Nanaimo, BC

The doctor, in her speech at the ceremony, noted that the 2024 graduating class included students who had high school grad festivities cancelled in 2020, and whose "entire university experience was in the shadow of this global pandemic," bringing related challenges and uncertainty.

"Being here today at this celebration, this transition, shows how you overcame these changes, these hurdles and succeeded despite the challenges," Henry said.

An AAP is effectively the opposite of a referendum, where ballots received are meant to express opposition to a proposal by the City, usually linked to borrowing money.

Ten per cent of eligible electors, or just under 8,000 people in Nanaimo, are required to submit the relevant forms for the proposal to be stopped.

Aside from challenges in nature, there are also problems with people seeing the nesting painted turtles behaving oddly and mistakenly thinking the turtles need help.

"They pick her up and they put her back in the water," Brooymans explained. "She's trying to nest and she's continuously being picked up and put back in the water because this is a busy trail here."

A property on B.C.’s Protection Island has hit the market for $4.8 million – but the asking price includes much more than the four-bedroom, five-bathroom waterfront home.

Billed as a “turnkey package” the new owner would take possession of The Dinghy Dock, Canada’s only floating pub, as well as the ferry that travels to and from the island.

A Nanaimo-based seasonal community co-ordinator for WildSafeBC is anticipated to start mid-June, marking the second summer in a row a community co-ordinator will be stationed in the community.

Tetsuumi Nagata of Nanaimo was selected to be one of 34 members from leading orchestras in the U.K. and Canada to perform in the Coronation Orchestra for the crowning of King Charles III and Queen Camilla on May 6, 2023, at Westminster Abbey.

For his part in the coronation, Nagata received a King Charles III Coronation Medal this spring.

“If you’re living in this area, central Island or north Island, the best time to have a heart attack is actually if you’re visiting Victoria,” he warned. “That’s when you get the standard of care, that’s when you’re going to go to the cath lab. Otherwise you’re like everybody else, you’re going to get inferior treatment.”

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/22159619

“This new one-stop shop for local building permits will reduce red tape for homebuilders, local governments and First Nations, and ultimately save money, speed up construction and help people get into homes faster.”

The hub will include standardized permit submission requirements, ensure the permit complies with the BC Building Code and informs the user when the application process is complete, according to the province.

University in Nanaimo, B.C., cites low enrolment, financial constraints as reasons for cutting 3 programs

In 2021, B.C. became the first province in Canada to create a comprehensive hydrogen strategy. More than 50 per cent of Canada’s hydrogen and fuel-cell companies are in B.C., and the province accounts for approximately 60 per cent of research investment in hydrogen and fuel-cell development, the release noted. There are approximately 50 proposed projects in the hydrogen sector in B.C., ranging range from large-scale production facilities to hydrogen fuelling stations and heavy-duty trucking pilots.