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Cowichan estuary project surfaces questions from community
The Discourse reached out to Cowichan Estuary Restoration Project partners to learn more about it and its benefits and costs.
Three school districts cut ties with Crofton’s Camp Qwanoes over discrimination concerns
Camp Qwanoes executive director says the camp is being misrepresented and questions the religious inclusivity of the school districts.
Indigenous wisdom meets Western medicine at this psychedelic therapy centre
The Naut sa mawt Centre for Psychedelic Research unites research, education and practice.
How Lake Cowichan’s 100 Houses helped solve a housing crisis
This wartime development in Lake Cowichan could point to housing solutions for the modern day.
Homelessness is solvable, Duncan Mayor says
Provincial and federal governments must step up to fund community-led solutions to combat homelessness.
Cowichan estuary restoration will combat impacts of sea-level rise
Rising sea levels and human development are squeezing the Cowichan estuary habitat out of existence. This project aims to make space for the estuary into the future.
An historic agreement to heal the Koksilah watershed
Cowichan Tribes and B.C. have agreed to a collaborative process to reimagine land and water management, from the ground up.
New research points to solutions for Koksilah and Chemainus watershed health
A years-long study is identifying ways to improve watershed and fish habitat health in the Koksilah and Chemainus rivers.
How are RCMP trained to respond to cases of missing and murdered Indigenous people?
After a ‘miscommunication’ regarding the suspicious death of 15-year-old Carsyn Mackenzie Seaweed, The Discourse asked RCMP about its training related to missing and murdered Indigenous people.
