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How will Cowichan Valley School District trustee candidates protect children’s rights?

By The Discourse & Shalu Mehta ● Cowichan Valley ● October 13, 2022

Cowichan Valley School District trustee candidates speak to how they would protect students’ rights if elected.

SURVEY: What questions are top of mind for the 2022 local elections?

By The Discourse ● Vancouver Island ● September 19, 2022

The Discourse wants to know what’s on your mind as you prepare to head the to polls on Oct. 15, 2022.

Text reads: 100+ Canadian news outlets are being shut out of the Online News Act. Support the fight to #FixBill18.

Canada’s Online News Act must be transparent, fair, and include news innovators

By The Discourse ● Announcements ● May 31, 2022

Without amendments, Bill C-18 risks disproportionately benefitting large news organizations and shutting out digital startups and independent media.

Discourse Media to acquire Sun Peaks Independent News

By The Discourse ● Announcements ● February 17, 2022

Publisher Brandi Schier will become CEO of Discourse Community Publishing, bringing together The Discourse, IndigiNews and Sun Peaks Independent News under one umbrella and positioning the company to serve other B.C. communities in 2022.

The Discourse dominates Canadian Online Publishing Award nominations

By The Discourse ● Cowichan Valley ● December 2, 2021

Our scrappy little upstart is up for 11 awards across an impressive breadth of categories.

Hey Nanaimo, what stories need to be told in your community?

By Lindsay Sample & The Discourse ● Media ● May 12, 2020

Tell us how the media can serve you better.

Help guide our reporting for the urban Indigenous community of B.C.’s Lower Mainland

By The Discourse ● Hidden From Lists ● April 2, 2019

Introducing Aparita Bhandari, our Scarborough reporter

By The Discourse ● Announcements ● October 4, 2018

“When I moved to Toronto from India in 1998, Scarborough was one of the first neighbourhoods I visited, and immediately felt at home.”

Newsletter: Parents don’t toss out their kids when they turn 19, so why does the state?

By The Discourse & Shae-Lynn Noskye ● Child Welfare ● August 8, 2018

What do you want to add to the Tracking Trans Mountain database?

By The Discourse, APTN & HuffPost Canada ● Environment ● May 25, 2018

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How will Cowichan Valley School District trustee candidates protect children’s rights?

SURVEY: What questions are top of mind for the 2022 local elections?

Canada’s Online News Act must be transparent, fair, and include news innovators

Discourse Media to acquire Sun Peaks Independent News

The Discourse dominates Canadian Online Publishing Award nominations

Hey Nanaimo, what stories need to be told in your community?

Help guide our reporting for the urban Indigenous community of B.C.’s Lower Mainland

Introducing Aparita Bhandari, our Scarborough reporter

Newsletter: Parents don’t toss out their kids when they turn 19, so why does the state?

What do you want to add to the Tracking Trans Mountain database?

Nanaimo’s toxic drug emergency at 10 years

Nanaimo city council votes down proposed drug policy letter

Motion to close Nanaimo’s Overdose Prevention Site withdrawn

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

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

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