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By Philip McLachlan ● Cowichan Valley ● July 2, 2021

‘Something I have learned about each community I have lived in is just how important local journalism is, for a multitude of reasons.’

Royal Roads rainbow pride crosswalk

Strength in diversity: Royal Roads paints Pride crosswalk in celebration of inclusivity

By Philip McLachlan ● West Shore ● June 29, 2021

Inspired by Colwood high-school students, the university responds to hate with love.

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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Motion to close Nanaimo’s Overdose Prevention Site withdrawn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

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

Dr. Jess Wilder, a family and addictions medicine doctor, helped organize an unsanctioned overdose prevention site across from Nanaimo Regional General Hospital on Monday, Nov. 18, 2024. She and other addiction medicine doctors are calling on Island Health to stand up permanent sites in hospitals on Vancouver Island. Photo by Mick Sweetman / The Discourse.

Nanaimo addictions doctor behind pop up overdose site resigns in protest

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