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From a campus gallery to a community hub, Nanaimo Art Gallery is outgrowing its home

For five decades, the Nanaimo Art Gallery has created spaces for community, curiosity and reflection through art.
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A man stands and smiles behind the skeleton of an elasmosaur. The specimen is wearing a birthday hat.
Comox Valley elasmosaur to celebrate its 80,000,038th birthday
Courtenay Museum curator says, “It’s all about the celebration of discovery.”
A trail signpost in the Middle Earth forest in Cumberland with a blue square and trail name Round Out on it.
Q&A: Cumberland Community Forest Society embarks on its largest conservation project yet
The organization recently purchased 105 hectares of forest in Cumberland. The Discourse spoke with Cumberland Community Forest Society’s executive director to learn more.
DRIPA debated in B.C. election on Vancouver Island
The Conservative party of B.C. is promising to repeal the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA), while other parties argue that would set back relations with First Nations and create economic uncertainty.
Where Nanaimo’s MLA candidates stand on addictions care, family doctors and Island rail
Candidates in Nanaimo-Gabriola and Nanaimo-Lantzville answered three questions from Discourse readers ahead of the Oct. 24 B.C. election.
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