Kendall Hanson

18/08/2023

Out of office and off social media until Sept. 4th

12/08/2023

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B.C.'s Environment Ministry has agreed it's drinking water standard shouldn't apply to properties along Terminal Avenue in downtown Nanaimo.

10/08/2023

Nanaimo's emergency department doctors say a lack of hospitalists to oversee the care of admitted patients, without family doctors, is unsafe.

09/08/2023

Health-care workers are calling on the B.C. government to improve cardiac care for those on central and north Vancouver Island.

07/08/2023

The lawsuit alleges that Qualicum Beach town council did not fairly consider a homeowner variance request after a home was built two feet too high.

06/08/2023

A Courtenay firefighter was assaulted while responding to a fire Friday night which the chief calls a first in his 32 year career

31/07/2023

The Gold Silver Guy store in Duncan was the latest to be broken into Thursday, with the uninsured loss amounting to thousands of dollars.

30/07/2023

Two police officers were injured while trying to arrest a man during a stabbing in Campbell River on Friday evening.

29/07/2023

A Nanaimo family is among those moving off Vancouver Island as the NDP met in the city to hear regional issues such as the housing crisis

25/07/2023

Two close encounters of humpback whales in Nanaimo and Quadra Island has a researcher calling for more whale awareness

24/07/2023

It was a heartfelt day at a Nanaimo soccer pitch Sunday. It was the first Harbourside FC games since 24-year-old Reid Davidson, a key member of their organization, was killed in a horrific crash days before. For almost three years, Davidson was a key member of the Nanaimo United FC and Harbourside

23/07/2023

A fire in the Timberland Mobile Home Park in Cassidy has destroyed three homes and damaged a fourth, according to the fire department. Ron Gueulette, chief of the Cranberry Volunteer Fire Department, says the only injuries from the fire were due to smoke inhalation. One man was taken to the hospital

17/07/2023

The 2023 Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock team faced their most gruelling training climb yet as they headed up Mount Washington Sunday

15/07/2023

An indigenous firefighter in Comox may be part of a new model for wildfire fighting after purchasing a fire truck and looking for contracts

06/07/2023

The longshoremen strike, now in its fifth day, has impacted a Victoria non-profit and a vehicle shipment headed to Nanaimo.

05/07/2023

Warning: This story may be distressing to some readers. A man has pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in a Nanaimo courthouse for killing his ex-girlfriend in Bowser. It came Tuesday morning in front of a packed courthouse on the day his trial was set to begin. Friends say they're focusing on who....

04/07/2023

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Employee-owned and -controlled, station has fourth-highest viewership in the province, behind only Vancouver stations CBC, Global BC and CTV Vancouver.

30/06/2023

So Google has also decided it doesn’t want to pay for Canadian news. It turns out this is a perfect time to move away from the Google search engine. I just erased my Google search engine and downloaded Quant and DuckDuckGo which are much more private search engines. It felt great. Join the movement!

The company said it will also end Google News Showcase in Canada, a product the company uses to license news from over 150 local publishers.

30/06/2023

A contract impasse between B.C.'s longshoremen and their employer could have widespread ramifications not only for the province but for Vancouver Island. With four cruise ships berthing at Ogden point Victoria was flooded with tourists Thursday. Cruise ship tie-up, passenger gangplanks, and taking b...

30/06/2023

The owner of the pups says her reputation has been unfairly attacked on social media, and that those who were planning to buy the dogs are devastated.

25/06/2023

You may have heard this past week that Meta has stated it’s going to stop sharing Canadian news on its platforms, Facebook and Instagram because it was going to face a cost to share that content.

As a result I won’t be spending as much time on their platforms nor liking nor sharing nor commenting on posts.

Please keep supporting Canadian news outlets. I’m linking an article about Meta’s decision and where you can find CHEK News content going forward. Please sign up for our daily newsletter sent to your inbox and sign up for the CHEK+ app where you can stream our content.

Meta has announced it plans to block news from being posted on Facebook and Instagram after the federal government passed a bill requiring the company to pay news organizations for news content on the platforms. While the company has not announced a timeline for when this will happen, in the future

22/06/2023

A new banner naming those known to have died at Kuper Island Residential School was at the Indigenous People's Day ceremony in Chemainus.

21/06/2023

The Gabriola Ferry Advisory Committee says more low bed and longer vehicles are missing sailings at extreme tides with the Island Class Ferries.

20/06/2023

I asked BC's Health Minister Adrian Dix today about the need for a second Urgent Care/walk-in clinic in Nanaimo or at least expanded service at the one we have. His answer was 3.5 minutes. Here is his answer unedited.

20/06/2023

A 12-bed ICU at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital will open for patients starting Wednesday, June 28, according to B.C.'s Ministry of Health.

14/06/2023

The head of the Alberni Valley Chamber of Commerce says it's positive to have a timeline for the reopening of Highway 4, but it will be hard.

13/06/2023

North Island College has postponed it's Port Alberni graduation ceremonies while others also grapple with the Highway 4 closure.

10/06/2023

The Cameron Bluffs wildfire has grown to 208 hectares, up from 180 the day before, and there is rain in the forecast for the region Friday.

10/06/2023

The Coastal Fire Centre says the Cameron Bluffs fire east of Port Alberni is still out of control though it's growth has slowed.

10/06/2023

A Port Alberni school opened its doors to shelter a group of students from Nanaimo as a wildfire closed the only route to and from the Vancouver Island city. As the Cameron Bluffs fire raged on Tuesday, staff at the Nanaimo-Ladysmith School District realized some of their students might be in