Bomb, guns, drugs found after Nanaimo RCMP pull over uninsured vehicle

Police in Nanaimo found prohibited weapons, drugs, cash and an improvised explosive device in a vehicle stopped this past weekend for having no insuranc. (Photo submitted)
Three people arrested and released as investigation continues

(Phil McLachlan - Capital News)

Integrated Homicide Investigation Team called after ‘serious incident’ in Richmond
Team Canada goaltender Tony Esposito covers the net behind Team USSR’s Eugeny Zimin as Pat Stapleton looks on during the 1972 Summit Series in Toronto on Sept. 4, 1972. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Peter Bregg

Hockey docuseries on 1972’s legendary Canada-USSR faceoff heads to CBC
Can cannabis compound CBD block COVID? Maybe, but not what’s in stores, study finds

Can cannabis compound CBD block COVID? Maybe, but not what’s in stores, study finds
‘Bleisure’ trips boom as travellers mix work and play

‘Bleisure’ trips boom as travellers mix work and play

FILE - Pharmacist Sima Manifar prepares a children’s dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine during a vaccination clinic at City of Lawrence’s “The Center,” which serves seniors, families and the community, Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2021, in Lawrence, Mass. Pfizer has begun a study comparing its original COVID-19 vaccine with doses specially tweaked to match the omicron variant. Pfizer and its partner BioNTech announced the study on Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Pfizer begins testing omicron-matched COVID shots in adults
Senior biologist Allan Jan holds Methuselah, a 4-foot-long, 40-pound Australian lungfish that was brought to the California Academy of Sciences in 1938 from Australia, in its tank in San Francisco, Monday, Jan. 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

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Simple food swaps can often make your favourite dishes diabetes-friendly, and in turn help protect your heart, says registered dietitian, Diana Steele.

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      Upgrades to Ladysmith’s Transfer Beach Park are set to begin this month. (Tyler Hay/Black Press Media)

      Upgrades to Ladysmith’s Transfer Beach Park beginning this week

      Mourners attend a candlelight vigil for Jasmine Lovett and Aliyah Sanderson in Calgary, Sunday, May 12, 2019. A Calgary man who admitted to murdering his former girlfriend but denied killing her daughter is scheduled to receive a verdict in the case. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

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      People leave a COVID-19 vaccination site in Montreal, Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes

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      Dozens of signs were held at the Willow Inn in Quesnel on Thursday, Jan. 20 where the body of 33-year-old Carmelita Abraham was recently found. A Quesnel man is facing charges of murder and indignity to human remains. (Rebecca Dyok photo)

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      Many cities across B.C. recorded the hottest days of their histories during the ‘heat dome’ heatwave that blanketed much of the Pacific Northwest at the end June, 2021. (File photo)

      Study finds B.C. heat dome caused an uptick in climate anxiety

      Over half of respondents said they were more worried about climate change after the heat dome

      Highway 99 was closed after a fiery collision that sent two people to hospital in serious condition. (Submitted photo)

      UPDATE: Sea to Sky Highway reopened after fiery crash

      Two people were sent to hospital in serious condition

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      Victoria’s Pacific FC has promoted James Merriman as head coach of the Canadian Premier League club. (Photo courtesy Pacific FC)

      Nanaimo soccer coach promoted to lead Victoria’s Pacific FC

      James Merriman will coach defending Canadian Premier League champions

      The Nanaimo Track and Field Club is putting together a bid seeking the 2024 Canadian Track and Field Championships and Olympic and Paralympic trials. (News Bulletin file photo)

      City of Nanaimo supporting bid to host 2024 track and field nationals

      Event would also serve as Olympic and Paralympic trials

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      The Harbour City Photography Club is seeking entries to its annual Photo Salon in the landscape, artistic/digital art, wildlife/nature and open categories. Examples of these include Woods by Yuling Lui, Pep Ventos Shed by Rooney Dumler, Tree Frog Hanging In by George Bowron and Indigenous Pride by Jane Sheers (clockwise from top-left). (Photos submitted)

      Harbour City Photography Club’s Photo Salon returning

      Submissions now open for first in-person edition of the event since 2019

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      Submissions now open for this year’s Nanaimo Fringe Festival

      International artists once again welcome to apply as travel restrictions have loosened

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      Nanaimo Search and Rescue volunteers Tristan Anderson, left, and Dave Gaskill carry a tree toward a chipper during a Christmas tree chip-up fundraiser event at Country Club Centre on Saturday morning. (Greg Sakaki/News Bulletin)

      Christmas tree chip-up events taking place all weekend in Nanaimo

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      Origin at Longwood retirement home residents and staff members with a $3,000 cheque for Loaves and Fishes Community Food Bank. Origin at Longwood shared more than $6,700 in donations to five charities last month as part of its Spirit of Giving program. (Photo submitted)

      Nanaimo seniors’ home raises $6,700 in Spirit of Giving program

      Origin at Longwood residents and staff members donated to five charities

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      Obituaries

      Bill South

      Jan 21st, 2022

      Carol Pearson

      Jan 18th, 2022

      Stanley Boughner

      Jan 15th, 2022

      Lorraine Hadley

      Jan 13th, 2022

      Niels Hansen Nielsen

      Jan 12th, 2022

      David ‘Davey’ McFadyen

      Jan 12th, 2022

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      FILE - This 2015 artist’s rendering provided by Northrop Grumman via NASA shows the James Webb Space Telescope. On Monday, Jan. 24, 2022, the world’s biggest and most powerful space telescope reached its final destination 1 million miles away, one month after launching on a quest to behold the dawn of the universe. (Northrop Grumman/NASA via AP)

      New space telescope reaches final stop million miles out

      ‘We’re one step closer to uncovering the mysteries of the universe’

      Gibbles, a four-year old goat rescued from a meat farm, is back to his playful self now that he has a wheelchair to get around the Happy Herd animal sanctuary in Aldergrove. (Shawna Gail/Special to Langley Advance Times)

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      LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Seniors in long-term care deserve better

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        The concerns being expressed over skyrocketing assessments is overblown, says letter writer. (News Bulletin file photo)

        LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Skyrocketing assessments won’t mean skyrocketing tax increases

        Property assessments don’t impact property taxes as much as city budgeting does, says letter writer

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