Flooding, wildfires and earthquakes: Can the Comox Valley better prepare for disasters?

After being in an earthquake, Sue Pyper learned a lot. Now she and other local groups are sharing what they learned with neighbours — so everyone can be better prepared.

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‘Evicted to nowhere’: Cowichan Valley residents push for permanent solution for unhoused locals

As a temporary winter shelter in Duncan closes its doors, unhoused residents are faced with few other options for housing.

Packed OneBC meeting in Nanaimo taps into controversy over Indigenous rights

Provincial party’s leader Dallas Brodie calls to throw out B.C. Indigenous rights law, reconciliation and the federal Indian Act. We fact-checked what she said.

‘Consent is not new’: Cowichan Valley Women’s Day event addresses consent as a community issue

The Discourse and Cowichan Valley IWD held their annual International Women’s Day event on March 8, exploring how consent can lay a foundation for a healthier community.

City imposes water restrictions on future data centre in Nanaimo

Development permit for data centre in Nanaimo approved, but with conditions.

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