• Nanaimo Daily — 2026-10-14
    Oct 14 2026
    In today's episode:Nanaimo municipal candidate scorecards and questionnaires from across the communityConservatives commit $60 million towards new cardiac cath lab at NRGH if electedPreliminary survey work underway ahead of massive Hammond Bay Rd. projectDistrict Newsletter – October 9, 2026Woman found dead at Vancouver Island landfillHow Nanaimo candidates would pay for rising infrastructure costsNanaimo candidates on how the city can cut emissions‘Dad vs. Bladder Emergency’: Nanaimo RCMP share less notable calls with tongue-in-cheek lessonsB.C. party leaders lay out economic visions at board of trade eventB.C. southern resident orca census counts 76 in 2nd year population growthCandidates share climate views across B.C. ridingsNew White House press secretary's debut: Brief, limited questions and some harsh reviewsSix Flags closes 9 North American roller coasters after families watch man fall to his deathChina’s trade surplus hits $938 billion for Jan-Sep as pressure ramps up to rebalance tradeJudge extends order blocking Trump from banning CNN, MS NOW and Politico reporters from White HouseSources:Nanaimo News Bulletin — Nanaimo municipal candidate scorecards and questionnaires from across the communityNanaimo News Bulletin — Conservatives commit $60 million towards new cardiac cath lab at NRGH if electedNanaimoNewsNOW — Preliminary survey work underway ahead of massive Hammond Bay Rd. projectSD68 Nanaimo-Ladysmith — District Newsletter – October 9, 2026Nanaimo News Bulletin — Woman found dead at Vancouver Island landfillThe Discourse — How Nanaimo candidates would pay for rising infrastructure costsThe Discourse — Nanaimo candidates on how the city can cut emissionsCHEK News — ‘Dad vs. Bladder Emergency’: Nanaimo RCMP share less notable calls with tongue-in-cheek lessonsNanaimo News Bulletin — B.C. party leaders lay out economic visions at board of trade eventNanaimo News Bulletin — B.C. southern resident orca census counts 76 in 2nd year population growthNanaimo News Bulletin — Candidates share climate views across B.C. ridingsTimes Colonist — New White House press secretary's debut: Brief, limited questions and some harsh reviewsTimes Colonist — Six Flags closes 9 North American roller coasters after families watch man fall to his deathTimes Colonist — China’s trade surplus hits $938 billion for Jan-Sep as pressure ramps up to rebalance tradeTimes Colonist — Judge extends order blocking Trump from banning CNN, MS NOW and Politico reporters from White House
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    19 Min.
  • Nanaimo Daily — 2026-10-14
    Oct 14 2026
    In today's episode:Nanaimo Votes: 2026 General Local Election Voting Day is Oct. 17Clippers drop BCHL Showcase opener to BlackfaldsNanaimo municipal candidate scorecards and questionnaires from across the communityConservatives commit $60 million towards new cardiac cath lab at NRGH if electedPreliminary survey work underway ahead of massive Hammond Bay Rd. projectDistrict Newsletter – October 9, 2026Price reductions shifting Nanaimo & Oceanside Real Estate marketWoman found dead at Vancouver Island landfill‘Catastrophic’ sediment dump threatens spawning salmon at Shawnigan CreekAllenby Road closure extended until springHelen Zanette is running for School Board in Port AlberniCowichan Tribes, City of Duncan sign agreement to strengthen relationship5/2026/HCB.C. party leaders lay out economic visions at board of trade eventB.C. southern resident orca census counts 76 in 2nd year population growthCandidates share climate views across B.C. ridingsPalmieri scores 2 as Islanders edge struggling Vancouver Canucks 3-2New White House press secretary's debut: Brief, limited questions and some harsh reviewsChina’s trade surplus hits $938 billion for Jan-Sep as pressure ramps up to rebalance tradeJudge extends order blocking Trump from banning CNN, MS NOW and Politico reporters from White HouseSources:City of Nanaimo News — Nanaimo Votes: 2026 General Local Election Voting Day is Oct. 17NanaimoNewsNOW — Clippers drop BCHL Showcase opener to BlackfaldsNanaimo News Bulletin — Nanaimo municipal candidate scorecards and questionnaires from across the communityNanaimo News Bulletin — Conservatives commit $60 million towards new cardiac cath lab at NRGH if electedNanaimoNewsNOW — Preliminary survey work underway ahead of massive Hammond Bay Rd. projectSD68 Nanaimo-Ladysmith — District Newsletter – October 9, 2026NanaimoNewsNOW — Price reductions shifting Nanaimo & Oceanside Real Estate marketNanaimo News Bulletin — Woman found dead at Vancouver Island landfillNanaimo News Bulletin — ‘Catastrophic’ sediment dump threatens spawning salmon at Shawnigan CreekMy Cowichan Valley Now — Allenby Road closure extended until springAlberni Valley News — Helen Zanette is running for School Board in Port AlberniMy Cowichan Valley Now — Cowichan Tribes, City of Duncan sign agreement to strengthen relationshipCumberland Council Meetings — 5/2026/HCNanaimo News Bulletin — B.C. party leaders lay out economic visions at board of trade eventNanaimo News Bulletin — B.C. southern resident orca census counts 76 in 2nd year population growthNanaimo News Bulletin — Candidates share climate views across B.C. ridingsNanaimo News Bulletin — Palmieri scores 2 as Islanders edge struggling Vancouver Canucks 3-2Times Colonist — New White House press secretary's debut: Brief, limited questions and some harsh reviewsTimes Colonist — China’s trade surplus hits $938 billion for Jan-Sep as pressure ramps up to rebalance tradeTimes Colonist — Judge extends order blocking Trump from banning CNN, MS NOW and Politico reporters from White House
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    24 Min.
  • Nanaimo Daily — 2026-10-13
    Oct 13 2026
    In today's episode:Staff report requested on possibility of Nanaimo banning continuous-flame butane lightersKnow Your Vote: Wants vs needs as Nanaimo community amenities meet core infrastructureSix elementary schools on Nanaimo’s list for speed-management measuresLadysmith announces fall yard waste collection datesChemainus mystery writer helps launch new crime anthologyAdam Hayduk is running for Port Alberni city councilRichard Huneault is running for a seat on Port Alberni city councilDebbie Haggard, incumbent, is running again for Port Alberni city councilDiljeet Hundal is running for city council in Port AlberniTom Verbrugge has withdrawn from Port Alberni council raceEby slams U.S.-style health care privatization, Conservatives claim ‘fearmongering’Childcare, health care discussed during B.C.’s election campaignA last-ditch effort to revive salmon stocks takes shape on BC’s central coastScores and sports schedule for Monday, Oct. 12, 2026Six Flags closes 9 rides after 1 person dies in an incident involving a roller coaster in GeorgiaDrones hit ships in Black Sea, sinking 1 and prompting rescue operations, Bulgaria saysQ&A: Brian Eno on relaunching Opal Records, 'Music for Airports,' AI and PalestineSources:Nanaimo News Bulletin — Staff report requested on possibility of Nanaimo banning continuous-flame butane lightersNanaimoNewsNOW — Know Your Vote: Wants vs needs as Nanaimo community amenities meet core infrastructureNanaimo News Bulletin — Six elementary schools on Nanaimo’s list for speed-management measuresLadysmith Chronicle — Ladysmith announces fall yard waste collection datesLadysmith Chronicle — Chemainus mystery writer helps launch new crime anthologyAlberni Valley News — Adam Hayduk is running for Port Alberni city councilAlberni Valley News — Richard Huneault is running for a seat on Port Alberni city councilAlberni Valley News — Debbie Haggard, incumbent, is running again for Port Alberni city councilAlberni Valley News — Diljeet Hundal is running for city council in Port AlberniAlberni Valley News — Tom Verbrugge has withdrawn from Port Alberni council raceCHEK News — Eby slams U.S.-style health care privatization, Conservatives claim ‘fearmongering’CHEK News — Childcare, health care discussed during B.C.’s election campaignCHEK News — A last-ditch effort to revive salmon stocks takes shape on BC’s central coastTimes Colonist — Scores and sports schedule for Monday, Oct. 12, 2026Times Colonist — Six Flags closes 9 rides after 1 person dies in an incident involving a roller coaster in GeorgiaTimes Colonist — Drones hit ships in Black Sea, sinking 1 and prompting rescue operations, Bulgaria saysTimes Colonist — Q&A: Brian Eno on relaunching Opal Records, 'Music for Airports,' AI and Palestine
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    16 Min.
  • Nanaimo Daily — 2026-10-12
    Oct 12 2026
    In today's episode:Nanaimo’s Rock City neighbourhood association seeks to protect wetlandsWomen’s hockey program set to take flight at VIUBell assumes CEO duties for Hullo Ferries in new yearMLA candidate fighting for better youth-in-care supports in Nanaimo-Gabriola Island bidClimate crisis at heart of B.C. Green Nanaimo-Lantzville candidate’s election bidTour de Rock gets warm welcome in LadysmithFree transit for Regional District of Nanaimo riders on local and provincial election daysNanaimo’s most prolific criminal has been released from jailHereditary chiefs call for closure of park on Vancouver Island over ancestral gravesDon Tecson is running for mayor in the City of Port AlberniSharie Minions, mayoral incumbent, is running again in the City of Port AlberniCharles Mealey is running for mayor in Port AlberniChar’s Landing hosts Q and A for Port Alberni mayoral candidatesCanada’s best pickleball players volley in VernonWatchdog investigating after police officer shoots man in Burnaby, B.C.BC Greens say public must have a say whether AI data centres get builtNew York Rangers score 4 unanswered goals in 6-2 win over Vancouver CanucksQUIZ: A season of ThanksgivingUK prime minister say it is ‘clear’ Russia interfered in 2016 Brexit referendumThousands attend a Quebec festival centred on a little-known tropical-tasting fruitSources:Nanaimo News Bulletin — Nanaimo’s Rock City neighbourhood association seeks to protect wetlandsNanaimoNewsNOW — Women’s hockey program set to take flight at VIUNanaimo News Bulletin — Bell assumes CEO duties for Hullo Ferries in new yearNanaimo News Bulletin — MLA candidate fighting for better youth-in-care supports in Nanaimo-Gabriola Island bidNanaimo News Bulletin — Climate crisis at heart of B.C. Green Nanaimo-Lantzville candidate’s election bidLadysmith Chronicle — Tour de Rock gets warm welcome in LadysmithParksville Qualicum News — Free transit for Regional District of Nanaimo riders on local and provincial election daysCHEK News — Nanaimo’s most prolific criminal has been released from jailNanaimo News Bulletin — Hereditary chiefs call for closure of park on Vancouver Island over ancestral gravesAlberni Valley News — Don Tecson is running for mayor in the City of Port AlberniAlberni Valley News — Sharie Minions, mayoral incumbent, is running again in the City of Port AlberniAlberni Valley News — Charles Mealey is running for mayor in Port AlberniAlberni Valley News — Char’s Landing hosts Q and A for Port Alberni mayoral candidatesNanaimo News Bulletin — Canada’s best pickleball players volley in VernonTimes Colonist — Watchdog investigating after police officer shoots man in Burnaby, B.C.Times Colonist — BC Greens say public must have a say whether AI data centres get builtNanaimo News Bulletin — New York Rangers score 4 unanswered goals in 6-2 win over Vancouver CanucksNanaimo News Bulletin — QUIZ: A season of ThanksgivingCHEK News — UK prime minister say it is ‘clear’ Russia interfered in 2016 Brexit referendumTimes Colonist — Thousands attend a Quebec festival centred on a little-known tropical-tasting fruit
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    17 Min.
  • Nanaimo Daily — 2026-10-11
    Oct 11 2026

    In today's episode:

    • City of Nanaimo will review its permissive-tax exemption policy
    • Nanaimo youth sentenced for assaulting vulnerable classmate
    • Clippers snap two game mini slump with win over Capitals
    • Revived Nanaimo Ambassador Program focused on leadership, community
    • COLUMN: Story of Louis Stark should be more known
    • Specialist doctor warns of nearing internist collapse at Cowichan District Hospital
    • Overlapping local, provincial elections in B.C. causing confusion: candidates
    • B.C. Lions secure playoff spot with 41-20 decision over winless Ottawa Redblacks

    Sources:

    • Nanaimo News Bulletin — City of Nanaimo will review its permissive-tax exemption policy
    • NanaimoNewsNOW — Nanaimo youth sentenced for assaulting vulnerable classmate
    • NanaimoNewsNOW — Clippers snap two game mini slump with win over Capitals
    • NanaimoNewsNOW — Revived Nanaimo Ambassador Program focused on leadership, community
    • Nanaimo News Bulletin — COLUMN: Story of Louis Stark should be more known
    • CHEK News — Specialist doctor warns of nearing internist collapse at Cowichan District Hospital
    • CHEK News — Overlapping local, provincial elections in B.C. causing confusion: candidates
    • Times Colonist — B.C. Lions secure playoff spot with 41-20 decision over winless Ottawa Redblacks
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    8 Min.
  • Nanaimo Daily — 2026-10-10
    Oct 10 2026

    In today's episode:

    • Brief wind storm through Nanaimo serves as early season test
    • MLA candidates vying to represent Nanaimo-Gabriola, Nanaimo-Lantzville
    • ‘Integrated into the landscape:’ rental complex planned in Nanaimo’s Rock City
    • David Eby visits Lantzville; says he will work to bring water to the community
    • Know Your Vote: Balancing tax increases with essential infrastructure & services
    • Shinohara Nexus Group coming to Chemainus, creating 30 new jobs
    • B.C. Conservatives pledge to build more long-term care beds in plan for seniors
    • Here's what to know about flu, COVID-19 and RSV this respiratory virus season

    Sources:

    • NanaimoNewsNOW — Brief wind storm through Nanaimo serves as early season test
    • Nanaimo News Bulletin — MLA candidates vying to represent Nanaimo-Gabriola, Nanaimo-Lantzville
    • NanaimoNewsNOW — ‘Integrated into the landscape:’ rental complex planned in Nanaimo’s Rock City
    • Nanaimo News Bulletin — David Eby visits Lantzville; says he will work to bring water to the community
    • NanaimoNewsNOW — Know Your Vote: Balancing tax increases with essential infrastructure & services
    • Ladysmith Chronicle — Shinohara Nexus Group coming to Chemainus, creating 30 new jobs
    • Nanaimo News Bulletin — B.C. Conservatives pledge to build more long-term care beds in plan for seniors
    • Times Colonist — Here's what to know about flu, COVID-19 and RSV this respiratory virus season
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    9 Min.
  • Nanaimo Daily — 2026-10-09
    Oct 9 2026

    In today's episode:

    • ‘I’m so shameful:’ Nanaimo OPS drug trafficker avoids jail
    • Loudon Park improvement project reaches a significant milestone
    • Veteran Nanaimo Clippers goaltender excelling in new environment
    • VIU Students’ Union starts campaign to inform students of the effects the local election could have on them
    • ‘Like a bomb went off’: Out of control SUV crashes through Nanaimo yards
    • B.C. Conservatives pull Victoria-Beacon Hill candidate after posts surface
    • B.C. NDP promises to freeze car insurance rates for 3 years

    Sources:

    • NanaimoNewsNOW — ‘I’m so shameful:’ Nanaimo OPS drug trafficker avoids jail
    • City of Nanaimo News — Loudon Park improvement project reaches a significant milestone
    • NanaimoNewsNOW — Veteran Nanaimo Clippers goaltender excelling in new environment
    • CHLY 101.7 FM — VIU Students’ Union starts campaign to inform students of the effects the local election could have on them
    • CHEK News — ‘Like a bomb went off’: Out of control SUV crashes through Nanaimo yards
    • Times Colonist — B.C. Conservatives pull Victoria-Beacon Hill candidate after posts surface
    • Nanaimo News Bulletin — B.C. NDP promises to freeze car insurance rates for 3 years
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    8 Min.
  • Nanaimo Daily — 2026-10-08
    Oct 8 2026
    In today's episode:Child exploitation bust sees Nanaimo man jailedNanaimo RCMP urges caution as morning commutes get darkerElection 2026: Nanaimo mayoral candidate questionnairesSchool Board Candidates take the stage in Teachers’ Association forum at Beban ParkSinger makes dream come true with new country single, and honouring Cowichan heritage‘I was very sad’: Players fight to save indoor tennis in NanaimoK’ómoks Economic Development acquires Comox Valley winery and events centreMike McKinlay acclaimed as Duncan mayorThanksgiving meal brings sense of home to hundreds at Our Place in VictoriaLove and resilience – AIRS survivors share stories and hopes for future at reunionWild Wise urges Greater Victoria residents to secure bear attractantsLeaders clash over B.C. Conservative letter to reverse ICBC no-fault insuranceB.C.’s top doctor encourages fall vaccines as province sees early rise in influenza cases‘Not fair’: BC Ferry passenger ‘stranded’ in Bella Bella demands compensationB.C. winery owner calls for improving interprovincial alcohol salesWestons to buy U.K. pharmacy chain Boots for US$8.9BSources:NanaimoNewsNOW — Child exploitation bust sees Nanaimo man jailedNanaimo News Bulletin — Nanaimo RCMP urges caution as morning commutes get darkerNanaimo News Bulletin — Election 2026: Nanaimo mayoral candidate questionnairesCHLY 101.7 FM — School Board Candidates take the stage in Teachers’ Association forum at Beban ParkLadysmith Chronicle — Singer makes dream come true with new country single, and honouring Cowichan heritageCHEK News — ‘I was very sad’: Players fight to save indoor tennis in NanaimoNanaimo News Bulletin — K’ómoks Economic Development acquires Comox Valley winery and events centreMy Cowichan Valley Now — Mike McKinlay acclaimed as Duncan mayorVancouver Island Free Daily — Thanksgiving meal brings sense of home to hundreds at Our Place in VictoriaHa-Shilth-Sa — Love and resilience – AIRS survivors share stories and hopes for future at reunionVancouver Island Free Daily — Wild Wise urges Greater Victoria residents to secure bear attractantsNanaimo News Bulletin — Leaders clash over B.C. Conservative letter to reverse ICBC no-fault insuranceMy Cowichan Valley Now — B.C.’s top doctor encourages fall vaccines as province sees early rise in influenza casesCHEK News — ‘Not fair’: BC Ferry passenger ‘stranded’ in Bella Bella demands compensationNanaimo News Bulletin — B.C. winery owner calls for improving interprovincial alcohol salesTimes Colonist — Westons to buy U.K. pharmacy chain Boots for US$8.9B
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    16 Min.