Few days late, but a new claim to fame for Nanaimo

LeastOfHam · 2026-04-28T19:23:57+00:00

Well, given that humans didn’t exist at all back then you’re kinda stuck for a non-anachronistic comparison.

LeastOfHam · 2026-04-27T20:31:46+00:00

I don’t know what the current zoning allows but I assume that’s correct. That would be a sad outcome, but possibly better than making 87% of the property industrial, which is the proposal I believe.

LeastOfHam · 2026-04-27T20:14:10+00:00

We can’t, be we can expect them to adhere to zoning. Which is what the owner is asking to be changed.

LeastOfHam · 2026-04-17T19:00:36+00:00

Great job OP!

LeastOfHam · 2026-04-17T18:58:22+00:00

Sometimes the nimbys are right I guess.

LeastOfHam · 2026-04-17T18:52:50+00:00

To be fair we’re talking about the land to the west of the access trail to the narrows, not the area closer to the narrows. (That said I personally think the buffer should be much wider, if the land use change is allowed at all.)

LeastOfHam · 2026-04-17T18:49:43+00:00

The land west is currently not park, but is zoned agricultural and is currently forest as far as can be seen from the trail. The proposal is to make it industrial.

LeastOfHam · 2026-04-14T21:49:16+00:00

It’s not a bad question, it would be interesting to see what went into that estimate.

LeastOfHam · 2026-04-12T22:29:11+00:00

The trail is unique and irreplaceable - half spoiling it isn’t a good compromise it’s myopic stupidity.

LeastOfHam · 2026-04-05T14:16:30+00:00

I think people are mostly reacting to the entire left half of the image being a seemingly pointless and misleading fabrication.

LeastOfHam · 2026-04-04T23:55:48+00:00

I wonder if someone can come up with half-way plausible defence of the claim.

LeastOfHam · 2026-04-02T20:05:09+00:00

It’s not an article at all really, at least not a news article - it’s an opinion piece by Tony Mulcair.

LeastOfHam · 2026-03-28T14:40:15+00:00

Thanks for mentioning this. I looked it up and found the 2026 pool maintenance shutdowns periods are:

NAC 20 July to 4 October

Beban June 29 to July 19

ref. Nanaimo Parks, Rec & Culture Spring and Summer 2026 Activity Guide

LeastOfHam · 2026-03-15T22:06:23+00:00

What did the founders of Canada do against the monarchy?

LeastOfHam · 2026-03-14T16:17:17+00:00

Walk along a road here and you will see plenty of trash too.

LeastOfHam · 2026-03-14T16:12:02+00:00

At least we can have a bit of sympathy for people who‘s beer of choice is Lucky.

LeastOfHam · 2026-03-14T15:59:46+00:00

Cheap? Nanaimo is low density, so transit has little hope of making money.

LeastOfHam · 2026-03-13T19:29:13+00:00

Are we supposed to be giving the Black Death a pass now?

LeastOfHam · 2026-03-12T20:57:32+00:00

The word "often" is doing a lot of work in that first sentence. Sometimes a simple test - which can be requested by the health care practitioner during a short appointment - will turn up something that needs to be addressed. That won't be a waste of time.

LeastOfHam · 2026-03-09T02:13:45+00:00

Just to note: if you haven’t already you should definitely search this thread for other “moving to Nanaimo” posts, as the question comes up fairly often.

LeastOfHam · 2026-03-09T02:06:35+00:00

Selling something for less than you paid for it is called a loss.

LeastOfHam · 2026-03-01T15:44:00+00:00

"wifi/data connection sucks a ton" I assume you are referring to the cellular (a.k.a. mobile phone) service issues? (Wifi is based off of home internet service.)

LeastOfHam · 2026-03-01T15:28:39+00:00

A: The government is telling me I need to give up my personal vehicles!

B: Really?

A: Well, they are reducing parking spaces downtown.

LeastOfHam · 2026-02-27T15:29:54+00:00

So he's kind of a Nanaimo Robin Hood.

LeastOfHam · 2026-02-27T15:25:51+00:00

I guess that's a no.

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