Local News Update

By CHLY 101.7FM

Local civic and community news updates from our broadcast community and beyond. Serving Nanaimo and the Salish Sea region. News for Nanaimo, Lantzville, Ladysmith, Gabriola Island, Denman Island, Horn... more

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The podcast currently has 386 episodes available.

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April 03, 2026 Nanaimo youth, youngest artist to be selected for City’s street banners
Imagination and creativity are on full display across the harbour city’s downtown, and along Bowen Road as the City of Nanaimo displays a new banner design by a local youth artist.
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March 31, 2026 Looking out for the ‘little guys.’ A new eDNA collection method to research Salish Sea forage fish
In the face of a global biological crisis, a Vancouver Island research group is using new environmental DNA techniques to help better understand some of the coast's smallest fish.
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Photo: Sophie Vanderbanck (Redd Fish Restoration Society)
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March 27, 2026 Youth and ‘hidden homelessness’ data now being counted in United Way Point-in-Time Count
Once again the numbers of those living unhoused in Nanaimo remains high as United Way BC releases the latest numbers from the 2025 Point-in-Time (PiT) Count.
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March 19, 2026 “I don't know what I'm gonna do”—The Hub set to shut down end of March
On January 2nd, 2025, a year-round drop-in service hub opened in downtown Nanaimo, giving a space for those unhoused to access essential services. A little over a year later, they are now bracing for what will come next as the Hub is set to close.
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14min
March 19, 2026 Nanaimo Hub set to close but nearby neighbourhood group worried about what comes next
Just weeks away from the closing of the daytime and nighttime service Hub, a local neighbourhood group is concerned about what comes next.
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12min
March 13, 2026 New low-cost vet care program opens in Nanaimo
Nanaimo is full of animal lovers, and while people want to give their furry friends the best care possible, veterinary care can come at a high cost.
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March 12, 2026 Bluebirds once flourished here, Cowichan conservation works for their return
Bluebirds once could be seen–and heard–all across the Cowichan Valley, but loss of habitat due to development saw a decline so significant that bluebirds became locally extinct.
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12min
March 05, 2026 VIU Students’ Union host free open textbook fair
The first week of March marks Open Education Week, and facing rising education costs, Vancouver Island University Students’ Union put a spin on the classic Scholastic Book Fair, hosting their first zero cost textbook fair.
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9min
February 28, 2026 Home Grown website wants to strengthen connection to local farmers and food
A local software developer wants to make buying local produce to support Vancouver Island farmers a lot easier with a new website.
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6min
February 25, 2026 Celebrating The Glass Cage and a soundtrack of a past Nanaimo
Following the story of a long lost record being found, former Nanaimo-based band, The Glass Cage, was reunited for the first time in over 50 years.
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7min

FAQs about Local News Update:

How many episodes does Local News Update have?

The podcast currently has 386 episodes available.