Recent articles

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