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Your story ideas for 2021

By Lauren Kaljur ● Nanaimo ● December 8, 2020

Here’s what people in Nanaimo want us to dig into next year

Julie Chadwick

Longtime Nanaimo reporter’s plan to restore in-depth local news for her hometown

By Lauren Kaljur ● Nanaimo ● November 23, 2020

Julie Chadwick wants to continue in-depth reporting by and for Nanaimo with The Discourse.

The Discourse Nanaimo questions answered

Your questions about The Discourse Nanaimo answered

By Lauren Kaljur ● Nanaimo ● November 21, 2020

As we work to launch an in-depth journalism outlet in Nanaimo, we want you to have all of the information you need.

This map by Elections BC shows the boundaries of the Nanaimo-North Cowichan riding.

Nanaimo-North Cowichan: A guide for voters

By Lauren Kaljur ● Cowichan Valley ● October 23, 2020

This map by Elections BC shows the boundaries of the Nanaimo riding.

The Nanaimo riding: A guide for voters

By Lauren Kaljur ● Nanaimo ● October 23, 2020

What will Nanaimo candidates do for seniors on a fixed income?

By Lauren Kaljur ● Nanaimo ● October 22, 2020

We sent MLA candidates your election questions. Here’s what we heard.

What will Nanaimo candidates do to make prescriptions more affordable?

By Lauren Kaljur ● Nanaimo ● October 22, 2020

We sent MLA candidates your election questions. Here’s what we heard.

Do Nanaimo candidates support the Site C dam?

By Lauren Kaljur ● Nanaimo ● October 22, 2020

We sent MLA candidates your election questions. Here’s what we heard.

old growth

Will Nanaimo-North Cowichan candidates stop old-growth logging?

By Lauren Kaljur ● Cowichan Valley ● October 20, 2020

We sent MLA candidates your election questions. Here’s what we heard.

B.C. election: Stakes are high for mid-Vancouver Island commuters

By Lauren Kaljur ● Cowichan Valley ● October 20, 2020

As B.C. voters head to polls, here’s what the parties have to say about transportation.

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Shipbreaking

Q&A: Lawyer speaks on groundbreaking Anti-SLAPP case against Union Bay shipbreaking company

Union Bay locals await next steps after controversial shipbreaking lease cancelled

Deep Water Recovery fined more than $46K in relation to effluent discharge into Baynes Sound

Deep Water Recovery executives say shipbreaking operations aren’t polluting Union Bay

Quw'utsun Stories

The story of S-hwu-hwa’us and Qul-lhanumutsun

Sta’lo’ Mustimuhw: A story of the river people

The story of Sheshuq’um, the monster at Octopus Point

The ancient story of Swuq’us

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Overdose Emergency

Hilary Nester, a social service worker student, burns a heart with a name of someone they were close to who died from the toxic drug crisis at a Grief Fire event at Vancouver Island University on April 14, 2026. Photo by Mick Sweetman / The Discourse.

Nanaimo’s toxic drug emergency at 10 years

An incredulous Nanaimo City Councillor Hilary Eastmure responds to a comment from Nanaimo Mayor Leonard Krog during a debate on provincial drug policy during the Dec. 1, 2025 city council meeting. Screenshot courtesy of the City of Nanaimo.

Nanaimo city council votes down proposed drug policy letter

Photo of Sarah Lovegrove standing outside the doors to the Vancouver Island Conference Centre where Nanaimo City Council meets wearing a Nanaimo Area Network of Drug users shirt,

Motion to close Nanaimo’s Overdose Prevention Site withdrawn

Activists carry a mock coffin at the march for International Overdose Awareness Day in Nanaimo on Aug. 29, 2025. Photo by Mick Sweetman / The Discourse.

‘Like a bomb dropping’: Safer supply changes leave patients struggling for stability

Photo of a woman standing in front of a fence with metal hearts bearing the names of people who died from overdoses.

Drop in 2024 Nanaimo overdose deaths still ‘a fraction’ of overall trend upwards

Photo of a woman with pink hair and a pink sweatshirt and black ball cap.

Sudden changes to safer supply program a ‘huge mistake,’ says Nanaimo patient

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