Shows
Love and NonsenseChristmas '25 - Thanksgiving Week Previews!Stephanie and Kerrie discuss Previews for Thanksgiving Week on Hallmark, Lifetime, Great American Family, UPTV, and Netflix.Hallmark & Lifetime: Nov 27 - We Met In December - Hallmark - Autumn Reeser and Niall MatterNov 28 @ 6 PM - The Snow Must Go On - Hallmark - Heather Hemmens & Corey Cott Nov 28 @ 8 PM - The More the Merrier - Hallmark - Rachel Boston & Brendan PennyNov 29 @ 6 PM - An Alpine Holiday - Hallmark - Ashley Williams, Laci J Malley & Julien Smani Nov 29 @ 8 PM - A Grand Ole Opry Christmas - Hallmar...
2025-11-2727 min
Midcoast MorningHarmac CEO reponds to motion around industrial land use generates lengthy debate at Nanaimo City CouncilA motion about industrial land use divided Nanaimo city council in a narrow 5-4 vote Monday night. On the meeting agenda the motion from Councillor Paul Manly asked staff to prepare a zoning amendment that would have prevented six different industrial scale uses, including certain garbage incineration facilities, chemical plants, petroleum refineries, and Liquefied Natural Gas export facilities.The motion council ended up debating instead asked staff to prepare a report with options on a zoning amendment to exclude emissions intense heavy industries, listing several examples, which would instead require site specific zoning. That motion narrowly...
2025-11-1936 min
Midcoast MorningNanaimo council weighs future of drop-in homeless hubThe future of a drop-in centre and overnight shelter in the south end was the subject of extensive discussion at a pair of council and committee meetings this past week.The Hub is a facility on Nicol Street and Victoria Road that offers daytime services for people experiencing homelessness run by Island Crisis Care Society, and an evening shelter run by the Nanaimo Family Life Association. Between a Finance and Audit Committee Meeting and a Regular Council Meeting, council heard from more than ten community members about the impacts they feel the service has had on...
2025-07-2528 min
Local News UpdateCity of Nanaimo approves lease for new navigation centreNanaimo City Council has approved a 3-year lease for a new temporary housing building in the south end of Nanaimo.The 3-year lease, with the option for two 2-year renewals, is for the yet-to-be Nanaimo Navigation Centre. The centre will be located at 1030 Old Victoria Road.The building comes in partnership with BC Housing and the City of Nanaimo. Vancouver Island Mental Health Society would operate the site offering 24-hour support for 60 units.Back in January of this year the Ministry of Housing and the City of Nanaimo signed a HEART & HEARTH memorandum...
2024-07-1006 min
Local News UpdateMore money for downtown businesses targeted by vandalismNanaimo City Council on Monday voted to amend the service agreement for the Downtown Vandalism Relief Grant program.Businesses in the downtown area will now be able to apply more than twice a year and receive up to $2,500 per incident up to a maximum of $5,000 per year. This money may also include up to 50 per cent of the cost of installation of security and preventative measures to a maximum of $1,000. The program first started in December 2022, and as of September 2023, 25 applications have been approved with $24,552.42 of funding being disbursed.The Greater Nanaimo Chamber o...
2023-12-2005 min
Local News UpdateDrug deaths spike in NanaimoRecent figures show illicit drug poisonings attended by the BC Emergency Health Services in Nanaimo are more than double the per capita rate when compared to other communities within Island Health.In a presentation to Nanaimo City Council on Monday, Dr. Shannon Waters, current interim Medical Health Officer for the Nanaimo area, along with some of her colleagues, spoke about the current rise in toxic drugs around the city.Waters started off the presentation by speaking about her feelings about being interim Medical Health Officer for the area. “I also want to acknowledge that...
2023-12-1306 min
But Make It HallmarkPitcher PerfectChinggay and Patty skip the winter season and head straight into spring…with way more movies than they bargained for. It’s a mixed bag with clear losers, middling airtime fillers, and two of the best movies we’ve seen in a while, thanks to Hallmark’s two Erins—Krakow and Cahill. Plus: a new nemesis to watch out for.Love in the Maldives (Jocelyn Hutton, Jake Manley)A Picture of Her (Rhiannon Fish, Tyler Hynes)When Love Springs (Rhiannon Fish, James O'Halloran)The Professional Bridesmaid (Hunter King, Chandler Massey)
2023-05-2038 minLove and NonsenseHallmark's Spring into Love - April PreviewsStephanie and Kerrie cover the movies you can see on Hallmark and Hallmark Movies & Mysteries in April 2023! Hallmark: Love in the Maldives - Jocelyn Hudon and Jake ManleyThe Professional Bridesmaid - Hunter King and Chandler Massey The Wedding Cottage - Erin Krakow and Brendan PennyA Pinch of Portugal - Heather Hemmens and Luke MitchellHeart in the Game - Erin Cahill and Marco GrazziniHallmark Movies & Mysteries: The Blessing Bracelet - A Dayspring Movie - Amanda Schull and Carlo MarksSpring Breathrough - A Mahogony Movie - Keesha Sharp, Demetrius Grosse, Rhyon Nicole Brown, and...
2023-03-2221 min
The Nanaimo ChroniclesErin Hemmens (council candidate)Erin Hemmens' web site is https://www.hemmens.ca
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ABOUT THIS SERIES: This municipal election cycle, I asked each of the candidates for mayor, council, and school district, to record a bit about themselves, why they decided to run, and their platforms. This is offered as a public service to the community; candidates did not have to pay a fee to participate.
Produced by Tod Maffin of engageQ digital. Theme song: "Make a Change" (composed by Tom Howe and Dan Gautreau). Music licensed through Source Audio.
2022-10-0605 min
HeyKiddoAmbiguous Loss and COVID-19 Grief with Sara AschABOUT OUR GUESTSara Asch is the Bereavement Services Coordinator for the Center for Grieving Children in Portland, Maine. The Center for Grieving Children was founded in 1987 by Portland, Maine resident Bill Hemmens, following the death of his sister. In trying to find help and support for his niece Erin, Bill recognized that children need peers and caring adults to support them through their grief, because death profoundly affects every aspect of their lives.Today, the Center for Grieving Children, still based in Portland, and virtually to keep families safe during the pandemic, serves nearly 3,000 grieving children, teens, families, and young...
2022-04-1337 min
The HeyKiddo Parenting Podcast with Dr. Nicole LipkinAmbiguous Loss and COVID-19 Grief with Sara AschABOUT OUR GUESTSara Asch is the Bereavement Services Coordinator for the Center for Grieving Children in Portland, Maine. The Center for Grieving Children was founded in 1987 by Portland, Maine resident Bill Hemmens, following the death of his sister. In trying to find help and support for his niece Erin, Bill recognized that children need peers and caring adults to support them through their grief, because death profoundly affects every aspect of their lives.Today, the Center for Grieving Children, still based in Portland, and virtually to keep families safe during the pandemic, serves nearly 3,000 grieving children, teens, families, and young...
2022-04-1337 min
People First RadioNanaimo city councillor Erin Hemmens on the city’s role in and efforts towards addressing homelessnessNanaimo city councillor Erin Hemmens speaks about the city’s role in and efforts toward addressing homelessness. First Broadcast February 3rd 2022.
2022-02-0724 minPeople First RadioNanaimo city councillor Erin Hemmens on the city’s role in and efforts towards addressing homelessnessNanaimo city councillor Erin Hemmens speaks about the city’s role in and efforts toward addressing homelessness. First Broadcast February 3rd 2022.
2022-02-0724 min
The HeyKiddo Parenting Podcast with Dr. Nicole LipkinGrief as a Normal Part of Life with Sara AschABOUT OUR GUESTSara Asch is the Bereavement Services Coordinator for the Center for Grieving Children in Portland, Maine. The Center for Grieving Children was founded in 1987 by Portland, Maine resident Bill Hemmens, following the death of his sister. In trying to find help and support for his niece Erin, Bill recognized that children need peers and caring adults to support them through their grief, because death profoundly affects every aspect of their lives.Today, the Center for Grieving Children, still based in Portland, and virtually to keep families safe during the pandemic, serves nearly 3,000...
2021-12-0847 minHeyKiddoGrief as a Normal Part of Life with Sara AschABOUT OUR GUESTSara Asch is the Bereavement Services Coordinator for the Center for Grieving Children in Portland, Maine. The Center for Grieving Children was founded in 1987 by Portland, Maine resident Bill Hemmens, following the death of his sister. In trying to find help and support for his niece Erin, Bill recognized that children need peers and caring adults to support them through their grief, because death profoundly affects every aspect of their lives.Today, the Center for Grieving Children, still based in Portland, and virtually to keep families safe during the pandemic, serves nearly 3,000...
2021-12-0847 min
Daily News Update from CHLY 101.7FMEvening News Update for February 2nd 2021Tuesday COVID-19 updateAnother Nanaimo school has been added to the list of COVID-19 exposures. Island Health says there was an exposure at Rock City Elementary school last Wednesday. Rock City joins eight other schools on the central island that have experienced COVID-19 exposures, but none has turned into an outbreak. There have been 27 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed in the Island Health region since yesterday, bringing our case count to 294. Province-wide in the past 24 hours, there have been 8 deaths from COVID-19 and 429 new infections.Shovels in the ground for new ICU at NRGH
2021-02-0303 min
Daily News Update from CHLY 101.7FM3PM News Update for February 2nd 2021Shovels in the ground for new ICU at NRGHThe sod was turned at the Nanaimo Regional General Hospital this morning, to mark the start of construction of a new intensive care unit. The new unit will be triple the size of the current ICU, providing the space for the high-tech equipment needed to treat the most critically ill patients. It will increase from 10 to 12 beds, with overhead patient lifts, and there will be space for a high acuity unit to transition patients from ICU to other hospital units. Dr. Ben Williams, the vice president of...
2021-02-0303 min
Daily News Update from CHLY 101.7FMAfternoon News Update for September 17 2020New in this update:Recovery plan for B.C. to be presented todayB.C.'s much anticipated economic recovery plan will be revealed today. At the start of the pandemic, the provincial government set aside $1 and a half-billion dollars for economic recovery. Premier John Horgan and Finance Minister Carole James will announce how it will be spent at 1:30 this afternoon. You can watch it live on the Government of BC Facebook page, Twitter account or YouTube channel. We will bring you details of the announcement on our news update at 3 p.m....
2020-09-1700 min
Daily News Update from CHLY 101.7FMAfternoon News Update for April 27, 2020A plan to provide safe shelter to 40 homeless people in Nanaimo has fallen through, due to pushback from the community where they were going to be relocated. Last week, BC Housing announced it secured up to 50 spaces to help homeless people self-isolate during the COVID-19 pandemic. But by week's end, that number dropped to 13. Nanaimo City Councillor Erin Hemmens says when news of the hotel's location leaked out, there was “significant opposition” from the surrounding community. BC Housing says it hopes to announce a new deal within the next two weeks. For more details, see our article here.
2020-04-2700 min