In today's episode:

• VIU students hold stair race event at Nanaimo campus
• Vancouver Islanders join global No Kings protests
• City of Duncan establishes community heritage register
• Family fights to bring B.C. senior home from China after coma
• Stolen Bases exhibition at Cumberland Museum tells Japanese Canadian stories
• Port Alberni legion dinner raises $17,000 for Wounded Warriors
• Bentinck Island demolition range active in April
• Broadcasting pioneer Rose Kingdon dies at 65
• Moguls legend Mikaël Kingsbury set to retire
• Dylan Cease fans 12 in Blue Jays debut, Toronto wins 8-7
• Canada battles back to tie Iceland 2-2 in men's soccer
• McDavid retakes NHL scoring lead as Oilers beat Ducks

What's happening around town:

• Oceanside Minor Baseball Easter Egg hunt season kickoff

In today's episode:

• Nanaimo Hospital District approves $49.5M budget for major capital projects
• Snuneymuxw Islanders earn second straight JANT basketball gold medal
• Man missing from Port Alberni since February found deceased
• Yellow Point farm market opens new live music venue
• Qualicum Beach to seek First Nation's advice on new town crest
• Youth and hidden homelessness data now being counted in United Way survey
• Island school sends 3 teams to world's largest robotics championship
• Canada's oldest Black WWII veteran dies at 104
• Darrell Jones drops out of B.C. Conservative leadership race
• Proposed Heritage Act changes aim to reduce ambiguity
• PM Carney to attend Juno Awards in Hamilton
• Clippers dominate Chiefs with shutout victory

What's happening around town:

• Oceanside Music spring concert series in Parksville - shows through May

In today's episode:

• Aspiring Nanaimo engineer Kayla Okada earns prestigious scholarship to UBC
• Nanaimo man back in jail after threatening probation officer
• Bedroom fire in south Nanaimo displaces four people
• RDN hospital levy increasing by 21% for tower and cath lab
• Man who assaulted sex trade workers in Nanaimo to be released in Abbotsford
• Oceanside RCMP deal with 224 complaints in one week
• City of Nanaimo and CUPE reach three-year deal
• MLA Hon Chan removed from B.C. Conservatives after domestic violence allegations
• Korean shipbuilder partners with B.C. firms on submarine bid
• Potable water restored on two BC Ferries after E. coli detection
• Federal government reports $31.2B deficit
• Nanaimo Buccaneers enter first VIJHL championship final
• Clippers await first-round BCHL playoff opponent

In today's episode:

• Surprise windstorm causes unexpected damage across Nanaimo
• Power restored after thousands lose electricity in Nanaimo and Oceanside
• Parksville firefighters warn of kitchen fire close calls
• Potential new Nanaimo Hub location identified, roadblocks remain
• Repair Cafe returns to Nanaimo on April 11 after 11-year hiatus
• B.C. Agricultural Land Commission cutting staff after flat funding
• No charges for Port Alberni RCMP officer despite detachment recommendation
• LNG Canada and Coastal GasLink sign pipeline deal
• New submarine water main brings clean water to West Bamfield
• Police complaint commissioner probes sexualized conduct allegations
• Victoria's Dylan Garand makes NHL debut at Madison Square Garden
• Maple Leafs eliminate Rangers from playoff contention

What's happening around town:

• Polylinguist singer performing in Nanaimo in Spanish, French and English

In today's episode:

• Nanaimo woman performs live on stage with the Goo Goo Dolls
• Injured Nanaimo sea lion no cause for concern during herring season
• Quamichan Lake pilot project aims to end 11-year beach advisory
• People with special needs losing housing in Cowichan Valley
• Rally held to stop closure of Cowichan winter shelter
• B.C. mulls changes to weaken DRIPA amid First Nations pushback
• BC Ferries cancels more Vancouver-Victoria sailings over mechanical issues
• Questions remain 20 years after Queen of the North sinking
• Federal union denounces CRA decision to end tax drop boxes
• Former Bulldogs forward Brandon Buhr signs with Toronto Maple Leafs

What's happening around town:

• Cowichan Easter Eggspress - BC Forest Discovery Centre, April 4-6

In today's episode:

• Nanaimo woman fined after fatal 2024 collision at Woodgrove Centre
• VIU Mariners women's basketball team returns as national champions
• 55+ BC Games distributes over $70,000 to Nanaimo organizations
• Tourism Nanaimo hopes to score FIFA World Cup spillover boost
• Pro-peace advocates hold silent rally in Nanaimo
• Air Canada Express jet crash at LaGuardia kills two pilots
• Four skiers killed in B.C. avalanches in deadly backcountry weekend
• Wind warning in effect for much of Vancouver Island
• B.C. and UBC partner on $40M venture fund for research spinoffs
• Parksville councillor raises concern over city's water supply
• Clippers fall to BCHL-leading Warriors

What's happening around town:

• BC Cadet Honour Band - Free concert in Nanaimo, March 24-27

In today's episode:

• Qualicum Beach mayor elated volunteers saved Family Day celebration
• Horne Lake resident gets support for fire protection inclusion
• Extreme Eatz to operate Eaglecrest Golf Course restaurant
• Home Grown website connects Islanders to local farmers and food
• BC Ferries cancels multiple Swartz Bay-Tsawwassen sailings
• Two hikers rescued from B.C. mountain, one in critical condition
• Small airplane makes hard landing at B.C. airport, no injuries
• Iain Black endorsed for B.C. Conservative leadership
• Public servant scared to retire over Phoenix pay system problems
• Best-attended All-Native basketball tournament wraps in B.C.
• Four Ballenas Whalers to play in South Island All-Star Classic

In today's episode:

• Nanaimo's historic courthouse to undergo nearly $10M overhaul
• Pedestrian struck on Highway 19 north of Nanaimo
• Lantzville proposes 4-5% tax hike in financial plan
• Magnitude 4.0 earthquake recorded off west coast of Vancouver Island
• B.C. river forecaster lifts all flood advisories
• 15 years after last Vancouver Island train, E&N corridor debate continues
• Canada ends longtime Weatheradio service amid budget cuts
• Comox Hells Angels trial faces stay bid over Charter breaches
• VIU Mariner women clinch CCAA national basketball title
• Clippers clinch second playoff seed with win over Powell River
• Blues beat Canucks 3-1

In today's episode:

• Two arrested following stabbing in south Nanaimo
• Hidden homelessness a growing concern in Nanaimo count
• RDN working to make bus rides free for youth
• Evicted Island mobile home seniors awarded $28K from forgotten city fund
• Cathedral Grove parking and safety concerns remain on government radar
• B.C.'s credit rating downgraded by Moody's
• B.C. announces $45M upgrades for Port Hardy Hospital
• Eby to sell B.C. as stable jurisdiction on trade trip to China
• Experts say B.C. allowing old-growth logging despite protection promise
• Conservatives slam NDP for cutting sick kids support program
• VIU Mariners basketball teams advance to CCAA championship games
• Canucks sign defenceman Mancini to two-year extension

What's happening around town:

• Coast Salish knitters and Cowichan sweaters commemorated with national plaque in Duncan

In today's episode:

• Cath lab planning begins at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital
• Nanaimo drug trafficker faces 9-year prison sentence
• RCMP investigate weapons incident at Port Place Mall
• Nanaimo Hub set to close end of March, neighbours concerned
• RCMP seek public's help locating Fallan Fowler
• B.C. raises intimate image abuse damages cap to $75,000
• Class action certified over prison sexual assaults spanning two decades
• Clippers' Jack Rimmer named BCHL first star of the week