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

By Joe Paris ● Cowichan Valley ● May 19, 2022 August 4, 2022

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

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Meet Joe Paris, The Discourse’s spring 2022 intern

By Joe Paris ● Cowichan Valley ● March 24, 2022 August 4, 2022

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

By Philip McLachlan ● Cowichan Valley ● March 11, 2022 August 4, 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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Deep Dive: Housing Under Pressure

North Cowichan requests independent safety review of Magdalena building

WestUrban sues engineers over alleged structural defects in Nanaimo and Campbell River developments

Magdalena tenants seek safety assurances and compensation as evictions loom

Magdalena apartment complex needs $1.8 million in repairs: documents

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Deep Dive: It Takes a Village

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&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

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