Nanaimo News Staff

Lantzville singer Raymond Salgado has advanced to the semifinals of ‘Canada’s Got Talent’ and will next appear on an episode May 9, when viewers can cast votes for their favourite acts. (Canada’s Got Talent photo)

Lantzville singer selected to advance to semifinals of ‘Canada’s Got Talent’

Raymond Salgado will appear on an episode May 9 when viewers can cast votes

Lantzville singer Raymond Salgado has advanced to the semifinals of ‘Canada’s Got Talent’ and will next appear on an episode May 9, when viewers can cast votes for their favourite acts. (Canada’s Got Talent photo)
Work B.C. is hosting a job fair at Nanaimo’s Vancouver Island Conference Centre on Wednesday, April 26. (Black Press Media file photo)

More than 40 employers will be looking for workers at career fair in Nanaimo

Work B.C. hosting job fair Wednesday, April 26, at Vancouver Island Conference Centre

Work B.C. is hosting a job fair at Nanaimo’s Vancouver Island Conference Centre on Wednesday, April 26. (Black Press Media file photo)
Brianne Siu will present her exhibit ‘One on its Own or Together as a Whole’ at the Nanaimo Ceramic Arts Studio and Gallery on Wallace Street from April 28 until May 13. (Submitted photo)

Ceramic artist’s Nanaimo exhibit explores colour and play

Brianne Siu’s ‘One on its Own or Together as a Whole’ shows at Nanaimo Ceramic Arts gallery

Brianne Siu will present her exhibit ‘One on its Own or Together as a Whole’ at the Nanaimo Ceramic Arts Studio and Gallery on Wallace Street from April 28 until May 13. (Submitted photo)
Nanaimo RCMP pulled over an uninsured pickup truck and seized drugs, guns and cash last week. (Photo submitted)

Drugs, weapons and cash found when Nanaimo RCMP pull over uninsured pickup truck

Three people arrested April 18 along Departure Bay Road

Nanaimo RCMP pulled over an uninsured pickup truck and seized drugs, guns and cash last week. (Photo submitted)
The Nanaimo Clippers have been eliminated from the B.C. Hockey League playoffs. (News Bulletin file photo)

Nanaimo Clippers eliminated from playoffs after being shut out by Chilliwack Chiefs

Chiefs advance after 5-0 win in Game 6 in the Fraser Valley

The Nanaimo Clippers have been eliminated from the B.C. Hockey League playoffs. (News Bulletin file photo)
Signs posted next to Bowen Road to raise awareness to the more than 20-year-old investigation into the disappearance of Lisa Marie Young have been stolen for the second time in less than a month. (Photo submitted)

Signs drawing attention to missing Nanaimo woman stolen again

Signs created to raise awareness of investigation into disappearance of Lisa Marie Young

Signs posted next to Bowen Road to raise awareness to the more than 20-year-old investigation into the disappearance of Lisa Marie Young have been stolen for the second time in less than a month. (Photo submitted)
The Nanaimo Clippers play the Chilliwack Chiefs in Game 5 of the second-round of the BCHL playoffs on Friday, April 21, at 7 p.m. at Frank Crane Arena. (News Bulletin file photo)

Nanaimo Clippers win in overtime to stay alive in BCHL playoffs

Clippers and Chiefs will play Game 5 on Friday, April 21, at Frank Crane Arena

The Nanaimo Clippers play the Chilliwack Chiefs in Game 5 of the second-round of the BCHL playoffs on Friday, April 21, at 7 p.m. at Frank Crane Arena. (News Bulletin file photo)
Nanaimo Clippers forward Jérémie Payant carries the puck during a game against the Chilliwack Chiefs on Saturday, April 15, at Frank Crane Arena. (Greg Sakaki/News Bulletin)

Clippers trail Chiefs in second-round BCHL playoff series

Chilliwack wins Game 1 and Game 2 in Nanaimo

Nanaimo Clippers forward Jérémie Payant carries the puck during a game against the Chilliwack Chiefs on Saturday, April 15, at Frank Crane Arena. (Greg Sakaki/News Bulletin)
(Chris Bush/News Bulletin)

Firefighters battling house fire on Nanaimo’s Meredith Road

Address known to police, fire under investigation

(Chris Bush/News Bulletin)
A woman from Nanaimo has been reunited with her purse and junior high school ID card that went missing in the early 1980s and was found stashed in a rock crevice by a person working in their backyard. (Photos submitted)

Woman from Nanaimo reunited with contents of purse lost more than 40 years ago

Purse found stashed in rock crevice by homeowner building a backyard fence

A woman from Nanaimo has been reunited with her purse and junior high school ID card that went missing in the early 1980s and was found stashed in a rock crevice by a person working in their backyard. (Photos submitted)
Raymond Salgado from Lantzville received four yeses during the April 11 episode of ‘Canada’s Got Talent.’ (Canada’s Got Talent Instagram photo)

All four ‘Canada’s Got Talent’ judges say yes to Island singer Raymond Salgado

Singer covered Bryan Adams’s Heaven during the April 11 episode

Raymond Salgado from Lantzville received four yeses during the April 11 episode of ‘Canada’s Got Talent.’ (Canada’s Got Talent Instagram photo)
Representatives from more than 50 coastal B.C. municipalities and regional districts are coming to Vancouver Island Conference Centre for the AVICC convention this weekend, April 14-16. (News Bulletin file photo)

Island local government officials gathering in Nanaimo to discuss Island issues

AVICC convention will draw delegates from more than 50 municipalities and regional districts

Representatives from more than 50 coastal B.C. municipalities and regional districts are coming to Vancouver Island Conference Centre for the AVICC convention this weekend, April 14-16. (News Bulletin file photo)
Whale watching boat captain Rodrigo Menezes was presented with the Royal Lifesaving Society’s Silver Medal of Merit award for rescuing two men after their canoe capsized in Dodd Narrows. Menezes was recognized in his absence when he could not attend the event Saturday, April 1. (Photo submitted)

Island whale watch boat captain recognized for rescuing paddlers who flipped canoe

Rodrigo Menezes receives Lifesaving Society’s Silver Medal for Merit for rescue operation

Whale watching boat captain Rodrigo Menezes was presented with the Royal Lifesaving Society’s Silver Medal of Merit award for rescuing two men after their canoe capsized in Dodd Narrows. Menezes was recognized in his absence when he could not attend the event Saturday, April 1. (Photo submitted)
RCMP are investigating after a ring and cash were reported stolen from a woman’s home in Nanaimo. (Photo submitted)

Police investigate disappearance of Nanaimo senior’s wedding ring and cash

Woman’s daughter and son-in-law searched 91-year-old’s entire home without success

RCMP are investigating after a ring and cash were reported stolen from a woman’s home in Nanaimo. (Photo submitted)
Langley Rivermen goalie Ajeet Gundarah makes a stop on Nanaimo Clippers forward Jake Hewitt during a game Thursday, April 6, at Frank Crane Arena. (Greg Sakaki/News Bulletin)

Nanaimo and Alberni advance to second round of the BCHL playoffs

Nanaimo beat Langley in 6 to win best-of-seven, while Alberni took 4 straight from Victoria

Langley Rivermen goalie Ajeet Gundarah makes a stop on Nanaimo Clippers forward Jake Hewitt during a game Thursday, April 6, at Frank Crane Arena. (Greg Sakaki/News Bulletin)
Spencer Russell, right, is researching better tools to detect and manage bacterial infections in salmon. (Photo courtesy Vancouver Island University)

VIU researcher developing tools to better manage infection in salmon

Spencer Russell studies tenacibaculum, an infectious bacteria that affects multiple fish species

Spencer Russell, right, is researching better tools to detect and manage bacterial infections in salmon. (Photo courtesy Vancouver Island University)
Nanaimo RCMP would like to find the owner of an ATV they came upon stashed in some bushes in north Nanaimo on the weekend. (Photo submitted)

Police follow shoplifter into the woods in Nanaimo and find ATV they suspect was stolen

Polaris Sportsman found near Nanaimo Parkway in north end

Nanaimo RCMP would like to find the owner of an ATV they came upon stashed in some bushes in north Nanaimo on the weekend. (Photo submitted)
Nanaimo RCMP arrested a motorist on drug and firearms charges this past Saturday, April 1. (News Bulletin file photo)

Police find guns and drugs inside vehicle with tin foil-covered window in Nanaimo

RCMP say citizens supportive of ‘pro-active policing blitz’

Nanaimo RCMP arrested a motorist on drug and firearms charges this past Saturday, April 1. (News Bulletin file photo)
Langley Rivermen players Nick Messina, left, and Nicklas Hoogendoorn crash the front of the net as Nanaimo Clippers player Michael Craig defends on the play in front of goalie Aidan Campbell. (Karl Yu/News Bulletin)

Clippers and Rivermen each win one as BCHL playoffs get underway

Nanaimo and Langley playing a best-of-seven series

Langley Rivermen players Nick Messina, left, and Nicklas Hoogendoorn crash the front of the net as Nanaimo Clippers player Michael Craig defends on the play in front of goalie Aidan Campbell. (Karl Yu/News Bulletin)
The scene of a shooting on Terminal Avenue in Nanaimo on March 12. (News Bulletin file photo)

Suspect in shooting near homeless encampment in Nanaimo granted bail

Craig Edward Truckle was arrested on a charge of unlawfully pointing a firearm

The scene of a shooting on Terminal Avenue in Nanaimo on March 12. (News Bulletin file photo)