Small businesses in Nanaimo are feeling the local love
As local businesses and organizations struggle with a COVID-19 Christmas, locals rally in support.
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After Nanaimo’s historic Jean Burns building fire, the community remembers
Four years after flames engulfed the site, its former tenants and owner work to build back what was lost.
Plans to revitalize old A&B Sound building in downtown Nanaimo
The property owner and developer reveals its vision for one of Nanaimo’s biggest eyesores.
How people in Nanaimo are overcoming the crisis on their streets
As various levels of government struggle to respond, the community is taking action.
Nanaimo’s homelessness crisis is a mental health crisis, too
The homeless are not the problem, it’s the systems that serve them, say advocates as they push for better mental health supports for people in Nanaimo who are unhoused.
Lack of housing and homelessness a major concern in downtown Nanaimo
Here’s the backstory and what experts say is the way forward.