In today's episode:

• Nanaimo Votes: 2026 General Local Election advance voting begins October 7
• ‘They belong here:’ new welcome pole unveiled at Wellington Secondary
• What are Nanaimo election candidates saying about the climate emergency?
• 52-year-old Mitchel Lunn is missing
• Man who attacked Oak Bay woman in home with machete gets 7 1/2 years
• Hupačasath hereditary chief orders Cermaq to close Boot Lagoon hatchery
• Was Eby’s snap election call a bad bet for the B.C. NDP?
• Okanagan Nation Alliance blasts white nationalist group seen in Kamloops
• LNG Canada approves more than $30B Phase 2 expansion in Kitimat
• 'Separation will not solve problems': Poilievre speaks in Alberta ahead of referendum
• Carney announces $1.2 billion for oceans ahead of expected pipeline decision
• 4.2 magnitude earthquake rumbles 32km southwest of Seattle

Sources:

• City of Nanaimo News — Nanaimo Votes: 2026 General Local Election advance voting begins October 7
• NanaimoNewsNOW — ‘They belong here:’ new welcome pole unveiled at Wellington Secondary
• The Discourse — What are Nanaimo election candidates saying about the climate emergency?
• BC RCMP News — 52-year-old Mitchel Lunn is missing
• Times Colonist — Man who attacked Oak Bay woman in home with machete gets 7 1/2 years
• Ha-Shilth-Sa — Hupačasath hereditary chief orders Cermaq to close Boot Lagoon hatchery
• Nanaimo News Bulletin — Was Eby’s snap election call a bad bet for the B.C. NDP?
• Nanaimo News Bulletin — Okanagan Nation Alliance blasts white nationalist group seen in Kamloops
• My Cowichan Valley Now — LNG Canada approves more than $30B Phase 2 expansion in Kitimat
• Times Colonist — 'Separation will not solve problems': Poilievre speaks in Alberta ahead of referendum
• Times Colonist — Carney announces $1.2 billion for oceans ahead of expected pipeline decision
• CHEK News — 4.2 magnitude earthquake rumbles 32km southwest of Seattle