My Nanaimo This Week - January 13, 2025

January 13, 2025

This Week...

Join us for Lions Free Skates every Sunday, register for MyCity and get set up with the Voyent Alert! app. Read on for more!

Lace up those skates!

The City of Nanaimo, Lions Club of Nanaimo, Save-On-Foods and many other community sponsors are proud to present the Lions Free Skates for Nanaimo residents. Sundays at the Frank Crane Arena from 12 to 1:30 pm, these skates will be taking place Until March 30.

Be sure to check our drop-in schedules for all of our Parks, Recreation and Culture activities.

DROP-IN SCHEDULES

night aerial view of downtown and harbour with the words "around town"

Register for MyCity

Enjoy the convenience of accessing your City account information 24/7 online by registering for a MyCity account.

MyCity has a fresh new look and feel and provides you with easy access to the following:

Current and past bills
Account balances and payment history
Change your bill delivery method
Property assessments and tax levies
Home Owner Grants claimed
Water Consumption

MY CITY

Get the Voyent Alert! app free!

The City of Nanaimo's Emergency Alert System, called Voyent Alert! allows residents to use an app or sign up online to receive text, email and phone alerts. Voyent Alert! is a multi-purpose communication service used to send alerts to residents, businesses, and visitors during critical events like fires or floods as well as for relevant day-to-day community safety notifications.

If you haven't already, please make sure you sign up for the system. You can download the Voyent Alert app, available from the App Store or GooglePlay or register for Voyent Alert! online. If you don't have easy access to a computer, our Public Works staff can help you register at 250-758-5222.

It's easy to register! Watch the video above to see Mayor Krog install the app on his phone!

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Last week to apply as an artist for Concerts in the Park 2025!

The City of Nanaimo is accepting submissions from emerging local entertainers to perform in our spring and summer 2025 Concerts in the Parks series. Taking place from May to August, this program aims to showcase local talent against the backdrop of our beautiful park spaces until January 19, 2025 at 11:59 pm.

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Bastion Lights

The Bastion Lighting colours will be blue, green, orange, purple and yellow from January 22 to February 17 for the Luminous Paths - Nanaimo's 150th and Beyond event. Visit our website to learn more about this event.

The Bastion has six stand-alone lights surrounding the structure with the computer capability of providing accent colouring. Organizations can request the Bastion be illuminated in specific colours to promote their cause.

To have a request for lighting considered the following information should be provided at least three weeks prior to the requested lighting date

BASTION LIGHTING REQUESTS

Nanaimo 150: Did you know?

In 1875, Mark Bate became the first Mayor of the City of Nanaimo. He served a total of 15 single-year terms. To give you some perspective, at the time, the entire population of Vancouver Island was 12,700 (1881). Now, nearly 108,000 residents call the City of Nanaimo (not including the RDN) home.

A statue of Mark was donated to the City in 1975 and is located at the Harbourfront Walkway at Mark Bate Memorial Tree Plaza.

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Will Your Commute Be Affected This Week?

Here’s a list of up-to-date information on City construction projects.

All businesses in the construction areas are open unless otherwise posted.
When approaching construction zones, please make sure to slow down, follow any detours that may be in place and obey all signage and traffic personnel instructions.
Remember that construction zone speed limits are 30 km/hr unless otherwise posted.
If you know your commute is taking you through any of the areas below, please allow for additional time and plan ahead.

Thank you for your patience!

Midtown Gateway Project

Areas currently affected:
- Bowen Road, between Northfield Road and Labieux Road.
- Boxwood Road, between Northfield Road and Tulsa Road.
- The south access to Beban Park will be closed 24 hours per day.

Important dates for the new intersection on Bowen Road and the new Beban Parkway (south Beban Park entrance) and Boxwood Road connector:

Wednesday, January 15, the traffic signal lights at the new intersection will start flashing to alert drivers that the new intersection will soon be actively controlling all traffic.
Wednesday, January 22, the traffic lights, crosswalks and intersection will be put into service and the new Beban Park entrance and Boxwood Road connector will be opened to pedestrian, cycling and vehicle traffic.

Learn more about this project: Midtown Gateway

Midtown Water Supply Project

Areas currently affected:
- Northfield Road between Parkway and Boxwood Road.
- Black Diamond Drive at Crows Nest Place.
The trailway between Third Street, VIU and the Black Diamond neighbourhood is closed, this area is an active construction site.