The amended budget for 2024/25 passed on February 26th was $232,710,984 – this was up 6.9% from the estimated preliminary ...

Both the Nanaimo District Teachers Association (NDTA) and local 606 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE 606), ...

As Candidates went into the final week of the 2025 Federal Election, the Sounder provided all five candidates with the ...

In Nanaimo-Ladysmith, Tamara Kronis with the Conservative Party will be serving as the Member of Parliament. She beat out ...

Passed away at age 65 on March 23, 2025, in Nanaimo B.C. after a short battle with cancer. Brad was born on November 2, 1959, in Burns Lake, B.C. He is predeceased by his father, Don Powell and his ...

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Albert Stuart Roach. Stu left us on March 25, 2025, at the age of 71. Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, in 1953, Stu graduated from Grant Park High ...

The Regional District of Nanaimo (RDN) board of directors is endorsing a letter to BC Transit and the Minister of Transportation and Transit. The Board is requesting the development of a plan to ...

The Gabriola Volunteer Fire Department says it is set to enhance its training capabilities thanks to a generous $40,000 grant. In a statement to the Sounder, Fire Chief Will Sprogis said the funding ...

Huxley Community Park is joining a list of locations on Gabriola where dogs must be on leash, per a change from the Regional District of Nanaimo (RDN). This comes from a recommendation made at the ...

Peter Luckham, outgoing Chair of the Islands Trust Council, has written to federal ministers asking for an expansion of the Wrecked, Abandoned or Hazardous Vessels Act (WAHVA) program in the Islands ...