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A map of the Cowichan Valley Electoral Area District for the 2024 provincial election.

Cowichan Valley’s guide to the B.C. election

By Shalu Mehta ● Cowichan Valley ● September 19, 2024

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

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A portrait photo of Randy Thorensen, a white man with white hair and a beard. He is wearing a raincoat over a black jacket, with a black baseball cap on.

Seniors are becoming the new face of the Cowichan region’s housing crisis

By Joe Paris ● Cowichan Valley ● May 19, 2022

With an aging population and an escalating housing crisis, more low-income seniors in the Cowichan region are facing homelessness.

Joe Paris is pictured standing in front of a body of water.

Meet Joe Paris, The Discourse’s spring 2022 intern

By Joe Paris ● Cowichan Valley ● March 24, 2022

Harold Joe stands in front of an abandoned building in the foreground, with Mt. Tzouhalem seen in the background.

Cowichan Tribes actor puts legendary story of Chief Tzouhalem on the big screen

By Philip McLachlan ● Cowichan Valley ● March 11, 2022

‘It’s our time to tell what we’ve been wanting to tell. We have stories and they’re endless,’ says Harold Joe.

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Q&A: Lawyer speaks on groundbreaking Anti-SLAPP case against Union Bay shipbreaking company

Union Bay locals await next steps after controversial shipbreaking lease cancelled

Deep Water Recovery fined more than $46K in relation to effluent discharge into Baynes Sound

Deep Water Recovery executives say shipbreaking operations aren’t polluting Union Bay

Quw'utsun Stories

The story of S-hwu-hwa’us and Qul-lhanumutsun

Sta’lo’ Mustimuhw: A story of the river people

The story of Sheshuq’um, the monster at Octopus Point

The ancient story of Swuq’us

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Deep Dive: It Takes a Village

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

Reporter Julie Chadwick and advocate Roxy Noble sit at a table looking out at participants during a speaking session

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

A building entrance way shows the words Corlett Place

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

A four storey building stands tall from the opposite side of the street as cars go by.

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

A blonde senior raises a hand a knock on the front door of a patio-style complex.

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

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