City councillors get orientation from staff on new city plan

City staff presented the document intended to guide Nanaimo’s development until 2048 at a recent governance and priorities meeting. (News Bulletin file photo)
Draft of plan to guide city development for next 25 years presented Monday, Jan. 23, GPC meeting
NDP leader Jagmeet Singh speaks to reporters on Parliament Hill. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

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Kelowna nurse reprimanded after Indigenous person left unresponsive in emergency room
Scientists explore using psychedelics to treat alcohol, drug disorders

Scientists explore using psychedelics to treat alcohol, drug disorders
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The emergency room entrance at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital. (John McKinley file photo)

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Jeff Hummel’s company Rockfish Inc. has been granted salvage rights by U.S. Courts to the SS Pacific. (Submitted)

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Holocaust survivor Jacek Nadolny is silhouetted during a meeting of survivors with media in Oswiecim, Poland, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023. Survivors of Auschwitz-Birkenau are gathering to commemorate the 78th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi German death camp in the final months of World War II, amid horror that yet another war has shattered the peace in Europe. The camp was liberated by Soviet troops on Jan. 27, 1945. (AP Photo/Michal Dyjuk)

Auschwitz anniversary marked as peace again shattered by war
A person’s purchases are seen in a shopping cart at a government-run BC Liquor Store in Vancouver, on Friday, August 19, 2022. Politicians in charge of provincial liquor corporations aren’t hurrying to adopt or promote updated guidelines that advise a steep drop in Canadian drinking habits. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

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Khristina (last name withheld), seen here at Salish Park on Jan. 18, 2023, from Saskatchewan comes to Chilliwack twice a year to find her son who is living on the streets, and to hand out supplies to homeless people. (Paul Henderson/ Chilliwack Progress)

Saskatchewan cattle rancher visits Fraser Valley twice a year to find her homeless son

The empty streets of Banff are seen as Parks Canada is restricting vehicles in the national parks and national historic sites in Banff, Alta., on March 24, 2020. Banff tourism officials are joining the call for better management of visitor traffic in the most heavily visited parts of the national park. In a document outlining its development plans for the next decade, Banff and Lake Louise Tourism says it wants to reduce damaging traffic bottlenecks through improved public transit and fewer private vehicles. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

Banff tourism report seeks fewer private vehicles, more public transit in park

A new Plant and Animal Health Centre will be built by the province in the Fraser Valley, as the current building is at risk of flooding again someday. The ministry of agriculture and food will have a business plan with some suitable locations highlighted by the end of 2023. (Pixabay photo)

Province announces plans to replace Abbotsford plant and animal health facility, citing flood risk

First responders were on scene of a structure fire at the former Caledonian Clinic site late in the morning Wednesday, Jan. 25. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)

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Efforts by provinces and health authorities to recruit nurses from other parts of the country won’t solve nursing shortages unless they address the reasons people are leaving the profession, a nurses association said. A nurse greets a woman at a walk-in clinic in Montreal, on Tuesday, September 29, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson

Focus on retaining nurses before recruiting nurses from other provinces: association

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The Langley School District board offices. (Langley Advance Times files)

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Nanaimo Clippers forward and all-star Kai Daniells participates in the shooting accuracy contest during a skills competition at the BCHL’s all-star weekend in Penticton. (Logan Lockhart/Black Press Media)

Nanaimo Clippers part of BCHL’s first outdoor all-star game

Forward, defenceman, coach participate in all-star weekend

A past year’s swimming competition at Kin Pool in Nanaimo. (News Bulletin file photo)

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    Dennis Sauer, Nanaimo Lions Club member, adds a Christmas tree to the pile for chipping outside Nanaimo North Town Centre on Saturday, Jan. 7. (Greg Sakaki/News Bulletin)

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    Const. Brennan Hahn was one of Nanaimo RCMP’s officers and civilian staff who helped bring a happier Christmas to several struggling families this year. (Photo submitted)

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      Beef: I was walking on the sidewalk down Bowen Road. I heard a bell from behind and quickly turned to see a boy travelling very fast on the sidewalk on his motorized scooter. I tripped and fell and the boy took off very quickly and left me on the sidewalk.

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