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Sheldon Rempal of the Vegas Golden Knights celebrates his first NHL goal Tuesday, Jan. 23, during a game against the New York Islanders at New York’s UBS Arena. (Photo courtesy Vegas Golden Knights)

Former BCHL star scores first NHL goal

Sheldon Rempal, who starred with the Nanaimo Clippers, lights lamp for Vegas Golden Knights in win

Sheldon Rempal of the Vegas Golden Knights celebrates his first NHL goal Tuesday, Jan. 23, during a game against the New York Islanders at New York’s UBS Arena. (Photo courtesy Vegas Golden Knights)
Graham Vincent Jones, left, Brandon Wolfe Scott, Jeffrey Innes and James Younger will play at the Queen’s in Nanaimo on Sunday, Jan. 28, as Yukon Blonde to celebrate the release of their new album. (Photo credit: Raunie Mae Baker)

Yukon Blonde plays three Island venues during B.C.-wide album release tour

Indie-rock band performing shows in Nanaimo, Victoria and Cumberland

Graham Vincent Jones, left, Brandon Wolfe Scott, Jeffrey Innes and James Younger will play at the Queen’s in Nanaimo on Sunday, Jan. 28, as Yukon Blonde to celebrate the release of their new album. (Photo credit: Raunie Mae Baker)
VIU Mariners player Emma Schill sends the volleyball over to the opposition side of the court during a Pacific Western Athletic Association match Saturday, Jan. 20, at the Vancouver Island University gym. (Karl Yu/News Bulletin)

VIU volleyball teams start year by winning four straight

Mariners women come back to win five-set thriller during PacWest action in Nanaimo

VIU Mariners player Emma Schill sends the volleyball over to the opposition side of the court during a Pacific Western Athletic Association match Saturday, Jan. 20, at the Vancouver Island University gym. (Karl Yu/News Bulletin)
The City of Nanaimo has appointed Paige Pierce as the city’s new youth poet laureate. (Photo submitted)

VIU education student named Nanaimo’s new youth poet laureate

Paige Pierce appointed to role for two-year term

The City of Nanaimo has appointed Paige Pierce as the city’s new youth poet laureate. (Photo submitted)
Anyone with information is asked to call Nanaimo RCMP at 250-754-2345 or contact Crime Stoppers by calling 1-800-222-8477 or submitting a tip online at www.nanaimocrimestoppers.com.

Woman’s death in Nanaimo last week now being investigated as a homicide

33-year-old woman found dead at her apartment on Jan. 10

Anyone with information is asked to call Nanaimo RCMP at 250-754-2345 or contact Crime Stoppers by calling 1-800-222-8477 or submitting a tip online at www.nanaimocrimestoppers.com.
A scene from Mount Benson from Buttertubs Marsh Park in Nanaimo. (News Bulletin file photo)

Snuneymuxw receives 212 hectares on Mount Benson as part of land transfer

Total agreement will transfer more than 3,000 hectares of land on mounts Benson and McKay

A scene from Mount Benson from Buttertubs Marsh Park in Nanaimo. (News Bulletin file photo)
Police have renewed their appeal to the public to help find a Nanaimo woman missing since September. (Photo submitted)

Nanaimo RCMP ‘extremely concerned’ about woman missing since last summer

Investigators have tracked dozens of leads

Police have renewed their appeal to the public to help find a Nanaimo woman missing since September. (Photo submitted)
Korea University captain Yunsuk Lee competes for the puck against a Simon Fraser University Red Leafs player during a game Saturday, Jan. 6, at the Nanaimo Ice Centre. (Karl Yu/News Bulletin)

Korean team wins all its games at Vancouver Island college hockey tourney

VIU Mariners hockey program hosts inaugural Tom Harris University Showcase event

Korea University captain Yunsuk Lee competes for the puck against a Simon Fraser University Red Leafs player during a game Saturday, Jan. 6, at the Nanaimo Ice Centre. (Karl Yu/News Bulletin)
Angellos Glaros’ Blue Heron metal sculpture won the top prize in ‘Metal My Way’ contest. (Submitted photo)

Island metal craftsperson wins grand prize in international competition

Angellos Glaros’s Blue Heron selected over 870 entrants in Metal My Way

Angellos Glaros’ Blue Heron metal sculpture won the top prize in ‘Metal My Way’ contest. (Submitted photo)
Regional District of Nanaimo Transit’s Route 25 bus will now offer service to the Hullo ferry terminal on Port Drive. (News Bulletin file photo)

RDN Transit ferry shuttle extended to offer service to Hullo passengers

Route 25 to travel to Hullo’s Port Drive terminal

Regional District of Nanaimo Transit’s Route 25 bus will now offer service to the Hullo ferry terminal on Port Drive. (News Bulletin file photo)
A 27-year-old suspect with warrants from Kelowna is wanted and could be in Nanaimo. (Submitted photo)

‘Violent offender’ with warrants from Kelowna could be in Nanaimo

27-year-old associated with white truck with ladders affixed to roof

A 27-year-old suspect with warrants from Kelowna is wanted and could be in Nanaimo. (Submitted photo)
The B.C. government announced that Nanaimo’s Craig Evans is a posthumous winner of the B.C. Medal of Good Citizenship. (Photo submitted)

Nanaimo farmer posthumously awarded B.C. Medal of Good Citizenship

Food security advocate ‘touched the lives of countless individuals’

The B.C. government announced that Nanaimo’s Craig Evans is a posthumous winner of the B.C. Medal of Good Citizenship. (Photo submitted)
DBL Disposal Services on Tenth Street was closed Tuesday morning, Jan. 2, for a police investigation after a patient found at the site was allegedly the victim of an aggravated assault. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)

Business temporarily closed as RCMP investigate assault in south Nanaimo

Patient sustains serious but non life-threatening injuries at at DBL Disposal Services

DBL Disposal Services on Tenth Street was closed Tuesday morning, Jan. 2, for a police investigation after a patient found at the site was allegedly the victim of an aggravated assault. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)
Properties along Stephenson Point Road continue to rank among Nanaimo’s highest-valued single-family homes by B.C. Assessments. (News Bulletin file photo)

Nanaimo’s top 10 highest-assessed homes

B.C. Assessment says property values down, reflecting softening real estate market

Properties along Stephenson Point Road continue to rank among Nanaimo’s highest-valued single-family homes by B.C. Assessments. (News Bulletin file photo)
Camas, a Vancouver Island marmot, was discovered in a backyard in Errington after surviving a daunting – for a marmot – 30-kilometre journey from Green Mountain, southeast of Nanaimo. (Sandra Gray photo)

Nanaimo News Bulletin’s most-memorable animal stories of 2023

A story about a marmot looking for love topped this year’s list

Camas, a Vancouver Island marmot, was discovered in a backyard in Errington after surviving a daunting – for a marmot – 30-kilometre journey from Green Mountain, southeast of Nanaimo. (Sandra Gray photo)
The B.C. Office of the Seniors Advocate released its 2023 long-term care and assisted living directory report this week. (Black Press Media file photo)

Food standards, over-medication high on B.C. seniors’ care list of concerns

Office of B.C. Seniors Advocate releases long-term care and assisted-living directory

The B.C. Office of the Seniors Advocate released its 2023 long-term care and assisted living directory report this week. (Black Press Media file photo)
Nanaimo Regional General Hospital. (News Bulletin file photo)

COVID-19 outbreak declared at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital

Outbreak began Dec. 12, says Island Health

Nanaimo Regional General Hospital. (News Bulletin file photo)
The B.C. government announced this week that 31 municipalities will be required to set up transit-oriented areas with higher density and fewer parking requirements. (News Bulletin file photo)

Multiple Island communities must support dense housing around bus exchanges

Nanaimo, Colwood, Langford, Lantzville, Saanich, View Royal and Victoria affected by new legislation

The B.C. government announced this week that 31 municipalities will be required to set up transit-oriented areas with higher density and fewer parking requirements. (News Bulletin file photo)
The cell block at the Nanaimo RCMP detachment building. (News Bulletin file photo)

Nanaimo RCMP under investigation after man collapses inside jail cell

IIO B.C. announces it is investigating circumstances of man’s serious injury Dec. 10

The cell block at the Nanaimo RCMP detachment building. (News Bulletin file photo)
Nanaimo RCMP seek the identity of a suspect who exposed his genitals to a woman at Vancouver Island University’s Nanaimo campus on Wednesday, Dec. 6. (Submitted photo)

Man on bike exposes genitals to woman at Nanaimo’s VIU campus

Incident took place the evening of Dec. 6

Nanaimo RCMP seek the identity of a suspect who exposed his genitals to a woman at Vancouver Island University’s Nanaimo campus on Wednesday, Dec. 6. (Submitted photo)