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What are Cowichan Valley candidates saying about homelessness and social supports?

Cowichan candidates answer reader questions about homelessness and social supports in the lead-up to B.C. election.

A photo of the Xwulqw'selu Sta'lo' (Koksilah River) taken by drone, slightly above the river. The river is flanked on both sides by lush forest and a small beach is pictured in the bottom left of the photo.
What are Cowichan Valley candidates saying about the environment?

Cowichan candidates answer reader questions about the environment in the lead-up to B.C. election.

The Cowichan Wellness and Recovery Centre building is pictured.
Involuntary addictions treatment: Here’s what experts want you to know before you vote

Discourse Community Publishing reached out to mental health care experts to better understand how involuntary addictions treatment currently works.

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Q&A: Cowichan Valley election candidates answer your questions on housing

B.C. election 2024 candidates in the three Cowichan Valley ridings address housing issues.

The view of the Cowichan Valley from Swuq’us/Mount Prevost.
What B.C. election issues are top of mind in the Cowichan Valley?

The B.C. election is on Oct. 19. Here’s what the Cowichan Valley wants to ask local candidates.

Della Rice Sylvester calls people together at Quw'utsun Sta'lo' Skweyul (Cowichan River Day). She is wearing a cedar hat and has arms in the air as a crowd gathers behind, on the riverbank.
Quw’utsun Sta’lo’ Skweyul honours the river and inspires stewardship

Community members gathered along the bank of the Quw'utsun Sta'lo' (Cowichan River) to celebrate it and learn how to care for it.

A map of the Cowichan Valley Electoral Area District for the 2024 provincial election.
Cowichan Valley’s guide to the B.C. election

What electoral district am I in? Who are the candidates? When is it again? All the election basics, covered.

A large group of people wearing red march together.
‘We all want justice’: Hundreds march for missing and murdered Indigenous people on Quw’utsun lands

Annual Walk for Justice honours missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls, as well as men.

Students and adults kneel around a long brown piece of paper laid on the ground and colour on it with crayons.
Community project honours 84,000 fish that died in Cowichan River

Project 84,000 brings together community and art ‘for the love of water and fish.’

First Salmon Ceremony brings community together for the river, land and fish

Quw'utsun Elders, youth and community members gathered to welcome salmon back to the Xwulqw'selu Sta'lo.