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Nanaimo RCMP are continuing their investigation into a late-night crash in Nanaimo that sent two men to hospital. Police suspect alcohol as a contributing cause. (News Bulletin file photo)

UPDATE: Driver dies after crash involving allegedly impaired erratic driver on Nanaimo Parkway

Both drivers were taken to hospital after crash involving vehicle going the wrong way on the parkway

Nanaimo RCMP are continuing their investigation into a late-night crash in Nanaimo that sent two men to hospital. Police suspect alcohol as a contributing cause. (News Bulletin file photo)
Junior A Nanaimo Timbermen player Ethan Kaban is defended by Victoria Shamrocks player Joshua Gabriele during BCJALL playoff action Friday, July 14, at Frank Crane Arena. (Greg Sakaki/News Bulletin)

Nanaimo Timbermen juniors eliminated from lacrosse playoffs

Victoria Shamrocks clinch best-of-five series with 14-13 overtime win

Junior A Nanaimo Timbermen player Ethan Kaban is defended by Victoria Shamrocks player Joshua Gabriele during BCJALL playoff action Friday, July 14, at Frank Crane Arena. (Greg Sakaki/News Bulletin)
Lauren Spencer-Smith’s debut album ‘Mirror’ will be released on Friday, July 14. (www.laurenspencersmith.com)

Vancouver Island pop star Lauren Spencer-Smith releasing album, starting world tour

‘Mirror’ released July 14

Lauren Spencer-Smith’s debut album ‘Mirror’ will be released on Friday, July 14. (www.laurenspencersmith.com)
Nanaimo RCMP are investigating a house fire that broke out early Sunday, July 9, that has been deemed suspicious. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)

Nanaimo RCMP investigating suspicious house fire in Cinnabar Valley

Investigation of an early morning blaze on Sunday, July 9, turned over to police

Nanaimo RCMP are investigating a house fire that broke out early Sunday, July 9, that has been deemed suspicious. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)
Nanaimo Timbermen junior A lacrosse player Andrew Bowman, left, is checked by Victoria Shamrocks opponents Graham Goodfellow and Joshua Gabriele during a B.C. Junior Lacrosse League game last month at Frank Crane Arena. The two teams meet in the BCJALL semifinals starting this week. (News Bulletin file photo)

Playoff series will intensify junior A Island lacrosse rivalry

Nanaimo faces Victoria in best-of-five series starting July 12

Nanaimo Timbermen junior A lacrosse player Andrew Bowman, left, is checked by Victoria Shamrocks opponents Graham Goodfellow and Joshua Gabriele during a B.C. Junior Lacrosse League game last month at Frank Crane Arena. The two teams meet in the BCJALL semifinals starting this week. (News Bulletin file photo)
Firefighters attended a house fire at the corner of Wellesley Ave and 106th Street in Nanaimo on Sunday, July 9. (Greg Sakaki/News Bulletin)

Firefighters battle house fire near Nanaimo’s Country Club Centre

Emergency crews attended call out at approximately 3 p.m. on Sunday, July 9

Firefighters attended a house fire at the corner of Wellesley Ave and 106th Street in Nanaimo on Sunday, July 9. (Greg Sakaki/News Bulletin)
A person has been charged with arson and mischief after allegedly setting fires along the Nanaimo Parkway earlier this week. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)

Man charged with arson after fires along highway in Nanaimo

Kevin Macey-Girard, 35, has next day in court July 11

A person has been charged with arson and mischief after allegedly setting fires along the Nanaimo Parkway earlier this week. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)
A person has been charged with arson and mischief after allegedly setting fires along the Nanaimo Parkway earlier this week. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)

Man charged with arson after fires along Nanaimo Parkway

Kevin Macey-Girard, 35, has next day in court July 11

A person has been charged with arson and mischief after allegedly setting fires along the Nanaimo Parkway earlier this week. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)
The B.C. Ferries vessel Coastal Inspiration arriving in Nanaimo, from Tsawwassen. (News Bulletin file photo)

Heavy foot passenger traffic expected on Tsawwassen-Duke Point ferries

B.C. Ferries says large group reservations will lead to peak walk-on passenger numbers

The B.C. Ferries vessel Coastal Inspiration arriving in Nanaimo, from Tsawwassen. (News Bulletin file photo)
Nanaimo Fire Rescue firefighters battle one of several brush fires along the Nanaimo Parkway on Tuesday, July 4. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)

More than half a dozen fires set along Nanaimo Parkway

One person arrested, traffic delayed in both directions near Northfield Road

Nanaimo Fire Rescue firefighters battle one of several brush fires along the Nanaimo Parkway on Tuesday, July 4. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)
Nanaimo’s Matthew Wood wears a Nashville Predators hat and jersey after being picked by the team during the first round of the NHL hockey draft Wednesday, June 28, 2023, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

Nanaimo hockey player chosen in 1st round of NHL draft

Matthew Wood selected 15th overall by the Nashville Predators

Nanaimo’s Matthew Wood wears a Nashville Predators hat and jersey after being picked by the team during the first round of the NHL hockey draft Wednesday, June 28, 2023, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
The intersection of the old Island Highway, Hammond Bay Road and Aulds Road had the most crashes of any intersection on Vancouver Island in 2022, according to ICBC statistics released Wednesday, June 27. (News Bulletin file photo)

Nanaimo intersection keeps dubious title as Island’s worst

Nanaimo’s top 10 most crash-prone intersections, according to ICBC statistics

The intersection of the old Island Highway, Hammond Bay Road and Aulds Road had the most crashes of any intersection on Vancouver Island in 2022, according to ICBC statistics released Wednesday, June 27. (News Bulletin file photo)
Ten German shepherd puppies were stolen from a Nanaimo residence on June 26, according to RCMP. (Submitted photo)

8-week-old puppies stolen under cover of dark from Nanaimo residence

Five German shepherd pups remain at large, reports Nanaimo RCMP

Ten German shepherd puppies were stolen from a Nanaimo residence on June 26, according to RCMP. (Submitted photo)
Marian van der Zon, under the stage name Of the Sun, is hosting a CD release party for her debut solo album ‘Still Rising,’ which was created over years of rehabilitation from injuries she sustained from a 2013 vehicle collision. (Submitted photo)

Island folk artist rises from injury that robbed her ability to enjoy music

Yellow Point’s Marian van der Zon’s ‘Still Rising’ focuses on themes of rehabilitation

Marian van der Zon, under the stage name Of the Sun, is hosting a CD release party for her debut solo album ‘Still Rising,’ which was created over years of rehabilitation from injuries she sustained from a 2013 vehicle collision. (Submitted photo)
RCMP have turned to public to help find missing Nanaimo woman believed to be in the north Island who has not returned a rented 2006 Acura MDX SUV. (Photo submitted)

Vancouver Island woman goes missing as rental vehicle isn’t returned on time

Nanaimo RCMP say 38-year-old is believed to be on the north Island

RCMP have turned to public to help find missing Nanaimo woman believed to be in the north Island who has not returned a rented 2006 Acura MDX SUV. (Photo submitted)
Nanaimo RCMP are looking for a stolen Ford pickup after its owner broke his ankle while trying to prevent it from being stolen. (Black Press Media file photo)

Man jumps out of the back of his pickup truck as it gets stolen in Nanaimo

Victim breaks his ankle in 4 a.m. crime last week

Nanaimo RCMP are looking for a stolen Ford pickup after its owner broke his ankle while trying to prevent it from being stolen. (Black Press Media file photo)
Eagle Feather Literacy and Literacy Central Vancouver Island have co-developed a program aimed at boosting literacy for Indigenous elders. (News Bulletin file photo)

Literacy program in Nanaimo created for residential school survivors

Literacy Central Vancouver Island and Eagle Feather Literacy announce partnership

Eagle Feather Literacy and Literacy Central Vancouver Island have co-developed a program aimed at boosting literacy for Indigenous elders. (News Bulletin file photo)
B.C. Minister of Health Adrian Dix, at a press conference Monday, June 19, announces that Nanaimo Regional General Hospital’s new intensive care unit will open to patients next week. (Bailey Seymour/News Bulletin)

New ICU at Nanaimo hospital will open next week

B.C. minister of health visits NRGH to announce opening of intensive care unit

B.C. Minister of Health Adrian Dix, at a press conference Monday, June 19, announces that Nanaimo Regional General Hospital’s new intensive care unit will open to patients next week. (Bailey Seymour/News Bulletin)
Anyone with information is asked to call Nanaimo RCMP at 250-754-2345. (Black Press Media file photo)

Youth badly beaten with baseball bat in Nanaimo’s Harewood area

Assault ‘has shocked the community,’ say RCMP

Anyone with information is asked to call Nanaimo RCMP at 250-754-2345. (Black Press Media file photo)
A customer who wasn’t permitted to shop maskless in a Nanaimo fabric store wasn’t discriminated against, the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal determined this spring. (Stock photo)

Tribunal finds Nanaimo fabric store didn’t discriminate against maskless customer

B.C. Human Rights Tribunal decided this spring on 2020 case involving Fabricland customer

A customer who wasn’t permitted to shop maskless in a Nanaimo fabric store wasn’t discriminated against, the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal determined this spring. (Stock photo)