Chris Bush

Nanaimo’s South Fork Dam, built in the 1930s, will be getting a seismic upgrade in the 2030s as part of efforts to ensure the city has adequate water supplies in spite of population growth and climate change in the coming decades. (News Bulletin file photo)

Report suggest Nanaimo will be water resilient for decades

Public Works department reports on water supply strategy meant to supplement city plan

Nanaimo’s South Fork Dam, built in the 1930s, will be getting a seismic upgrade in the 2030s as part of efforts to ensure the city has adequate water supplies in spite of population growth and climate change in the coming decades. (News Bulletin file photo)
Police and firefighters load a victim onto a clamshell stretcher to carry him up a steep embankment to an ambulance along Terminal Avenue on Wednesday, June 14. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)

Shots fired at Nanaimo homeless camp, one person seriously injured

Two people detained by police after incident along Terminal Avenue on June 14

Police and firefighters load a victim onto a clamshell stretcher to carry him up a steep embankment to an ambulance along Terminal Avenue on Wednesday, June 14. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)
A Nanaimo family found a cougar guarding its kill in their backyard on the weekend. (Photo courtesy Cheryl Thompson)

Nanaimo family wakes up to find cougar guarding its kill in their backyard

Multiple sightings of cat in Invermere Beach area in north Nanaimo this week

A Nanaimo family found a cougar guarding its kill in their backyard on the weekend. (Photo courtesy Cheryl Thompson)
Nanaimo RCMP have reported a man has died on June 7 after going into medical distress while swimming at Westwood Lake. (Black Press Media file photo)

Man dies after going into medical distress while swimming in Vancouver Island lake

Rescue attempt by friends, emergency services successful, but victim died later in Nanaimo hospital

Nanaimo RCMP have reported a man has died on June 7 after going into medical distress while swimming at Westwood Lake. (Black Press Media file photo)
Nanaimo RCMP would like to talk with any witnesses to a collision in Extension that claimed the life of a man Tuesday, June 6. (Black Press Media file photo)

RCMP looking for witnesses after Nanaimo man dies in crash in Extension

Crash happened on White Rapids Road, south of Nanaimo

Nanaimo RCMP would like to talk with any witnesses to a collision in Extension that claimed the life of a man Tuesday, June 6. (Black Press Media file photo)
A Nanaimo firefighter douses hot spots after fire damaged an unoccupied commercial building on Stewart Avenue Monday, June 5. (Chris Bush/ News Bulletin)

Nanaimo firefighters battle another unoccupied commercial building fire on Stewart Avenue

Fire in former restaurant on June 5 under investigation, cause deemed suspicious

A Nanaimo firefighter douses hot spots after fire damaged an unoccupied commercial building on Stewart Avenue Monday, June 5. (Chris Bush/ News Bulletin)
Cpl. Mike Ramsey is representing Nanaimo RCMP as part of the Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock 2023 team. (Chris Bush/ News Bulletin)

Nanaimo RCMP officer has waited 20 years to ride the Tour de Rock

Mike Ramsey escorted Tour de Rock riders as a new recruit in 2003 and is now training for 2023 ride

Cpl. Mike Ramsey is representing Nanaimo RCMP as part of the Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock 2023 team. (Chris Bush/ News Bulletin)
Nanaimo RCMP rushed to the Salvation Army New Hope Centre after a man was stabbed with a corkscrew on Tuesday, May 9. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)

Two people stabbed, one with a corkscrew, in separate incidents in downtown Nanaimo

Incidents happened in the afternoon on Nicol Street and at night on Wesley Street on May 9

Nanaimo RCMP rushed to the Salvation Army New Hope Centre after a man was stabbed with a corkscrew on Tuesday, May 9. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)
Firefighters with Extension Volunteer Fire Department douse hot spots that flared up hours after a blaze destroyed a house south of Nanaimo early Wednesday, May 10. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)

Fire guts house south of Nanaimo

House on Godfrey Road in Extension destroyed in early-morning fire

Firefighters with Extension Volunteer Fire Department douse hot spots that flared up hours after a blaze destroyed a house south of Nanaimo early Wednesday, May 10. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)
Former Canadian Coast Guard hovercraft Penac is biding its time on Departure Bay Beach while it awaits the arrival of a cargo ship that will transport it to Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (Chris Bush/ News Bulletin)

Former coast guard hovercraft hangs out at Nanaimo beach before trip to Atlantic

Hovercraft Penac has new duties with New Brunswick commercial dive company

Former Canadian Coast Guard hovercraft Penac is biding its time on Departure Bay Beach while it awaits the arrival of a cargo ship that will transport it to Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (Chris Bush/ News Bulletin)
A city strategy, endorsed by council Monday, May 1, is intended to prevent youths from becoming involved with gangs and violence. (News Bulletin file photo)

Nanaimo city council endorses strategy to try to divert youths from gang violence

Steering committee set up to guide implementation of strategy

A city strategy, endorsed by council Monday, May 1, is intended to prevent youths from becoming involved with gangs and violence. (News Bulletin file photo)
Fire destroyed a 100-year old heritage barn at Yellow Point Farms south of Nanaimo on Monday, May 1. (Gil Barrie photo)

Fire levels heritage barn at Yellow Point Farms south of Nanaimo

Barn containing tools and animal feed burns down in late-night fire

Fire destroyed a 100-year old heritage barn at Yellow Point Farms south of Nanaimo on Monday, May 1. (Gil Barrie photo)
Dover Bay Secondary School robotics students Hiroki Nariyoshi, left, Scott Wiebe, Marina Pelletier, Xiaorui Liu, Mark Ratzlaff and Rhys Arden, not pictured, will represent B.C. in the Skills Canada national competition May 25-26 in Winnipeg. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)

High school students from Nanaimo will represent B.C. in national robotics competition

Dover Bay Secondary School team to compete at Skills Canada event in Winnipeg

Dover Bay Secondary School robotics students Hiroki Nariyoshi, left, Scott Wiebe, Marina Pelletier, Xiaorui Liu, Mark Ratzlaff and Rhys Arden, not pictured, will represent B.C. in the Skills Canada national competition May 25-26 in Winnipeg. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)
Jennifer Montgomery, left, and Chantelle Ruley are two of the most recent graduates of the Island Crisis Care Society’s Project Rise program. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)

Nanaimo program helping workers overcome barriers to better their lives

Island Crisis Care Society’s Project Rise graduates share their experiences

Jennifer Montgomery, left, and Chantelle Ruley are two of the most recent graduates of the Island Crisis Care Society’s Project Rise program. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)
More than 200 people turned out to Diana Krall Plaza Thursday, April 27, to demand action on social disorder. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)

Hundreds gather in Nanaimo to demand action against crime and social disorder

Rally was one of seven held across B.C. to send message that ‘enough is enough’

More than 200 people turned out to Diana Krall Plaza Thursday, April 27, to demand action on social disorder. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)
Matt Carter, Nanaimo Craft Beer Society director, left, and Kevin Ward, Wolf Brewing Company brewmaster, lift a pint to the fifth annual Nanaimo Craft Beer Week, April 30-May 7. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)

Beer lovers hopped up about Nanaimo Craft Beer Week

Nanaimo’s craft beer brewers come together to create collaboration brew

Matt Carter, Nanaimo Craft Beer Society director, left, and Kevin Ward, Wolf Brewing Company brewmaster, lift a pint to the fifth annual Nanaimo Craft Beer Week, April 30-May 7. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)
Dee Woods, GRT communications director, holds a small sample of product reclaimed from the company’s massive washing machine that separates contaminants from soil trucked to the Duke Point site. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)

Vancouver Island company creating clean aggregates from contaminated soil

Nanaimo’s GRT reclaims 95 per cent of waste soil for reuse in landscaping and construction

Dee Woods, GRT communications director, holds a small sample of product reclaimed from the company’s massive washing machine that separates contaminants from soil trucked to the Duke Point site. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)
Diana Ied, Silas Boom and Nathan Singleton demonstrate their kinetic sand table, a prototype for a coffee table that uses a magnetically driven ball bearing to draw artistic patterns in sand. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)

VIU puts on its first information technology student project fair

First- and second-year information technology and applied systems students show recent projects

Diana Ied, Silas Boom and Nathan Singleton demonstrate their kinetic sand table, a prototype for a coffee table that uses a magnetically driven ball bearing to draw artistic patterns in sand. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)
A still image taken from a submitted video of an altercation at Nanaimo District Secondary School shows a large knife that was wielded by a youth in the school hallway. A 15-year-old was detained by police, Monday, April 17, soon after the incident. (Image submitted)

Nanaimo high school goes into hold-and-secure after youth wields knife in school hallway

Fifteen-year-old facing charges of assault with a weapon

A still image taken from a submitted video of an altercation at Nanaimo District Secondary School shows a large knife that was wielded by a youth in the school hallway. A 15-year-old was detained by police, Monday, April 17, soon after the incident. (Image submitted)
Nanaimo Ladysmith school district is looking at beefing up daily safety sweeps at schools after an École Quarterway student found a packet of fentanyl on the school’s grounds Friday, April 15. (News Bulletin file photo)

Student finds packet of fentanyl outside elementary school in Nanaimo

Nanaimo-Ladysmith school district discussing stepping up daily safety sweeps of school facilities

Nanaimo Ladysmith school district is looking at beefing up daily safety sweeps at schools after an École Quarterway student found a packet of fentanyl on the school’s grounds Friday, April 15. (News Bulletin file photo)