Cowichan Valley food bank steps up food recovery as reFRESH market closes
The long-running food recovery program at the reFRESH market is ending, but local organizations are filling the gap and meeting rising community needs.
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Where can people shelter overnight in Duncan and North Cowichan? Here’s what you need to know.
Current sheltering bylaws — and how they are enforced — leave unhoused people feeling confused, frustrated and unsafe, local advocates say.
Reporter’s notebook: How a news story brought ‘a most favourable ending’ for St. Ann’s Garden Club
St. Anns Garden Club is looking to the future after a story from The Discourse helped raise awareness about its programming and funding challenges.
In photos: Inside the project bringing back Indigenous plants and protecting a vital estuary
Students from Quw'utsun Secondary School and Le'lum'uy'lh Daycare Centre learn how to care for local plants at the Hulitun Spulhxun/Tumuhw native plant nursery.
How a 150-year-old society is helping to strengthen food security in the Cowichan Valley
After years of decline, the Cowichan Valley Agricultural Society is uniting farmers to rebuild local food systems from the ground up.
Regulations are holding back traditionally prepared Indigenous foods in B.C., one man is working to change that
Jared Qwustenuxun Williams hopes that a new commercial food processing facility will help Quw’utsun People benefit culturally and economically from their traditional food.
Cowichan Estuary Nature Centre welcomes salmon rattle from Kwakwa̱ka̱’wakw carver
Community members gathered to celebrate and meet the artist behind the salmon rattle and honour the Cowichan Estuary.
A ‘death trap’ along the Cowichan River could hold new hope for fish
June will be a critical month for the Cowichan River as water levels drop.
Cowichan Valley residents adapt to life without public transit as strike enters fourth month
People with disabilities, students and seniors struggle with the lack of options for transportation in the Cowichan Valley.