Karl Yu
Reporter at Nanaimo News Bulletin
Reporter, brother, secret lover. Covers @RDNanaimo, @sd68bc and court for @nanaimobulletin. CCNA and #MaMurray award winner. Opinions expressed are my own.
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4 days ago |
nanaimobulletin.com | Karl Yu
A regional bomb disposal team is being established on Vancouver Island, say RCMP. The explosives disposal unit was one of the attractions at a Nanaimo RCMP open house event Saturday, May 10, outside the detachment building. Community members had a chance to learn about police, procedures, and vehicles and equipment. Const.
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5 days ago |
nanaimobulletin.com | Karl Yu
Nanaimo-Ladysmith school district is monitoring student numbers with Rutherford Elementary School on track to re-open in September. The school board of the day shuttered the north-end school in 2018 in the midst of declining enrolment, but the situation has turned around, with district-wide enrolment forecast to climb to 15,494 full-time students in 2025-26, up from 15,280 in 2024-25.
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6 days ago |
vernonmorningstar.com | Karl Yu
A former financial advisor from Nanaimo has been fined $1 million after misappropriating money from clients who were elderly and ill. A panel of the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization, which oversees financial service providers, deemed that Michael Rowland Tomkins took part in actions detrimental to the public interest when he misappropriated funds from clients over five years. A $1-million fine was issued and he was ordered to pay back close to $1.3 million.
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6 days ago |
vancouverislandfreedaily.com | Karl Yu
A former financial advisor from Nanaimo has been fined $1 million after misappropriating money from clients who were elderly and ill. A panel of the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization, which oversees financial service providers, deemed that Michael Rowland Tomkins took part in actions detrimental to the public interest when he misappropriated funds from clients over five years. A $1-million fine was issued and he was ordered to pay back close to $1.3 million.
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1 week ago |
todayinbc.com | Karl Yu
Trying to wrest itself free from consecutive multimillion-dollar deficits, Vancouver Island University is looking at cutting more programs, including the masters of community planning. VIU continues to be in the red, most recently with a $9-million deficit in 2024-25 and a November draft budget suggesting a $12-million shortfall for 2025-26.
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