Tag Archives: Infrastructure
Local Habitat for Humanity chapter alters course to mitigate housing crisis
NANAIMO - Increased density and a lease as opposed to ownership model signifies a bold new approach by a local non-profit organization determined to more meaningfully combat high housing costs.Habitat...
Apr 07, 2024
Crews complete Village Way Path project on Gabriola Island
NANAIMO - A key pedestrian pathway project along a busy stretch of road on Gabriola Island is complete. A contractor on behalf of the Regional District of Nanaimo (RDN) paved 850 meters of gravel path...
Apr 05, 2024
'It's just malicious:' Parksville's mayor enraged with ongoing Community Park vandalism
PARKSVILLE - A newly opened accessible washroom building on Parkville's waterfront was damaged to the tune of $6,000.It happened sometime on the afternoon of Sunday, March 31, with Parksville Mayor Do...
Apr 04, 2024
Pay parking coming to areas around Nanaimo hospital
NANAIMO - Pay parking is expanding around Nanaimo Regional General Hospital. In a bid to ease congestion and demand for parking around the hospital grounds, the City of Nanaimo plans to implement pay ...
Mar 12, 2024
Nanaimo food bank project in jeopardy without funding boost: executive director
NANAIMO - A long-envisioned new home for Nanaimo Loaves and Fishes Community Food Bank is starving for a lifeline from the federal government. Already with local, regional and provincial government fi...
Mar 08, 2024
Long desired community park coming to Cassidy
NANAIMO -Cassidy's first community park is within reach following the purchase of a Hallberg Rd. property. The Regional District of Nanaimo (RDN) announced the nearly half-acre lot at 3483 Hallberg Rd...
Feb 29, 2024
Non-market workforce housing proposed in Parksville
PARKSVILLE - A local non-profit organization intends to build a 36-unit apartment-style building on the city's southern edge. Members of Parksville Lions Housing Society outlined its plans earmarked f...
Feb 23, 2024
Man injured in fire at Nanaimo apartment building
NANAIMO - One man was injured, while residents of a newly completed north Nanaimo rental building evacuated in response to a late-night fire. Nanaimo Fire Rescue (NFR) responded to 6010 Hammond Bay Rd...
Feb 21, 2024
Ladysmith partners with province to create downtown subsidized rental homes
LADYSMITH - A planned new City Hall is expected to be topped with rental housing geared toward middle-income earners in Ladysmith. The province confirmed this week the Town of Ladysmith is one of 20 l...
Feb 15, 2024
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