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Vancouver Island's Carter Johnson advances to final round at famed music competition

2 days ago | nanaimobulletin.com | Robin Grant

Carter Johnson, a pianist from Campbell River, is among six outstanding pianists who have made it to the final round of the renowned Van Cliburn Competition in Fort Worth, Texas. As a finalist, Johnson will perform Russian pianist Sergei Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Minor on June 4.
BC Hydro accepting new energy proposals

2 days ago | nanaimobulletin.com | Mark Page

Energy and Climate Solutions Minister Adrian Dix announced on Wednesday (June 4) that BC Hydro is taking proposals for new energy projects to meet the latest call for power, and is also seeking proposals for new energy-efficiency technology. "We have never seen so much demand for electricity, and so much potential for growth," Dix told reporters in Vancouver.
Realtor begins 1,000-door campaign at Cowichan Lake to talk about property assessments

3 days ago | nanaimobulletin.com | Robert Barron

Real estate professional Jason Anson is launching a 1,000-door campaign this summer to uncover over assessments on residential properties across Youbou, Honeymoon Bay, and Lake Cowichan and help correct them before BC Assessment finalizes next year’s property values. Running from June 1 through July 31, the campaign is timed around BCA’s official July 1 valuation date, the snapshot used to determine property taxes for 2026.
Cowichan Lake water levels currently lower than 2023 during major drought

3 days ago | nanaimobulletin.com | Robert Barron

Water levels in Cowichan Lake are currently lower than they were this time in 2023, considered the worst drought year in the watershed in recent memory. But Brian Houle, environment manager at the Catalyst Crofton mill which owns and operates the weir at Lake Cowichan, said that while the water level in the lake as of May 26, which is 75 per cent full, is lower than in 2023, the surrounding mountains still have some snow pack to melt this year and that will help raise the lake level.
Nanaimo Science organizing World Ocean Day event

4 days ago | nanaimobulletin.com | Jessica Durling

For World Oceans Day, Nanaimo Science is hosting an educational event on the animals and plants that live on the seashore. On Sunday, June 8, Nanaimo Science will be holding a free hands-on, family-friendly ocean exploration event at Departure Bay Beach from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. that will focus on the various species that inhabit the intertidal zone.
Woman's body pulled from Okanagan Lake

4 days ago | nanaimobulletin.com | Jennifer Smith

A woman's body was pulled from Okanagan Lake on the weekend. A camper at the Evely Forestry Campground on Westside Road confirmed the incident took place Saturday. "She was camping by herself," the fellow camper said, believing the woman was about 45. Vernon North Okanagan RCMP said the woman is not believed to be local. The woman was reported as a missing person in the lake May 31 around 11 a.m. near the recreation campsite.
International students hit hard by food insecurity, say VIU researchers

5 days ago | nanaimobulletin.com | Karl Yu

Post-secondary students are going hungry, Vancouver Island University research suggests, and students from abroad are among those adversely affected. Jenna Sportak and Sydney Gallant, part of the VIU community-based applied interdisciplinary research group, used a "quantitative methods approach" creating an online survey which students from all VIU campuses had access to, with 303 respondents. In addition, they visited campuses to inform students about food insecurity.
Off-leash dogs run afoul of the law in Vancouver Island sanctuaries

6 days ago | nanaimobulletin.com | Christine van Reeuwyk

It's a warm spring day and kids can be seen playing in the sand, the park is filled with schoolchildren partying in anticipation of year’s end, a pair of small dogs on leash head for home in the distance, and a gaggle of geese gather not far from where a pair volleys a ball back and forth. Not an unusual day, and one that demonstrates the fine balance of commingling uses on the shores of Cadboro Bay in Saanich – one government agencies continue to struggle to manage.
Vancouver Island's Cheesecake Burlesque represents Canada in Vegas hall of fame

6 days ago | nanaimobulletin.com | Christine van Reeuwyk

A troupe of Greater Victoria performers is knee-deep in rhinestones – not entirely unexpected for a burlesque group preparing for a Vegas Show – but this one’s hall of fame big. Internationally acclaimed, The Cheesecake Burlesque Revue is set to represent Canada at the prestigious Burlesque Hall of Fame Weekender. It’s building off a big win from last year, explains co-founder and producer Champagne Sparkles.
Kelowna cancer survivor donates to help others

1 week ago | nanaimobulletin.com | Barry Gerding

A cancer diagnosis is an emotional and physical health setback for anyone. Nobody knows this better than Ron Roy, who at the age of 80 has faced that diagnosis twice in his life for prostate cancer in 2011 and lung cancer in 2022. "I am grateful to still be alive today but the anxiety I faced with my first diagnosis..after learning about it from my doctor I went home and my heart was pounding that night," Roy recalled.