Recent articles

1. Year-round drop-in centre for people who are unhoused in Nanaimo to open in January 20 Dec 2024 01:05:09
2. A Cowichan Valley conservation project is giving bluebirds a place to call home 19 Dec 2024 23:59:20
3. Hot topic: Comox Valley residents concerned about impact of wood stove smoke on health, environment 19 Dec 2024 01:16:13
4. Why Nanaimo postal workers are striking 13 Dec 2024 01:14:33
5. Winter market at the HUB spotlights Indigenous artists 13 Dec 2024 00:47:30
6. Comox Valley for Palestine raises more than $5k for children’s centre in Egypt 11 Dec 2024 23:54:01
7. The long road home for newcomers to Nanaimo 23 Feb 2024 02:27:41
8. Coalition plans renewed effort to address homelessness in Cowichan 15 Feb 2024 23:34:50
9. Two new active transportation paths planned to connect the Comox Valley 15 Feb 2024 00:04:34
10. Exploring family history through art 14 Feb 2024 00:16:41
11. ‘A solution that nobody even imagined’: The Village as a model for housing and mental health and addictions support 9 Feb 2024 01:48:54
12. ‘Need has skyrocketed’ for Comox Valley Farmers’ Market coupon program 7 Feb 2024 23:21:59
13. It’s all in the cut for printmaker Kerri Orser 7 Feb 2024 00:58:09
14. It’s not that serious: the formless goo stage 7 Feb 2024 00:53:12
15. International students ‘exhausted’ from carrying the financial burden of their universities 3 Feb 2024 20:18:33
16. Duncan Farmers’ Market calls for expansion to nutrition coupon program 1 Feb 2024 23:01:04
17. Burrowing success: Marmot Recovery Foundation works to give Vancouver Island marmots a paws-itive future 1 Feb 2024 01:17:15
18. Food bank usage doubles while funds for food programs grow scarce 26 Jan 2024 01:52:47
19. Vintage film offers a glimpse into the dreamy world of 1960s Nanaimo 26 Jan 2024 01:01:29
20. Comox Valley bus strike puts broader transportation issues into focus 25 Jan 2024 01:25:21
21. Aaron Pritchett is about to get ‘Liquored Up’ in new cross-Canadian tour 24 Jan 2024 00:21:14
22. ‘My Symphony’ invites children to dream big, because the symphony ‘is for everyone’ 10 Jan 2024 01:15:33
23. Survey: What stories should The Discourse cover in 2024? 5 Jan 2024 02:59:09
24. ‘Rewriting my colonial script’: Dr. Laura Ann Cranmer’s push to reclaim her story through theatre 5 Jan 2024 01:33:19
25. Reporter’s Notebook: The Cowichan women’s shelter that a community built 5 Jan 2024 00:26:35
26. Magic mountain, melting snow: Climate uncertainty in the Comox Valley 4 Jan 2024 00:56:03
27. Vancouver Island’s ‘hidden epidemic’ and those fighting to understand it 16 Dec 2023 00:17:04
28. New funding expands Project Watershed’s vision for coastal restoration 13 Dec 2023 23:06:34
29. How artist Jesse Gray transforms beach trash into bronze works of art 13 Dec 2023 00:51:34
30. Broken promises and a broken system: What happened to electoral reform? 7 Dec 2023 22:38:00
31. Renting in the Comox Valley: Low vacancy, high rents, no ease to the squeeze in sight 7 Dec 2023 01:51:45
32. It’s All Good: DJ Peter Poole on the transformative art of turntablism 5 Dec 2023 23:35:24
33. Merville water fight heads to court 30 Nov 2023 01:13:50
34. Kismet Theatre returns to the main stage 29 Nov 2023 00:16:16
35. Nanaimo seniors face homelessness as rising rental prices mean there’s nowhere to go 24 Nov 2023 02:06:08
36. Community members hold candlelight vigil on the Transgender Day of Remembrance 24 Nov 2023 00:03:24
37. Cowichan rally demands a ceasefire in Gaza 23 Nov 2023 23:24:19
38. Indigenous Winter Festival celebrates art, music, culture and food 22 Nov 2023 22:33:38
39. Dead Bob proves that punk is still alive and kicking 22 Nov 2023 01:44:48
40. Cowichan living wage increases again, alongside other Island communities 17 Nov 2023 01:58:00
41. Wild Bee Florals takes root despite climate-change adversity 17 Nov 2023 00:19:32
42. ‘The water will just be gone’: Urgent calls to support Cowichan Lake weir 10 Nov 2023 20:08:30
43. Alternative Approval Processes: How does it work? 10 Nov 2023 02:15:59
44. Duncan denies permit for extreme weather shelter 9 Nov 2023 00:04:07
45. BC Ferries was in negotiations with controversial ship-breaking operation, email shows 8 Nov 2023 23:29:08
46. Reporter’s Notebook: Woodstove Festival connects community, activism and art 8 Nov 2023 22:46:40
47. Period poverty has wide impacts in Cowichan, research says 8 Nov 2023 00:41:51
48. Vancouver Island artists go In the Forest: ‘There’s going to be some weird stuff’ 8 Nov 2023 00:29:41
49. Cowichan society keeps searching, advocating for missing and murdered people 3 Nov 2023 19:59:29
50. City of Nanaimo funds ‘stopgap’ emergency warming centre, but experts say more services desperately needed 3 Nov 2023 00:54:27