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The sights and sounds of Cable Bay Trail in Nanaimo’s south end could be very different in a few years time.

The 2 kilometre trail down to the ocean is nestled amongst private land, which its owners have plans to develop.

For three years, a group called Save Cable Bay has been campaigning in an effort to turn the area around the trail into a park.

A number of community initiatives have gotten a boost this week, as Nanaimo City Council approved grants for fourteen projects.

More than forty thousand dollars is going to be spread across a number of  organizations, for things like watershed restoration and community toolshares.

Midcoast Morning checks in on four of the projects, and their journey from idea to approval.

A new exhibit at the Vancouver Island Military Museum features the Chinese Labour Corps from the first world war. Museum Vice President Brian McFadden spoke with Midcoast Morning about the exhibit.

A group of novelists, poets, and playwrights will be giving readings at an event Wednesday May 22 at the Palestine Solidarity Encampment on the grounds of Vancouver Island University, which has been installed since May 1.

Called the Watermelon Seeds Festival of Literature, the authors include a number of VIU faculty. 

Three of the authors giving readings joined Midcoast Morning to speak about the event.

The Regional District of Nanaimo has a new plan to manage growth in our area through 2040.

This week the RDN board approved the adoption of Shaping our Future 2024, which contains goals related to climate mitigation and adaptation, economic and food system resiliency, among others.

Jamai Schile, a senior planner with the RDN spoke with Midcoast Morning about the strategy.

Brechin Lanes owner Ray Brittain is planning to sell the business that’s been in his family for more than 50 years, citing rising costs and competition from a foreign owned chain worth roughly a billion Canadian dollars.

Midcoast Morning host Joe Pugh paid a visit to Nanaimo’s only 5 pin bowling alley, to learn about it’s past, present, and what remains of its future.