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Julie Chadwick

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Raymond Salgado wears a black basketball jersey sings on a basketball court while the audience watches.
Singer Raymond Salgado’s ‘impeccable’ voice continues to rise

From television to the Toronto Raptors, the Nanaimo singer brings the love back to his hometown.

A black and white vintage image from the 1950s shows a blurry image of women on the hood of a car during a parade in downtown Nanaimo
Vintage film offers a glimpse into the dreamy world of 1960s Nanaimo

After finding a trove of his father's 8mm films, Paul Wende made it his mission to give them new life.

Aaron Pritchett, a man in his 50s, is tanned and wearing a white cowboy hat and worn blue jean shirt
Country music star Aaron Pritchett is about to get ‘Liquored Up’ in new cross-Canada tour

'I'm just happy I am where I am. And I don't need any more than what I got.'

An Indigenous woman with long grey hair and a white hoodie with embroidered feathers looks into the camera
Indigenous women speak out about housing challenges

‘They don't have enough housing for single women who struggle with life,’ says a member of the local Women’s Poverty Response Circle.

Jen Gerson, a young woman with light brown hair and red lipstick speaks from behind a computer monitor and microphone. David Livingstone, a bald man in suit and glasses, stands to the left and watches
Free speech, the Online News Act, and how it affects Canadian media

Commentator Jen Gerson speaks at Vancouver Island University about 'free speech in the digital age' to a packed crowd

Rick Scott wears a black bowler-style hat and holds a dulcimer in one hand and a red trombone in the other, with a flowered tie
‘My Symphony’ invites children to dream big, because the symphony ‘is for everyone’

Musician Rick Scott partners with Vancouver Island Symphony to bring educational concert to the public

Three young women in robes are onstage and sitting on what appears to be hospital beds as an audience looks on
‘Rewriting my colonial script’: Dr. Laura Ann Cranmer’s push to reclaim her story through theatre

'Scenes from the Nanaimo Indian Hospital' features the experiences of three girls from different backgrounds and languages.

An older man in a plaid shirt plays the guitar while his sister, with long blond hair and a grey sweater, looks into the camera on the left
Vancouver Island’s ‘hidden epidemic’ and those fighting to understand it

How Nanaimo became ground zero in the fight for toxic drug crisis survivors who are left with brain injuries.

A bronze necklace cast from a broken piece of plastic with writing on the edge and slits hangs on a silver chain
How artist Jesse Gray transforms beach trash into bronze works of art

Bringing discarded objects back to life, the artists’ latest installation will be an interactive musical sculpture in Nanaimo’s Deverill Square Park.

A group of people sit in chairs, photo is taken from behind as they listen to politician Lisa Marie Barron, at the front of the room, during a downhill discussion
Broken promises and a broken system: What happened to electoral reform?

Inside a local MP’s push to change the way we vote.