City of Nanaimo adopts bylaw to create new downtown business improvement association

Nanaimo city council voted unanimously Monday to pass a bylaw establishing the foundation for a new downtown business improvement association. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)
Chamber of commerce says next steps will be a board of directors and five-year strategic plan

Vancouver Canucks’ J.T. Miller, front left, puts a shot wide of the goal behind Toronto Maple Leafs goalie David Rittich (33), of the Czech Republic, as Vancouver’s Jake Virtanen (18) watches during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Vancouver, on Tuesday, April 20, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Pearson, Sutter each score 2 as Canucks dump Maple Leafs 6-3
A man pauses at a coffin after carrying it during a memorial march to remember victims of overdose deaths in Vancouver. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

B.C. announces historic half-billion-dollar funding for overdose crisis, mental health
B.C. cannabis workers look for pandemic pay ahead of provincial budget

B.C. cannabis workers look for pandemic pay ahead of provincial budget
Ambitious all-season mountain resort proposed near Chilliwack

Ambitious all-season mountain resort proposed near Chilliwack

FILE – A bus is pictured in downtown Vancouver, Friday, November, 1, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward

Public transit to be free for kids 12 and younger – a ‘bold’ B.C. budget line advocates applaud
Children’s backpacks and shoes are seen at a CEFA (Core Education and Fine Arts) Early Learning daycare franchise, in Langley, B.C., on Tuesday May 29, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

B.C. budget to expand $10-a-day child care, but misses the mark on ‘truly universal’ system
Visit Hanan Merrill at the Nanaimo Hearing Clinic at 501-800 Turner Rd in Cactus Club Plaza.

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      FILE – NDP Leader John Horgan, right, and local candidate Mike Farnworth greet one another with an elbow bump during a campaign stop in Coquitlam, B.C., on Friday, September 25, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

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      In this image from NASA, NASA’s experimental Mars helicopter Ingenuity lands on the surface of Mars Monday, April 19, 2021. The little 4-pound helicopter rose from the dusty red surface into the thin Martian air Monday, achieving the first powered, controlled flight on another planet. (NASA via AP)

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      Vancouver resident Beryl Pye was witness to a “concerning,” spontaneous dance party that spread throughout social groups at Kitsilano Beach on April 16. (Screen grab/Beryl Pye)

      VIDEO: Dance party erupts at Vancouver’s Kitsilano Beach to the dismay of onlookers

      Noel Brown, Snuneymuxw First Nation carver, observes the house post he carved, which now is situated in front of the Kw’umut Lelum centre on Centre Street in Nanaimo. (Karl Yu/News Bulletin)

      House post representative of work of Kw’umut Lelum in Nanaimo

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      The Town of Qualicum Beach plans to establish temporary shelters. (Town of Qualicum Beach illustration)

      Town of Qualicum Beach seeks $1.25M grant to build temporary housing units

      Aim is to move tenants in prior to the end of 2021

      The City of Nanaimo and Vancouver Island University have signed a memorandum of understanding around further collaborate on projects that mutually benefit students and the community. (News Bulletin file)

      City of Nanaimo, VIU formalize relationship with memorandum of understanding

      COVID-19 business recovery, getting youths active among current initiatives

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      The Nanaimo Clippers’ game against the Alberni Valley Bulldogs slated for Thursday, April 15, has been postponed due to a “potential positive COVID-19 test result,” says the BCHL. (News Bulletin file photo)

      UPDATE: Nanaimo Clippers COVID-19 test comes back negative, team can practise and play

      Junior A hockey team had suspended activities the day before out of ‘abundance of caution’

      Nanaimo NightOwls. (News Bulletin file photo)

      Nanaimo NightOwls cancel season due to COVID-19

      Baseball team’s inaugural season in West Coast League will have to wait until 2022

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      Tori Djakovic and Ava Hornby with their painting Winter Crystal Victorian Lace, a part of the Nanaimo Art Gallery’s Glass Box Story project. (Josef Jacobson/The News Bulletin)

      Youths and seniors collaborate on Nanaimo Art Gallery public art project

      ‘Glass Box Story’ painted panels and text to be installed across street from gallery

      William Belleau of Esk’etemc has been cast in a new Martin Scorcese film, Killers of the Flower Moon. (photo submitted)

      B.C. Indigenous actor cast in Martin Scorsese film alongside DiCaprio, De Niro

      William Belleau was also in The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, Blackway, The Killing and Frontier

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      Heidi Sinclair, executive director of Nanaimo Community Kitchens, left, accepts a $13,500 donation from 100-plus Women Who Care Mid Island, represented by Nahanni Ackroyd and Shannon Gorgichuk. (Photo submitted)

      Caring women in Nanaimo give generously to community kitchen society

      100-plus Women Who Care Mid Island donate $13,500 to Nanaimo Community Kitchens Society

      The Men’s Centre in Nanaimo, with help of volunteers and with the support of local businesses and other donors, was able to complete a renovation project at the Fitzwilliam Street office. (Photos submitted)

      Renovations raise spirits at Nanaimo’s men’s centre

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      Protesters gather along the Pearson Bridge on Terminal Avenue in downtown Nanaimo last month as part of an event called Worth More Standing. (News Bulletin file photo)

      LETTER TO THE EDITOR: B.C. hasn’t managed forests properly

      Protesters opposing logging in Fairy Creek speak for many British Columbians, say letter writers

        Protesters attempt to stop clear-cutting of old-growth trees in Fairy Creek near Port Renfrew. (Will O’Connell photo/submitted)

        LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Government’s inaction has led to old-fashioned ‘war in the woods’

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