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Police are in the process of trying to identify a body that was recovered from the waters off north Nanaimo on Wednesday, Jan. 24. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)

Police recover human remains from waters near Nanaimo’s Neck Point

Body discovered by passerby walking along beach

Police are in the process of trying to identify a body that was recovered from the waters off north Nanaimo on Wednesday, Jan. 24. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)
Four people were taken to hospital for possible smoke inhalation after an early-morning kitchen fire in Nanaimo on Monday, Jan. 22. (News Bulletin file photo)

Family taken to hospital after early-morning house fire in Nanaimo

Fire started in upstairs kitchen at house on Shoreline Drive

Four people were taken to hospital for possible smoke inhalation after an early-morning kitchen fire in Nanaimo on Monday, Jan. 22. (News Bulletin file photo)
Efforts to protect the environment and recover a sunken boat at Stones Marina are being taken in Nanaimo on Monday, Jan. 22, after its owner was rescued by firefighters when the boat started taking on water on the weekend. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)

Man rescued from sinking boat at Nanaimo marina

Boat owner gets stuck trying to escape vessel in the middle of the night

Efforts to protect the environment and recover a sunken boat at Stones Marina are being taken in Nanaimo on Monday, Jan. 22, after its owner was rescued by firefighters when the boat started taking on water on the weekend. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)
Nanaimo RCMP presented a detailed report to city council on a first-of-its-kind in B.C. special enforcement unit to deal with repeat violent offenders. (News Bulletin file photo)

New RCMP unit cracks down on Nanaimo’s repeat violent offenders

Special investigations and targeted enforcement unit first of its kind in B.C.

Nanaimo RCMP presented a detailed report to city council on a first-of-its-kind in B.C. special enforcement unit to deal with repeat violent offenders. (News Bulletin file photo)
Record-breaking cold temperatures made for a frigid ferry ride between downtown Nanaimo and Gabriola Island on Friday morning, Jan. 12. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)

Weekend winter weather sets record low temperatures in Nanaimo

City logs coldest temperatures in 55 years

Record-breaking cold temperatures made for a frigid ferry ride between downtown Nanaimo and Gabriola Island on Friday morning, Jan. 12. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)
A 14-year-old died of his injuries after the riding lawnmower he was operating collided with a pickup and flipped on a hill south of Nanaimo on Thursday, Dec. 28. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)

14-year-old dies in crash involving riding lawnmower in Nanaimo

Teen pronounced dead after being transported to hospital after incident in Cedar on Dec. 28

A 14-year-old died of his injuries after the riding lawnmower he was operating collided with a pickup and flipped on a hill south of Nanaimo on Thursday, Dec. 28. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)
Sean Carl John Patterson, charged with second-degree murder in fatal stabbing in downtown Nanaimo, pleaded guilty to lesser charge of manslaughter in provincial court in Nanaimo on Monday, Dec. 18. (News Bulletin file photo)

Man pleads guilty to manslaughter in fatal stabbing outside Nanaimo mall

Court orders psychiatric evaluation for Sean Patterson

Sean Carl John Patterson, charged with second-degree murder in fatal stabbing in downtown Nanaimo, pleaded guilty to lesser charge of manslaughter in provincial court in Nanaimo on Monday, Dec. 18. (News Bulletin file photo)
This year has been the deadliest yet for overdoses in Nanaimo, according to statistics from the B.C. Coroners Service and Island Health. (News Bulletin file photo)

Nanaimo’s drug-poisoning death rate double Vancouver Island’s average

Medical health officer presents grim overdose statistics to city councillors

This year has been the deadliest yet for overdoses in Nanaimo, according to statistics from the B.C. Coroners Service and Island Health. (News Bulletin file photo)
Santa and his entourage make their 19th annual flight aboard a Helijet air ambulance to cheer up sick children at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital on Tuesday, Dec. 12. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)

Santa arrives by helicopter at Island hospitals to cheer up sick kids

Old Saint Nick makes 19th-annual tour of pediatric wards at B.C. hospitals

Santa and his entourage make their 19th annual flight aboard a Helijet air ambulance to cheer up sick children at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital on Tuesday, Dec. 12. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)
Nanaimo RCMP have a 20-year-old man in custody who allegedly tried to break into a home and assaulted the homeowner with an aluminum bat. (File photo)

Suspect wielding bat breaks into Nanaimo home in the middle of the night

20-year-old arrested Dec. 1

Nanaimo RCMP have a 20-year-old man in custody who allegedly tried to break into a home and assaulted the homeowner with an aluminum bat. (File photo)
Firefighters had to employ specialized rescue equipment to free a woman trapped under a vehicle at a downtown Nanaimo intersection on Monday, Nov. 27. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)

Woman on mobility scooter struck and pinned under minivan in Nanaimo

Firefighters use specialized equipment to lift vehicle and free patient

Firefighters had to employ specialized rescue equipment to free a woman trapped under a vehicle at a downtown Nanaimo intersection on Monday, Nov. 27. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)
A teenage girl sustained serious injuries after being struck by a vehicle on the old Island Highway in Nanaimo on Tuesday, Nov. 21. (Black Press Media file photo)

Teen in hospital after being struck by vehicle on the highway in Nanaimo

Friend of patient reportedly tried to stop her from stepping out into traffic

A teenage girl sustained serious injuries after being struck by a vehicle on the old Island Highway in Nanaimo on Tuesday, Nov. 21. (Black Press Media file photo)
Nanaimo city council has approved a staff proposal to ease enforcement of building and fire code and zoning bylaws for extreme weather shelters and warming and cooling centres. (News Bulletin file photo)

City of Nanaimo to ease building and fire code enforcement at emergency shelters

Using buildings that aren’t up to code better than leaving unhoused outside, council decides

Nanaimo city council has approved a staff proposal to ease enforcement of building and fire code and zoning bylaws for extreme weather shelters and warming and cooling centres. (News Bulletin file photo)
Nanaimo RCMP arrested a woman who allegedly used at toy gun to rob a gas station Monday, Nov. 20. She is reportedly the same person who committed a similar crime at the same business a little over a year ago. (Black Press Media file photo)

Nanaimo gas station robbed by repeat offender with dollar-store toy gun

Suspect remained close by the crime scene where she was subsequently arrested

Nanaimo RCMP arrested a woman who allegedly used at toy gun to rob a gas station Monday, Nov. 20. She is reportedly the same person who committed a similar crime at the same business a little over a year ago. (Black Press Media file photo)
A still image taken from cellphone video footage shows a sea lion tossing an octopus in Stuart Channel south of Nanaimo on Thursday, Nov. 16. (Image courtesy Lindsay Bryant)

Sea lion-versus-octopus battle filmed in waters south of Nanaimo

Woman preparing to go for swim captures circle-of-life moment

A still image taken from cellphone video footage shows a sea lion tossing an octopus in Stuart Channel south of Nanaimo on Thursday, Nov. 16. (Image courtesy Lindsay Bryant)
Nanaimo Fire Rescue handed a fire investigation over to the RCMP after a pickup truck burned in the woods near the Nanaimo Parkway at Northfield Road on the weekend. (News Bulletin file photo)

Report of bush fire in Nanaimo turns out to be burning pickup truck

Nanaimo firefighters find truck fully ablaze near homeless encampment

Nanaimo Fire Rescue handed a fire investigation over to the RCMP after a pickup truck burned in the woods near the Nanaimo Parkway at Northfield Road on the weekend. (News Bulletin file photo)
A call for help to Nanaimo RCMP from an alleged victim of an assault has landed the caller and the suspect in trouble with police. (Black Press Media file photo)

False report to Nanaimo RCMP coincidentally leads officers to wanted man

12-year-old in trouble nevertheless for making up story about knife assault

A call for help to Nanaimo RCMP from an alleged victim of an assault has landed the caller and the suspect in trouble with police. (Black Press Media file photo)
Nanaimo RCMP bike patrol unit officers arrested two suspects after the victim and a concerned citizen tangled with two men who tried to make off with a cellphone on Thursday, Nov. 16. (Black Press Media file photo)

Suspects fail to get away with cellphone theft at A&W in Nanaimo

Senior, Good Samaritan and RCMP bike patrol officers team up in incident

Nanaimo RCMP bike patrol unit officers arrested two suspects after the victim and a concerned citizen tangled with two men who tried to make off with a cellphone on Thursday, Nov. 16. (Black Press Media file photo)
Nanaimo Fire Rescue firefighters are staring down steeply rising numbers of medical aid calls driven by population growth and illicit drug overdoses. (News Bulletin file photo) Nanaimo Fire Rescue firefighters are staring down steeply rising numbers of medical aid calls driven by population growth and illicit drug overdoses. (File photo)

Vancouver Island fire department challenged by soaring overdose calls

Medical calls accounted for 57% of Nanaimo firefighter responses in 2022, 68% so far in 2023

Nanaimo Fire Rescue firefighters are staring down steeply rising numbers of medical aid calls driven by population growth and illicit drug overdoses. (News Bulletin file photo) Nanaimo Fire Rescue firefighters are staring down steeply rising numbers of medical aid calls driven by population growth and illicit drug overdoses. (File photo)
Graham Truax, Innovation Island executive director, demonstrates AI’s creative capabilities at during a luncheon presentation with fellow AI experts at the State of the Island Economic Summit on Wednesday, Oct. 25. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)

Experts at Island summit discuss how to get on the ‘right side’ of AI technology

Vancouver Island Economic Summit includes ‘V.I. meets AI’ talk

Graham Truax, Innovation Island executive director, demonstrates AI’s creative capabilities at during a luncheon presentation with fellow AI experts at the State of the Island Economic Summit on Wednesday, Oct. 25. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)