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In-depth local news needs your support today.

Readers directly support The Discourse’s in-depth reporting. We need 100 new supporters to sustain this local news service — and keep it free of charge for everyone — by Dec. 20. Will you be one of them? You can cancel anytime.

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Why support The Discourse?

“Meaningful local investigative reporting.”
– Parker Jefferson, Duncan

​​”Great reporting in my neighbourhood.”
– Lynn Bakken, Nanaimo

“Integrity, intelligence and the focus on local news.”
– Heather Cameron, Gabriola


🖐️ Frequently Asked Questions 🖐️

Reader support goes to making our journalism. This means financial support helps us pay our staff and cover costs like running our website, newsletters, events and social media. Without it, we wouldn’t be able to serve our community with the local news you’ve asked for and deserve.

You can send an e-transfer to 
brandi@discoursecommunitypublishing.ca

If you’d rather send a cheque, you can send it to:

Discourse Community Publishing
213 – 1130 Sun Peaks Rd.
Sun Peaks, BC V0E 5N0
Canada

All payments are processed through Stripe. Stripe is a PCI Service Provider Level 1 which is the highest grade of payment processing security. All credit card information is encrypted, sent directly to Stripe and is never sent to our website server. This means that we are PCI compliant and any breach of our website won’t result in stolen credit card information. Learn more here.

While The Discourse does not have charitable status, its parent company Discourse Community Publishing is a registered Qualified Canadian Journalism Organization. This means your annual financial support is eligible for the digital news subscription tax credit (Line 31350 of your T1 tax return) from 2020 to 2024. For more information, visit the Government of Canada website. To download a receipt, go to the next question.


To download your receipts, you’ll need the email address associated with your payment and access to said email

Inside this support page, scroll up for the button that says “Log In” or “Manage your subscription here.”

Once you input your email address, you’ll get a link to your Customer Portal. Click on the link provided.

Keep in mind that, if you input an email address that is not attached to your payment, you won’t receive the email –so make sure it’s the correct one!

Once in your Customer Portal, you’ll first get the option to update your subscription plan.

If you scroll down, you’ll see an Invoice History section. Click on the invoice you want to download.

A new tab will open, where you’ll see more details about your invoice. You’ll also see two buttons to Download invoice or Download receipt. Choose whichever you need, and you’ll download your document! 

If you would like to cancel your monthly support, please login into Stripe here.

If you would like to upgrade your credit card, please login into Stripe here.

Get in touch by selecting “Customer Service” on our contact page.

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