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Ross Barnard, general sales manager of Laird Wheaton Chevrolet Buick GMC, came to work Monday, Sept. 25, to discover someone had made off with one of the dealership’s giant Canada flags, which have flown above the intersection for several decades. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)

Colossal Canada flag stolen from auto dealership in Nanaimo

Theft from Laird Wheaton Chevrolet Buick GMC reported Sept. 25

Ross Barnard, general sales manager of Laird Wheaton Chevrolet Buick GMC, came to work Monday, Sept. 25, to discover someone had made off with one of the dealership’s giant Canada flags, which have flown above the intersection for several decades. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)
The Canadian Coast Guard was called after a sailboat sank at its moorings in Nanaimo over the Labour Day long weekend. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)

Sailboat sinks at its mooring in Nanaimo’s Newcastle Channel

Coast guard will work with owner and marina to have craft removed

The Canadian Coast Guard was called after a sailboat sank at its moorings in Nanaimo over the Labour Day long weekend. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)
Nanaimo Fire Rescue crews extinguish a brush fire sparked by a vehicle fire between Port Drive and Shoreline Drive on Monday, Aug. 14. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)

Burning truck sparks bush fire driven by high winds in Nanaimo

Emergency crews called to vacant property between Port Drive and Shoreline Drive

Nanaimo Fire Rescue crews extinguish a brush fire sparked by a vehicle fire between Port Drive and Shoreline Drive on Monday, Aug. 14. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)
Community safety officers Adam Collishaw and Shannon Moore tackle clearing a campsite that was part of an extensive homeless encampment in near Comox Road on Wednesday, Aug. 9. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)

Homeless encampment cleared out behind curling club in Nanaimo

Environmental concerns, fire hazard and crime among reasons for clean-up, city says

Community safety officers Adam Collishaw and Shannon Moore tackle clearing a campsite that was part of an extensive homeless encampment in near Comox Road on Wednesday, Aug. 9. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)
The former head of Aspengrove School has been banned from teaching for 15 years after trying to meet a vigilante posing as a 15-year-old boy. (News Bulletin file photo)

Lantzville school administrator caught in ‘creep catcher’ sting suspended 15 years

Former Aspengrove head of school met vigilante posing as 15-year-old boy

The former head of Aspengrove School has been banned from teaching for 15 years after trying to meet a vigilante posing as a 15-year-old boy. (News Bulletin file photo)
Crews with Western Canada Marine Response Corporation were busy on the Nanaimo waterfront, Wednesday morning, July 26, trying to contain fuel spilled from a cargo ship docked at the Nanaimo Assembly Wharf. (Chris Bush/ News Bulletin)

Cargo ship fuel spill triggers clean-up operation in Nanaimo Harbour

Western Canada Marine Recovery Corporation tasks six ships to clean-up operation

Crews with Western Canada Marine Response Corporation were busy on the Nanaimo waterfront, Wednesday morning, July 26, trying to contain fuel spilled from a cargo ship docked at the Nanaimo Assembly Wharf. (Chris Bush/ News Bulletin)
Nanaimo Fire Rescue fire and loss prevention investigators go through the charred interior of a home in north Nanaimo following an early morning fire Tuesday, July 25. Three people and a pet escaped unharmed. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)

Three people and pet escape burning home in Nanaimo’s north end

Nanaimo Fire Rescue credits working smoke alarms with saving lives

Nanaimo Fire Rescue fire and loss prevention investigators go through the charred interior of a home in north Nanaimo following an early morning fire Tuesday, July 25. Three people and a pet escaped unharmed. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)
Firefighters extinguish hot spots hours after a fire burned down two mobile homes and severely damaged another on Hallberg Road the late afternoon and evening of Friday, July 21. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)

2 homes destroyed, 3rd severely damaged in fire near Nanaimo Airport

Firefighters from Cranberry department and others battle blaze at mobile home park in Cassidy

Firefighters extinguish hot spots hours after a fire burned down two mobile homes and severely damaged another on Hallberg Road the late afternoon and evening of Friday, July 21. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)
A number of Nanaimo RCMP officers responded to a property in Nanaimo on Thursday, July 20, after a report of someone shooting flaming arrows turned out to be someone shooting a Roman candle. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)

Suspect on motorbike causes small brush fire by shooting off Roman candle in Nanaimo

Nanaimo RCMP rushed to the scene after hearing initial report about suspect shooting flaming arrows

A number of Nanaimo RCMP officers responded to a property in Nanaimo on Thursday, July 20, after a report of someone shooting flaming arrows turned out to be someone shooting a Roman candle. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)
Hullo’s high-speed foot-passenger ferries arrived in Nanaimo Harbour on Friday, July 14, and will begin ferrying passengers between Nanaimo and Vancouver in August. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)

New Hullo high-speed foot-passenger ferries arrive in Nanaimo

Vancouver Island Ferry Company will start service between Nanaimo and Vancouver in August

Hullo’s high-speed foot-passenger ferries arrived in Nanaimo Harbour on Friday, July 14, and will begin ferrying passengers between Nanaimo and Vancouver in August. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)
One man was sent to hospital to be treated for a stab wound following an altercation in downtown Nanaimo on Monday, July 10. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)

Altercation in downtown Nanaimo results in stabbing

Dispute between two men sends one to hospital with non life-threatening injuries

One man was sent to hospital to be treated for a stab wound following an altercation in downtown Nanaimo on Monday, July 10. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)
Camas, a Vancouver Island marmot, was discovered in a backyard in Errington after surviving a daunting – for a marmot – 30-kilometre journey from Green Mountain, southeast of Nanaimo. (Sandra Gray photo)

Vancouver Island marmot makes marathon journey looking for love

Camas the marmot makes 30-kilometre trek from Nanaimo Lakes to Errington

Camas, a Vancouver Island marmot, was discovered in a backyard in Errington after surviving a daunting – for a marmot – 30-kilometre journey from Green Mountain, southeast of Nanaimo. (Sandra Gray photo)
Nanaimo Fire Rescue firefighters bring a small sailing dinghy ashore after retrieving its occupants from Diver Lake after the craft capsized Tuesday, July 4. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)

Couple rescued after dinghy capsizes on Nanaimo’s Diver Lake

Nanaimo Fire Rescue firefighters called to incident July 4

Nanaimo Fire Rescue firefighters bring a small sailing dinghy ashore after retrieving its occupants from Diver Lake after the craft capsized Tuesday, July 4. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)
Nanaimo-Ladysmith MP Lisa Marie Barron and Nanaimo Mayor Leonard Krog discuss details of Bill C-345, which aims to improve protection against violence for all first responders, during a press conference at Nanaimo Fire Rescue Station No. 1 on Wednesday, June 28. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)

Proposed legislation could help protect firefighters and paramedics from violence

Nanaimo-Ladysmith MP backs bill to stiffen penalties for violence against first responders

Nanaimo-Ladysmith MP Lisa Marie Barron and Nanaimo Mayor Leonard Krog discuss details of Bill C-345, which aims to improve protection against violence for all first responders, during a press conference at Nanaimo Fire Rescue Station No. 1 on Wednesday, June 28. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)
Lance Stephenson, a recently retired paramedic, is taking his turn in the saddle as a rider with this year’s Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)

Retired central Island paramedic never thought he’d become a Tour de Rock rider

Lance Stephenson one of two Nanaimo participants training for this year’s charity ride

Lance Stephenson, a recently retired paramedic, is taking his turn in the saddle as a rider with this year’s Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)
Nanaimo’s South Fork Dam, built in the 1930s, will be getting a seismic upgrade in the 2030s as part of efforts to ensure the city has adequate water supplies in spite of population growth and climate change in the coming decades. (News Bulletin file photo)

Report suggest Nanaimo will be water resilient for decades

Public Works department reports on water supply strategy meant to supplement city plan

Nanaimo’s South Fork Dam, built in the 1930s, will be getting a seismic upgrade in the 2030s as part of efforts to ensure the city has adequate water supplies in spite of population growth and climate change in the coming decades. (News Bulletin file photo)
Police and firefighters load a victim onto a clamshell stretcher to carry him up a steep embankment to an ambulance along Terminal Avenue on Wednesday, June 14. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)

Shots fired at Nanaimo homeless camp, one person seriously injured

Two people detained by police after incident along Terminal Avenue on June 14

Police and firefighters load a victim onto a clamshell stretcher to carry him up a steep embankment to an ambulance along Terminal Avenue on Wednesday, June 14. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)
A Nanaimo family found a cougar guarding its kill in their backyard on the weekend. (Photo courtesy Cheryl Thompson)

Nanaimo family wakes up to find cougar guarding its kill in their backyard

Multiple sightings of cat in Invermere Beach area in north Nanaimo this week

A Nanaimo family found a cougar guarding its kill in their backyard on the weekend. (Photo courtesy Cheryl Thompson)
Nanaimo RCMP have reported a man has died on June 7 after going into medical distress while swimming at Westwood Lake. (Black Press Media file photo)

Man dies after going into medical distress while swimming in Vancouver Island lake

Rescue attempt by friends, emergency services successful, but victim died later in Nanaimo hospital

Nanaimo RCMP have reported a man has died on June 7 after going into medical distress while swimming at Westwood Lake. (Black Press Media file photo)
Nanaimo RCMP would like to talk with any witnesses to a collision in Extension that claimed the life of a man Tuesday, June 6. (Black Press Media file photo)

RCMP looking for witnesses after Nanaimo man dies in crash in Extension

Crash happened on White Rapids Road, south of Nanaimo

Nanaimo RCMP would like to talk with any witnesses to a collision in Extension that claimed the life of a man Tuesday, June 6. (Black Press Media file photo)