Tag Archives: Industry
People in Nanaimo told to adjust donation & recycling habits
NANAIMO - While it's business as usual for curbside collection and recycling depots, the landscape for certain post-use products has been adjusted.Recent images of overflowing Diabetes Canada donation...
Apr 15, 2020 Items piled up outside Diabetes Canada bins in Nanaimo late last week. Most of the mess has since been cleaned up. (Kirsten Gellein)
Nanaimo's Harmac mill working around the clock to create medical supplies
NANAIMO - A Nanaimo mill is doubling its production to help create more medical supplies amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Levi Sampson, president of Harmac Pacific, said the roughly 300 workers at the mill...
Apr 06, 2020 Harmac Pacific has doubled operations of a medical-grade pulp to build more medical supplies like gowns and masks, which are desperately needed during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Ian Holmes/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Province announces $5 billion COVID-19 aid package
NANAIMO - B.C.'s Finance Minister described a multi-billion dollar aid fund as an initial step in providing financial relief to British Columbians during the COVID-19 crisis.Carole James unveiled the ...
Mar 23, 2020 Finance Minister Carole James said a $5 billion dollar fund is an initial start to help British Columbians recover from the ongoing COVID-19 crisis. (The Canadian Press)
Nanaimo food bank strained, operations reduced during COVID-19 crisis
NANAIMO - Donations are down and operations forced to scale back as the Nanaimo food bank braces for increased demand. Peter Sinclair, executive director of the Loaves and Fishes Community Food Bank, ...
Mar 19, 2020 Loaves and Fishes Community Food Bank executive director Peter Sinclair receives food donations during an important transition period for the non-profit agency. (Submitted photo)
Greater Nanaimo Chamber of Commerce dismayed at communication gaps in gov't response to COVID-19
NANAIMO - The province's announcement ministers will reconvene on Monday, March 23 to pass legislation about the economic impacts of COVID-19 did not sit well with some at the frontlines. "Waiting unt...
Mar 19, 2020 B.C.'s public safety minister Mike Farnworth (left), federal finance minister Bill Morneau (centre) and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (right), who all made major announcements on Wednesday. (The Canadian Press)
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)
Nanaimo RCMP warn about rise of door-to-door fraudsters
NANAIMO - Local police are asking people to be wary of fake door-to-door sales people and trades workers.Nanaimo RCMP Cst. Gary O'Brien said four complaints already lodged to police this month involve...
Mar 10, 2020 Nanaimo RCMP say reports of unlicensed scammers door-knocking to provide a range of services increases this time of year (Chris Young/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)
'We were fighting for people before us and in the future:' forestry workers due back on the job
NANAIMO - An incredibly tough nearly eight months off the job is coming to an end for approximately 3000 forestry workers.An agreement between United Steelworkers 1-1937 and Western Forest Products (W...
Feb 19, 2020 Workers are due for a return to Nanaimo's Duke Point sawmill on Thursday, Feb. 20 following ratification of a new agreement with Western Forest Products. (Google Maps)