Karl Yu

The courthouse in Nanaimo. (News Bulletin file photo)

Man caught in child-luring sting on YouTube spared jail time by judge in Nanaimo

Cory John Lloyd, 42, sentenced for charge of arranging a sexual offence against a child

The courthouse in Nanaimo. (News Bulletin file photo)
Nanaimo RCMP are responding to an incident on Haliburton Street. A roadblock has been set up beginning at Woodhouse Street. (Karl Yu/News Bulletin)

Man dead after RCMP shooting on central Vancouver Island

IIO investigating incident at Haliburton Street in Nanaimo

Nanaimo RCMP are responding to an incident on Haliburton Street. A roadblock has been set up beginning at Woodhouse Street. (Karl Yu/News Bulletin)
Former Nanaimo Aboriginal Centre executive Chris Beaton. (News Bulletin file photo)

No jail for former Nanaimo Aboriginal Centre exec after child-luring charges

Chris Beaton handed suspended sentence with probation and conditions

Former Nanaimo Aboriginal Centre executive Chris Beaton. (News Bulletin file photo)
Biting into a Nanaimo bar is one of 101 things that everyone should do in Nanaimo. (News Bulletin file photo)

Rejuvenated Nanaimo Bar Trail beckons for those looking for a sweet treat

Amplified tour offers some options for enjoying signature dessert well off the beaten track

Biting into a Nanaimo bar is one of 101 things that everyone should do in Nanaimo. (News Bulletin file photo)
East Wellington Fire Department extinguished a fire on a fueled boat in rural Nanaimo on July 16. (Karl Yu/News Bulletin)

Firefighters battle ‘dangerous’ blaze on fully fuelled boat on land in rural Nanaimo

Incident happened in East Wellington on Saturday, July 16

East Wellington Fire Department extinguished a fire on a fueled boat in rural Nanaimo on July 16. (Karl Yu/News Bulletin)
Two new hybrid ferries servicing Gabriola Island and Nanaimo have resulted in more trips and fewer sailing waits, reports B.C. Ferries. (News Bulletin file photo)

Gabriola ferries on time with fewer sailing waits, reports B.C. Ferries

Gabriola Ferry Advisory Committee hearing positive feedback from travellers

Two new hybrid ferries servicing Gabriola Island and Nanaimo have resulted in more trips and fewer sailing waits, reports B.C. Ferries. (News Bulletin file photo)
Coal Tyee Elementary School will be now known as Syuẁén’ct and the field at Nanaimo District Secondary School will be known as Q’unq’inuqwstuxw, after school trustees voted in favour of the name changes at a meeting July 6. (News Bulletin file photo)

Colonial history, First Nation concerns lead to Vancouver Island school name change

Nanaimo’s Coal Tyee school, named after First Nations ‘tragic figure,’ has been renamed Syuẁén’ct

Coal Tyee Elementary School will be now known as Syuẁén’ct and the field at Nanaimo District Secondary School will be known as Q’unq’inuqwstuxw, after school trustees voted in favour of the name changes at a meeting July 6. (News Bulletin file photo)
The Nanaimo Dragonboat Festival will return to Maffeo Sutton Park July 9-10. (Nanaimo News Bulletin file)

Summer festival season starting this week in Nanaimo with dragonboat racing

Nanaimo Dragonboat Festival returns after two-year COVID-19 hiatus

The Nanaimo Dragonboat Festival will return to Maffeo Sutton Park July 9-10. (Nanaimo News Bulletin file)
Jeopardy host Mayim Bialik, left, and contestant Whitney Wood, a VIU professor, on the Alex Trebek Stage at Sony Pictures Studios at Culver City, Calif. (Photo courtesy Jeopardy Productions, Inc.)

Vancouver Island University prof happy with runner-up finish on Jeopardy

Whitney Wood appeared on the episode that aired Thursday, June 23

Jeopardy host Mayim Bialik, left, and contestant Whitney Wood, a VIU professor, on the Alex Trebek Stage at Sony Pictures Studios at Culver City, Calif. (Photo courtesy Jeopardy Productions, Inc.)
A colder, wetter spring may not necessarily mean an influx of mosquitoes in Nanaimo and elsewhere in B.C., says an entomologist at the University of B.C. (Stock photo)

Colder spring may not mean population boom for Vancouver Island mosquitoes

Entomologist discusses weather’s effects on the irritating insect

A colder, wetter spring may not necessarily mean an influx of mosquitoes in Nanaimo and elsewhere in B.C., says an entomologist at the University of B.C. (Stock photo)
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Cat dies in apartment fire in central Nanaimo

Firefighters from all four Nanaimo Fire Rescue stations responded to fire last night

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Courthouse in Nanaimo. (News Bulletin file)

Man pleads guilty to sexually touching two children in Nanaimo

Sentencing date for Glen Murray Massick expected to be set in August

Courthouse in Nanaimo. (News Bulletin file)
Jordan Vearer listens to instructions from the V.I. Raiders coaching staff during a drill Sunday, May 29, at the team’s spring camp at NDSS Community Field. (Greg Sakaki/News Bulletin)

Female offensive lineman signs with V.I. Raiders

Jordan Vearer first female player to ever sign with Nanaimo junior football team

Jordan Vearer listens to instructions from the V.I. Raiders coaching staff during a drill Sunday, May 29, at the team’s spring camp at NDSS Community Field. (Greg Sakaki/News Bulletin)
A Nanaimo Ladysmith Public Schools business committee recommendation could see Rutherford Elementary School, which closed in 2018, re-opening in 2024 or 2025. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)

Nanaimo school trustees vote on re-opening one school, expanding another

Motion at June 8 business committee aims to see Rutherford re-opening, but not for 2023

A Nanaimo Ladysmith Public Schools business committee recommendation could see Rutherford Elementary School, which closed in 2018, re-opening in 2024 or 2025. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)
Lindsay Davies is principal of Nanaimo Innovation Academy’s new independent elementary school which will provide instruction for primary-age children beginning this fall. (Karl Yu/News Bulletin)

Non-profit in Nanaimo to open nature-based elementary school

Nanaimo Innovation Academy to offer 32 spaces for kindergarten to Grade 3 for 2022-23 school year

Lindsay Davies is principal of Nanaimo Innovation Academy’s new independent elementary school which will provide instruction for primary-age children beginning this fall. (Karl Yu/News Bulletin)
Nanaimo Fire Rescue battled a fire at a homeless camp at Bowen Park this morning, June 7, which included propane tanks exploding. (News Bulletin file photo)

Nanaimo Fire Rescue battles fire at Bowen Park, with exploding propane tanks

No one at the scene of homeless camp, says Nanaimo Fire Rescue official

Nanaimo Fire Rescue battled a fire at a homeless camp at Bowen Park this morning, June 7, which included propane tanks exploding. (News Bulletin file photo)
An East Wellington Volunteer Fire Department firefighter hurried to a crash scene and vehicle fire close to his house and may have saved the life of a driver Saturday, June 4. (News Bulletin file photo)

Firefighter rescues driver from burning car after crash in East Wellington in Nanaimo

Incident happened on Munroe Road in the early-morning hours Saturday, June 4

An East Wellington Volunteer Fire Department firefighter hurried to a crash scene and vehicle fire close to his house and may have saved the life of a driver Saturday, June 4. (News Bulletin file photo)
Paris LaRoche, 26, charged in relation to the death of Sidney Mantee, 33, had a date in provincial court in Nanaimo June 1. Mantee was reported missing in October 2020. (News Bulletin file)

Preliminary inquiry may be delayed until new year in case of missing Nanaimo man’s murder

Paris Jayanne LaRoche faces charges of murder, indignity to human remains in Sidney Mantee case

Paris LaRoche, 26, charged in relation to the death of Sidney Mantee, 33, had a date in provincial court in Nanaimo June 1. Mantee was reported missing in October 2020. (News Bulletin file)
Nanaimo Ladysmith Public Schools is looking to re-name Coal Tyee Elementary School to Syuẁén’ct. (News Bulletin photo)

Nanaimo’s Coal Tyee school could potentially be renamed Syuẁén’ct

Committee suggests new name, meaning ‘our traditions,’ for elementary school

Nanaimo Ladysmith Public Schools is looking to re-name Coal Tyee Elementary School to Syuẁén’ct. (News Bulletin photo)
James and Jodie Dobby and baby Jacob receive a book bag at the Roots to Read launch event at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital on June 1. The program promotes reading to newborn babies. (Karl Yu/News Bulletin)

New Island program encourages reading right away to newborn babies

Roots to Read launched last month at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital

James and Jodie Dobby and baby Jacob receive a book bag at the Roots to Read launch event at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital on June 1. The program promotes reading to newborn babies. (Karl Yu/News Bulletin)