tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4485787969121442976Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:30:39 +0000http://www.gonanaimo.com/blog/noreply@blogger.com (Go Nanaimo)Blogger300125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4485787969121442976.post-1963516647348501911Sun, 13 Jul 2008 20:12:00 +00002008-07-13T18:51:43.635-07:00Nanaimo-Alberni New Democratic Party candidate Zeni Maartman is hosting an evening with the Leader of Canada's NDP Jack Layton at the Beban Park Recreation Centre, 2300 Bowen Road, Nanaimo, on Tuesday, August 5, 2008. This fundraising dinner begins at 6 pm and the $75 ticket price includes a $50 tax deductible contribution to Zeni’s election. The evening will be a fun filled event for all to http://www.gonanaimo.com/blog/2008/07/zeni-maartman-hosts-jack-layton.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Go Nanaimo)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4485787969121442976.post-3676137295303193125Sun, 13 Jul 2008 14:30:00 +00002008-07-13T07:32:35.782-07:00Rightwing populist and political maverick Garth Turner is coming to Nanaimo for the Money Expo to be held in the underutilized Vancouver Island Conference Centre, 101 Gordon Street, Nanaimo, from 10 am to 6 pm on Sunday, September 21, 2008. The author of Greater Fool: The Troubled Future of Real Estate, Turner is highly critical of the junk mortgages currently being peddled to Canadian families. http://www.gonanaimo.com/blog/2008/07/garth-turner-coming-to-nanaimo.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Go Nanaimo)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4485787969121442976.post-6577240763949169974Sat, 12 Jul 2008 16:08:00 +00002008-07-12T09:10:25.047-07:00The Nanaimo Art Gallery, Vancouver Island University branch, 900 Fifth St, Building 330, is presenting the exhibition Field Notes from July 18 to August 23, 2008. This exhibition displays the work of three exceptional women artists whose work examines the complex relationships and dialogues that develop between humans and the natural world. These artists draw on personal experiences in natural http://www.gonanaimo.com/blog/2008/07/field-notes-art-exhibition.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Go Nanaimo)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4485787969121442976.post-6567670130372313974Fri, 11 Jul 2008 16:57:00 +00002008-07-11T09:58:11.195-07:00http://www.gonanaimo.com/blog/2008/07/jack-layton-on-pricing-carbon.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Go Nanaimo)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4485787969121442976.post-144620266103898859Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:06:00 +00002008-07-11T08:08:17.654-07:00http://www.gonanaimo.com/blog/2008/07/axe-campbell-gas-tax.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Go Nanaimo)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4485787969121442976.post-5014177949051565103Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:04:00 +00002008-07-10T09:07:33.053-07:00Nanaimo-Alberni NDP candidate Zeni Maartman is having a party at 4 pm on Sunday, July 20, 2008, to celebrate her birthday and that of Jack Layton at 5925 Cherryvale Road, Port Alberni. (Take Cherry Creek Road to the four-way stop at Moore Road, turn right, cross a small bridge, and turn left on Cherryvale. Follow the parking sign.) You’re invited to join Zeni for a fun-filled time, with a pot http://www.gonanaimo.com/blog/2008/07/zeni-maartman-birthday-party.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Go Nanaimo)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4485787969121442976.post-5405391604961891115Wed, 09 Jul 2008 20:31:00 +00002008-07-09T17:32:50.174-07:00The Crimson Coast Dance Society presents Body Talk! 'Beyond Hip' featuring The Chimera Project from Toronto and Nanaimo area Body Talk participants of all ages. Catch this energetic multi-disciplinary performance on Wednesday, July 9, 2008, at 7:30 pm at the Beban Park Recreation Centre Stage, 2300 Bowen Road, Nanaimo. The cost is $15.00 and tickets are available at Falconer Books, House of http://www.gonanaimo.com/blog/2008/07/body-talk-beyond-hip.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Go Nanaimo)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4485787969121442976.post-4621086954207401608Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:46:00 +00002008-07-09T09:48:56.013-07:00The downtown location of the Nanaimo Art Gallery, 150 Commercial Street, is presenting a new exhibition, Variations in Photographic Art, with photos by Dr Neil Fatin of Youbou on Lake Cowichan. The exhibition runs from July 10 to July 31, 2008. The photographer will be in attendance at the gala opening on Thursday, July 10, from 5 to 7 pm. Using the camera and the computer as tools, Neil Fatin http://www.gonanaimo.com/blog/2008/07/variations-in-photographic-art.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Go Nanaimo)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4485787969121442976.post-7605463388505712699Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:46:00 +00002008-07-08T07:49:59.462-07:00Tom Paterson, well-known historian, newspaper columnist, and raconteur, will lead another of his very popular "Black Track" walking tours on Saturday, September 20, 2008. The "Black Track" refers to those South Wellington area railway lines informally used by miners and residents as a "public thoroughfare" or walking track. Coal dust so thickly coated the lines that they became known locally as http://www.gonanaimo.com/blog/2008/07/morden-mine-fall-tour.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Go Nanaimo)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4485787969121442976.post-2265560256264939752Sat, 05 Jul 2008 16:05:00 +00002008-07-05T09:11:19.447-07:00Thanks to a grant of $50,000 from the Mountain Equipment Co-op (MEC), the Nanaimo and Area Land Trust (NALT) has now reached its goal of raising $475,000, half the purchase price of the 523-acre regional park on the upper front face of Mount Benson. Appearing with the symbolic cheque are NALT Board Director Dean Gaudy and Claire Pearce from MEC’s Victoria store. “We are thrilled to receive the http://www.gonanaimo.com/blog/2008/07/mec-boosts-nalt-to-top.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Go Nanaimo)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4485787969121442976.post-6049069394476722906Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:10:00 +00002008-07-18T13:30:39.319-07:00The Nanaimo Art Gallery will be presenting its fifth annual waterfront festival on August 16 and 17, 2008. The fine art show and sale Artfest Originals Only 2008 will once again take place on Pioneer Waterfront Plaza by the Bastion on Saturday and Sunday, August 16 and 17, 2008, from 10 am to 5 pm. Artfest is the premier art event in the city and one of the largest outdoor shows in British http://www.gonanaimo.com/blog/2008/07/artfest-originals-only-2008.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Go Nanaimo)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4485787969121442976.post-6199315960463316275Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:07:00 +00002008-07-03T10:10:28.736-07:00Cuba Education Tours warmly invites you to join them in Havana for two epic dance programs this fall. The National Ballet of Cuba celebrates its 60th anniversary from October 28 to November 7, 2008. Cuba Education Tours is hosting the official website for this historic event. Participants will experience a ballet extravaganza on an unprecedented scale including the opening and closing ceremonies,http://www.gonanaimo.com/blog/2008/07/2008-ballet-and-dance-tours-to-cuba.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Go Nanaimo)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4485787969121442976.post-7744430154446421052Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:35:00 +00002008-07-02T06:37:05.176-07:00The new Nanaimo Museum, scheduled to open in the Port of Nanaimo Centre in July, 2008, will include the city’s first Sports Hall of Fame. The first 10 inductees have just been announced, including Olympic athletes, champion teams, and sporting pioneers. Pictured here is the Nanaimo IWA Timbermen Lacrosse Team which won the Mann Cup in 1956. The other team to be honoured is the Northfield Violets http://www.gonanaimo.com/blog/2008/07/nanaimo-sports-hall-of-fame.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Go Nanaimo)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4485787969121442976.post-3531372967547090357Tue, 01 Jul 2008 07:01:00 +00002008-07-01T17:14:05.253-07:00Say NO to the Cable Bay Lands Project by signing an Elector Response Form. Here’s some information about Cable Bay: Where and what is Cable Bay? Cable Bay is over 500 acres of forest and waterfront southeast of Harmac. 420 acres are in the City of Nanaimo, and 90 acres are in the Regional District of Nanaimo (Cedar). The City wants to take those 90 acres away from the RDN to benefit a developer.http://www.gonanaimo.com/blog/2008/07/say-no-to-cable-bay.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Go Nanaimo)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4485787969121442976.post-4220761232727825031Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:26:00 +00002008-06-30T06:28:45.652-07:00A third location of the ever-popular Coyote’s Cafe has opened at 572 Stewart Avenue between the Departure Bay Ferry Terminal and downtown. The premises were completely rebuilt after a 2006 arson fire which destroyed a previous café and a number of condos on the same location. The new decor is chic with elegant mirrors and paintings, dark woodwork, and a clean tile floor. Reading material is http://www.gonanaimo.com/blog/2008/06/coyotes-caf-stewart-avenue.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Go Nanaimo)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4485787969121442976.post-6306679746313085612Sun, 29 Jun 2008 16:09:00 +00002008-06-29T09:12:25.018-07:00Bond’s Fish and Chips, 1708 Bowen Road, is Nanaimo’s oldest existing restaurant, founded by Warner Bond in 1945 at a Nicol Street location. Today it’s still run by the same extended family and has a loyal clientel. The 10 tables are between the door and open kitchen. Plastic plants hang from the walls. Needless to say, various incarnations of traditional English fish and chips occupy the bulk ofhttp://www.gonanaimo.com/blog/2008/06/bonds-fish-and-chips-nanaimo.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Go Nanaimo)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4485787969121442976.post-2128486504194304860Sat, 28 Jun 2008 18:42:00 +00002008-06-28T11:50:59.105-07:00Anyone who has hiked around Buttertubs Marsh recently will have noticed the housing project currently under construction by Palladian Developments Inc on the eastern side of the park. Nanaimo City Council has just approved four-story condos at the very edge of the pristine Linley Valley, and the same lot are actively promoting massive urban sprawl in the Cable Bay area. It’s sad to see this sort http://www.gonanaimo.com/blog/2008/06/palladian-and-buttertubs-marsh.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Go Nanaimo)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4485787969121442976.post-1879237358396092031Sat, 28 Jun 2008 15:38:00 +00002008-06-28T08:41:37.611-07:00Nanaimo musicians Dave Teichroeb and James McRae will be appearing together at the Lighthouse Pub open stage on the waterfront downtown on Sunday, June 29, 2008. Dave and James will open things up with a set at 7 pm. They’ll have keys and some percussion available as well. Bass player to banjos, jazz to Juno winners, are all welcome. If the guys can build on their successful appearance on June 15http://www.gonanaimo.com/blog/2008/06/dave-teichroeb-and-james-mcrae.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Go Nanaimo)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4485787969121442976.post-2814666642666333068Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:47:00 +00002008-06-27T08:51:09.975-07:00The Nanaimo Museum has a new sponsor and friend. Local businessman Ed Yewchin has become the museum’s first individual Major Sponsor with his recent donation of $50,000. Ed says he was looking for a way to thank the community for its support when he opened his daily newspaper to find one of the museum’s Adopt an Artifact brochures had dropped into his lap. A history buff, Ed was immediately http://www.gonanaimo.com/blog/2008/06/ed-yewchin-sponsors-museum.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Go Nanaimo)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4485787969121442976.post-2501909606587849686Fri, 27 Jun 2008 06:11:00 +00002008-06-26T23:18:38.090-07:00Friends of Plan Nanaimo held their Third Annual General Meeting at Bowen Park tonight and Don Stone tendered his resignation as president of the organization. Stone has retired from his position in the Geography Department at Vancouver Island University and is moving to Vancouver. He’s seen here receiving a commemorative plaque from FPN director Ron Bolin. Both Don and Ron were candidates in the http://www.gonanaimo.com/blog/2008/06/don-stone-leaves-fpn.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Go Nanaimo)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4485787969121442976.post-6279727165947328501Thu, 26 Jun 2008 01:27:00 +00002008-06-26T09:38:27.798-07:00Nanaimo City Council wants to change the city’s municipal boundary to facilitate the proposed Cable Bay Golf Resort and Spa in Cedar. It doesn’t seem to matter to our current mayor and council that this environmentally-destructive project will cause horrendous traffic congestion. Nanaimo’s fresh water supplies are finite, and the proposed golf course and residential subdivisions will suck the http://www.gonanaimo.com/blog/2008/06/cable-bay-is-urban-sprawl.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Go Nanaimo)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4485787969121442976.post-2380828284239456229Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:39:00 +00002008-06-22T17:44:09.410-07:00You’ve heard about the 100-Mile Diet. Now there’s the Nanaimo 50-Kilometer Holiday with seven self-guided tours to places within a 50-kilometer radius of our city. We’ve all watched as gasoline prices have shot up over the past year, making it more expensive to drive. Road trips now cost much more than they did, and with airline ticket prices on the way up as well, that vacation in Mexico or the http://www.gonanaimo.com/blog/2008/06/50-kilometer-holiday.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Go Nanaimo)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4485787969121442976.post-7785495029707111983Fri, 20 Jun 2008 17:15:00 +00002008-06-20T10:17:39.094-07:00We’ve just added a Gabriola Driving Bicyling Tour to GoNanaimo.com. The tour begins at the Descanso Bay Ferry Terminal and with stops at the Malaspina Galleries, Gabriola Sands Provincial Park, and the Orlebar Point Picnic Area on the north coast. Then there’s a visit to Gabriola Artworks in the Folklife Village Shopping Centre and the Gabriola Museum with its outdoor Petroglyph Park. We then http://www.gonanaimo.com/blog/2008/06/gabriola-island-tour.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Go Nanaimo)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4485787969121442976.post-7777985429913080424Thu, 19 Jun 2008 21:44:00 +00002008-06-22T17:34:51.869-07:00The South End Community Association is presenting the 16th annual Miners Heritage Picnic at Deverill Square Park, Haliburton and Milton streets, from 8:30 am to 3:30 pm on Saturday June 21, 2008. The day begins with a free pancake breakfast from 8:30 to 10:30 am, sponsored by the Hub City Lions Club. The Bowen Park Entertainment Orchestra will play, with special appearances by the Cunningham http://www.gonanaimo.com/blog/2008/06/nanaimo-miners-heritage-picnic.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Go Nanaimo)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4485787969121442976.post-3609307501565855199Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:53:00 +00002008-06-19T08:55:51.058-07:00Cristina Alvarez Magliano is partnering with artists Chelsey Braham, Nana Cook, Rod Corraini, Mary Jane Jessen, Jan Smart, and Lee Stead, and musicians Peter Kurpita and Christine McMahon, to present "The Food I Love", a multidisciplinary approach to an emblematic subject of modern societies. This Alvarez Magliano Studio/Salon will interpret, through images and music, the controversial http://www.gonanaimo.com/blog/2008/06/food-i-love.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Go Nanaimo)