City of Nanaimo announces list of artists to assist in beautification projects

Samples of work by Urban Design Roster members Ay Lelum, Becky Thiessen, Brandon Stephenson, Curtis Van Charles Sorensen, Emily Thiessen (first row from left), Erin Gibbs, Frederick Anderson, Hugo Bedard, Humanity in Art, lessLIE (second row from left), Mauro Dalla Costa, Noel Brown, Patrick Belanger, Robert Plante, Ross Agro (third row from left), Roz MacLean, Sarita Mielke, Amy Pye, Sebastian Abboud and Webb Creative (fourth row from left). (Photos courtesy the artists)
20 artists and groups have been selected to city’s new Urban Design Roster

Sandra Dunn, floral merchandiser at Quality Foods Harewood, counts coins donated to the Nanaimo News Bulletin’s Coins for Kids holiday fundraising campaign. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)

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Debris is pictured along a flooded road in Abbotsford, B.C., Thursday, November 25, 2021. British Columbia’s Transportation Ministry is proactively closing several highways Saturday as another storm hammers the already-saturated south coast. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau surveys the damage left behind from the flood waters in Abbotsford, B.C., Friday, November 26, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward

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