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A still image taken from cellphone video footage shows a sea lion tossing an octopus in Stuart Channel south of Nanaimo on Thursday, Nov. 16. (Image courtesy Lindsay Bryant)

Sea lion-versus-octopus battle filmed in waters south of Nanaimo

Woman preparing to go for swim captures circle-of-life moment

A still image taken from cellphone video footage shows a sea lion tossing an octopus in Stuart Channel south of Nanaimo on Thursday, Nov. 16. (Image courtesy Lindsay Bryant)
A white Toyota Corolla is seen flipped onto its roof on Nov. 18. The driver was over the legal limit and was suspended from driving for 90 days. (Photo Submitted)

Intoxicated driver called ‘lucky’ after flipping car in Langford

The crash involved a single driver and no other cars

A white Toyota Corolla is seen flipped onto its roof on Nov. 18. The driver was over the legal limit and was suspended from driving for 90 days. (Photo Submitted)
Nanaimo Fire Rescue handed a fire investigation over to the RCMP after a pickup truck burned in the woods near the Nanaimo Parkway at Northfield Road on the weekend. (News Bulletin file photo)

Report of bush fire in Nanaimo turns out to be burning pickup truck

Nanaimo firefighters find truck fully ablaze near homeless encampment

Nanaimo Fire Rescue handed a fire investigation over to the RCMP after a pickup truck burned in the woods near the Nanaimo Parkway at Northfield Road on the weekend. (News Bulletin file photo)
Victoria Coun. Susan Kim. (City of Victoria photo)
Victoria Coun. Susan Kim. (City of Victoria photo)
Dr. John Forster-Coull at Victoria Compounding Pharmacy holds an Influenza vaccine. (Ella Matte/News Staff)
Dr. John Forster-Coull at Victoria Compounding Pharmacy holds an Influenza vaccine. (Ella Matte/News Staff)
Stew Young has been sitting on the sideline for a year, but is getting fed up with how the new council is “ruining” the city. (News Staff/Thomas Eley)

‘I should have been out there’: ex-mayor Stew Young eyes comeback in Langford

Young said he thinks this current government is falling flat

Stew Young has been sitting on the sideline for a year, but is getting fed up with how the new council is “ruining” the city. (News Staff/Thomas Eley)
A demo car at the Demo Championship at Westshore Motorsports Park in Langford. The event was the final demo race at the track. (Justin Samanski-Langille/News Staff)
A demo car at the Demo Championship at Westshore Motorsports Park in Langford. The event was the final demo race at the track. (Justin Samanski-Langille/News Staff)
(PQB News file photo)
(PQB News file photo)
(PQB News file photo)

PQB crime report: Resident loses $19.5K in cryptocurrency scam

Oceanside RCMP also deal with break-ins, trespasser sleeping in shed

(PQB News file photo)
Anxiety is on a spectrum, according to Paweena Sukhawathanakul, assistant professor in the psychology department at UVic. (UVic/Photo supplied)

Anxiety is on a spectrum, according to Victoria expert, as service lag behind

Over five million Canadians experience some form of mental health disorder

Anxiety is on a spectrum, according to Paweena Sukhawathanakul, assistant professor in the psychology department at UVic. (UVic/Photo supplied)
A re-zoning application for the Sandstone lands in the Cinnabar Valley and Cedar passed third reading following a public hearing on Thursday, Nov. 16. (Seacliff Properties/City of Nanaimo image)

Nanaimo’s huge Sandstone development gets past public hearing

Council votes 7-2 in favour of third reading of zoning amendment bylaw

A re-zoning application for the Sandstone lands in the Cinnabar Valley and Cedar passed third reading following a public hearing on Thursday, Nov. 16. (Seacliff Properties/City of Nanaimo image)
The Ministry of Transportation completed repairs to a 50-metre stretch of Malahat highway on Oct. 31, almost two years after heavy rains and floods washed out the northbound lane and compromised the cliffside retaining wall. A campaign the CRD could look at joining wants to sue fossil fuel companies for climate-related costs taxpayers are paying. (Courtesy of B.C.’s Ministry of Transportation)

CRD to vote on studying impact of joining lawsuit against ‘big oil’ firms

Campaign hopes to help communities recoup costs related to climate change

The Ministry of Transportation completed repairs to a 50-metre stretch of Malahat highway on Oct. 31, almost two years after heavy rains and floods washed out the northbound lane and compromised the cliffside retaining wall. A campaign the CRD could look at joining wants to sue fossil fuel companies for climate-related costs taxpayers are paying. (Courtesy of B.C.’s Ministry of Transportation)
Eileen Greaves (right) with her daughter Stephanie at the Oak Bay cafe she’s run for the last 30 years. (Gerry Bell photo)
Eileen Greaves (right) with her daughter Stephanie at the Oak Bay cafe she’s run for the last 30 years. (Gerry Bell photo)
Four sailings of the Coastal Celebration are cancelled due to mechanical issues on Friday, Nov. 17. (Black Press Media file photo)

UPDATE: BC Ferries fixes the problem, reinstates 4 sailings

Coastal Celebration sailings were cancelled early Friday morning

Four sailings of the Coastal Celebration are cancelled due to mechanical issues on Friday, Nov. 17. (Black Press Media file photo)
Greater Victoria wins the 2024 Eco Family Escape Travel Award from Good Housekeeping Insitute. Fisherman’s Wharf was one of the many stops the presenters visited. (Photo submitted/Matt Shannon)

‘A boost to local business’: Greater Victoria wins tourism award

The visitor economy brings in $2.3 billion annually to Greater Victoria

Greater Victoria wins the 2024 Eco Family Escape Travel Award from Good Housekeeping Insitute. Fisherman’s Wharf was one of the many stops the presenters visited. (Photo submitted/Matt Shannon)
The bottom right portion of the photo shows what will be Cell 4 at Hartland landfill. Cell 3, shown in the upper right side of the photo, has been taking the region’s solid waste since 2016 and will be full by late 2024. (Courtesy of Derek Ford/CRD)

Landfill section nears capacity as CRD grants $11M for Hartland’s next phase

New landfilling rates set for Jan. 1 aim to incentivize salvaging and reusing materials

The bottom right portion of the photo shows what will be Cell 4 at Hartland landfill. Cell 3, shown in the upper right side of the photo, has been taking the region’s solid waste since 2016 and will be full by late 2024. (Courtesy of Derek Ford/CRD)
Stuart McLean, Regional District of Nanaimo transit select committee chairperson and board vice-chairperson, tests out a new Umo card at the RDN Transit facility on Nov. 16. (Karl Yu/News Bulletin)

Tap-card, mobile app fare payment goes live on buses servicing Nanaimo area

Umo system now live in Victoria, Nanaimo, Cowichan Valley, with Comox Valley coming next

Stuart McLean, Regional District of Nanaimo transit select committee chairperson and board vice-chairperson, tests out a new Umo card at the RDN Transit facility on Nov. 16. (Karl Yu/News Bulletin)
Renowned Indigenous art historian and curator Dr. Heather Igloliorte is the inaugural Canada Excellence Research Chair in Decolonial and Transformational Indigenous Art Practices at the University of Victoria. (Courtesy UVic)

Feds fund $8M for first UVic chair of decolonial Indigenous art practices

Globally renowned Indigenous art historian and curator Heather Igloliorte serves inagural role

Renowned Indigenous art historian and curator Dr. Heather Igloliorte is the inaugural Canada Excellence Research Chair in Decolonial and Transformational Indigenous Art Practices at the University of Victoria. (Courtesy UVic)
Brent Fedirchuk, right, receives the 2016 Wayne Demoskoff Volunteer of the Year award from sponsor Peter Mugleston of the Best Western Barclay Plus Hotel at the Funtastic Alberni/ Okee Dokee Slopitch tournament. (PHOTO COURTESY FUNTASTIC ALBERNI)
Brent Fedirchuk, right, receives the 2016 Wayne Demoskoff Volunteer of the Year award from sponsor Peter Mugleston of the Best Western Barclay Plus Hotel at the Funtastic Alberni/ Okee Dokee Slopitch tournament. (PHOTO COURTESY FUNTASTIC ALBERNI)
A former Victoria mutual fund dealer was caught stealing from a client. (iStock photo)

Victoria mutual fund dealer ripped off his sick client for $115K

Ken David Derksen has been handed $325K in penalties

A former Victoria mutual fund dealer was caught stealing from a client. (iStock photo)