The Nanaimo Regional District Hospital was constructed in 1963 when Nanaimo had a population of 15,000 people. We've known for decades that NRGH needs a major expansion. Nanaimo Regional General Hospital's patient tower opened in 1963, when it served a city of about 15,000 people and roughly 24,000 across the region. Today that same building serves more than 113,000 people in Nanaimo and over 190,000 across the Regional District of Nanaimo, and it is the referral hospital for

Twenty-one new firefighters after recieving their badges in 2023 Climate change, prolonged droughts, and decades of poor forestry practices have combined to put Canadian communities at greater risk of wildfire than ever before. We've all watched the footage from West Kelowna and Summerland, where wildland urban interface fires tore through neighbourhoods in a matter of hours. On Vancouver Island, the Mt. Underwood Fire, the Cameron Lake fire and the Wesley Ridge fire have dem

What level of emissions is too much? Should Nanaimo residents have a say about emissions from future heavy industry projects?

I can’t emphasize enough how important it is for local residents to keep pushing to preserve natural spaces.