Mandy Moraes

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Suksham Shan, left, Matt Garvey, Pluto Hall, Sam Follis and Nate Jackson in downtown Victoria last summer while filming Joe Rule’s independent film ‘A Reel Heist.’ (Submitted photo)

Nanaimo filmmaker creates small-budget film with a ‘meta twist’

‘A Reel Heist,’ shot mostly in Victoria and Nanaimo, was produced with only $15,000

Suksham Shan, left, Matt Garvey, Pluto Hall, Sam Follis and Nate Jackson in downtown Victoria last summer while filming Joe Rule’s independent film ‘A Reel Heist.’ (Submitted photo)
Michelle Hall, left, Ariel Bell, David Hall, Lily Thomas and Malakai Thomas led the annual justice march for missing woman Lisa Marie Young from the Nanaimo RCMP detachment to Maffeo Sutton Park on Sunday, June 25. (Mandy Moraes/News Bulletin)

March for missing woman Lisa Marie Young held in downtown Nanaimo

Community members show support at Maffeo Sutton Park following march

Michelle Hall, left, Ariel Bell, David Hall, Lily Thomas and Malakai Thomas led the annual justice march for missing woman Lisa Marie Young from the Nanaimo RCMP detachment to Maffeo Sutton Park on Sunday, June 25. (Mandy Moraes/News Bulletin)
A screenshot of video footage captured by Garrett Clement of a bluntnose sixgill shark the scuba divers encountered while swimming in the Alberni Inlet on May 27. (Image courtesy Uncharted Odyssey/Garrett Clement)

Nanaimo scuba divers encounter shark while exploring shipwreck

Divers happen upon bluntnose sixgill, an at-risk species, in Alberni Inlet

A screenshot of video footage captured by Garrett Clement of a bluntnose sixgill shark the scuba divers encountered while swimming in the Alberni Inlet on May 27. (Image courtesy Uncharted Odyssey/Garrett Clement)
Trevor Price, left, Bob Wilson and Andrew MacMillan during rehearsal on Tuesday, May 23, for the trio’s upcoming tribute show ‘Sundown: A Gordon Lightfoot Experience’ at the Royal Canadian Legion Mount Benson Branch 256 on June 3. (Mandy Moraes/News Bulletin)

Musicians honour legendary singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot in Nanaimo tribute show

‘Sundown: A Gordon Lightfoot Experience’ happens June 3 in Nanaimo

Trevor Price, left, Bob Wilson and Andrew MacMillan during rehearsal on Tuesday, May 23, for the trio’s upcoming tribute show ‘Sundown: A Gordon Lightfoot Experience’ at the Royal Canadian Legion Mount Benson Branch 256 on June 3. (Mandy Moraes/News Bulletin)
Snuneymuxw Chief Michael Wyse and director of development at Seacliff Properties Georgia Desjardins as they officially sign the land transfer agreement at the Snuneymuxw Recreation and Wellness Centre Gymnasium on Thursday, May 18. (Mandy Moraes/News Bulletin)

Nanaimo River land, including ancient village site transferred to Island First Nation

Signing ceremony between Snuneymuxw First Nation and Seacliff Properties marks ‘profound milestone’

Snuneymuxw Chief Michael Wyse and director of development at Seacliff Properties Georgia Desjardins as they officially sign the land transfer agreement at the Snuneymuxw Recreation and Wellness Centre Gymnasium on Thursday, May 18. (Mandy Moraes/News Bulletin)
Lantzville singer Raymond Salgado during the May 9 semi-final performances of ‘Canada’s Got Talent.’ Salgado will return to the show as a finalist on Tuesday, May 16. (Photo credit: Jag Gundu/Canada’s Got Talent)

Lantzville singer Raymond Salgado voted in as finalist for ‘Canada’s Got Talent’

24-year-old will appear next Tuesday, May 16, with seven other finalists

Lantzville singer Raymond Salgado during the May 9 semi-final performances of ‘Canada’s Got Talent.’ Salgado will return to the show as a finalist on Tuesday, May 16. (Photo credit: Jag Gundu/Canada’s Got Talent)
Tem McCutcheon, left, Stuart Biggs, Meika Johnson, and Genevieve Burdett accept a donation of $3,150 from Island Queers and Allies Who Care on behalf of Lake Park Society’s Camp Kin program in Cumberland. (Submitted photo)

Volunteer group seeks applicants and donors for Vancouver Island LGBTQ causes

Island Queers and Allies Who Care have donated more than $10,000 in their first year

Tem McCutcheon, left, Stuart Biggs, Meika Johnson, and Genevieve Burdett accept a donation of $3,150 from Island Queers and Allies Who Care on behalf of Lake Park Society’s Camp Kin program in Cumberland. (Submitted photo)
Wryly Andherson, left, Tadafumi Tamura and Minah Lee, of Art Action Earwig, perform during the opening reception of the collaborative multimedia exhibit ‘Give Birth Love Tooth’ at Nanaimo Art Gallery on Friday, April 28. (Mandy Moraes/News Bulletin)

Nanaimo Art Gallery’s new exhibit inspires tooth chatter

‘Give Birth Love Tooth’ by Art Action Earwig will be shown until June 25

Wryly Andherson, left, Tadafumi Tamura and Minah Lee, of Art Action Earwig, perform during the opening reception of the collaborative multimedia exhibit ‘Give Birth Love Tooth’ at Nanaimo Art Gallery on Friday, April 28. (Mandy Moraes/News Bulletin)
Fiddelium members Norah Figueira, left, Ava Shaw, Ben Rainer and Olivia Crowhurst accepted the Young Performers of the Year award during the Canadian Folk Music Awards in Vancouver on April 1. (Submitted photo)

Nanaimo’s Fiddelium wins young performers’ honour at Canadian Folk Music Awards

Ensemble will perform year-end show at the Port Theatre later this month

Fiddelium members Norah Figueira, left, Ava Shaw, Ben Rainer and Olivia Crowhurst accepted the Young Performers of the Year award during the Canadian Folk Music Awards in Vancouver on April 1. (Submitted photo)
Arnold Arthur, pictured with his dog Arco, will be the guest conductor for Vancouver Island Symphony’s season finale Proms Island Style concert, showing at the Port Theatre on April 29. (Submitted photo)

Vancouver Island Symphony presents Proms Island Style as season finale

Guest conductor Arnold Arthur will lead Nanaimo’s Port Theatre performance April 29

Arnold Arthur, pictured with his dog Arco, will be the guest conductor for Vancouver Island Symphony’s season finale Proms Island Style concert, showing at the Port Theatre on April 29. (Submitted photo)
Victoria-based filmmaker Pauline Gallinat will present ‘Time Together’ at the Vancouver Island Short Film Festival at VIU’s Malaspina Theatre on April 22. (Submitted photo)

Vancouver Island Short Film Festival offers online and theatre viewing

Two-day event takes place at VIU’s Malaspina Theatre on April 21-22

Victoria-based filmmaker Pauline Gallinat will present ‘Time Together’ at the Vancouver Island Short Film Festival at VIU’s Malaspina Theatre on April 22. (Submitted photo)
Dirk Heydemann, the Nanaimo International Jazz Festival Association artistic director, accepts B.C. Touring Council’s inaugural Festival of the Year award from Julie Fowler, a founding member of BC Music Festival Collective, during Pacific Contact 2023 in New Westminster on Saturday, April 15. (Photo by Tom Landa)

Nanaimo International Jazz Festival wins provincial ‘Festival of the Year’ award

B.C. Touring Council presented the award during Pacific Contact conference April 15

Dirk Heydemann, the Nanaimo International Jazz Festival Association artistic director, accepts B.C. Touring Council’s inaugural Festival of the Year award from Julie Fowler, a founding member of BC Music Festival Collective, during Pacific Contact 2023 in New Westminster on Saturday, April 15. (Photo by Tom Landa)
John Jack, council member for Huu-ay-aht First Nations, left, Travis Hall of the Heiltsuk Nation, and Brent Mueller, director of governance relations for the province, all spoke during the Reconcili-Action discussion panel at the Association of Vancouver Island and Coastal Communities held on Sunday, April 16. (Mandy Moraes/News Bulletin)

Island governments urged to take ‘reconcili-action’ with Indigenous communities

Discussions during AVICC in Nanaimo focused on how to make that happen

John Jack, council member for Huu-ay-aht First Nations, left, Travis Hall of the Heiltsuk Nation, and Brent Mueller, director of governance relations for the province, all spoke during the Reconcili-Action discussion panel at the Association of Vancouver Island and Coastal Communities held on Sunday, April 16. (Mandy Moraes/News Bulletin)
Welsh singer-songwriter Martyn Joseph plays the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 256 on East Wellington Road in Nanaimo on Friday, April 14. (Photo by Jolyon Holroyd)

Welsh singer on his way to the Island sees the potential in every night he performs

Martyn Joseph will play the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 256 on April 14

Welsh singer-songwriter Martyn Joseph plays the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 256 on East Wellington Road in Nanaimo on Friday, April 14. (Photo by Jolyon Holroyd)
Lantzville singer Raymond Salgado will appear on ‘Canada’s Got Talent’ on April 11. (Canada’s Got Talent photo)

Lantzville singer to showcase his vocal chops on ‘Canada’s Got Talent’

Raymond Salgado performs on April 11 episode of reality TV talent show

Lantzville singer Raymond Salgado will appear on ‘Canada’s Got Talent’ on April 11. (Canada’s Got Talent photo)
Amanda Scott, owner of the Vault Café on Wallace Street in downtown Nanaimo, stands next to the smashed front window of her business on Tuesday, April 4, after it was twice vandalized over the weekend. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)

Downtown Nanaimo café keeps waking up to smashed windows

Owner of the Vault Café says crime in the neighbourhood is the worst she’s ever seen it

Amanda Scott, owner of the Vault Café on Wallace Street in downtown Nanaimo, stands next to the smashed front window of her business on Tuesday, April 4, after it was twice vandalized over the weekend. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)
Heather Cameron, a Gabriola Island artist who mended the coat of a noteworthy local musician after his death, will lead two workshops on visible mending as part of Gabriola Island’s Isle of the Arts Festival which runs until April 9. (Submitted photos)

Gabriola’s Isle of the Arts Festival explores the stories we tell

Events and workshops planned throughout the island until April 9

Heather Cameron, a Gabriola Island artist who mended the coat of a noteworthy local musician after his death, will lead two workshops on visible mending as part of Gabriola Island’s Isle of the Arts Festival which runs until April 9. (Submitted photos)
Jordan Holloway, Lauren Semple and Haley Turnbull will take to the stage for the revitalized iteration of ‘The Cult of Brother 12,’ showing at the Malaspina Theatre from March 30 until April 2. (Mandy Moraes/News Bulletin)

Revitalized musical about infamous cult leader returns to Nanaimo

Bill Miner’s ‘The Cult of Brother 12’ will be staged at the Malaspina Theatre from March 30-April 2

Jordan Holloway, Lauren Semple and Haley Turnbull will take to the stage for the revitalized iteration of ‘The Cult of Brother 12,’ showing at the Malaspina Theatre from March 30 until April 2. (Mandy Moraes/News Bulletin)
Firefighters battle a blaze on Muzwell Hill in the Extension area at approximately 11 a.m. March 28. (Mandy Moraes/News Bulletin)

Massive blaze destroys rural house south of Nanaimo

Ammunition removed and cats succumb to fire in Extension area near Nanaimo

Firefighters battle a blaze on Muzwell Hill in the Extension area at approximately 11 a.m. March 28. (Mandy Moraes/News Bulletin)
Children’s entertainer Will Stroet brings his symphony show to Nanaimo’s Port Theatre on Sunday, March 26, performing alongside the Vancouver Island Symphony. (Photo by Carla Elaine Hedges)

Multilingual children’s entertainer to play with the Vancouver Island Symphony

Will Stroet will perform his symphony show at Nanaimo’s Port Theatre on March 26

Children’s entertainer Will Stroet brings his symphony show to Nanaimo’s Port Theatre on Sunday, March 26, performing alongside the Vancouver Island Symphony. (Photo by Carla Elaine Hedges)