Chris Bush

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Vancouver Island University student and Nanaimo musician Mikaila Tombe is gathering data to explore the effects of various music styles on study participants and whether future research could lead to music-based learning aids and therapies. (Photo courtesy Doug Tombe/Tailgate Video)

Getting in tune: Island student researching music’s cognitive and healing effects

VIU’s Mikaila Tombe working on pilot study testing subjects’ responses to different types of music

Vancouver Island University student and Nanaimo musician Mikaila Tombe is gathering data to explore the effects of various music styles on study participants and whether future research could lead to music-based learning aids and therapies. (Photo courtesy Doug Tombe/Tailgate Video)
Staff and patrons wait outside a Starbucks in Nanaimo that was evacuated after someone discharged pepper spray in a washroom on Monday, Feb. 6. (Mandy Moraes/News Bulletin)

Pepper spray incident clears out Nanaimo coffee shop

RCMP look for suspect after ‘unwanted, needless, senseless act of mischief’

Staff and patrons wait outside a Starbucks in Nanaimo that was evacuated after someone discharged pepper spray in a washroom on Monday, Feb. 6. (Mandy Moraes/News Bulletin)
A stolen car crashed off the side of the Island Highway at Nanoose Bay and any occupants of the vehicle left the scene on Tuesday, Feb. 7. (Photo submitted)

Stolen car crashes and rolls off the Island Highway in Nanoose Bay

No occupants found at crash scene when witness tried to help Feb. 7

A stolen car crashed off the side of the Island Highway at Nanoose Bay and any occupants of the vehicle left the scene on Tuesday, Feb. 7. (Photo submitted)
One man is recovering in hospital after he was struck in the head with an axe during an argument at a downtown Nanaimo bus stop. (File photo)

UPDATE: Suspect in custody after man struck in head with axe at downtown Nanaimo bus stop

Attack happened after argument along Front Street on Saturday, Feb. 4

One man is recovering in hospital after he was struck in the head with an axe during an argument at a downtown Nanaimo bus stop. (File photo)
Nanaimo RCMP have one man in custody after a possible road rage incident resulted in one driver allegedly firing several shots into another man’s car. (News Bulletin file photo)

UPDATE: Man charged with attempted murder after shots fired in apparent Nanaimo road rage incident

Incident happened at Northfield and Boxwood roads on Sunday, Feb. 5

Nanaimo RCMP have one man in custody after a possible road rage incident resulted in one driver allegedly firing several shots into another man’s car. (News Bulletin file photo)
Nanaimo Fire Rescue firefighters and other emergency services were kept busy with motor vehicle incidents on snowy and icy roads Tuesday, Jan. 31. (News Bulletin file photo)

Snow and ice put Nanaimo motorists in precarious situations

Firefighters rescue trapped driver, as well as occupants of vehicle teetering on edge of steep bank

Nanaimo Fire Rescue firefighters and other emergency services were kept busy with motor vehicle incidents on snowy and icy roads Tuesday, Jan. 31. (News Bulletin file photo)
Extension volunteer firefighters perform a rope rescue to retrieve a dog that became stranded on the ledge of a cliff after slipping on steep terrain south of Nanaimo on Thursday, Jan. 26. (Photo courtesy Extension Volunteer Fire Department)

Volunteer firefighters rescue dog that fell down rocky ridge south of Nanaimo

Extension Volunteer Fire Department performed rope rescue operation Thursday, Jan. 26

Extension volunteer firefighters perform a rope rescue to retrieve a dog that became stranded on the ledge of a cliff after slipping on steep terrain south of Nanaimo on Thursday, Jan. 26. (Photo courtesy Extension Volunteer Fire Department)
Travis Baker, assistant professor at Rutgers University-Newark’s Centre for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience, is developing technology to treat substance-use disorders. (Photo submitted)

VIU alum now working abroad researching magnetic stimulation to treat substance abuse

Nanaimo’s Travis Baker earns $2.5-million grant for research at Rutgers University-Newark

Travis Baker, assistant professor at Rutgers University-Newark’s Centre for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience, is developing technology to treat substance-use disorders. (Photo submitted)
Crime Stoppers in Nanaimo has reorganized to improve the safety of tipsters and now receives information from across the central Island and Gulf Islands. (File photo)

Police and volunteers on the mid-Island recognize National Crime Stoppers Month

Restructured chapter to receive tips from across the central Vancouver Island region

Crime Stoppers in Nanaimo has reorganized to improve the safety of tipsters and now receives information from across the central Island and Gulf Islands. (File photo)
RCMP execute a warrant at a Murray Street residence last month. The property was slapped with a nuisance designation at Nanaimo city council’s meeting Monday, Jan. 16. (Photo submitted)

Nanaimo house designated a nuisance property after police were called 58 times

430 Murray St. one of two addresses slapped with nuisance designation this week

RCMP execute a warrant at a Murray Street residence last month. The property was slapped with a nuisance designation at Nanaimo city council’s meeting Monday, Jan. 16. (Photo submitted)
Firefighters from North Oyster Volunteer Fire Department prepare to snuff out a burning car on Simpson Road on Wednesday, Jan. 18. (Duck Paterson photo)

Muscle car burns up near Nanaimo Airport

Firefighters arrive to find Chevrolet Camaro with no licence plates engulfed in flames

Firefighters from North Oyster Volunteer Fire Department prepare to snuff out a burning car on Simpson Road on Wednesday, Jan. 18. (Duck Paterson photo)
Police in Nanaimo hope the public can help identify a person who allegedly walked out of a Best Buy store without paying for a JBL speaker system. (Photo submitted)

Suspect in parka and pyjamas steals speakers from Nanaimo electronics store

Nanaimo RCMP ask for public’s help to identify individual who allegedly failed to pay for product

Police in Nanaimo hope the public can help identify a person who allegedly walked out of a Best Buy store without paying for a JBL speaker system. (Photo submitted)
Phillip Vannini with his daughter Autumn and wife April travelled to 20 world heritage sites over five years to discover how other cultures view the concepts of ‘wild’ and ‘wilderness.’ (Photo submitted)

Gabriola family travels the world seeking the meaning of ‘wild’

Five years’ travels translate to book and film examining different cultural perspectives

Phillip Vannini with his daughter Autumn and wife April travelled to 20 world heritage sites over five years to discover how other cultures view the concepts of ‘wild’ and ‘wilderness.’ (Photo submitted)
City staff is being instructed to bring forward a report to help council determine whether the NANDU site at 264 Nicol St. should be designated as a nuisance property. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)

Peer-run overdose prevention site in Nanaimo could be designated a nuisance property

City and neighbourhood associations put NANDU and province on notice about Nicol Street site

City staff is being instructed to bring forward a report to help council determine whether the NANDU site at 264 Nicol St. should be designated as a nuisance property. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)
One man was hospitalized for burns after a fire in a Nanaimo apartment on Wednesday, Dec. 7. (Mandy Moraes/News Bulletin)

Man in Nanaimo suffers burns trying to put out fire in apartment on Stewart Avenue

Victim hospitalized with ‘major burns’ after fire in bathroom

One man was hospitalized for burns after a fire in a Nanaimo apartment on Wednesday, Dec. 7. (Mandy Moraes/News Bulletin)
A fire at an industrial property on Boban Drive on the weekend destroyed a storage shed and an Atco trailer, but caused no injuries. (Mandy Moraes/News Bulletin)

Fire destroys shed and trailer on industrial property in Nanaimo

Fire not deemed suspicious, but cause under investigation

A fire at an industrial property on Boban Drive on the weekend destroyed a storage shed and an Atco trailer, but caused no injuries. (Mandy Moraes/News Bulletin)
Seven trucks from Nanaimo Fire Rescue’s four Nanaimo fire stations responded to a fire that destroyed a house and forced two people from their home early Wednesday. (Chris Bush/ News Bulletin)

House fire in Nanaimo displaces two people

Early morning blaze burned through roof of rancher on Barrington Road on Wednesday, Nov. 30

Seven trucks from Nanaimo Fire Rescue’s four Nanaimo fire stations responded to a fire that destroyed a house and forced two people from their home early Wednesday. (Chris Bush/ News Bulletin)
A driver bailed out of runaway motorhome after its brakes failed on Terminal Avenue and Dawes Street earlier this week. (News Bulletin file photo)

Driver bails out of runaway motorhome on Nanaimo’s waterfront

Utility pole and guardrail prevent vehicle from going over embankment

A driver bailed out of runaway motorhome after its brakes failed on Terminal Avenue and Dawes Street earlier this week. (News Bulletin file photo)
Winter festivities in downtown Nanaimo will officially start when Santa Claus’s Harbour Air flight touches down in Nanaimo Harbour on Saturday, Nov. 26. (News Bulletin file photo)

Santa catching float plane flight to Nanaimo Harbour

Santa Claus and elf entourage kick off holiday festivities in downtown Nanaimo

Winter festivities in downtown Nanaimo will officially start when Santa Claus’s Harbour Air flight touches down in Nanaimo Harbour on Saturday, Nov. 26. (News Bulletin file photo)
Ashley Rowe, Nanaimo Canoe and Kayak Club commodore, front, and Danuch Patrick, a club volunteer, survey the remains of two vintage voyageur-style canoes that were destroyed by an early morning fire Thursday, Nov. 24. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)

VIDEO: Voyageur canoes used in Canada’s centennial destroyed in Island fire

Nanaimo Canoe and Kayak Club canoes burn up in incident Thursday, Nov. 24, at Loudon Park

Ashley Rowe, Nanaimo Canoe and Kayak Club commodore, front, and Danuch Patrick, a club volunteer, survey the remains of two vintage voyageur-style canoes that were destroyed by an early morning fire Thursday, Nov. 24. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)