myles, manager of roads and traffic services with the City of Nanaimo, said around 40 p...
Feb 19, 2020 The annual ritual of dodging potholes around Nanaimo is on the to-do list of City of Nanaimo public works crews. (Ian Holmes/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Parksville beaches close to dogs for annual Brant migration season
PARKSVILLE - Two area beaches will temporarily prohibit dogs for the next two months to accommodate the annual Brant geese migration.Rathtrevor Beach closed to dogs Saturday, Feb. 15 and will remain c...
Feb 15, 2020 Brant geese use favourable landscape and conditions in Parksville to rest on their annual migration (Sandra Grey/Brant Wildlife Festival)
Lantzville moves forward with sewer project despite price hike
NANAIMO - Long-awaited but more expensive than advertised sewer lines will be installed for hundreds of Lantzville homes to replace failing septic systems. The District of Lantzville recently announce...
Feb 10, 2020 The District of Lantzville expects installing sewer lines to 307 property owners will be complete well ahead of a government-imposed March, 31, 2021 deadline. About half of the $8.6 million costs are covered by a Small Communities Fund grant. (Ian Holmes/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Outdoor cannabis farm in Cedar ignites debate at RDN board table
NANAIMO - A legal outdoor marijauna farm planned on property on Quenell Lake in Cedar has left a foul smell among local residents and several Regional District of Nanaimo directors. Following a length...
Jan 30, 2020 RDN directors requested the province to put a moratorium on outdoor cannabis farms arguing they require further study. (Ian Holmes/NanaimoNewsNOW)
City council in Prince Albert, Sask., votes to give plastic bags the boot
PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. - A city in northern Saskatchewan is believed to be the first in the province to have banned plastic checkout bagsPrince Albert city council passed a bylaw unanimously at a meetin...
Jan 28, 2020