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The Heart on the Hill affordable housing building was originally planned with intentions for one-third of the units to be rented to persons with developmental disabilities, but that didn’t happen. (News Bulletin photo)

Few tenants with disabilities able to access Ladysmith affordable housing

Original vision of one-third of units for adults with developmental disabilities doesn’t materialize

The Heart on the Hill affordable housing building was originally planned with intentions for one-third of the units to be rented to persons with developmental disabilities, but that didn’t happen. (News Bulletin photo)
Stz’uminus First Nation’s Coast Salish Group envisions a ‘mini-Granville Island’ in Ladysmith harbour, part of the Ladysmith Waterfront Area Plan. (Image courtesy Coast Salish Group)

Land transfer aimed at creating ‘mini-Granville Island’ on Ladysmith waterfront

Town working to transfer property to Stz’uminus First Nation’s development arm

Stz’uminus First Nation’s Coast Salish Group envisions a ‘mini-Granville Island’ in Ladysmith harbour, part of the Ladysmith Waterfront Area Plan. (Image courtesy Coast Salish Group)
B.C. Minister of Education and Child Care Rachna Singh announces the opening of the new expansion of École Hammond Bay on Monday, Sept. 11. (Bailey Seymour/News Bulletin)

Minister in Nanaimo to celebrate completion of elementary school’s expansion

École Hammond Bay has 12 new classrooms, accommodating another 295 students

B.C. Minister of Education and Child Care Rachna Singh announces the opening of the new expansion of École Hammond Bay on Monday, Sept. 11. (Bailey Seymour/News Bulletin)
Dozens of firefighters worked to put out a mulch fire at a woodlot near Ladysmith on Tuesday, Aug. 29. (Photo courtesy Bob Burgess)

Firefighters work through the night to snuff out mulch fire near Ladysmith

Firefighters spend 12 hours putting out fire on Brenton Page Road

Dozens of firefighters worked to put out a mulch fire at a woodlot near Ladysmith on Tuesday, Aug. 29. (Photo courtesy Bob Burgess)
Grant Leier, a Nanaimo-based painter who's shown his work at galleries across North America, will be the guest artist at the 25th annual Ladysmith Arts on the Avenue festival on Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 26-27. (Bailey Seymour/News Bulletin)

Ladysmith to hold 25th Arts on the Avenue festival

Nanaimo painter Grant Leier is this year’s featured artist

Grant Leier, a Nanaimo-based painter who's shown his work at galleries across North America, will be the guest artist at the 25th annual Ladysmith Arts on the Avenue festival on Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 26-27. (Bailey Seymour/News Bulletin)
Two motorists were transported to hospital after a vehicle crossed the median on the Trans-Canada Highway in Ladysmith on Wednesday, July 26. (Duck Paterson photo)

Two air ambulances land on highway after head-on vehicle crash in Ladysmith

Two patients taken to hospital, one via helicopter

Two motorists were transported to hospital after a vehicle crossed the median on the Trans-Canada Highway in Ladysmith on Wednesday, July 26. (Duck Paterson photo)
June Francis, chairperson of the anti-racism data committee, front, and B.C. Minister of Social Development and Poverty Reduction Sheila Malcolmson are among those calling on B.C. residents to fill out the new B.C. Demographics Survey to help curb systematic racism in government services. (Bailey Seymour/News Bulletin)

B.C. government hoping for more responses to racism survey

Survey has been delivered to 800,000 households

June Francis, chairperson of the anti-racism data committee, front, and B.C. Minister of Social Development and Poverty Reduction Sheila Malcolmson are among those calling on B.C. residents to fill out the new B.C. Demographics Survey to help curb systematic racism in government services. (Bailey Seymour/News Bulletin)
Colin Dowler was mauled by a grizzly bear while mountain biking near Campbell River in 2019 and was narrowly saved by a blood transfusion; he’s now advocating for more blood donations this summer. (Submitted photo)

B.C. grizzly bear attack survivor calls for more blood donations

Campbell River man says a blood transfusion saved his life in 2019

Colin Dowler was mauled by a grizzly bear while mountain biking near Campbell River in 2019 and was narrowly saved by a blood transfusion; he’s now advocating for more blood donations this summer. (Submitted photo)
VIU Canada Goose Project researchers tagged and collared dozens of geese at Departure Bay Beach on Monday, July 3. The project aims to track geese whereabouts and population in the Nanaimo area. (Bailey Seymour/News Bulletin)

Researchers tag Canada geese to help City of Nanaimo control bird’s population

Dozens of geese collared at Departure Bay Beach on July 3

VIU Canada Goose Project researchers tagged and collared dozens of geese at Departure Bay Beach on Monday, July 3. The project aims to track geese whereabouts and population in the Nanaimo area. (Bailey Seymour/News Bulletin)
Newcastle residents rally at Pearson Park to demand action from the government on Tuesday, June 20, after a man was shot near an encampment along the banks of Millstone River last week. (Bailey Seymour/News Bulletin)

Residents rally after another shooting in Nanaimo’s Newcastle neighbourhood

Rally comes after second person shot within three months at homeless encampment

Newcastle residents rally at Pearson Park to demand action from the government on Tuesday, June 20, after a man was shot near an encampment along the banks of Millstone River last week. (Bailey Seymour/News Bulletin)
A man was sentenced to 20 months in jail for possession of child pornography and secretly recording nudity. (News Bulletin file)

Nanaimo man sentenced for collecting ‘massive’ amount of child pornography

Man had saved more than 30,000 photos and videos and had secretly recorded his partner showering

A man was sentenced to 20 months in jail for possession of child pornography and secretly recording nudity. (News Bulletin file)
A Chemainus-based comic book artist and publisher is raising funds to publish the next instalment of his Monsterella series. (Image courtesy Nevin Arnold)

Chemainus comic book artist raising money to create new anthology of horror stories

Nevin Arnold independently publishes his own and other Vancouver Island artists’ stories

A Chemainus-based comic book artist and publisher is raising funds to publish the next instalment of his Monsterella series. (Image courtesy Nevin Arnold)
Carla Qualtrough, federal minister of employment, workforce development and disability inclusion, announces $16 million in funding for programs across the country that aim to support Canadians with disabilities looking to enter the workforce. The press conference was held in Nanaimo on Thursday, June 1. (Bailey Seymour/News Bulletin)

Feds funding programs to support people with disabilities joining the workforce

Federal minister of employment announces $16 million to go to six organizations across Canada

Carla Qualtrough, federal minister of employment, workforce development and disability inclusion, announces $16 million in funding for programs across the country that aim to support Canadians with disabilities looking to enter the workforce. The press conference was held in Nanaimo on Thursday, June 1. (Bailey Seymour/News Bulletin)
Nanaimo’s Shena Novotny is being featured in the second season of ‘Pets and Pickers’ on Animal Planet. (Submitted photo)

Woman from Nanaimo stars in animal hospital reality TV show

Cat sanctuary manager Shena Novotny featured on second season of Animal Planet’s Pets and Pickers

Nanaimo’s Shena Novotny is being featured in the second season of ‘Pets and Pickers’ on Animal Planet. (Submitted photo)
Ladysmith Maritime Society supporters got the opportunity to ask questions, present ideas, and discuss the lease agreement transfer at the Aggie Hall town hall meeting on Wednesday, May 3. (Bailey Seymour/The Chronicle)

Pending transfer has some ‘frightened’ for future of Ladysmith community marina

300 community members show up to discuss marina lease transfer to Stz’uminus First Nation

Ladysmith Maritime Society supporters got the opportunity to ask questions, present ideas, and discuss the lease agreement transfer at the Aggie Hall town hall meeting on Wednesday, May 3. (Bailey Seymour/The Chronicle)
Holland Creek trail is set to re-open at the end of June and construction is expected to be finished in August. (Duck Paterson photo)

Ladysmith’s Holland Creek Trail expected to re-open by early summer

Construction delays due to inconsistencies in bedrock, says developer

Holland Creek trail is set to re-open at the end of June and construction is expected to be finished in August. (Duck Paterson photo)
Isobel Mackenzie, B.C. Seniors Advocate, spoke with Ladysmith seniors about issues including rent, income and health care on Wednesday, April 19. (Bailey Seymour/News Bulletin)

Seniors living long, healthy lives, but need more support, Vancouver Islanders told

B.C. seniors advocate Isobel Mackenzie holds public forum at Ladysmith Seniors Centre

Isobel Mackenzie, B.C. Seniors Advocate, spoke with Ladysmith seniors about issues including rent, income and health care on Wednesday, April 19. (Bailey Seymour/News Bulletin)
The Nanaimo Airport Commission released its new 2023-2027 strategic plan. The plan outlines four goals from diversifying revenue streams to achieving net zero carbon emissions. (News Bulletin file photo)

Nanaimo Airport sets strategic goals around development, climate and relationship-building

Nanaimo Airport Commission releases new five-year strategic plan

The Nanaimo Airport Commission released its new 2023-2027 strategic plan. The plan outlines four goals from diversifying revenue streams to achieving net zero carbon emissions. (News Bulletin file photo)
The future of the Ladysmith Community Marina is uncertain after the Ladysmith Maritime Society was delivered an eviction notice from the Town of Ladysmith. (Bailey Seymour/The Chronicle)

Ladysmith community marina operator being evicted from the harbour

Town of Ladysmith and Stz’uminus First Nation working together on waterfront area plan

The future of the Ladysmith Community Marina is uncertain after the Ladysmith Maritime Society was delivered an eviction notice from the Town of Ladysmith. (Bailey Seymour/The Chronicle)
Katie Olthuis, director of policy and legislation for the ministry of Emergency Management and Climate Readiness speaking about the new emergency management legislation at the AVICC convention on Friday, April 14. (Bailey Seymour/News Bulletin)

Vancouver Island communities told to expect emergency program improvements

Emergency management discussed at AVICC convention in Nanaimo

Katie Olthuis, director of policy and legislation for the ministry of Emergency Management and Climate Readiness speaking about the new emergency management legislation at the AVICC convention on Friday, April 14. (Bailey Seymour/News Bulletin)