Environment

'It's a significant event:' Multi-day power outages expected in Nanaimo and across mid-Island

NANAIMO - Power outages are expected to persist this week as BC Hydro learns more about a punishing windstorm inflicting widespread damage across coastal B.C. Ted Olynyk, BC Hydro's manager of communi...

Alex Rawnsley Nov 20, 2024

Fishermen fails to get fine cut for damaging Sunshine Coast violations

NANAIMO - An experienced commercial angler remains on the hook for a $250,000 fine for damaging an environmentally sensitive ecosystem while bottom fishing for prawns. An appeal launched on behalf of ...

Alex Rawnsley Nov 14, 2024

Berry farmers fail to dim Nanaimo Airport lighting expansion

NANAIMO - A B.C. Supreme Court justice swiftly dismissed an application by property owners adjacent to Nanaimo Airport requesting the cancellation of an easement to a small portion of property. In a j...

Daryl Major Nov 14, 2024

Water restrictions being lifted across majority of central Island

NANAIMO - Officials to re-evaluated water restrictions across the region due to a series of recent storms. Effective Friday, Nov. 1, the Regional District of Nanaimo will lift all restrictions for its...

Oct 31, 2024

Whiskey Creek service station re-construction gets go-ahead

QUALICUM BEACH - Approval has been granted to rebuild a service station in Whiskey Creek where 2021 fire levelled the business. Regional District of Nanaimo board of directors recently granted a devel...

Alex Rawnsley Oct 13, 2024

Old Nanaimo mine voids disrupt Commercial Street overhaul

NANAIMO - Relics of the Harbour City's past are putting a wrench in modernizing a section of downtown Nanaimo's Commercial St. City of Nanaimo capital project management specialist James Knight said t...

Alex Rawnsley Oct 08, 2024

Typical Sept. weather for mid-Island as La Nina pattern forms in Pacific

NANAIMO - The trend of typical seasonal weather continued for the mid-Island. September followed suit with an average August regarding environmental conditions, with temperatures and precipitation lev...

Oct 01, 2024

BC Hydro reminds customers to be prepared with storm season approaching

NANAIMO - Despite extensive prep work through the warmer months, worsening winter weather still increases the chance of serious power outages, according to the province's Crown utility.Vegetation mana...

Sep 26, 2024

Following lengthy debate, multi-family housing approved beside Englishman River

PARKSVILLE - A housing boost nestled alongside Parksville's environmentally sensitive Englishman River has been given the go-ahead. On Wednesday, Sept. 4 Parksville City Council approved a development...

Sep 07, 2024

Grizzly bear and cubs seen on northern Vancouver Island possible sign of recolonization

NANAIMO - A rare sighting of grizzly bears may soon become more common after a mother grizzly and her two cubs were recently spotted on the north Island. A photographer was able to capture the three b...

Aug 20, 2024