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Derek Keller (left), WCGH site director and Melody Richardson, registered nurse, both recently joined the team at West Coast General Hospital. (PHOTO COURTESY ISLAND HEALTH)

Island Health aims to recruit new staff for West Coast General Hospital

Health authority says it is investing more than $4 million in Port Alberni facility

Derek Keller (left), WCGH site director and Melody Richardson, registered nurse, both recently joined the team at West Coast General Hospital. (PHOTO COURTESY ISLAND HEALTH)
Oliver RCMP is investigating after a prominent member of the South Okanagan wine industry is alleged to have sexually assaulted a migrant worker from Mexico that he employed. (File photo)

Member of Oliver wine industry alleged to have sexually assaulted worker

Police believe there may be additional victims

Oliver RCMP is investigating after a prominent member of the South Okanagan wine industry is alleged to have sexually assaulted a migrant worker from Mexico that he employed. (File photo)
FSOC Major Projects teams are specially trained to conduct highly complex, long-term investigative projects that have a national, and transnational scope. (RCMP)

Transnational investigation sparked by Kelowna RCMP lands Hells Angel in jail

Vincenzo James Sansalone was sentenced to four years in prison

FSOC Major Projects teams are specially trained to conduct highly complex, long-term investigative projects that have a national, and transnational scope. (RCMP)
Vancouver police have released a sketch of the suspect in a child-luring investigation on Dec. 13, 2023. (vancouver Police Department handout)

Man poses as parent, tries to lure child from B.C. daycare: Police

Vancouver police looking to speak with driver of Porsche that was in the area at time of incident

Vancouver police have released a sketch of the suspect in a child-luring investigation on Dec. 13, 2023. (vancouver Police Department handout)
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)
Grace Elinor Robotti (at right) led from the Penticton courthouse by a sheriff in 2015 following her appearance. Penticton Western News file photo

Anger after day parole for Penticton woman who killed great-grandson’s mom

Grace Robotti killed Roxanne Louie and was given a life sentence but now has day parole

Grace Elinor Robotti (at right) led from the Penticton courthouse by a sheriff in 2015 following her appearance. Penticton Western News file photo
Police cars are seen parked outside Vancouver Police Department headquarters in Vancouver, on Saturday, January 9, 2021. A Vancouver Special Municipal Constable has been charged with assault, according to the B.C. Prosecution Service on Jan. 4, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Vancouver constable charged with assault: Prosecution service

Charge stems from an incident at the Vancouver Police Department jail on Jan. 7, 2023

Police cars are seen parked outside Vancouver Police Department headquarters in Vancouver, on Saturday, January 9, 2021. A Vancouver Special Municipal Constable has been charged with assault, according to the B.C. Prosecution Service on Jan. 4, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
WorkSafeBC has fined BC Hydro more than $700,000, stemming from a July 2022 inspection at a Site C dam powerhouse in Fort St. John. (BC Hydro/Screencap)

BC Hydro facing $710K fine for damaged ventilation equipment at Site C Dam

There were also deficiencies with steps to address welding fume hazards: WorkSafeBC

WorkSafeBC has fined BC Hydro more than $700,000, stemming from a July 2022 inspection at a Site C dam powerhouse in Fort St. John. (BC Hydro/Screencap)
Kelowna City Hall. (File photo)

$1.75 billion: 2023 a record year for Kelowna building permits

84 per cent of permits were for apartment buildings

Kelowna City Hall. (File photo)
City councillor Ron Cannan at a Stand with Ukraine event on Oct. 14, in Kelowna. (Jordy Cunningham/Capital News)

Politicians claim Kelowna councillor’s column ‘promotes religion over inclusion’

“He is not being cancelled. He is being called out,” said Norah Bowman, professor of social issues

City councillor Ron Cannan at a Stand with Ukraine event on Oct. 14, in Kelowna. (Jordy Cunningham/Capital News)

PODCAST: Week18 looms large for NFL playoff contenders

NFL REPORT: Ravens, 49ers favoured to reach Super Bowl

Danger tree falling has been completed over Highway 4 at Cameron Bluffs. The landscape looks different as the fire continues to smoulder, but is considered ‘under control.’ (BC WILDFIRE SERVICE PHOTO)

B.C. to appeal $710K WorkSafeBC penalty on ‘unsafe’ wildfire practices

Province says improvements are warranted, but the fine amount is ‘disproportionately high’

Danger tree falling has been completed over Highway 4 at Cameron Bluffs. The landscape looks different as the fire continues to smoulder, but is considered ‘under control.’ (BC WILDFIRE SERVICE PHOTO)
Andrew Appleton, chair of the GVPL board peruses titles at the pop-up branch at the Monterey Recreation Centre in 2023. (Black Press Media file photo)

Library ditches fines, expunges accounts for Greater Victoria readers

Rise of digital materials that don’t accrue fines, means decline in revenue

Andrew Appleton, chair of the GVPL board peruses titles at the pop-up branch at the Monterey Recreation Centre in 2023. (Black Press Media file photo)
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)
The Ladysmith Maritime Society is moving out of Oyster Bay Marina, formerly known as the Ladysmith Community Marina, after the B.C. Supreme Court denied an application for an injunction to protect them from eviction. (Bailey Seymour/The Chronicle)

Court injunction denied, Ladysmith maritime society evicted from marina

Judge acknowledges society will be ‘gutted’

The Ladysmith Maritime Society is moving out of Oyster Bay Marina, formerly known as the Ladysmith Community Marina, after the B.C. Supreme Court denied an application for an injunction to protect them from eviction. (Bailey Seymour/The Chronicle)
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)
Kelowna General Hospital (File photo)

Welcome the Interior Health New Years baby born in Kelowna

Baby Navy Shae was the first baby born across the Interior Health Region

Kelowna General Hospital (File photo)
June 2 at Royal Columbian Hospital in New Westminister. (Photo: Anna Burns)

B.C.’s first baby of 2024 born at 12 a.m.

The baby was born at Royal Columbian Hospital

June 2 at Royal Columbian Hospital in New Westminister. (Photo: Anna Burns)