Tag Archives: Infrastructure
Following slow ramp-up, social housing plans begin taking shape in Nanaimo
NANAIMO - Slow, yet steady progress is being made to build hundreds of badly needed supportive and affordable housing units in Nanaimo.In the summer of 2020 a Memorandum of Understanding between the C...
Jan 30, 2024
Driver launches over embankment, takes out north Nanaimo traffic light
NANAIMO - A driver luckily sustained only minor injuries after losing control of his car and toppling a traffic light. It happened on Thursday, Jan 18 at about 6:50 a.m. on Rutherford Rd. at Hammond B...
Jan 18, 2024
Second AAP opens for Nanaimo public works replacement project
NANAIMO - A second bid by the City to get electoral approval for a new public works yard is underway. Following a City of Nanaimo procedural error during the initial Alternative Approval Process (AAP)...
Jan 18, 2024
'It's nothing to panic about:' small sinkhole forms in south Nanaimo
NANAIMO - A portion of a busy south end street is closed to non-local traffic after a resident noticed a small sinkhole forming on Victoria Rd. The City of Nanaimo's general manager of engineering and...
Jan 17, 2024
Man riding e-scooter hospitalized after colliding with car in Parksville
PARKSVILLE - Oceanside RCMP say a man was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries after he ran into a car at a busy downtown Parksville intersection. Oceanside RCMP Sgt. Shane Worth said ...
Jan 04, 2024
Society loses injunction application to continue operating Ladysmith marina
LADYSMITH - A non-profit's bid to continue its nearly 40-year run of developing and operating Ladysmith's community marina is over. BC Supreme Court justice Warren Millman rejected a Ladysmith Maritim...
Jan 03, 2024
Another approved Watfield Ave. development permit means more housing for south Nanaimo neighbourhood
NANAIMO - More homes are coming to the east of Nanaimo District Secondary School (NDSS) following the approval of another development permit on Watfield Ave. During their Monday, Dec. 18 regular counc...
Dec 21, 2023
Nanaimo Council picks park over including affordable housing for Five Acre Farm
NANAIMO - Surrounded by exponential growth, a working urban farm in south Harewood encroached by continuous development will be preserved. Following two rounds of public consultations, 933 Park Ave. w...
Dec 19, 2023
SD68 to examine prefab/modular expansion options to ease capacity crunch
NANAIMO - Local school district trustees and senior staff are expected to investigate cheaper and faster ways to combat capacity issues within Nanaimo Ladysmith Public Schools (NLPS). During a Wednesd...
Dec 14, 2023
Funding approved for South Wellington community hall project
NANAIMO - A long-closed school south of Nanaimo will be brought back to life following funding confirmation from regional governors.Regional District of Nanaimo (RDN) board members approved an additio...
Dec 13, 2023