Mick Sweetman

The Vancouver Island Short Film Festival is looking for budding young filmmakers for a new Youth Showcase.

The Town of Ladysmith is looking at redesigning its “cacophony” of a flag. 

Over 50 members of local governments in British Columbia, including several from Central Vancouver Island, have signed an open letter calling on the Canadian government to call for a ceasefire in the conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.

On Monday, Nov. 6, Parksville city council unanimously passed a motion requesting that the province exempt lands in the city designated for resorts, tourist commercial use, the downtown waterfront and restricted recreation areas from Bill 35, which bans short-term rentals on properties other than the owner’s principal residence.

Nanaimo Fire Chief Tim Doyle painted a dire picture of the overdose crisis to Nanaimo city council on Monday.

About 300 people marched through downtown Nanaimo on Saturday, Nov. 4 calling for a ceasefire in Israel’s escalating war against Hamas in Gaza.

Lisa Marie Barron, the NDP Member of Parliament for Nanaimo - Ladysmith, is calling on the federal government to support a ceasefire in the war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip as it enters its third week.

The 16th Annual Urban Film Festival is taking place on the evening Friday, Nov. 3 at Vancouver Island University (VIU).

The City of Nanaimo has voted to allocate up to $230,000 to Risebridge to operate a daytime warming centre this winter that will run seven days a week.

This is the final week for residents of the City of Nanaimo to file their opposition to the city taking out a loan for up to $48.5 million for the first phase of a new operations centre.

Participants at the Five Acres Farm open house were given a sticker to post on one of four options showing where affordable housing could be built. Options ranged from housing on one to two acres, with a fifth option that didn’t build any housing on the property.

Premier David Eby addressed the State of the Island Economic Summit in Nanaimo on Thursday morning, speaking about housing, transportation and the toxic drug crisis.

The 17th Annual State of the Island Economic Summit opened at the Vancouver Island Conference Centre in downtown Nanaimo on Wednesday.