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Cowichan This Week – Just keep swimming

By Jacqueline Ronson ● Cowichan Valley ● April 30, 2020

Latest in Cowichan Valley

The Cowichan Women Against Violence Society started the set up of a tenting site for women in the Cowichan Community Centre parking lot late last week. David Minkow/The Discourse Cowichan

COVID 19: What’s the plan for people without homes?

By Jacqueline Ronson ● Cowichan Valley ● April 28, 2020

I spoke with John Horn, with the Cowichan Housing Association, about the plan to shelter people experiencing homelessness through a pandemic.

Cowichan This Week – Happy Earth Week!

By Jacqueline Ronson ● Cowichan Valley ● April 23, 2020

Cowichan district hospital during covid-19 pandemic

Q&A: How’s it going at Cowichan District Hospital?

By Jacqueline Ronson ● Cowichan Valley ● April 21, 2020

I asked the hospital’s lead family doctor about the local COVID-19 response.

Cowichan This Week – The sun will come out…

By Jacqueline Ronson ● Cowichan Valley ● April 16, 2020

What brighter future do you imagine for Cowichan communities?

Dan Straker asked us what he should do with these inauthentic Cowichan sweaters that have come into his possession. Credit: Dan Straker

What should I do with my inauthentic Cowichan sweater?

By Jared Qwustenuxun Williams ● Cowichan Valley ● April 14, 2020

I asked Cowichan knitters what they think of these imitations.

Will morel mushrooms keep popping up?

By David Minkow ● Cowichan Valley ● April 7, 2020

Local mycologist and chef Bill Jones provides intel on finding this highly prized wild spring food.

Photo of a white board that says "number of overdoses this week" with a zero below. And medical supplies.

COVID-19 crisis fast-tracks safe drug supply

By David Minkow ● Cowichan Valley ● April 2, 2020

People who use drugs and don’t have secure housing are extremely vulnerable to the coronavirus. Officials are scrambling to offer new supports to keep people safe.

I took this photo while harvesting nettles that I will dry and give to the elders for tea. It reminds me that since the beginning elders have always needed harvesters and gatherers to support them, and now we have to remember that teaching. We need to gather food and medicine for our elders, and we need to make sure we do it in a safe way. Jared Qwustenuxun Williams/The Discourse Cowichan

COVID-19: How are First Nations elders doing?

By Jared Qwustenuxun Williams ● Cowichan Valley ● March 31, 2020

I checked in with some elders from Cowichan Tribes to ask how they are doing, and what they need.

Cowichan This Week – Just keep swimming

Latest in Cowichan Valley

COVID 19: What’s the plan for people without homes?

Cowichan This Week – Happy Earth Week!

Q&A: How’s it going at Cowichan District Hospital?

Cowichan This Week – The sun will come out…

What should I do with my inauthentic Cowichan sweater?

Will morel mushrooms keep popping up?

COVID-19 crisis fast-tracks safe drug supply

COVID-19: How are First Nations elders doing?

Nanaimo Affordable Housing Society name change to Ballenas ‘in discussion’ for years,’ says CEO

10 ways to better support tenants with vulnerabilities due to income, age or disabilities

‘I want it to stop’: Tenants and advocates allege bullying by non-profit housing provider

Q and A: What are vulnerable tenants rights in non-profit housing?

Who will protect low-income seniors from dying in extreme heat?

Seniors left in distress — or dead — for days in Nanaimo Affordable Housing Society units