Nanaimo likewise hosts a bureau for CIVI-DT (CTV 2 Victoria, cable channel 12) and a satellite office for CHEK-DT (Independent, cable television channel 6). Nanaimo is also served by the Jim Pattison Group's CHWF-FM (The Wolf) and CKWV-FM (The Wave), along with CHLY-FM, an independent community school radio station and Vista Radio's CKAY-FM (Coast FM).
Politics [modify] Federal [modify] In the House of Commons of Canada, Nanaimo is represented by Paul Manly of the Green Celebration, representing the riding of Nanaimo, Ladysmith, as a result of a by-election in May 2019. The city was split into two separate ridings, Nanaimo, Cowichan (Jean Crowder, New Democratic Celebration), which consists of South Nanaimo and Cassidy, and Nanaimo, Alberni (James Lunney, Independent elected as a Conservative), which consists of North Nanaimo and Lantzville, till the 2012 federal electoral redistribution.
Leonard Krog resigned in 2018 to accept the position of Mayor of Nanaimo. In https://dribbble.com/shots/15934988-Nanaimo-BC-Real-Estate-eXp-Realty-Canada , Sheila Malcolmson resigned from federal politics and effectively ran for the vacated position. The mayor of Nanaimo is presently Leonard Krog, who replaced Bill Mackay in 2018. The most popular mayor Nanaimo ever had was Frank J.
There is a statue to commemorate Neydressed in his pirate costumeat Swy-a-Lana Lagoon, which is on the Nanaimo waterside. Ney was likewise an MLA for the Social Credit celebration while he was also mayor. An elementary school has been called in his honour. Mark Bate became Nanaimo's first mayor in 1875.
Open government [modify] The city's planning department has, over the past five years, [] steadily produced enough municipal data to require a Time magazine short article on open-government. Nanaimo has been dubbed "the capital of Google Earth". Working directly with Google, the city fed it a wealth of information about its structures, property lines, energies and streets.