Guy Felicella headlines speakers at community dialogue in Nanaimo
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Nanaimo’s homeless population has grown according to report
From Chek News – Nanaimo’s homeless population has jumped according to a new publicly released report from last year. On April 27, 2023, the government-funded point-in-time count found that at least 515 people were without homes in Nanaimo. From the last count in 2020, it’s a jump of 18.9 per […]
‘Hoping it’ll make a difference:’ Oceanside charity partners with room-rental site for home-share program
From Nanaimo News Now A group advocating for more housing options in Oceanside is teaming up with an online room rental site to get more people into affordable accommodations. The Society of Organized Services (SOS) was approached by the Canadian non-profit Happipad which connects renters to available local rooms, to […]
Addiction treatment centre in Parksville unanimously approved
From Nanaimo News Now – PARKSVILLE — One final vote signaled the end of debate for a much-discussed addiction treatment centre on the edge of Parksville’s downtown. Council gave its unanimous blessing for a 19 bed Island Health owned and operated residential facility to be staffed 24-hours a day at […]
Deadliest year ever for toxic drugs as Nanaimo, central Island & B.C. set new tragic records
Click here for the full article from Nanaimo News Now NANAIMO — More people died from drug toxicity last year than in any year previous. Grim new numbers from the B.C. Coroners Service shows 2023 will go down as the deadliest year in the toxic drug crisis so far, with […]
Qualicum Beach to create policy to quickly address call for emergency shelters
From The PQBNews Qualicum Beach council held a special meeting on Jan. 15 to extend a temporary extreme weather overnight warming centre at the Christian Fellowship Centre (CFC). It was a critical issue but they were not able to make a decision that day due to the lack of quorum, […]