Lantzville council candidates talk tax increases, development

Lantzville Mayor Mark Swain, left, council candidate Rachelle Mundell, Coun. Ian Savage and council candidate Karl Wiese participate in an all-candidates’ forum at Costin Hall on Sunday, Oct. 3. (Mandy Moraes/News Bulletin)
All-candidates’ meeting at Costin Hall saw eight out of nine hopefuls attend

The local government election is Oct. 15. (Stock photo)

ELECTION 2022: Candidates in Nanaimo, Lantzville, RDN and SD68
Candidates for mayor and councillor with the City of Nanaimo answer yes-no questions at an all-candidates’ forum hosted by the B.C. Green Party Nanaimo Riding Association on Wednesday, Sept. 28, at the Beban Park social centre. (Greg Sakaki/News Bulletin)

Nanaimo city council candidates debate doughnut economy, environment
Canopy Growth to sell Tweed, Tokyo Smoke stores to OEGRC and Four20 owner

Canopy Growth to sell Tweed, Tokyo Smoke stores to OEGRC and Four20 owner
Life on the edge: Will Arnett narrates new Netflix docuseries on Vancouver Island

Life on the edge: Will Arnett narrates new Netflix docuseries on Vancouver Island

Bryan Burnham in action with the B.C. Lions. (The Canadian Press / Christopher Katsarov)

PODCAST: Bob Marjanovich with Bryan Burnham
The newest member of the British Columbia legislature, Elenore Sturko (right), elected last month in Surrey South byelection, is sworn in by clerk Kate Ryan-Lord at the legislature in Victoria, Monday, Oct.3, 2022. The clerk says Sturko is the first politician pledging allegiance to King Charles. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Dirk Meissner

Canada’s first pledge ceremony to King Charles opens fall agenda at B.C. legislature
A dentist at the Riley Hospital for Children Department of Pediatric Dentistry, checks the teeth of Justin Perez, 11, during an office visit in Indianapolis, Friday, Jan. 22, 2016. Conservative members of Parliament are arguing the Liberal's dental-care and rental-housing relief legislation will increase inflation rather than provide relief from the rising cost of living.THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Michael Conroy

Rent support, dental cheques would be ‘eviscerated’ by inflation: Conservatives
A sex trade worker is pictured in downtown Vancouver on June, 3, 2014. An alliance of sex worker rights groups is in Ontario Superior Court today asking for several sections of the Criminal Code to be deemed unconstitutional. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward

Sex workers challenging criminal laws in court, citing Charter violation
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Mattresses lie on the floor in a holding cell at the basement of a police station which was used by Russian forces in the recently liberated town of Izium, Ukraine, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. Based on accounts of survivors and police, Associated Press journalists located 10 torture sites in the town and gained access to five of them including the police station. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

VIDEO: 10 torture sites in 1 town: Russia sowed pain, fear in Izium

Orange Shirt Day founder Phyllis Webstad from the Stswecem’c Xgat’tem First Nation lives in Williams Lake, B.C. (Monica Lamb-Yorski photo - Williams Lake Tribune)

Orange Shirt Society founder hopeful for future of Indigenous families

Crews on the scene of a crash on the old Island Highway at an overpass at the Jingle Pot Road-Norwell Drive intersection. (Karl Yu/News Bulletin)

Truck knocks concrete off overpass on Nanaimo’s old Island Highway

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Arnold Schwarzenegger visits Auschwitz - Birkenau Nazi German death camp in Oswiecim, Poland, Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022. Film icon Schwarzenegger visited the site of the Nazi German death camp Auschwitz on Wednesday to send a message against hatred. The “Terminator” actor was given a tour of the site, viewing the barracks watchtowers and the remains of gas chambers that endure as evidence of the German extermination of Jews, Roma and others during World War II. (AP Photo/Michal Dyjuk)

Poland demands $1.3 trillion in war damages from Germany

Warsaw says reparations would close painful chapters, Germany says were closed decades ago

View from above of progress on a portion of the LNG Canada terminal in Kitimat. (Michael Bramadat-Willcock/Terrace Standard)

PHOTOS: LNG Canada ramps up construction at Kitimat natural gas facility

Liquefied natural gas terminal enters peak construction phase next year

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Election 2022
Longtime Nanaimo Ladysmith Public Schools trustee Bill Robinson hopes to hold off on retirement after a number of current trustees decided not to run for re-election. (HA Photography)

Veteran Nanaimo-Ladysmith school trustee seeks another term on SD68 board

Bill Robinson reconsiders retirement after seeing that board is headed for high turnover

Coun. Erin Hemmens is running for re-election to Nanaimo city council. (Evelina Lamu photo)

Incumbent councillor excited about Nanaimo’s direction in changing times

Erin Hemmens hoping to be re-elected to Nanaimo city council

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Sports
Powell River Kings goalie Liam Vanderkooi makes a save against Nanaimo Clippers forward Kai Daniells during Friday’s BCHL game at Frank Crane Arena. (Greg Sakaki/News Bulletin)

Nanaimo Clippers win one of two on home-opening weekend

BCHL team has won three of its first four to start 2022-23 season

Nanaimo Clippers goalie Aidan Campbell makes a save during pre-season play. The Clippers’ home opener is Friday, Sept. 30. (News Bulletin file photo)

Nanaimo Clippers will bring determined effort to BCHL home opener

Clippers make their return to Frank Crane Arena this Friday, Sept. 30

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Entertainment
Former Victoria resident Zoya Thawer, who recently moved to Edmonton, is among the cast of The Great Canadian Baking Show that airs Sundays at 8 p.m. starting Oct. 2. (Carmen Cheung/Courtesy CBC)

Family, culture influence flavours for Vancouver Island bakers in TV competition

Langford, Victoria residents whip up new friendships while battling for top spot

Lt. Clinton Morgen, played by actor Patrick Stack, leads an ill-fated pursuit of Rambo during the film Rambo: First Blood. Stack is coming to Hope to take part in Rambo 40th anniversary celebrations. (YouTube screenshot)

Patrick Stack brought humour to heavy Rambo film as Lt. Clinton Morgen

Hope celebrates the 40th anniversary of Rambo: First Blood over the Canadian Thanksgiving weekend

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Community
Shelli and Kevin Green reach the finish line at the CIBC Run for the Cure on Sunday, Oct. 2, at Beban Park’s Gyro Youth Sports Fields. (Greg Sakaki/News Bulletin)

Community members Run for the Cure in Nanaimo

Event returns to Beban Park after two-year hiatus

A past year’s Run for the Cure event at Nanaimo’s Beban Park. (News Bulletin file photo)

Run for the Cure making its return to Nanaimo

Fundraiser to combat breast cancer happens Sunday, Oct. 2, at Beban Park

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Raymond Paul Honig

Sep 26th, 2022

Raymond Arthur Doumont

Sep 22nd, 2022

Diane Langdon

Sep 22nd, 2022

Robert (Bob) Morris Swanson

Sep 20th, 2022

Henry George (Harry) Langford

Sep 19th, 2022

Elizabeth (Beth) Martin

Sep 19th, 2022

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Whole lotta zeros: Apple Music crosses 100M song barrier

Every day, 20,000 singers and songwriters release music on the service

M’akola Housing Society, through funding from BC Housing, will build a five storey affordable housing building at 603 Main Street in Penticton. (Rendering)

QUIZ: How much do you know about housing and homes?

In many communities, finding a place to buy or rent can be a challenge

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Still a faint hope that B.C.’s quarterback sensation could be back in time for the playoffs

The City of Nanaimo’s urban containment boundary, as shown in the city plan. (City of Nanaimo image)

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: City needs to develop upward, not outward

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