In today's episode:

• Nanaimo elementary school zone speed reduction plan advancing
• New water feature, extensive maintenance complete as Nanaimo pool to re-open
• Unlicensed driver avoids criminal record for high risk north Nanaimo crash
• Climate action hub holds election forum for City of Nanaimo candidates
• School district elections remain, despite acclamations in RDN and Islands Trust
• ‘A special day:’ Tour de Rock wraps up in downtown Victoria
• B.C. Conservatives, NDP in tight election race, polling suggests
• Eby announces B.C. grocery ‘price guard’ during Kelowna visit

Sources:

• NanaimoNewsNOW — Nanaimo elementary school zone speed reduction plan advancing
• NanaimoNewsNOW — New water feature, extensive maintenance complete as Nanaimo pool to re-open
• NanaimoNewsNOW — Unlicensed driver avoids criminal record for high risk north Nanaimo crash
• CHLY 101.7 FM — Climate action hub holds election forum for City of Nanaimo candidates
• CHLY 101.7 FM — School district elections remain, despite acclamations in RDN and Islands Trust
• Vancouver Island Free Daily — ‘A special day:’ Tour de Rock wraps up in downtown Victoria
• Nanaimo News Bulletin — B.C. Conservatives, NDP in tight election race, polling suggests
• Nanaimo News Bulletin — Eby announces B.C. grocery ‘price guard’ during Kelowna visit

In today's episode:

• Former Nanaimo teacher banned after online sting bust
• Clippers strike good Fortune with veteran’s return
• Nanaimo continues progress on plans to prepare for rising sea levels
• New Noel Brown artwork honours a Snuneymuxw Way of Being
• New Chemainus mural honours Japanese Canadian community
• Missing teen found safe: Saanich Police
• Sooke Brewing Company terminates co-owner after controversial T-shirt sparks backlash
• Alberta-to-B.C. pipeline listed as ‘project of national interest’ by Carney
• With great rain comes great responsibility: October is Drive Relative to Conditions month
• Eby promises plan to cut BC gas prices by up to 30 cents per litre if re-elected
• Canadian astronaut reaches International Space Station for six-month mission

Sources:

• NanaimoNewsNOW — Former Nanaimo teacher banned after online sting bust
• NanaimoNewsNOW — Clippers strike good Fortune with veteran’s return
• NanaimoNewsNOW — Nanaimo continues progress on plans to prepare for rising sea levels
• City of Nanaimo News — New Noel Brown artwork honours a Snuneymuxw Way of Being
• Nanaimo News Bulletin — New Chemainus mural honours Japanese Canadian community
• CHEK News — Missing teen found safe: Saanich Police
• Victoria Buzz — Sooke Brewing Company terminates co-owner after controversial T-shirt sparks backlash
• Nanaimo News Bulletin — Alberta-to-B.C. pipeline listed as ‘project of national interest’ by Carney
• BC RCMP News — With great rain comes great responsibility: October is Drive Relative to Conditions month
• Victoria Buzz — Eby promises plan to cut BC gas prices by up to 30 cents per litre if re-elected
• Times Colonist — Canadian astronaut reaches International Space Station for six-month mission

In today's episode:

• Nanaimo Mayor and Council candidates grilled in open forum
• Snuneymuxw master artist work unveiled in Nanaimo on Truth and Reconciliation Day
• Nanaimo considers continuing vandalism grant program for businesses in 2027
• Vancouver Island University athletes recognized by CCAA for academics
• Victoria man receives Carnegie Medal for rescue of Chemainus paraglider on Mount Prevost
• Fatal Tsawwassen crash not an intentional attack on B.C. Truth and Reconciliation event: police
• Carney announces $1.2B for oceans ahead of expected pipeline decision

Sources:

• NanaimoNewsNOW — Nanaimo Mayor and Council candidates grilled in open forum
• Nanaimo News Bulletin — Snuneymuxw master artist work unveiled in Nanaimo on Truth and Reconciliation Day
• Nanaimo News Bulletin — Nanaimo considers continuing vandalism grant program for businesses in 2027
• Nanaimo News Bulletin — Vancouver Island University athletes recognized by CCAA for academics
• Ladysmith Chronicle — Victoria man receives Carnegie Medal for rescue of Chemainus paraglider on Mount Prevost
• Nanaimo News Bulletin — Fatal Tsawwassen crash not an intentional attack on B.C. Truth and Reconciliation event: police
• Times Colonist — Carney announces $1.2B for oceans ahead of expected pipeline decision

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

In today's episode:

• New 211-unit housing project on Nanaimo’s Northfield Road issued development permit
• The City of Nanaimo looks to increase participation in LEAP program
• Former financial planner seeking Nanaimo Mayor’s chair
• Local voter turnout expected to suffer with looming provincial vote
• Nanaimo group calls on city and developer to weigh new assessment of Rock City wetland
• Trees to be removed in Nanaimo to make way for electric bus infrastructure
• Magnitude 4.9 earthquake near Port Hardy
• Man serving sentence for extortion, break-and-enter, wanted on Canada-wide warrant: VicPD
• HMCS Max Bernays returns to Esquimalt after record-setting Arctic deployment
• Heavy rain in forecast as warnings issued for Metro Vancouver, B.C. coast
• Former Conservative MLA who crossed the floor to NDP drops out of provincial election
• B.C. parties tout plans for critical minerals and LNG as election campaign enters second week
• Ontario Premier Doug Ford comes to Calgary, urges Albertans vote to remain in Canada
• Trump says he expects Canada trade deal within weeks as import ban looms

Sources:

• Nanaimo News Bulletin — New 211-unit housing project on Nanaimo’s Northfield Road issued development permit
• Nanaimo News Bulletin — The City of Nanaimo looks to increase participation in LEAP program
• NanaimoNewsNOW — Former financial planner seeking Nanaimo Mayor’s chair
• NanaimoNewsNOW — Local voter turnout expected to suffer with looming provincial vote
• CHEK News — Nanaimo group calls on city and developer to weigh new assessment of Rock City wetland
• CHEK News — Trees to be removed in Nanaimo to make way for electric bus infrastructure
• EmergencyInfoBC — Magnitude 4.9 earthquake near Port Hardy
• CHEK News — Man serving sentence for extortion, break-and-enter, wanted on Canada-wide warrant: VicPD
• Victoria Buzz — HMCS Max Bernays returns to Esquimalt after record-setting Arctic deployment
• NanaimoNewsNOW — Heavy rain in forecast as warnings issued for Metro Vancouver, B.C. coast
• My Cowichan Valley Now — Former Conservative MLA who crossed the floor to NDP drops out of provincial election
• My Cowichan Valley Now — B.C. parties tout plans for critical minerals and LNG as election campaign enters second week
• Times Colonist — Ontario Premier Doug Ford comes to Calgary, urges Albertans vote to remain in Canada
• CHEK News — Trump says he expects Canada trade deal within weeks as import ban looms

In today's episode:

• ‘Very hard’: Fewer young farmers putting down roots on Vancouver Island
• ‘It renews my hope in humanity’: Tour de Rock reaches Nanaimo
• New Forest Act developed in Grand Forks presented to the province
• B.C. Conservatives promise no new taxes if elected on October 24
• Poilievre urges tax cuts to make diesel fuel more affordable, ensure future supplies

Sources:

• CHEK News — ‘Very hard’: Fewer young farmers putting down roots on Vancouver Island
• Vancouver Island Free Daily — ‘It renews my hope in humanity’: Tour de Rock reaches Nanaimo
• Nanaimo News Bulletin — New Forest Act developed in Grand Forks presented to the province
• CHEK News — B.C. Conservatives promise no new taxes if elected on October 24
• Times Colonist — Poilievre urges tax cuts to make diesel fuel more affordable, ensure future supplies

In today's episode:

• Developers envision multi-family apartments at former Nanaimo gas station
• Ladysmith looking to add Shop Local, Buy Canadian signs at highway entrances
• Mount Jack wildfire near Sooke now being held after rainfall
• B.C. attorney general seeks Criminal Code change after Tumbler Ridge AI chat report
• Four people dead in a helicopter crash in Quebec

Sources:

• NanaimoNewsNOW — Developers envision multi-family apartments at former Nanaimo gas station
• Ladysmith Chronicle — Ladysmith looking to add Shop Local, Buy Canadian signs at highway entrances
• CHEK News — Mount Jack wildfire near Sooke now being held after rainfall
• NanaimoNewsNOW — B.C. attorney general seeks Criminal Code change after Tumbler Ridge AI chat report
• CHEK News — Four people dead in a helicopter crash in Quebec

In today's episode:

• Decision in ex-Nanaimo pastor, accused of sex interference, expected in December
• Nanaimo couple facing 15 charges after downtown liquor store thefts
• B.C. NDP would tax unsold condos, raise speculation and vacancy fees
• CSIS contacted as U.S. interference claims swirl in Quebec election
• Elections BC hiring 17K short-term positions prior to provincial election
• CNN left off Air Force One for Trump's upcoming trip, White House signals in new media restriction

Sources:

• Nanaimo News Bulletin — Decision in ex-Nanaimo pastor, accused of sex interference, expected in December
• NanaimoNewsNOW — Nanaimo couple facing 15 charges after downtown liquor store thefts
• Times Colonist — B.C. NDP would tax unsold condos, raise speculation and vacancy fees
• CHEK News — CSIS contacted as U.S. interference claims swirl in Quebec election
• Victoria Buzz — Elections BC hiring 17K short-term positions prior to provincial election
• Times Colonist — CNN left off Air Force One for Trump's upcoming trip, White House signals in new media restriction