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  1. It’s all in the cut for printmaker Kerri Orser 7 Feb 2024 00:58:09
  2. It’s not that serious: the formless goo stage 7 Feb 2024 00:53:12
  3. International students ‘exhausted’ from carrying the financial burden of their universities 3 Feb 2024 20:18:33
  4. Duncan Farmers’ Market calls for expansion to nutrition coupon program 1 Feb 2024 23:01:04
  5. Burrowing success: Marmot Recovery Foundation works to give Vancouver Island marmots a paws-itive future 1 Feb 2024 01:17:15
  6. Food bank usage doubles while funds for food programs grow scarce 26 Jan 2024 01:52:47
  7. Vintage film offers a glimpse into the dreamy world of 1960s Nanaimo 26 Jan 2024 01:01:29
  8. Comox Valley bus strike puts broader transportation issues into focus 25 Jan 2024 01:25:21
  9. Aaron Pritchett is about to get ‘Liquored Up’ in new cross-Canadian tour 24 Jan 2024 00:21:14
  10. ‘My Symphony’ invites children to dream big, because the symphony ‘is for everyone’ 10 Jan 2024 01:15:33
  11. Survey: What stories should The Discourse cover in 2024? 5 Jan 2024 02:59:09
  12. ‘Rewriting my colonial script’: Dr. Laura Ann Cranmer’s push to reclaim her story through theatre 5 Jan 2024 01:33:19
  13. Reporter’s Notebook: The Cowichan women’s shelter that a community built 5 Jan 2024 00:26:35
  14. Magic mountain, melting snow: Climate uncertainty in the Comox Valley 4 Jan 2024 00:56:03
  15. Vancouver Island’s ‘hidden epidemic’ and those fighting to understand it 16 Dec 2023 00:17:04
  16. New funding expands Project Watershed’s vision for coastal restoration 13 Dec 2023 23:06:34
  17. How artist Jesse Gray transforms beach trash into bronze works of art 13 Dec 2023 00:51:34
  18. Broken promises and a broken system: What happened to electoral reform? 7 Dec 2023 22:38:00
  19. Renting in the Comox Valley: Low vacancy, high rents, no ease to the squeeze in sight 7 Dec 2023 01:51:45
  20. It’s All Good: DJ Peter Poole on the transformative art of turntablism 5 Dec 2023 23:35:24
  21. Merville water fight heads to court 30 Nov 2023 01:13:50
  22. Kismet Theatre returns to the main stage 29 Nov 2023 00:16:16
  23. Nanaimo seniors face homelessness as rising rental prices mean there’s nowhere to go 24 Nov 2023 02:06:08
  24. Community members hold candlelight vigil on the Transgender Day of Remembrance 24 Nov 2023 00:03:24
  25. Cowichan rally demands a ceasefire in Gaza 23 Nov 2023 23:24:19
  26. Indigenous Winter Festival celebrates art, music, culture and food 22 Nov 2023 22:33:38
  27. Dead Bob proves that punk is still alive and kicking 22 Nov 2023 01:44:48
  28. Cowichan living wage increases again, alongside other Island communities 17 Nov 2023 01:58:00
  29. Wild Bee Florals takes root despite climate-change adversity 17 Nov 2023 00:19:32
  30. ‘The water will just be gone’: Urgent calls to support Cowichan Lake weir 10 Nov 2023 20:08:30
  31. Alternative Approval Processes: How does it work? 10 Nov 2023 02:15:59
  32. Duncan denies permit for extreme weather shelter 9 Nov 2023 00:04:07
  33. BC Ferries was in negotiations with controversial ship-breaking operation, email shows 8 Nov 2023 23:29:08
  34. Reporter’s Notebook: Woodstove Festival connects community, activism and art 8 Nov 2023 22:46:40
  35. Period poverty has wide impacts in Cowichan, research says 8 Nov 2023 00:41:51
  36. Vancouver Island artists go In the Forest: ‘There’s going to be some weird stuff’ 8 Nov 2023 00:29:41
  37. Cowichan society keeps searching, advocating for missing and murdered people 3 Nov 2023 19:59:29
  38. City of Nanaimo funds ‘stopgap’ emergency warming centre, but experts say more services desperately needed 3 Nov 2023 00:54:27
  39. Cumberland youth theatre troupe tells a witchy forest fable 1 Nov 2023 12:00:00
  40. Ts’msyen musician Saltwater Hank sees and sings the world in Sm’algya̱x 31 Oct 2023 23:41:27
  41. Island community centres face backlash for booking controversial events 27 Oct 2023 01:32:19
  42. After years of exploitation, the iconic Cowichan sweater is being protected with a new fair-trade program 26 Oct 2023 23:26:28
  43. Activists rally against ship breaking operation in Union Bay 26 Oct 2023 20:17:45
  44. Black Cat Books celebrates supernatural tales penned by local authors 24 Oct 2023 21:08:46
  45. B.C. confirms Sierra Club’s findings on 2021 old-growth logging 23 Oct 2023 23:46:39
  46. What’s next for Nanaimo’s Five Acres Farm? 19 Oct 2023 23:50:27
  47. Totem pole at the HUB stands as a symbol of community 19 Oct 2023 23:18:50
  48. Cumberland trail run set to raise more than $30K for Cumberland Community Forest Society 19 Oct 2023 16:21:40
  49. Vancouver Island Symphony ‘Blooms’ into new season 18 Oct 2023 00:10:42
  50. Home is where The Hawthorn is 12 Oct 2023 22:43:51
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