Nanaimo News

Thanks to women of previous generations, millions of Canadian girls grow up knowing they can do or be whatever they choose.

The Grade 9 Dover Bay Secondary School student charted his way to second place - and a $2,000 scholarship - in The Great Canadian Geography Challenge in April.

How high can a flea jump? How many bones in the human body? How much does a newborn blue whale weight? All questions with a common denominator - science.

According to A.J. Hustins, the Canadian Union of Public Employees created temporary tourism positions when NEDCorp was first incorporated to give the board time to organize its structure and draw up job descriptions.

Smokin' George's, located on Mostar Road, is the second restaurant in the city to be featured on Food Network Canada's You Gotta Eat Here show, a half-hour reality series that sees Canadian sketch comic John Catucci visit popular eating establishments across the Canada.

The RCMP officer in charge of the Nanaimo and District Crime Stoppers program has been named police co-ordinator of the year by the provincial Crime Stoppers organization.

They came to Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, the knighted celebrity entrepreneur and the Canadian Glee dreamboat, with money to give and a story to tell, respectively.

Clare Fleming, Desiree Bortolussi and Natalia Bereznicki are off to Nanaimo for the Performing Arts B.C. Festival being held from May 28 to 31.

Tanya Iatrides sees every day with her daughter Mary, who was diagnosed with leukemia at 14 months, as a precious gift.

By Jenn McGarrigle - Nanaimo News Bulletin Published: May 25, 2012 10:00 AM Updated: May 25, 2012 10:05 AM Justin Green, currently first vice-president of the Nanaimo District Teachers' Association, was elected the union's new president at the group's annual general meeting Tuesday, attended by about 200 teachers.

It has been one year since the lifeless body of a 22-year-old Nanaimo mother was found in a city park, and the men arrested and charged following her death are still inching their way through the court system.

The meeting should last approximately one hour and coffee and snacks will be provided.

By Toby Gorman - Nanaimo News Bulletin Published: May 24, 2012 8:00 AM Updated: May 24, 2012 8:47 AM And many of the topics Olivier De Schutter, the UN's special rapporteur for food, touched on during his 11-day visit to Canada, which included time spent in inner cities and on First Nation reserves, can be applied to Nanaimo, says a local food ... (more)

Immigrants to Canada who live in Nanaimo and hoping to become Canadian citizens this summer are in limbo because of restructuring at Citizenship and Immigration Canada.

Dodd, the owner of Victoria's Dodd's Furniture and Mattress store, is well-known for starring in his own TV commercials.

The NDTA's first vice-president for the past two years, Green beat out challenger Dan Companion, a teacher at Dover Bay Secondary School, to replace outgoing president Derek DeGear.

Local citizens opposed to B.C. Hydro's smart meters say they are staging two demonstrations against the meters on Wednesday.

Trishanne Bennett finds the transit system in Nanaimo difficult to navigate. She is among the thousands of clients transit planners must consider when adding another 1,500 to 2,000 hours of new service in Nanaimo next year.

Nanaimo cab drivers who work at night want more protection, following a second attack on the same driver in three weeks.

Andrew Gates of Nanaimo has earned a full scholarship to attend the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ont.