Karl Yu

2 weeks ago | nanaimobulletin.com | Karl Yu

Wheelchair users and those with mobility issues will be able to access more of the region's forest trailsthanks to a donation of a rickshaw-like vehicle to the Regional District of Nanaimo. In 2024, Murray Chantler donated a trail rider to the RDN, allowing a seated rider to be guided by two other people, and RDN directors approved a pilot rental program at their committee of the whole meeting Tuesday, May 20.

2 weeks ago | pqbnews.com | Karl Yu

Stakeholders on Gabriola Island want officials to change course and reinstate ferry advisory committees. In the past, the advisory committees provided an outlet for coastal ferry communities to give feedback on subjects such as sailing times and scheduling, but the committees were dissolved by B.C. Ferries on May 1, replaced by the Let's Connect framework, in which feedback is accepted through a website. Steven Earle, former Gabriola committee chairperson, does not like the new direction.

2 weeks ago | abbynews.com | Karl Yu

The B.C. Human Rights Tribunal has dismissed a complaint from a Costco shopper in Nanaimo who told staff during the COVID-19 pandemic that she couldn't wear a mask, but shopped there several times afterward while wearing a mask. The tribunal accepted Costco Wholesale Canada's application to dismiss the complaint from Jae Lazar stemming from an incident on Dec. 16, 2020. The tribunal made its ruling April 29 and the decision was published this week.

2 weeks ago | nanaimobulletin.com | Karl Yu

Stakeholders on Gabriola Island want officials to change course and reinstate ferry advisory committees. In the past, the advisory committees provided an outlet for coastal ferry communities to give feedback on subjects such as sailing times and scheduling, but the committees were dissolved by B.C. Ferries on May 1, replaced by the Let's Connect framework, in which feedback is accepted through a website. Steven Earle, former Gabriola committee chairperson, does not like the new direction.

3 weeks ago | nanaimobulletin.com | Karl Yu

The B.C. Human Rights Tribunal has dismissed a complaint from a Costco shopper in Nanaimo who told staff during the COVID-19 pandemic that she couldn't wear a mask, but shopped there several times afterward while wearing a mask. The tribunal accepted Costco Wholesale Canada's application to dismiss the complaint from Jae Lazar stemming from an incident on Dec. 16, 2020. The tribunal made its ruling April 29 and the decision was published this week.