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The ScoopThe Scoop playlist for 07/10/2025The Nanaimo Area Land Trust Has been working to preserve the Western Painted Turtle nesting habitats at Buttertubs Marsh. Lauryn Mackenzie at CHLY has more.
2025-07-1129 min
Local News Update on CHLY 101.7FMConservation group monitors Western painted turtle nesting habits at Buttertubs MarshAfter an outcry from concerned citizens wondering where daytime warming shelters are for the unhoused, the City of Nanaimo has announced a year-round daytime drop-in hub set to open next month.Operated by Island Crisis Care Society (ICCS) in partnership with Nanaimo Family Life Association (NFLA) the drop-in hub will offer a space for those unhoused in the community to find shelter during the day in all forms of weather.The drop-in hub will be located at 55 Victoria Road with the entrance to the space being off Nicol Street. It is expected to open on...
2025-07-0407 min
Local News Update on CHLY 101.7FMNanaimo’s world record title dethroned, but won’t stop people’s love for the Nanaimo barAfter an outcry from concerned citizens wondering where daytime warming shelters are for the unhoused, the City of Nanaimo has announced a year-round daytime drop-in hub set to open next month.Operated by Island Crisis Care Society (ICCS) in partnership with Nanaimo Family Life Association (NFLA) the drop-in hub will offer a space for those unhoused in the community to find shelter during the day in all forms of weather.The drop-in hub will be located at 55 Victoria Road with the entrance to the space being off Nicol Street. It is expected to open on...
2025-07-0206 min
Midcoast Morning on CHLY 101.7FMNanaimo exploring a ban on the sale of invasive plantsNanaimo is looking to ban the sale of invasive plant species at shops in town.This Monday at a governance and priorities committee meeting councillors voted in support of a plan to ask staff to draft a bylaw banning the sale of invasives.A number of species including English Ivy, Himalayan Blackberry, Scotch Broom, and Daphne were listed in a staff report as impacting the city’s parks and natural areas.CHLY' reporter Lauryn MacKenzie speaks with ecological consultant Hunter Jarratt about invasive species in Nanaimo.Midcoast Morning also hears from Ho...
2025-06-2728 min
Local News Update on CHLY 101.7FMCity of Nanaimo to look at banning the sale of invasive plantsAfter an outcry from concerned citizens wondering where daytime warming shelters are for the unhoused, the City of Nanaimo has announced a year-round daytime drop-in hub set to open next month.Operated by Island Crisis Care Society (ICCS) in partnership with Nanaimo Family Life Association (NFLA) the drop-in hub will offer a space for those unhoused in the community to find shelter during the day in all forms of weather.The drop-in hub will be located at 55 Victoria Road with the entrance to the space being off Nicol Street. It is expected to open on...
2025-06-2706 min
Local News Update on CHLY 101.7FMCelebrating pride in the community and out in natureAfter an outcry from concerned citizens wondering where daytime warming shelters are for the unhoused, the City of Nanaimo has announced a year-round daytime drop-in hub set to open next month.Operated by Island Crisis Care Society (ICCS) in partnership with Nanaimo Family Life Association (NFLA) the drop-in hub will offer a space for those unhoused in the community to find shelter during the day in all forms of weather.The drop-in hub will be located at 55 Victoria Road with the entrance to the space being off Nicol Street. It is expected to open on...
2025-06-0404 min
Local News Update on CHLY 101.7FMCity to redesign controversial ‘O’ in Nanaimo SignAfter an outcry from concerned citizens wondering where daytime warming shelters are for the unhoused, the City of Nanaimo has announced a year-round daytime drop-in hub set to open next month.Operated by Island Crisis Care Society (ICCS) in partnership with Nanaimo Family Life Association (NFLA) the drop-in hub will offer a space for those unhoused in the community to find shelter during the day in all forms of weather.The drop-in hub will be located at 55 Victoria Road with the entrance to the space being off Nicol Street. It is expected to open on...
2025-06-0204 min
Local News Update on CHLY 101.7FMVIU to cut Master of Community Planning program amidst a worker shortage in the industryAfter an outcry from concerned citizens wondering where daytime warming shelters are for the unhoused, the City of Nanaimo has announced a year-round daytime drop-in hub set to open next month.Operated by Island Crisis Care Society (ICCS) in partnership with Nanaimo Family Life Association (NFLA) the drop-in hub will offer a space for those unhoused in the community to find shelter during the day in all forms of weather.The drop-in hub will be located at 55 Victoria Road with the entrance to the space being off Nicol Street. It is expected to open on...
2025-05-3008 min
Local News Update on CHLY 101.7FMComox Valley Regional District events raise watershed awarenessThe Comox Valley Regional District (CVRD) is inviting local residents to learn about the Comox Lake Watershed this week through a series of events they are calling Watershed Awareness Days.Events include walking tours of Comox Lake Bluffs, the Eastern Ecological Reserve, the Comox Valley Water Treatment Plant, and the Courtenay and District Fish and Game Protective Association site. There will also be a “Who Lives in the Watershed?” presentation by the BC Community Bat Program, a “Beavers, Watersheds and Wildfire Pub” hosted by the Cumberland Community Forest Society, and a “How is Your Family Connected to Water?” fa...
2025-05-2804 min
Local News Update on CHLY 101.7FMHealth Minister formally announces Community-Led, Crisis Response in Comox ValleyOn Tuesday, May 20th, B.C.’s Minister of Health Josie Osborne formally announced the Crisis Response, Community-Led team (or CRCL, pronounced “circle”) expanding to the Comox Valley. Minister Osborne was joined at the press conference in Simms Millennium Park in Courtenay by K’ómoks Elder Fernanda Pare, K’ómoks Chief Nicole Rempel, CEO of the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) BC Division Jonathan Morris, and AVI Health and Community Services Program Coordinator Nicole Morrison.“ Working in partnership with the K'ómoks First Nation, AVI Health and Community Services, and the Canadian Mental Health Association B.C. Division, I am re...
2025-05-2710 min
ViewpointsViewpoints 162We’ll go to Winnipeg, Manitoba, where the multi-million dollar da Vinci Xi surgical robot could change the game for the province. In Ontario, the Toronto Palm House Conservatory Green house reopens after a three-year-long restoration project. No walk in the park—An audit highlights pedestrian safety concerns around a new Nova Scotia library. We’ll stay on the East Coast, where 73-year-old Herb Nash has been fishing lobster for six decades. He says he does not intend to quit anytime soon. Then, all the way to the other coast, where the world’s largest Nanaimo Bar has just set a ne...
2025-05-2330 min
Local News Update on CHLY 101.7FMDelicious: World’s largest Nanaimo bar unveiled in the harbour cityAfter an outcry from concerned citizens wondering where daytime warming shelters are for the unhoused, the City of Nanaimo has announced a year-round daytime drop-in hub set to open next month.Operated by Island Crisis Care Society (ICCS) in partnership with Nanaimo Family Life Association (NFLA) the drop-in hub will offer a space for those unhoused in the community to find shelter during the day in all forms of weather.The drop-in hub will be located at 55 Victoria Road with the entrance to the space being off Nicol Street. It is expected to open on...
2025-05-2006 min
Local News Update on CHLY 101.7FMVancouver Island volunteers battle against invasive Scotch broomBroomBusters are on a mission to clear Vancouver Island of the invasive plant Scotch broom. Bev Agur is the coordinator of the Comox Valley branch, and has been part of this volunteer effort for fifteen years.“Scotch broom is a very invasive plant. It's not native to Vancouver Island or even to Canada at all. It was brought here in the mid-1800s by a well-meaning Scot, and what you see all over the island started with three broom plants that were brought to some place near Sooke,” Agur explained. “So there's no natural controls for it here...
2025-05-1504 min
Local News Update on CHLY 101.7FMCity of Courtenay acknowledges International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and TransphobiaMay 17th is the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, and Transphobia, and in a City of Courtenay Council Meeting on May 7th, Councillor Evan Jolicoeur made a statement on behalf of the council.“I'd just like to take a moment on behalf of myself and of council to recognize that next Saturday, May 17th, is the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, and Transphobia. And this day is observed around the world to raise awareness of the discrimination both historic and ongoing, and the violence that continues to this day, faced by members of the 2slgbtqia+ community. And to...
2025-05-1304 min
Local News Update on CHLY 101.7FMGoing for grand slam, roller derby team raffles $1000This is the world of roller derby: physical, proud, and welcoming. North Island Roller Derby, or NIRD (pronounced ‘nerd’), is an open gender league in the Comox Valley with around 15 skaters. The organization is running a raffle, fundraising to help cover expenses, expand the league, and engage the community.The sport itself is a game of skating in a wide circle track, checking and blocking to allow your team to score points, or to stop the other team from scoring their own. Lindsey Ryzak, better known for her derby name “Lita Riot” is a skater and membe...
2025-05-0906 min
Local News Update on CHLY 101.7FMEvo bike share success in Nanaimo sees expansion and introduction of e-scootersAfter an outcry from concerned citizens wondering where daytime warming shelters are for the unhoused, the City of Nanaimo has announced a year-round daytime drop-in hub set to open next month.Operated by Island Crisis Care Society (ICCS) in partnership with Nanaimo Family Life Association (NFLA) the drop-in hub will offer a space for those unhoused in the community to find shelter during the day in all forms of weather.The drop-in hub will be located at 55 Victoria Road with the entrance to the space being off Nicol Street. It is expected to open on...
2025-05-0904 min
Local News Update on CHLY 101.7FMNo backyard, no problem: Backyard Fest keeps the local music scene alive with new Sunk City music festivalAfter an outcry from concerned citizens wondering where daytime warming shelters are for the unhoused, the City of Nanaimo has announced a year-round daytime drop-in hub set to open next month.Operated by Island Crisis Care Society (ICCS) in partnership with Nanaimo Family Life Association (NFLA) the drop-in hub will offer a space for those unhoused in the community to find shelter during the day in all forms of weather.The drop-in hub will be located at 55 Victoria Road with the entrance to the space being off Nicol Street. It is expected to open on...
2025-05-0904 min
Local News Update on CHLY 101.7FMNanaimo council to reconsider Loudon Park boathouse projectAfter an outcry from concerned citizens wondering where daytime warming shelters are for the unhoused, the City of Nanaimo has announced a year-round daytime drop-in hub set to open next month.Operated by Island Crisis Care Society (ICCS) in partnership with Nanaimo Family Life Association (NFLA) the drop-in hub will offer a space for those unhoused in the community to find shelter during the day in all forms of weather.The drop-in hub will be located at 55 Victoria Road with the entrance to the space being off Nicol Street. It is expected to open on...
2025-05-0806 min
Local News Update on CHLY 101.7FMArt student explores gender dysphoria through Barbie’s formThe annual student art exhibition at North Island College in Comox Valley has wrapped up, and CHLY and CVOX met at the studio with one student to hear their experience of exhibiting their own work, a series titled “They”.Nim Patterson is a multimedia artist who has explored mediums such as drawing and photography in the past, and through a recent sculpture assignment fell in love with manipulating porcelain casts of one iconic form.“With this process, which I've absolutely fallen in love with, I pour liquid into plaster moulds that I've submerged the Barbie parts...
2025-05-0606 min
Local News Update on CHLY 101.7FMVanier Secondary garage sale funding the future of Explore ProgramLocal high school G.P. Vanier’s Explore Program is hosting their famed fundraiser, gearing up for Spring trips into the great outdoors.Grayson Pettigrew is one of the program’s three teachers, and he shares what makes the Explore Program special.“The Explore program is an integrated studies program, so it combines academics and Outdoor Ed, which is a little bit unique. So it combines Biology, Mathematics, English, P.E., and then Outdoor Ed skills. So it's a chance for students to practice their academics in a really um communal environment. We try and set co...
2025-05-0206 min
Local News Update on CHLY 101.7FMSkin safe and sun smart: Skin Cancer Awareness Month reaches Courtenay“Skin's the largest organ in your body and it protects you from things. But if you take in too much ultraviolet radiation or UV rays from the sun, it actually damages your skin cells and creates cancer which can spread and not only cause disfiguration, but potentially other more significant symptoms,” said Councillor Doug Hillian.The City of Courtenay is joining other municipalities across B.C. and Canada in naming May 2025 as Melanoma and Skin Cancer Awareness Month.City Councillor Doug Hillian has his own personal experience with the cause.“It's interesting because the ma...
2025-05-0106 min
Local News Update on CHLY 101.7FM“These people become my family.” Risebridge shelter faces possible closure as shelter funding expiresAfter an outcry from concerned citizens wondering where daytime warming shelters are for the unhoused, the City of Nanaimo has announced a year-round daytime drop-in hub set to open next month.Operated by Island Crisis Care Society (ICCS) in partnership with Nanaimo Family Life Association (NFLA) the drop-in hub will offer a space for those unhoused in the community to find shelter during the day in all forms of weather.The drop-in hub will be located at 55 Victoria Road with the entrance to the space being off Nicol Street. It is expected to open on...
2025-05-0107 min
Local News Update on CHLY 101.7FMSuccess: “Infusion” sees hundreds of Americans gather in NanaimoAfter an outcry from concerned citizens wondering where daytime warming shelters are for the unhoused, the City of Nanaimo has announced a year-round daytime drop-in hub set to open next month.Operated by Island Crisis Care Society (ICCS) in partnership with Nanaimo Family Life Association (NFLA) the drop-in hub will offer a space for those unhoused in the community to find shelter during the day in all forms of weather.The drop-in hub will be located at 55 Victoria Road with the entrance to the space being off Nicol Street. It is expected to open on...
2025-04-2909 min
Local News Update on CHLY 101.7FMSecond urgent and primary care centre to open in NanaimoAfter an outcry from concerned citizens wondering where daytime warming shelters are for the unhoused, the City of Nanaimo has announced a year-round daytime drop-in hub set to open next month.Operated by Island Crisis Care Society (ICCS) in partnership with Nanaimo Family Life Association (NFLA) the drop-in hub will offer a space for those unhoused in the community to find shelter during the day in all forms of weather.The drop-in hub will be located at 55 Victoria Road with the entrance to the space being off Nicol Street. It is expected to open on...
2025-04-2505 min
Local News Update on CHLY 101.7FMNanaimo-Ladysmith candidates speak to voters days before the electionAfter an outcry from concerned citizens wondering where daytime warming shelters are for the unhoused, the City of Nanaimo has announced a year-round daytime drop-in hub set to open next month.Operated by Island Crisis Care Society (ICCS) in partnership with Nanaimo Family Life Association (NFLA) the drop-in hub will offer a space for those unhoused in the community to find shelter during the day in all forms of weather.The drop-in hub will be located at 55 Victoria Road with the entrance to the space being off Nicol Street. It is expected to open on...
2025-04-2505 min
Local News Update on CHLY 101.7FMComox Valley Regional District seeks input on new nature parkThe Comox Valley Regional District (CVRD) is asking the community for input on parks management plans for the new Maris Nature Park. Three plots of land have been donated to the community through the Canadian Ecological Gifts Program, and the CVRD is turning to the public for feedback on how to manage it.Located next to Sarah and Brian McLoughlin Nature Park and the Eagles Greenway in Merville, the first two land parcels were donated by Christopher Investments in 2022, and at the start of 2025 an additional five acres were donated by Resolute North Holdings. The 45 acres fill...
2025-04-2405 min
Local News Update on CHLY 101.7FMCommunity members rally at Loudon Park, hoping to save the treesAfter an outcry from concerned citizens wondering where daytime warming shelters are for the unhoused, the City of Nanaimo has announced a year-round daytime drop-in hub set to open next month.Operated by Island Crisis Care Society (ICCS) in partnership with Nanaimo Family Life Association (NFLA) the drop-in hub will offer a space for those unhoused in the community to find shelter during the day in all forms of weather.The drop-in hub will be located at 55 Victoria Road with the entrance to the space being off Nicol Street. It is expected to open on...
2025-04-2407 min
Local News Update on CHLY 101.7FMExploring the pros and cons of strategic votingThe election is in its final stretch on Vancouver Island, and with the right side of the Canadian political spectrum mostly consolidated within one party, many progressive voters are calling for strategic voting, a strategy to align votes with the most popular party on one side of the spectrum: in this case, the left.Political Science professor Stewart Prest from UBC explained instances where strategic voting may benefit voters in a First Past the Post electoral system.“ It works potentially when there is a close vote between two front running parties and the voter in ques...
2025-04-2210 min
Planting RootsS2E27: Follow God in your - Faith Walk (w Lauryn)This week tune in as we have a special guest with us, Lauryn. We talk about how we should follow the Lord in our faith walk. Specifically in our quiet times, prayer, and community.
2025-04-2222 min
Local News Update on CHLY 101.7FMQueer Potluck creates space for chosen family this EasterThis Easter Sunday, Queer Centre Comox Valley is inviting people of all ages to gather with chosen family for a Queer Potluck at Foundry in Courtenay. meika johnson, vice president on the board of directors, said that the Queer Centre was born six months ago from a desire to create community that is resilient and intergenerational; a space to build relationships, where people can lean on and support each other through times of hardship, and also celebrate the great times.“Queer Centre Comox Valley is a new non-profit that me and my friends started because we...
2025-04-1805 min
Local News Update on CHLY 101.7FMCounting geese: Oceanside’s favourite feathered visitorsAfter an outcry from concerned citizens wondering where daytime warming shelters are for the unhoused, the City of Nanaimo has announced a year-round daytime drop-in hub set to open next month.Operated by Island Crisis Care Society (ICCS) in partnership with Nanaimo Family Life Association (NFLA) the drop-in hub will offer a space for those unhoused in the community to find shelter during the day in all forms of weather.The drop-in hub will be located at 55 Victoria Road with the entrance to the space being off Nicol Street. It is expected to open on...
2025-04-1706 min
Local News Update on CHLY 101.7FMSpending time with the volunteers who flock to count brant geeseAfter an outcry from concerned citizens wondering where daytime warming shelters are for the unhoused, the City of Nanaimo has announced a year-round daytime drop-in hub set to open next month.Operated by Island Crisis Care Society (ICCS) in partnership with Nanaimo Family Life Association (NFLA) the drop-in hub will offer a space for those unhoused in the community to find shelter during the day in all forms of weather.The drop-in hub will be located at 55 Victoria Road with the entrance to the space being off Nicol Street. It is expected to open on...
2025-04-1708 min
Local News Update on CHLY 101.7FMNanaimo–Ladysmith candidates officially declared in the ridingAfter an outcry from concerned citizens wondering where daytime warming shelters are for the unhoused, the City of Nanaimo has announced a year-round daytime drop-in hub set to open next month.Operated by Island Crisis Care Society (ICCS) in partnership with Nanaimo Family Life Association (NFLA) the drop-in hub will offer a space for those unhoused in the community to find shelter during the day in all forms of weather.The drop-in hub will be located at 55 Victoria Road with the entrance to the space being off Nicol Street. It is expected to open on...
2025-04-1203 min
Local News Update on CHLY 101.7FMTwo upcoming candidate forums for voters in Nanaimo–LadysmithAfter an outcry from concerned citizens wondering where daytime warming shelters are for the unhoused, the City of Nanaimo has announced a year-round daytime drop-in hub set to open next month.Operated by Island Crisis Care Society (ICCS) in partnership with Nanaimo Family Life Association (NFLA) the drop-in hub will offer a space for those unhoused in the community to find shelter during the day in all forms of weather.The drop-in hub will be located at 55 Victoria Road with the entrance to the space being off Nicol Street. It is expected to open on...
2025-04-1204 min
Local News Update on CHLY 101.7FMAward winning Poetry Walk returns to Courtenay with a new interactive twistNational poetry month has sprung to a start in the Comox Valley, with the Downtown Courtenay Business Improvement Association and Artful : The Poets joining together once again. Last year their Poetry Walk won the 2024 “Best in the West” award from Business Improvement Areas of B.C., for inventiveness, community engagement, relationship building between business and arts, and repeatability. The event is back and bigger this year, with the addition of two interactive poetry booths across town.The poetry booths invite passers by to engage directly with the art, by sitting and speaking with a poet, before they writ...
2025-04-1105 min
Local News Update on CHLY 101.7FMWinners of inaugural Bop City Records Community Music Fund are ready to rockThe 2025 Bop City Records Community Music Fund has been granted to two winners, local punk rock band Mean Bikini and local musician and guitar teacher Sebastian Robles.The funds for Mean Bikini will help cover costs of mastering their new album that was released on April 3rd, This Ain’t Gonna End Well, which the band previously was paying for out of pocket. For Sebastian Robles the funds will go to shred guitar lessons to further his skills.Both winners shared their stories of how music drives them, and the community their music fue...
2025-04-1010 min
Local News Update on CHLY 101.7FMVIU students to vote on adding a new fee for a proposed student-owned buildingAfter an outcry from concerned citizens wondering where daytime warming shelters are for the unhoused, the City of Nanaimo has announced a year-round daytime drop-in hub set to open next month.Operated by Island Crisis Care Society (ICCS) in partnership with Nanaimo Family Life Association (NFLA) the drop-in hub will offer a space for those unhoused in the community to find shelter during the day in all forms of weather.The drop-in hub will be located at 55 Victoria Road with the entrance to the space being off Nicol Street. It is expected to open on...
2025-04-0805 min
Local News Update on CHLY 101.7FMElection 2025 – Knock-knock-knockin’ on Courtenay–Alberni’s doorsThe 45th federal general election is in full swing across Canada, leading up to election day on Monday April 28th. This week CHLY and CVOX reached out to candidates from the Courtenay–Alberni riding for their thoughts going into the election.Incumbent NDP MP Gord Johns said the first week of campaigning is already off to a good start for his team.“Well first, we had a really successful first week, we reached hundreds of voters on the doorstep and over the phone, we've had a record amount of sign requests. So it's been really exci...
2025-04-0305 min
Local News Update on CHLY 101.7FMCandidates excited to start campaigning in North Island—Powell RiverThe writ dropped on Sunday, March 23rd, launching Canada into its next federal election period, ending the anticipation for local party candidates in North Island—Powell River.This is the first election following the redistribution of federal electoral districts that took place in 2022, and one notable difference for the North Island—Powell River Riding is the addition of East Courtenay, shifting the boundary line to include all neighbourhoods east of the Courtenay River.Another change this election period for North Island—Powell River is that current NDP MP Rachel Blaney will not seek election again, after...
2025-03-2804 min
Local News Update on CHLY 101.7FMStudent-led program helped fight food insecurity at VIUAfter an outcry from concerned citizens wondering where daytime warming shelters are for the unhoused, the City of Nanaimo has announced a year-round daytime drop-in hub set to open next month.Operated by Island Crisis Care Society (ICCS) in partnership with Nanaimo Family Life Association (NFLA) the drop-in hub will offer a space for those unhoused in the community to find shelter during the day in all forms of weather.The drop-in hub will be located at 55 Victoria Road with the entrance to the space being off Nicol Street. It is expected to open on...
2025-03-2704 min
Local News Update on CHLY 101.7FMVIU Students’ Union starts campaign to bring back 24-7 library hoursAfter an outcry from concerned citizens wondering where daytime warming shelters are for the unhoused, the City of Nanaimo has announced a year-round daytime drop-in hub set to open next month.Operated by Island Crisis Care Society (ICCS) in partnership with Nanaimo Family Life Association (NFLA) the drop-in hub will offer a space for those unhoused in the community to find shelter during the day in all forms of weather.The drop-in hub will be located at 55 Victoria Road with the entrance to the space being off Nicol Street. It is expected to open on...
2025-03-2706 min
Local News Update on CHLY 101.7FMRisebridge to make sure no child goes without a birthday celebrationAfter an outcry from concerned citizens wondering where daytime warming shelters are for the unhoused, the City of Nanaimo has announced a year-round daytime drop-in hub set to open next month.Operated by Island Crisis Care Society (ICCS) in partnership with Nanaimo Family Life Association (NFLA) the drop-in hub will offer a space for those unhoused in the community to find shelter during the day in all forms of weather.The drop-in hub will be located at 55 Victoria Road with the entrance to the space being off Nicol Street. It is expected to open on...
2025-03-2604 min
Local News Update on CHLY 101.7FMComox Valley’s Liam Mackenzie gets first start in Major League Soccer“It was sort of a surreal moment when I was walking out, because I've been a Whitecaps fan since I was really young. So, being able to be in the shoes of the players I once looked up to was just, it was a surreal moment. And then just playing in the game– yeah, it was a really cool experience. I'm lost for words really,” said Liam Mackenzie.Local Comox Valley athlete Liam Mackenzie made his Whitecaps debut with his first start for the Vancouver Major League Soccer team on Saturday, March 22nd. Mackenzie is 18 years ol...
2025-03-2604 min
Local News Update on CHLY 101.7FMRecord store gives back with community music fund“With music, your curiosity is never over because there's always something else to check out. So it's a way of traveling the world in a way, through different cultures, through their music,” said Kip Luce.Kip and Karen, spouses and co-owners of Bop City Records in Courtenay, are launching a brand new community music fund to support the local music scene.Bop City Records sells new and used CDs, records and cassettes, and sometimes when patrons bring in collections to sell, they opt not to take the cash or store credit offered in exchange. Co-owner Kip...
2025-03-2106 min
Local News Update on CHLY 101.7FMFrom celebration to theft: a buzzy week for a local food forestAfter an outcry from concerned citizens wondering where daytime warming shelters are for the unhoused, the City of Nanaimo has announced a year-round daytime drop-in hub set to open next month.Operated by Island Crisis Care Society (ICCS) in partnership with Nanaimo Family Life Association (NFLA) the drop-in hub will offer a space for those unhoused in the community to find shelter during the day in all forms of weather.The drop-in hub will be located at 55 Victoria Road with the entrance to the space being off Nicol Street. It is expected to open on...
2025-03-2104 min
Local News Update on CHLY 101.7FMHistoric vote ratifies K’ómoks Constitution and Treaty“ It was interesting reading the outcome live on video. I was trying so hard to be stoic and non-emotional as I read it and I could hear my council, just the excitement behind me and it was really hard to not cheer right away. Yeah, just [a] really interesting moment in history, and in my life. To be making that announcement was pretty amazing,” said Chief Nicole Rempel.On March 8th 2025, K’ómoks First Nation voted overwhelmingly in favour of ratifying both a Constitution and Treaty, achieving a double majority on each vote. 83% of votes were in favour of...
2025-03-2005 min
Local News Update on CHLY 101.7FMChange through metamorphosis reflected in Nanaimo street bannersAfter an outcry from concerned citizens wondering where daytime warming shelters are for the unhoused, the City of Nanaimo has announced a year-round daytime drop-in hub set to open next month.Operated by Island Crisis Care Society (ICCS) in partnership with Nanaimo Family Life Association (NFLA) the drop-in hub will offer a space for those unhoused in the community to find shelter during the day in all forms of weather.The drop-in hub will be located at 55 Victoria Road with the entrance to the space being off Nicol Street. It is expected to open on...
2025-03-2003 min
Local News Update on CHLY 101.7FMLocal Nanaimo arts and culture group shares concerns about provincial fundingAfter an outcry from concerned citizens wondering where daytime warming shelters are for the unhoused, the City of Nanaimo has announced a year-round daytime drop-in hub set to open next month.Operated by Island Crisis Care Society (ICCS) in partnership with Nanaimo Family Life Association (NFLA) the drop-in hub will offer a space for those unhoused in the community to find shelter during the day in all forms of weather.The drop-in hub will be located at 55 Victoria Road with the entrance to the space being off Nicol Street. It is expected to open on...
2025-03-1705 min
Local News Update on CHLY 101.7FMThe smell of spring — herring spawn marks the new season“ We have triggers around us that remind us about these cycles that we're going through. It isn't always my clock or my calendar or my cell phone buzzing to tell me,” said Nick Chowdhury, IMAWG.As March begins off the coast of Vancouver Island, subtle cues like the changing colour of the ocean, the gathering of seagulls, eagles, sea lions, and orcas, and even the scent on the air, tell us two things. The herring are spawning, and Spring is near. Nick Chowdhury is the president of the Island Marine Aquatic Working Group, or IMAWG, and is...
2025-03-1310 min
Local News Update on CHLY 101.7FMLocal festival calls for the renewal of B.C. festival fundAfter an outcry from concerned citizens wondering where daytime warming shelters are for the unhoused, the City of Nanaimo has announced a year-round daytime drop-in hub set to open next month.Operated by Island Crisis Care Society (ICCS) in partnership with Nanaimo Family Life Association (NFLA) the drop-in hub will offer a space for those unhoused in the community to find shelter during the day in all forms of weather.The drop-in hub will be located at 55 Victoria Road with the entrance to the space being off Nicol Street. It is expected to open on...
2025-03-0704 min
Local News Update on CHLY 101.7FMSocial Prescribing program tackles lonelinessAfter an outcry from concerned citizens wondering where daytime warming shelters are for the unhoused, the City of Nanaimo has announced a year-round daytime drop-in hub set to open next month.Operated by Island Crisis Care Society (ICCS) in partnership with Nanaimo Family Life Association (NFLA) the drop-in hub will offer a space for those unhoused in the community to find shelter during the day in all forms of weather.The drop-in hub will be located at 55 Victoria Road with the entrance to the space being off Nicol Street. It is expected to open on...
2025-03-0605 min
Local News Update on CHLY 101.7FMStudent protestor speaks out about unfair suspensionAfter an outcry from concerned citizens wondering where daytime warming shelters are for the unhoused, the City of Nanaimo has announced a year-round daytime drop-in hub set to open next month.Operated by Island Crisis Care Society (ICCS) in partnership with Nanaimo Family Life Association (NFLA) the drop-in hub will offer a space for those unhoused in the community to find shelter during the day in all forms of weather.The drop-in hub will be located at 55 Victoria Road with the entrance to the space being off Nicol Street. It is expected to open on...
2025-03-0506 min
Local News Update on CHLY 101.7FMOptions for Sexual Health clinics to stay open for another yearAfter an outcry from concerned citizens wondering where daytime warming shelters are for the unhoused, the City of Nanaimo has announced a year-round daytime drop-in hub set to open next month.Operated by Island Crisis Care Society (ICCS) in partnership with Nanaimo Family Life Association (NFLA) the drop-in hub will offer a space for those unhoused in the community to find shelter during the day in all forms of weather.The drop-in hub will be located at 55 Victoria Road with the entrance to the space being off Nicol Street. It is expected to open on...
2025-03-0402 min
Local News Update on CHLY 101.7FMAir quality is improving in Courtenay, report showsA report presented to the City of Courtenay indicates air quality has been improving in recent years. Courtenay’s Manager of Environmental Engineering, Jeanniene Tazzioli, shared what that presentation was about.“The Comox Valley has been monitoring air quality since 2011, and at that time there was a provincial air monitoring station that was installed and we found that fine particulate matter is the source of air quality concerns in the region,” she said. “And fine particulate matter originates from smoke. So, it's a combination of open burning, wildfires, and wood burning appliances as the key sources o...
2025-03-0407 min
Local News Update on CHLY 101.7FMTumultuous meeting passes housing service bylaw following controversial Alternative Approval ProcessOn Tuesday February 25th a group of noisy residents packed the audience of a Comox Valley Regional District (CVRD) board meeting to show their opposition to a series of proposed bylaws, and a controversial method for receiving public approval. Despite the opposition, all four bylaws were passed and approved. Up for consideration were the construction of a second artificial turf field and a new fire hall in Union Bay, as well as the establishment of a Comox Valley Housing Service, and an increase to the funding limit for the Comox Valley Homelessness Supports Service. During the voting p...
2025-03-0407 min
Local News Update on CHLY 101.7FMLeading-edge early education program landing at Airport ElementaryA brand-new early education program, or Primary Learning Community, is coming to Airport Elementary next Fall for kids in kindergarten through grade 3. This innovative new program caught the attention of many families, with over 60 participants attending the Zoom information session January 29th, and approximately 30 families submitting expression of interest forms so far through the month of February. The leading-edge class structure is designed to be a demonstration program, aiming to show educators throughout School District 71 and beyond what is possible with this unique style of blended learning environment.Lisa Pedersen-Skene is SD71’s District Principal of Early Le...
2025-02-2706 min
Local News Update on CHLY 101.7FMWhy many Americans are planning on visiting Nanaimo in AprilAfter an outcry from concerned citizens wondering where daytime warming shelters are for the unhoused, the City of Nanaimo has announced a year-round daytime drop-in hub set to open next month.Operated by Island Crisis Care Society (ICCS) in partnership with Nanaimo Family Life Association (NFLA) the drop-in hub will offer a space for those unhoused in the community to find shelter during the day in all forms of weather.The drop-in hub will be located at 55 Victoria Road with the entrance to the space being off Nicol Street. It is expected to open on...
2025-02-2506 min
Local News Update on CHLY 101.7FMChallenging paperwork, poverty advocate group hosts event to assist people with low-income supportsAfter an outcry from concerned citizens wondering where daytime warming shelters are for the unhoused, the City of Nanaimo has announced a year-round daytime drop-in hub set to open next month.Operated by Island Crisis Care Society (ICCS) in partnership with Nanaimo Family Life Association (NFLA) the drop-in hub will offer a space for those unhoused in the community to find shelter during the day in all forms of weather.The drop-in hub will be located at 55 Victoria Road with the entrance to the space being off Nicol Street. It is expected to open on...
2025-02-2104 min
Local News Update on CHLY 101.7FMVIU student showcases the voices of the foster care system through artAfter an outcry from concerned citizens wondering where daytime warming shelters are for the unhoused, the City of Nanaimo has announced a year-round daytime drop-in hub set to open next month.Operated by Island Crisis Care Society (ICCS) in partnership with Nanaimo Family Life Association (NFLA) the drop-in hub will offer a space for those unhoused in the community to find shelter during the day in all forms of weather.The drop-in hub will be located at 55 Victoria Road with the entrance to the space being off Nicol Street. It is expected to open on...
2025-02-1504 min
Local News Update on CHLY 101.7FMComox Valley’s 10th annual Coldest Night of the Year fundraiser aims high: $225,000“ The intention of being a walk on the coldest night of the year is that we experience a little bit about what it's like to be outside in the cold and then only have a small bit of food at the end. So we're trying to mimic the experiences of some of the most vulnerable in our community,” said Heather Ney, CVTS.Comox Valley Transition Society (CVTS) and their partner organization Dawn to Dawn Action on Homelessness Society (D2D) are warming up for their 10th annual Coldest Night of the Year (CNOY) fundraiser, taking place on Februa...
2025-02-1408 min
Local News Update on CHLY 101.7FMComox Valley recognized with Climate Adaptation award for park project“ I think it's really valuable for the community to be able to have a project that's in the Comox Valley recognized at a national level … I think it'll really give other local governments from small communities ideas and inspiration to be able to tackle their own projects,” said Robyn Holme, CVRD.The Comox Valley Regional District (CVRD) received a Sustainable Communities award this week for Climate Adaptation from the Federation of Canadian Municipalities’ Green Municipal Fund. The award was given on Tuesday February 11th at the Sustainable Communities Conference in Fredericton, New Brunswick. The CVRD did not attend, an...
2025-02-1207 min
Local News Update on CHLY 101.7FMNew Extreme Weather Response shelter opens in Courtenay“We do have some good news coming this week. We have an extreme weather shelter coming to the community, and that will bring in 18 to 20 individuals from our community from the cold at night,” said Dayna Forsgren.A new Extreme Weather Response shelter was activated for the first time on Thursday February 6th as extreme weather conditions persist in Courtenay. The overnight shelter will continue to open on evenings when extreme weather criteria are met, operating for the hours of 8 p.m. to 8 a.m. The extreme weather criteria are set by BC Housing, who appro...
2025-02-0807 min
Local News Update on CHLY 101.7FMBaba Yaga play highlights women's empowermentAfter an outcry from concerned citizens wondering where daytime warming shelters are for the unhoused, the City of Nanaimo has announced a year-round daytime drop-in hub set to open next month.Operated by Island Crisis Care Society (ICCS) in partnership with Nanaimo Family Life Association (NFLA) the drop-in hub will offer a space for those unhoused in the community to find shelter during the day in all forms of weather.The drop-in hub will be located at 55 Victoria Road with the entrance to the space being off Nicol Street. It is expected to open on...
2025-02-0504 min
Local News Update on CHLY 101.7FMBrooklyn Elementary gears up for a bike bus“That's the bottom line, is getting kids to be more active,” said Brooklyn Elementary Principal Mireille Appelbe. “And it's always good when they come to school and they've had some exercise too; it's better for their learning.”Wheels are turning at Brooklyn Elementary, as the school’s Parent Advisory Council (PAC) puts plans in motion for a bike bus this spring. A fun, safe, and active way to commute, bike buses are communal rides to and from school lead by a trained adult, with students joining along the route.Brooklyn Elementary’s PAC is working with the Com...
2025-02-0403 min
Local News Update on CHLY 101.7FMFire devastates local recovery program housingAfter an outcry from concerned citizens wondering where daytime warming shelters are for the unhoused, the City of Nanaimo has announced a year-round daytime drop-in hub set to open next month.Operated by Island Crisis Care Society (ICCS) in partnership with Nanaimo Family Life Association (NFLA) the drop-in hub will offer a space for those unhoused in the community to find shelter during the day in all forms of weather.The drop-in hub will be located at 55 Victoria Road with the entrance to the space being off Nicol Street. It is expected to open on...
2025-02-0303 min
Local News Update on CHLY 101.7FML’Arche chocolate festival expands in the Comox Valley“I think our world needs every opportunity to find joy together, to celebrate together and to be seen and find a place of belonging,” says Lynda Brosko of L’Arche Comox Valley.L’Arche Comox Valley is hosting the Comox Valley Chocolate Festival this February, an expansion of their hot chocolate festival last year. Their goal is to spread fun and joy across the valley, with chocolatey treats of all forms.L’Arche is an international organization supporting people with intellectual disabilities, and has been in the Comox Valley for 25 years, inviting people with and without di...
2025-02-0104 min
Local News Update on CHLY 101.7FMDowntown businesses team up to help those in needAfter an outcry from concerned citizens wondering where daytime warming shelters are for the unhoused, the City of Nanaimo has announced a year-round daytime drop-in hub set to open next month.Operated by Island Crisis Care Society (ICCS) in partnership with Nanaimo Family Life Association (NFLA) the drop-in hub will offer a space for those unhoused in the community to find shelter during the day in all forms of weather.The drop-in hub will be located at 55 Victoria Road with the entrance to the space being off Nicol Street. It is expected to open on...
2025-01-3003 min
Local News Update on CHLY 101.7FMUnsanctioned Overdose Prevention Site served Comox Valley hospital inpatients for five daysOn Monday, January 20th Doctors for Safer Drug Policy, a group of addictions medicine physicians set up an unsanctioned Overdose Prevention Site at North Island Hospital Comox Valley. Overdose Prevention Sites, or OPS for short, are safe spaces where staff trained in overdose prevention and response are able to supervise people using illicit drugs, connect them to care, refer them to treatment, and provide harm reduction supplies such as clean needles. By providing safe and sanitary materials, OPSs also reduce costs on the healthcare system by reducing cases of bloodborne diseases such as HIV and hepatitis C. T...
2025-01-2707 min
Local News Update on CHLY 101.7FMNanaimo residents now have better access to treatment beds closer to homeAfter an outcry from concerned citizens wondering where daytime warming shelters are for the unhoused, the City of Nanaimo has announced a year-round daytime drop-in hub set to open next month.Operated by Island Crisis Care Society (ICCS) in partnership with Nanaimo Family Life Association (NFLA) the drop-in hub will offer a space for those unhoused in the community to find shelter during the day in all forms of weather.The drop-in hub will be located at 55 Victoria Road with the entrance to the space being off Nicol Street. It is expected to open on...
2025-01-2403 min
Local News Update on CHLY 101.7FMMaffeo Sutton Park lights up in honour of Nanaimo’s 150 anniversaryAfter an outcry from concerned citizens wondering where daytime warming shelters are for the unhoused, the City of Nanaimo has announced a year-round daytime drop-in hub set to open next month.Operated by Island Crisis Care Society (ICCS) in partnership with Nanaimo Family Life Association (NFLA) the drop-in hub will offer a space for those unhoused in the community to find shelter during the day in all forms of weather.The drop-in hub will be located at 55 Victoria Road with the entrance to the space being off Nicol Street. It is expected to open on...
2025-01-2304 min
Local News Update on CHLY 101.7FMRescued raven gets new mews: homeless nevermoreMARS Wildlife Rescue Centre in Merville is building a new mews for resident raven Kora.Ambassador animals such as Kora are ones that cannot be released back to the wild due to their injuries, and are docile enough to be safe with guests who visit the rescue centre to learn about wildlife. According to an update on the MARS website, the injured raven was brought to the centre when she was in need of intensive rehabilitation, and after months of care was deemed unreleasable by vets due to her poor eyesight. Because the raven was f...
2025-01-2203 min
Local News Update on CHLY 101.7FMCumberland recruits volunteer citizen scientists for air quality monitoringThe Village of Cumberland selected three volunteer households to install air quality monitors, funded by the BC Lung Foundation through the CVRD.The monitors will track levels of particulate matter in the air as a result of wood smoke, with real-time data being uploaded online for public viewing. Courtney Simpson is the Director of Development and Bylaw at the Village of Cumberland, and she spoke to CHLY and CVOX about the need to monitor air quality in the Village.“We have found that in the Comox Valley, smoke from wood stoves and fireplaces is...
2025-01-1705 min
Local News Update on CHLY 101.7FMLocal advocate calls for continued support of sexual health clinicAfter an outcry from concerned citizens wondering where daytime warming shelters are for the unhoused, the City of Nanaimo has announced a year-round daytime drop-in hub set to open next month.Operated by Island Crisis Care Society (ICCS) in partnership with Nanaimo Family Life Association (NFLA) the drop-in hub will offer a space for those unhoused in the community to find shelter during the day in all forms of weather.The drop-in hub will be located at 55 Victoria Road with the entrance to the space being off Nicol Street. It is expected to open on...
2025-01-1605 min
Local News Update on CHLY 101.7FMLand gifts and purchases expand Comox Valley parksOn Monday January 13th, the CVRD Electoral Areas Services Committee (EASC) made public the acquisition and expansion of five park spaces throughout the Comox Valley. Director Edwin Grieve, electoral area director for Area C and Chair of the EASC, spoke to CHLY and CVOX about the anticipated announcement.“We've been waiting for a while to be able to rise and report on these because they've been in the works for quite some time.”Five parks were expanded or procured in this announcement, Grieve says, starting with an approximately one acre purchase of the forme...
2025-01-1505 min
Local News Update on CHLY 101.7FMNurses rally in Nanaimo ahead of contract renegotiations as student and new nurses face concerns in the fieldAfter an outcry from concerned citizens wondering where daytime warming shelters are for the unhoused, the City of Nanaimo has announced a year-round daytime drop-in hub set to open next month.Operated by Island Crisis Care Society (ICCS) in partnership with Nanaimo Family Life Association (NFLA) the drop-in hub will offer a space for those unhoused in the community to find shelter during the day in all forms of weather.The drop-in hub will be located at 55 Victoria Road with the entrance to the space being off Nicol Street. It is expected to open on...
2025-01-1406 min
Local News Update on CHLY 101.7FMComing together to share discoveries and long-lost storiesAfter an outcry from concerned citizens wondering where daytime warming shelters are for the unhoused, the City of Nanaimo has announced a year-round daytime drop-in hub set to open next month.Operated by Island Crisis Care Society (ICCS) in partnership with Nanaimo Family Life Association (NFLA) the drop-in hub will offer a space for those unhoused in the community to find shelter during the day in all forms of weather.The drop-in hub will be located at 55 Victoria Road with the entrance to the space being off Nicol Street. It is expected to open on...
2025-01-1106 min
Local News Update on CHLY 101.7FMWomen’s hockey player reflects on local impacts of professional women’s leagueThe Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL)’s Takeover Tour came to BC on Wednesday with a game at Rogers Arena in Vancouver; the game excited anticipation among local hockey players for the Courtenay Whalers Women’s Hockey team.Local player Meghann Moore, who plays goalie for the Courtenay Whalers, spoke with CHLY and CVOX in anticipation of the game earlier this week. Moore says the impact of the PWHL goes beyond description.“It's hard to really put into words,” Moore says. “For me it's just that community feeling and excitement and the potential growth that is there...
2025-01-1006 min
Midcoast Morning on CHLY 101.7FMMeeting Nanaimo's new poet laureate/The lost intersections of Nanaimo's ChinatownsIt’s a good time for productive outrage, says Nanaimo’s new poet laureate.Neil Surkan is getting ready to start a two year term in the position on December 1, he spoke with CHLY reporter Lauryn Mackenzie.And Jackie Wong’s new temporary public art project Lost Intersections will appear next spring, and bring attention to the sites of the city’s former Chinatowns . She spoke with Midcoast Morning host Joe Pugh.
2024-11-2736 minViewpointsViewpoints 136In New Brunswick, Green Party MLA Megan Mitton says she’ll keep an eye on Susan Holt’s newly elected liberal government. To Montréal, where a Mohawk group says McGill University is to blame for the removal of a white pine peace tree, planted on their grounds just a few days ago. High-speed internet will soon bridge the gap between Manitoba’s rural communities and larger markets. Nanaimo’s new poet laureate is looking forward to sharing world poetry and language with his community. Local farmers who want to stay on the cutting edge of agricultural innovation could get help...
2024-11-2229 minViewpointsViewpoints 126Sign of the times. Some 600 Concordia University workers go on strike over hybrid work. They just don’t feel that showing up at the office every day is really necessary. Four outstanding Nanaimo citizens receive the Coronation Medal. The medal is awarded to people who have made a significant contribution to their community. And QUEST Canada wants to help communities reduce their energy use and emissions. It’s now recruiting municipalities who wish to join the Net Zero Communities Accelerator Program. Our journalists are Erica Butler, Jules Bugiel and Lauryn Mackenzie. National Editors Maureen McEwan and Victoria Fenne...
2024-09-1329 minViewpointsViewpoints 125The International Water Association, based in London, England, calls Kitchener’s stormwater management program “inspiring”! We’ll stay in Ontario and stop in Kingston, where the Murney Tower Museum kicks off its first fundraiser for next year’s 100th anniversary celebrations. Out west, the City of Nanaimo’s outgoing Poet Laureate Kamal Parmar has been honoured and added to the City’s, Poetry Walk. And “Everybody has a song,” says Peterborough musician Curtis Driedger, who’s getting ready to lead a community singing series. A big thank you to our journalists, Dan Kellar, Lauryn Mackenzie, Edward Sweeny and Christena Laurie...
2024-09-0629 minViewpointsViewpoints 124Good news for some 130 Ontario First Nations: The current value of the Ontario First Nations Sovereign Wealth Fund, has almost doubled since its creation in 2018. It could be worth $1 billion by 2030. B.C.’s Health Minister Adrian Dix announces a massive long-term care facility in Smithers. Also in British Columbia, the city of Nanaimo was recently recognized as a ''Welcoming Francophone Community'' by the federal government. And to Nova Scotia, where the Liverpool International Theatre Festival is asking the public to help host visiting actors! Thanks to our journalists, Rick Conrad, Pamela Haasen, Andrew Dow, and Lauryn Mac...
2024-08-3029 minViewpointsViewpoints 123Mount Allison University astronomer sounds the alarm on the dangers of satellite proliferation. And she’s not alone. Dr. Catherine Lovekin says Starlink has put some 7,000 satellites into orbit, and it wants 40,000 more in its constellation. BC’s Olympian Ethan Katzberg celebrates winning gold at the Paris Olympics as he prepares for the next hammer throw competitions in Slovakia. B.C.’s Camryn Rogers did the same in the women’s competition. And CCTV cameras have made their way in downtown Peterborough and in many other Ontario towns and cities. Across the country as well. Peterborough’s Chief of Police say...
2024-08-2329 minViewpointsViewpoints 123Mount Allison University astronomer sounds the alarm on the dangers of satellite proliferation. And she’s not alone. Dr. Catherine Lovekin says Starlink has put some 7,000 satellites into orbit, and it wants 40,000 more in its constellation. BC’s Olympian Ethan Katzberg celebrates winning gold at the Paris Olympics as he prepares for the next hammer throw competitions in Slovakia. B.C.’s Camryn Rogers did the same in the women’s competition. And CCTV cameras have made their way in downtown Peterborough and in many other Ontario towns and cities. Across the country as well. Peterborough’s Chief of Police say...
2024-08-2329 minViewpointsViewpoints 122Indigenous youth and young adults explore the world of aviation through an event at the Nanaimo Airport. World renowned Tahltan-Tlingit artist opens an art show honoring North Pacific Cannery workers. Sarsfield, Ontario, hosts this year’s Ottawa-Carleton Plowing Match. So that is it for us, be sure to take a peek at all our stories on FrequencyNews.ca. Our team is posted all across the country… the Maritimes, Québec, Ontario, Alberta, and B.C.! We have lots of stuff waiting for you there. Thanks to our journalists Lauryn MacKenzie, Dan Mesec, and Candice Vetter. National Editors Victor...
2024-08-1630 minViewpointsViewpoints 118On today’s show, we will have only positive news and stories for you. In small-town Liverpool, Nova Scotia, big hearts raise $16,000 for cancer research. To Québec, where a local organization encourages people with disabilities, to conquer Mount Orford during the 5th Edition of the Everest-Orford Challenge. To BC, where a portion of the downtown village of Nanaimo is returned to the Snuneymuxw First Nation. And a horse-drawn theatre caravan finds its first summer home. Giddyup!Our journalists this week, Lauryn MacKenzie, Derek Bullard, Brenda Little, and Rick Conrad. National Editors Victoria Fenner and Maureen McEwan. Hos...
2024-07-1929 minViewpointsViewpoints 115In Quebec, the Premier’s comments, made last week, casts a shadow over Refugee Day celebrations. François Legault blamed immigrants for Quebec’s housing crisis. A pay-what-you-can food market collaborates with community gardens, for fresh produce. And it works! And women strike outside a Nanaimo Court House and across the country, to bring awareness about women’s rights.Thanks to our journalists, Dan Kellar, Derek Bullard, Lauryn Mackenzie and Jules Bugiel. National editors Maureen McEwan and Victoria Fenner. Viewpoints is brought to you by the Community Radio Fund of Canada and your local radio station. Host and pro...
2024-06-2829 min
Midcoast Morning on CHLY 101.7FMWorld Ocean day and Pride Parade this weekend in NanaimoWorld Ocean Day is Saturday June 8th.First proposed back in 1992 by Canada's International Centre for Ocean Development (ICOD), an organization that no longer exists, the event was officially recognized by the United Nations in 2008.This year the theme is Catalyzing Action for Our Ocean & Climate.There are going to be an events to mark the occasion Saturday at Maffeo Sutton Park in Nanaimo, from 11 to 3, and on Gabriola Island at Degnen Bay from noon to four.To mark the occasion, Midcoast Morning spoke with Tim Green of VIU’s Deep Ba...
2024-06-0728 minViewpointsViewpoints 110The historic Bellevue House located in Kingston, Ontario, is reopening its doors to the public, after being closed for six years. The Québec town of Stanstead, seeks a new future for the historic Del Monty Hotel property. The Toronto Japanese Film Festival enters its 13th year, presenting more international premieres. And we’ll be visiting a Human Rights exhibit that has been touring in different locations in the province of British Columbia. Thanks to our journalists Christena Lawrie, Derek Bullard, Owen Thompson and Lauryn Mackenzie. National Editors Maureen McEwan and Victoria Fenner. Host and producer Boris Chas...
2024-05-2429 minViewpointsViewpoints 109It’s Invasive Species Month across the country, and we’ll be closing in on efforts made in different provinces to eradicate those plants, animals, bugs and other organisms that shouldn’t be here… on land or underwater. Out west, environmental authorities are worried about the first invasive green crab being found in Cortes Island waters. Nanaimo, BC, is asking its citizens to be on the lookout for problem plants. Then to Québec’s Otter Lake, where authorities are gearing up to tackle the spread of the dangerously invasive European milfoil. In Wellington, Ontario, more than 150 properties are hit by a term...
2024-05-1729 minViewpointsViewpoints 107The city of Prince Rupert BC is embarking on its largest infrastructure investment in 100 years. Volunteers at Prince Edward County’s first Repair Cafe, in Picton, Ontario, help people fix things that might otherwise head to the landfill. A punk-rock music show promises to attract all ages. And it does! A new supportive housing building opens in Nanaimo, B.C. Some 51 units built to help the unhoused. And the warm winds of spring are heading our way. Toronto, authorizes more than 1,500 restaurants, and cafés to seat their clients on the city’s sidewalks and streets.Thanks to Br...
2024-05-0329 min
Midcoast Morning on CHLY 101.7FMRemembering SophiaSophia worked at The Nanaimo Unitarian Shelter. She died late last year from an infection, aged 23. With her mother’s blessing, the shelter’s Executive Director Paul Manly is sharing Sophia’s story.In a post to the Unitarian shelter’s Facebook page titled Remembering Sophia, an open letter about the preventable loss of a community champion, Manly provided an account of Sophia’s difficulty accessing healthcare in Nanaimo, and how when she was eventually diagnosed with an infection and immunodeficiency, it was too late.He visited the CHLY studio to remember S...
2024-02-2328 minViewpointsViewpoints 97Ten thousand patients are in desperate need of a family doctor in Sault St. Marie, Ontario. In a 1996 interview with singer-songwriter Robbie Robertson brings back memories for Six Nations radio station and community. A new Nanaimo Art Gallery exhibition looks at “stories that animate us.” We celebrate Black History Month by remembering Green Hill, a New Brunswick area once called the “Locus of Black life” in Westmorland Parish. Lucy, the Lobster predicts six more weeks of winter. Well, five left now! We’ll tell you about Lucy and lobsters in general. Could make you think twice about your next seafood de...
2024-02-0929 minViewpointsViewpoints 93Halifax is poised to provide more affordable housing. This as homeless encampment sweeps continue in Edmonton, despite community pushback. And as the city of Cobourg, Ontario, opens its first overnight warming centre. We then move to BC where a baker breaks bread to help civilians in Gaza and the occupied territories. And we go to Nanaimo where the late Craig Evans has been honoured with the Medal of Good Citizenship for his work in food sustainability and security. Thanks to our journalists, Ryan Hunt, Jeff Gard, Brenda Little, Dan Mesec, Lauryn Mackenzie and Haeley DiRisio. To our n...
2024-01-1229 min
Midcoast Morning on CHLY 101.7FMVancouver Island University Students' Union ElectionHello and welcome to Midcoast Morning, CHLY’s current affairs show. I’m Lauryn Mackenzie.Campaigning is currently underway for the fall election of the Vancouver Island University Students’ Union, also known as VIUSU. Next week on October 11, 12, and 13th students from all three campuses will receive an email with a unique code that will allow them to vote in the election. Two student elections happen during the school year at VIU. This fall students will be voting for student representatives to join the VIUSU board of directors. These positions include two campus representatives, eight facult...
2023-10-0427 min
Midcoast Morning on CHLY 101.7FMMidcoast Morning: The State of Local Journalism Pt. 1Hello and welcome to the first episode of the newly revamped Midcoast Morning, CHY's news and current affairs program. I am your host Lauryn Mackenzie. Welcome to our inaugural episode. With the launch of this program, we are going to first set out to understand the state of local journalism today in a two-part series.
What's changed over the last decade? It's an industry that has seen rapid change in how people consume their news. It's also an industry that has seen declining ad revenue, resulting in shrinking newsrooms both local and national. I'll be sitting down wi...
2023-09-1627 min
Midcoast Morning on CHLY 101.7FMMidcoast Morning to return!Transcript: Hi, I'm Lauryn Mackenzie, the host of the newly revamped Midcoast Morning, CHLY's current events news show. You remember the old show with Joe and Elijah, but now we are back going to continue keeping you on top of what's happening on the Salish Sea, just now in a new way. Join me every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 8:30 a.m. as we go in depth on topics that are important to you. But don't worry, I won't be alone. Sometimes I'll be joined by fellow journalists from the Nanaimo area to discuss stories that they ar...
2023-09-1300 min
The Skinny Confidential Him & Her ShowKenzie Ziegler On Dance Moms, Mental Health, Family Dynamics, & How To Navigate Social Media In A Healthy Way#600: Today we're sitting down with Dance Moms alum, Mackenzie Ziegler. Kenzie is an American singer, actress, former dancer, and internet personality. Today Kenzie joins us on the show to discuss all things Dance Moms, being placed in the spotlight at 6 years old, and what it's like growing up under the Hollywood microscope. She talks about her relationship with the other cast members, how her family dynamic evolved over the years, and why she decided to write a song dedicated to her father. We also dive into all things therapy, growing up and making friends as a famous teenager, and what...
2023-08-1759 min
Like Mother, Like Daughter2021: Year In ReviewWelcome back to LMLD! We begin this episode with our "lights" of the last two weeks, including Lauryn's graduation! For this week's episode, we go into depth about all the highs and lows of 2021. In a similar form to our episode last year, we share our favorite influencers/celebrities, books, discoveries, memories, and lessons of the year. We are so grateful to all our listeners and this podcast for helping to make another year so special for us. Thank you all for an amazing year and we will see you in 2022!People Mentioned Taylor Swift Taylor...
2021-12-291h 05
Like Mother, Like Daughter2020: Year In ReviewFor this week's episode, we go into depth about all the highs and lows of 2020. We share our favorite purchases/gifts, influencers/celebrities, discoveries, memories, and lessons of the year. We are so grateful to all our listeners and this podcast for helping to make this year super special. Thank you all for an amazing year and we will see you in 2021!Products Mentioned Apple Watch Kindle Paperwhite Airpods Asics Running ShoesInfluencers/Celebrities Mentioned Taylor Swift Kamala Harris Sami Fishbein Brené Brown Jared Freid Mackenzie NewcombFollow us on I...
2020-12-3052 min