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Downtown Nanaimo is being transformed into post-zombie-apocalypse Seattle ahead of filming of ‘The Last of Us’ TV series. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)

PHOTOS: Crews transform Nanaimo’s downtown into ‘The Last of Us’ set

Further road closures come into effect May 10 for filming of HBO TV series

Downtown Nanaimo is being transformed into post-zombie-apocalypse Seattle ahead of filming of ‘The Last of Us’ TV series. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)
Following a performance during the semifinals of ‘Canada’s Got Talent’ that aired Tuesday, May 7, Funkanometry will dance on the final stage and vie for viewer votes on the series’ season finale, airing May 14. (Canada’s Got Talent photo)

B.C. dancers advance to ‘Canada’s Got Talent’ season finale

Vancouver Island duo Funkanometry excels in semifinals and will dance once more May 14

Following a performance during the semifinals of ‘Canada’s Got Talent’ that aired Tuesday, May 7, Funkanometry will dance on the final stage and vie for viewer votes on the series’ season finale, airing May 14. (Canada’s Got Talent photo)
Pamela Anderson wears a chiffon gown by Oscar de la Renta at the Met Gala in New York City on Monday, May 6. (Oscar de la Renta photo)

B.C.’s Pamela Anderson ‘glows’ at her first Met Gala

Celebrity dons makeup, chiffon, diamonds, feathers at New York City museum fundraiser

Pamela Anderson wears a chiffon gown by Oscar de la Renta at the Met Gala in New York City on Monday, May 6. (Oscar de la Renta photo)
Carlow Rush, left, and Jacksun Fryer, seen here performing as Funkanometry on Canada’s Got Talent, have made it to the reality competition series’ semi-finals episode, airing May 7. (CityTV photo)

Vancouver Island’s Funkanometry boogies into ‘Canada’s Got Talent’ semifinals

Dancing duo, based in Nanaimo, will appear on May 7 broadcast at 8 p.m. on CityTV

Carlow Rush, left, and Jacksun Fryer, seen here performing as Funkanometry on Canada’s Got Talent, have made it to the reality competition series’ semi-finals episode, airing May 7. (CityTV photo)
Snaw-Naw-As Coun. Gordon Edwards speaks Tuesday, April 9, as the provincial government announces $7.1 million for initial funding for detox services for Indigenous youths. (Karl Yu/News Bulletin

B.C. funding first-of-its-kind detox service for Indigenous youths

Service will be starting this spring at Orca Lelum Youth Wellness Centre north of Nanaimo

Snaw-Naw-As Coun. Gordon Edwards speaks Tuesday, April 9, as the provincial government announces $7.1 million for initial funding for detox services for Indigenous youths. (Karl Yu/News Bulletin
A Good Samaritan picked up an envelope with $950 and turned it over to RCMP, who were able to return the money to the person who lost it. (News Bulletin file photo)

B.C. woman reconnects $1,000 cash to owner after finding it on the ground

Money found in envelope outside RBC branch at Nanaimo shopping centre

A Good Samaritan picked up an envelope with $950 and turned it over to RCMP, who were able to return the money to the person who lost it. (News Bulletin file photo)
B.C. Health Minister Adrian Dix speaks in the legislature Monday, Feb. 26, about the recent death of a 23-year-old homeless shelter worker from Nanaimo. (Legislative Assembly of B.C. image)

Nanaimo shelter worker’s death raises health-care debate in legislature

Health minister says province continuing to try to add doctors and improve primary care

B.C. Health Minister Adrian Dix speaks in the legislature Monday, Feb. 26, about the recent death of a 23-year-old homeless shelter worker from Nanaimo. (Legislative Assembly of B.C. image)
Vancouver Island University Mariners player Daniel Mascarenhas and his teammates celebrate a point during the PacWest championship match against the Douglas Royals in New Westminster on Saturday, Feb. 24. (James Glezos/PacWest)

VIU men’s and women’s v-ball teams each win gold at provincials

Mariners men come back to win in five sets, M’s women sweep to victory

Vancouver Island University Mariners player Daniel Mascarenhas and his teammates celebrate a point during the PacWest championship match against the Douglas Royals in New Westminster on Saturday, Feb. 24. (James Glezos/PacWest)
Land where Nanaimo Indian Hospital used to be situated, has been returned to Snuneymuxw First Nation, the Government of Canada and Snuneymuxw announced Jan. 27. (News Bulletin file photo)

Former Nanaimo Indian Hospital lands returned to B.C. First Nation

Canadian government and Snuneymuxw announce ‘historic interim land reconciliation agreement’

Land where Nanaimo Indian Hospital used to be situated, has been returned to Snuneymuxw First Nation, the Government of Canada and Snuneymuxw announced Jan. 27. (News Bulletin file photo)
The B.C. Office of the Seniors Advocate released its 2023 long-term care and assisted living directory report this week. (Black Press Media file photo)

Food standards, over-medication high on B.C. seniors’ care list of concerns

Office of B.C. Seniors Advocate releases long-term care and assisted-living directory

The B.C. Office of the Seniors Advocate released its 2023 long-term care and assisted living directory report this week. (Black Press Media file photo)
Nanaimo lawyer Marc Andre Scheirer was disbarred after the Law Society of B.C. considered his sexual assault conviction related to his interactions with a prospective client in 2018. (Black Press Media file photo)

B.C. lawyer disbarred after sex assault of prospective client

Nanaimo’s Marc Andre Scheirer was convicted in 2020 in relation to an incident in 2018

Nanaimo lawyer Marc Andre Scheirer was disbarred after the Law Society of B.C. considered his sexual assault conviction related to his interactions with a prospective client in 2018. (Black Press Media file photo)
Cats and dogs, 44 in total, were seized from a community off the coast of Vancouver Island and transported to Nanaimo for care. (Submitted photo)

39 dogs, 5 cats seized by SPCA from Island home filled with feces and urine

Animals receiving care at vet after being transported by boat to Nanaimo

Cats and dogs, 44 in total, were seized from a community off the coast of Vancouver Island and transported to Nanaimo for care. (Submitted photo)
Police hope the public can help identify a man who allegedly exposed himself to staff at a Nanaimo fitness club. (Photo submitted)

Sword-carrying suspect allegedly exposes genitals at Nanaimo fitness centre

Incident happened three weeks ago at Country Club Centre

Police hope the public can help identify a man who allegedly exposed himself to staff at a Nanaimo fitness club. (Photo submitted)
RCMP on scene at the former Hells Angels clubhouse in Nanaimo’s south end. The clubhouse is set to be demolished on Wednesday, Nov. 15. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)

B.C. demolishing former Hells Angels clubhouse in Nanaimo

Minister says government will take action against organized crime ‘brick by brick’

RCMP on scene at the former Hells Angels clubhouse in Nanaimo’s south end. The clubhouse is set to be demolished on Wednesday, Nov. 15. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)
A Nanaimo landlord was fined more than $17,000 by the B.C. Residential Tenancy Branch’s compliance and enforcement unit. (Stock photo)

Nanaimo landlord fined $17,000 for illegal eviction of dying tenant

Landlord cut off power, changed locks

A Nanaimo landlord was fined more than $17,000 by the B.C. Residential Tenancy Branch’s compliance and enforcement unit. (Stock photo)
Nanaimo CatNap Society volunteer Kathi Baart helped find a cat that was lost while its owner was visiting from Ontario last month. (Photo submitted)

Cat lost by tearful widow in B.C. making safe Thanksgiving return to Ontario

Senior slept in car, fell on her face while searching downtown last month

Nanaimo CatNap Society volunteer Kathi Baart helped find a cat that was lost while its owner was visiting from Ontario last month. (Photo submitted)
Actress and model Pamela Anderson made several appearances without makeup at Paris Fashion Week which garnered attention in the entertainment tabloids. (Photo via instagram)

Pamela Anderson makes bare-faced appearance at Paris Fashion Week

Ladysmith celebrity goes without makeup, says there is beauty in self-acceptance and imperfection

Actress and model Pamela Anderson made several appearances without makeup at Paris Fashion Week which garnered attention in the entertainment tabloids. (Photo via instagram)
A Nanaimo lawyer was fined for sharing “locker-room talk” gossip with a client two years ago. (Stock photo)

B.C. lawyer fined for sexual history gossip about member of judiciary

Lawyer shared ‘locker-room talk’ gossip two years ago that made client uncomfortable

A Nanaimo lawyer was fined for sharing “locker-room talk” gossip with a client two years ago. (Stock photo)
BC Ferries is bracing for a busy Labour Day long weekend and has determined how its fall sailing schedule will be impacted as the Coastal Renaissance remains out of service. (News Bulletin file photo)

BC Ferries cancels 60 sailings with Coastal-class vessel out of commission

Ferry terminals expected to be busy over Labour Day weekend

BC Ferries is bracing for a busy Labour Day long weekend and has determined how its fall sailing schedule will be impacted as the Coastal Renaissance remains out of service. (News Bulletin file photo)
Nanaimo RCMP were called to a scene in which a “grossly intoxicated man” was found asleep on a couch in a south Nanaimo townhouse on Aug. 28. (Black Press Media file photo)

Nanaimo woman wakes up to find drunken stranger passed out on her couch

Man wandered into wrong townhouse, say Nanaimo RCMP

Nanaimo RCMP were called to a scene in which a “grossly intoxicated man” was found asleep on a couch in a south Nanaimo townhouse on Aug. 28. (Black Press Media file photo)