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Avigdor Schulman, known to have supported the music scene in Cumberland, speaks holding a microphone while wearing a black leather vest and white and black fedora.
How producer Vig Schulman placed Cumberland on the musical map

At 77, Vig Schulman is still presenting gigs in Cumberland and shows no signs of slowing down.

A man measures a large Douglas fir tree in Wildwood Ecoforest
Wildwood Ecoforest gains nearly 9 hectares of ‘untouched’ land

Success of fundraising campaign brings the famed demonstration forest back to more than two-thirds of its original size.

Reporter’s notebook: How a news story erased the Cow-op’s debt

The Discourse published a story about the Cow-op’s financial state. Then an anonymous donor made it disappear.

A person dressed in a Pennywise costume stands next to an animatronic clown in front of a black backdrop at the Glenora Haunted Hall
Big scare or little scare: Haunted Hall in Glenora is a hidden treasure

The Glenora Haunted Hall fundraiser for a local playground is all about the fun, according to its founders and volunteers.

A group of seven people, four standing and three kneeling in front, pose outdoors for a photo with mountains seen behind. They are current and former Cow-op staff.
Ten years in, Cow-op is at a crossroads

The co-operative online market for Cowichan farmers and food producers is trying to work its way out of debt.

Three people sit at a table as part of a panel discussing the toxic drug crisis in Cowichan. A man in the centre and a woman on either side.
Toxic drug crisis in Cowichan will only get better with collaboration, experts say

Better Together Cowichan event addresses empathy and collaboration as tools to combat toxic drug crisis.

Four people stand in front of the emergency walk-in entrance at the Cowichan District Hospital.
New family medicine residency program aims to ease Cowichan doctor shortage

Almost one in four local residents continue to lack access to primary health care.

Development proposals on both sides of the Cable Bay Trail have Cedar residents mobilizing in opposition

The Save Cable Bay group is calling on local governments to make the area a park.

Five women gather in front of a large red ribbon, each holding a large pair of red scissors as they cut the ribbon. They all carry expressions of excitement and happiness on their faces.
Reporter’s Notebook: The Cowichan women’s shelter that a community built

The tumultuous ride to establish what’s now the Cedar Branches Women’s Shelter appears to finally be over.

Bernice Woollam on The Hawthorn property. The photo is a side profile of her, as she lifts one hand up to touch the leaves of a hawthorn tree.
Home is where The Hawthorn is

Approaching 50 years on her magical land in Glenora, local folk herbalist Bernice Woollam continues to draw strength and guidance from it.