Greg Sakaki

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Nestlé Aero Nanaimo chocolate bars and chocolate truffles are now available on store shelves. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)

Aero chocolate bar gets Nanaimo bar twist

Nestlé introduces ‘homage to the classically Canadian flavour’

Nestlé Aero Nanaimo chocolate bars and chocolate truffles are now available on store shelves. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)
Nanaimo Fire Rescue firefighters put out a blaze at the Departure Bay Activity Centre on Wingrove Street. (Nanaimo Fire Rescue photo)

Firefighters put out blaze at ‘landmark’ Nanaimo community centre

No one hurt, cause of suspicious fire under investigation

Nanaimo Fire Rescue firefighters put out a blaze at the Departure Bay Activity Centre on Wingrove Street. (Nanaimo Fire Rescue photo)
Nanaimo author Susan Juby signs copies of ‘Mindful of Murder’ for a reader Tuesday, March 15, at VIU’s Malaspina Theatre, while being waited upon by VIU theatre student Daleal Monjazeb, hired as a butler for the evening. (Greg Sakaki/News Bulletin)

Vancouver Island author releases murder mystery set at West Coast spiritual retreat

Susan Juby’s ‘Mindful of Murder’ features Buddhist butler detective

Nanaimo author Susan Juby signs copies of ‘Mindful of Murder’ for a reader Tuesday, March 15, at VIU’s Malaspina Theatre, while being waited upon by VIU theatre student Daleal Monjazeb, hired as a butler for the evening. (Greg Sakaki/News Bulletin)
Nanaimo-Ladysmith MP Lisa Marie Barron and NDP mental health and addictions critic Gord Johns visit the temporary emergency shelter at Caledonia Park on Friday, March 11. (Greg Sakaki/News Bulletin)

Island MPs trying to get across ‘sense of urgency’ around decriminalization bill

NDP mental health and addictions critic holds consultation in Nanaimo-Ladysmith

Nanaimo-Ladysmith MP Lisa Marie Barron and NDP mental health and addictions critic Gord Johns visit the temporary emergency shelter at Caledonia Park on Friday, March 11. (Greg Sakaki/News Bulletin)
Nanaimo RCMP officers investigate a property on Pine Street the morning after a house exploded on Sunday, Feb. 27. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)

Nanaimo RCMP investigating gas explosion as a crime

Police appeal to the public for tips to help with case

Nanaimo RCMP officers investigate a property on Pine Street the morning after a house exploded on Sunday, Feb. 27. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)
Nanaimo’s Hermon Nizghi is one of the contestants in Season 10 of Big Brother Canada, premiering Wednesday, March 2, on Global TV. (Photo courtesy Corus Entertainment)

Nanaimo man one of the houseguests in new season of Big Brother Canada

Hermon Nizghi among 16 reality TV show contestants vying for $100,000

Nanaimo’s Hermon Nizghi is one of the contestants in Season 10 of Big Brother Canada, premiering Wednesday, March 2, on Global TV. (Photo courtesy Corus Entertainment)
VIU Mariners player Ranika Guyton drives to the basket against the Camosun Chargers during PacWest action Feb. 24 at the Vancouver Island University gym. (Greg Sakaki/News Bulletin)

VIU basketball program goes unbeaten in regular season

Mariners favoured heading into provincials on both men’s and women’s sides

VIU Mariners player Ranika Guyton drives to the basket against the Camosun Chargers during PacWest action Feb. 24 at the Vancouver Island University gym. (Greg Sakaki/News Bulletin)
An artist’s rendering showing conceptual buildings making up the Bowers District on the Green Thumb property on Hammond Bay Road. (Barefoot Planning and Design image)

2,500-home development project for north Nanaimo clears hurdle

City council allows planning to proceed for Green Thumb project following public hearing

An artist’s rendering showing conceptual buildings making up the Bowers District on the Green Thumb property on Hammond Bay Road. (Barefoot Planning and Design image)
Fisheries and Oceans Minister Joyce Murray announces federal funding of $11.8 million for 31 Indigenous commercial fishing companies to grow their operations. She made the announcement Wednesday, Feb. 23, at St. Jean’s Cannery in Nanaimo. (Greg Sakaki/News Bulletin)

Feds providing $11.8 million for Indigenous commercial fishing operations in B.C.

Fisheries and Oceans Canada program supports business development, fisheries access and training

Fisheries and Oceans Minister Joyce Murray announces federal funding of $11.8 million for 31 Indigenous commercial fishing companies to grow their operations. She made the announcement Wednesday, Feb. 23, at St. Jean’s Cannery in Nanaimo. (Greg Sakaki/News Bulletin)
Douglas Royals player Mason Cumming, left, defends against VIU Mariners opponent Cameron Gay during Saturday’s PacWest game at the Vancouver Island University gym. (Greg Sakaki/News Bulletin)

VIU basketball teams stay unbeaten with one game to go

Mariners men and women sweep Douglas Royals in PacWest play

Douglas Royals player Mason Cumming, left, defends against VIU Mariners opponent Cameron Gay during Saturday’s PacWest game at the Vancouver Island University gym. (Greg Sakaki/News Bulletin)
An artist’s rendering of a multi-use trail in the Fielding Road area of the proposed Sandstone development in south Nanaimo. (Seacliff Properties image)

Major south Nanaimo development Sandstone gets past public hearing

City council votes 7-2 in favour of third reading of official community plan amendment bylaw

An artist’s rendering of a multi-use trail in the Fielding Road area of the proposed Sandstone development in south Nanaimo. (Seacliff Properties image)
A 79-year-old Buzz Coffee House employee who died Saturday, Feb. 13, was well-loved by co-workers. (Photo courtesy Madi Landry)

Employees raising money for Buzz Coffee House after co-worker’s alleged murder

79-year-old died Saturday, 29-year-old charged with 2nd-degree murder

A 79-year-old Buzz Coffee House employee who died Saturday, Feb. 13, was well-loved by co-workers. (Photo courtesy Madi Landry)
A rendering of Lantzville Village South, looking west on Ware Road at Lantzville Road with a grocery store on the left and mixed-use buildings on the right. (Barefoot Planning and Design/Lantzville Projects Ltd. image)

700-unit development in Lantzville will proceed to public hearing

Mixed-use Village South project anticipated to bring $25-million economic benefit

A rendering of Lantzville Village South, looking west on Ware Road at Lantzville Road with a grocery store on the left and mixed-use buildings on the right. (Barefoot Planning and Design/Lantzville Projects Ltd. image)
An artist’s rendering of an auto dealership at 4900 Island Hwy. at the corner of Wills Road. (James E. Irwin Architect image)

Development permit issued for Porsche dealership in Nanaimo

Property at 4900 Island Hwy. was re-zoned for automobile sales three years ago

An artist’s rendering of an auto dealership at 4900 Island Hwy. at the corner of Wills Road. (James E. Irwin Architect image)
An artist's rendering of an auto dealership at 4900 Island Hwy. (James E. Irwin Architect image)

Nanaimo approves development permits for new Porsche and Subaru dealerships

Property at 4900 Island Hwy. was re-zoned for automobile sales three years ago

An artist's rendering of an auto dealership at 4900 Island Hwy. (James E. Irwin Architect image)
Youth 20/20 Can Nanaimo members, waving signs on the Norwell Drive pedestrian overpass last month, implore passing motorists to think about mental health. Youth 20/20 Can has organized a mental health workshop series to be held via Zoom from Feb. 10-March 17. (Photo courtesy Youth 20/20 Can)

Youth volunteers in Nanaimo organize mental health workshop series

Youth 20/20 Can hosting Zoom calls for young people aged 15-29

Youth 20/20 Can Nanaimo members, waving signs on the Norwell Drive pedestrian overpass last month, implore passing motorists to think about mental health. Youth 20/20 Can has organized a mental health workshop series to be held via Zoom from Feb. 10-March 17. (Photo courtesy Youth 20/20 Can)
Nanaimo Courthouse. (News Bulletin file photo)

Nanaimo man who has had 20 friends die of overdoses sentenced for trafficking fentanyl

40-year-old caught ‘red-handed’ outside Port Place to serve another four and a half years

Nanaimo Courthouse. (News Bulletin file photo)
Nanaimo’s Kenna Deo chats with Wall of Chefs host Noah Cappe while competing on the Food Network Canada culinary competition TV show. (Photo courtesy Katia Taylor/Food Network Canada)

Nanaimo woman wins TV cooking competition Wall of Chefs

Kenna Deo was the winner of last week’s episode of the Food Network Canada show

Nanaimo’s Kenna Deo chats with Wall of Chefs host Noah Cappe while competing on the Food Network Canada culinary competition TV show. (Photo courtesy Katia Taylor/Food Network Canada)
Nanaimo RCMP arrest two Extinction Rebellion protesters on the Trans-Canada Highway on Thursday, Jan. 27. (Greg Sakaki/News Bulletin)

Old-growth logging protesters bike-lock themselves together on highway in Nanaimo

Extinction Rebellion continues Save Old Growth campaign of Trans-Canada Highway disruptions

Nanaimo RCMP arrest two Extinction Rebellion protesters on the Trans-Canada Highway on Thursday, Jan. 27. (Greg Sakaki/News Bulletin)
The Nanaimo Track and Field Club is putting together a bid seeking the 2024 Canadian Track and Field Championships and Olympic and Paralympic trials. (News Bulletin file photo)

Nanaimo chasing bid to host Canada’s 2024 track and field nationals

Event would also serve as Olympic and Paralympic trials

The Nanaimo Track and Field Club is putting together a bid seeking the 2024 Canadian Track and Field Championships and Olympic and Paralympic trials. (News Bulletin file photo)