Karl Yu

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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Accused in fatal shooting outside Nanaimo fast-food restaurant denied bail

1 week ago | northislandgazette.com | Karl Yu

The man charged in the shooting death of another man outside a Wendy's restaurant in Nanaimo in 2021 has been denied bail. Ronald Joseph Campbell was previously charged with first-degree murder related to a May 2021 shooting that left a man dead in the parking lot of Rock City Centre. Justice Andrew Majawa denied the accused's bail request Wednesday, April 16, in B.C. Supreme Court in Nanaimo. More to come.
AVICC delegates back RDN resolution to add tiny homes to housing equation

1 week ago | nanaimobulletin.com | Karl Yu

Vancouver Island elected representatives have supported a Regional District of Nanaimo call to have tiny homes used to mitigate the housing crisis.
Island university history department 'harvests' information about its own strike

1 week ago | pqbnews.com | Karl Yu

Post-secondary students want to learn from history by hearing from people who remember a 2011 strike at Vancouver Island University. Members of VIU's history department were at Nanaimo Harbourfront Library on Saturday, April 5, hosting a 'History Harvest' event eliciting information from those who were affected by the Vancouver Island University Faculty Association strike. It began in March 2011, after negotiations broke down, and lasted approximately one month.
RDN budget passes only because directors were willing to change their votes

2 weeks ago | nanaimobulletin.com | Karl Yu

The Regional District of Nanaimo adopted a 2025 budget under the wire, but it took two votes and required a change of heart from a number of directors. B.C. regional districts faced a March 31 deadline to pass budgets and the RDN board passed its 2025-29 financial plan at its March 25 meeting, after much dialogue, a failed vote, a brief adjournment and a second vote.
B.C. Coroner attends after body found near Colliery Dam Park in Nanaimo

2 weeks ago | vancouverislandfreedaily.com | Karl Yu

An investigation continues after a body was discovered near Colliery Dam Park in Nanaimo. According to reserve Const. Gary O'Brien, Nanaimo RCMP spokesperson, the body of and adult was found in the area of Brookfield Drive early on the morning of Saturday, April 5. "Based on preliminary evidence, we do not suspect criminality is involved," O'Brien told the News Bulletin. "The coroner attended and the investigation continues." The B.C. Coroners Service has been contacted for comment.
B.C. Coroner attends after body found near Colliery Dam Park in Nanaimo

2 weeks ago | nanaimobulletin.com | Karl Yu

An investigation continues after a body was discovered near Colliery Dam Park in Nanaimo. According to reserve Const. Gary O'Brien, Nanaimo RCMP spokesperson, the body of an adult was found in the area of Brookfield Drive early on the morning of Saturday, April 5. "Based on preliminary evidence, we do not suspect criminality is involved," O'Brien told the News Bulletin. "The coroner attended and the investigation continues." The B.C. Coroners Service has been contacted for comment.
VIU history department 'harvests' information about 2011 strike

2 weeks ago | nanaimobulletin.com | Karl Yu

Post-secondary students want to learn from history via people who lived through the 2011 Vancouver Island University Faculty Association strike. Members of VIU's history department were at Harbourfront library branch on Saturday, April 5, hosting a 'History Harvest' event eliciting information from those who lived through the labour stoppage. It began on March 10, 2011, after negotiations broke down, and lasted until April 11 that year.
Nanaimo highway death evidence inadmissible due to RCMP errors, rules judge

2 weeks ago | nanaimobulletin.com | Karl Yu

Blood-alcohol level evidence in a dangerous driving causing death trial has been deemed inadmissible by a B.C. Supreme Court judge in Nanaimo. Christianne Marie Boufford was charged with dangerous driving causing death, dangerous driving causing bodily harm, impaired driving causing bodily harm and impaired driving causing death after she allegedly drove through a construction zone the night of Sept. 23, 2021, on the Trans-Canada Highway, south of Nanaimo.
Greens vow to halt 'rip-ship' economy at Nanaimo-Ladysmith election stop

3 weeks ago | thenorthernview.com | Karl Yu

The Green Party of Canada kick-started its 2025 Canadian federal election campaign, vowing to battle U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs and an economy which "rips and ships" resources.
VIU students stirring up plan to create Canada's biggest Nanaimo bar

4 weeks ago | nelsonstar.com | Karl Yu

Vancouver Island University hopes to set the bar by creating Canada's biggest Nanaimo bar. Students from the university's culinary arts, professional baking and pastry arts programs will team up to try to break the record on campus on May 17 in a fundraising event with the goal to make a Nanaimo bar weighing close to 500 kilograms – 21 metres long and 91 centimetres wide. The current record holders hail from Levack, Ont., thanks to their 240kg bar made in 2020.

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