Nanaimo also hosts a bureau for CIVI-DT (CTV 2 Victoria, cable television channel 12) and a satellite workplace 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), as well as 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 Party, representing the riding of Nanaimo, Ladysmith, as a result of a by-election in May 2019. The city was split into two different ridings, Nanaimo, Cowichan (Jean Crowder, New Democratic Party), which includes South Nanaimo and Cassidy, and Nanaimo, Alberni (James Lunney, Independent chosen as a Conservative), which consists of North Nanaimo and Lantzville, until the 2012 federal electoral redistribution.
Leonard Krog resigned in 2018 to accept the position of Mayor of Nanaimo. In reaction, Sheila Malcolmson resigned from federal politics and successfully ran for the abandoned position. The mayor of Nanaimo is currently Leonard Krog, who changed Expense Mackay in 2018. The most widely known mayor Nanaimo ever had was Frank J.
There is a statue to honor Neydressed in his pirate costumeat Swy-a-Lana Lagoon, which is on the Nanaimo waterfront. Ney was also an MLA for the Social Credit party while he was also mayor. A primary school has been named in his honour. Mark Bate ended up being Nanaimo's very first mayor in 1875.
Open federal government [edit] The city's preparation department has, over the past five years, [] steadily produced enough municipal information to necessitate a Time magazine article on open-government. Nanaimo has been called "the capital of Google Earth". Working directly with Another Point of View , the city fed it a wealth of information about its buildings, property lines, utilities and streets.