Nanaimo is staging surveys to gauge support for bylaw changes aimed at regulating short-term vacation rentals and collect feedback on the city’s chronic shortage of affordable housing. Proposals ...

A 149-unit rental development has been approved by Nanaimo council as the community copes with a chronically low rental-vacancy rate. As in many communities on Vancouver Island and across the country, ...

When Shane Conn’s rent went up significantly a year after moving into a Nanaimo independent living facility, he was concerned. The next year, it happened again. He read a pamphlet from B.C.'s Office ...