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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Slow Hammond Bay Road traffic to save deer

A sign warns motorists of deer along Hammond Bay Road. (News Bulletin photo)

The best way to slow motorists is to have speed bumps, suggests letter writer

1h ago

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Voting is open in the News Bulletin’s annual Best of the City survey. (News Bulletin image)

It’s time to vote for Nanaimo’s Best of the City

by Nanaimo News Staff

A wildfire burns on a mountain above the Trans-Canada Highway near Lytton, B.C., on Friday, July 9, 2021. British Columbia is reporting a slight increase in the number of active wildfires but cooler temperatures and forecasts of rain ahead could bring some relief. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

B.C. wildfire count nears 250 but cooler temperatures, light rain bring some relief

by The Canadian Press

updated 16h ago

Appeal Court convicts Calgary man who attacked woman while he was high on mushrooms

Cannabis 19+

Nanaimo RCMP respond ‘in force’ after man couldn’t wait to load replica gun he just bought

by Nanaimo News Staff

Need to refresh your home furnishings? It’s the little things that count!

2h ago

Alberta to end isolation rules for COVID-19 cases, close contacts as cases rise

Beef to all the beefers. Can we just make this bouquets only? There’s too many negativities out here already. Let’s just hear more upbeat comments. As I’ve been told many times, ‘If you don’t have anything nice to say, then don’t say it.’

Beloved black bear ‘Knut’ dies at North Island Wildlife Recovery Centre at age 25

Vancouver artist Steve Brekelmans’s installation The Tallest Vessels is one of the contemporary contributions to the Nanaimo Art Gallery’s exhibition We Do Not Work Alone, a show highlighting the pottery in the gallery’s collection. (Josef Jacobson/News Bulletin)

Nanaimo Art Gallery delves into pottery collection for latest exhibition

Explosive device found at site of Kelowna shooting that sent 2 men to hospital

Mounties continue to investigate alleged targeted shooting that happened on Saturday, July 31.

by Paula Tran

Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin, vice-president of logistics and operations at the Public Health Agency of Canada, participates in a news conference on the COVID-19 pandemic in Ottawa, on Friday, Jan. 15, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

Defence chief’s notes reveal debate over due process, optics on Fortin allegation

Through his lawyers, Fortin has denied any wrongdoing

by The Canadian Press

Grandparents cheer from Nanaimo as granddaughter wins Canada’s first rowing medal of Olympics

Caileigh Filmer used to see how fast she could paddle around Nanaimo’s Shack Islands

by Greg Sakaki

Former Nanaimo Clippers star Sheldon Rempal has signed a one-year, two-way contract with the Vancouver Canucks organization. (News Bulletin file photo)

Former Nanaimo Clippers star signs with Vancouver Canucks organization

Sheldon Rempal signs one-year, two-way contract with NHL club

by Nanaimo News Staff

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