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The Discourse West Shore provides independent local news, powered by the community. Reporter Shalu Mehta and The Discourse team are here to deliver West Shore This Week, your weekly community newsletter, and in-depth stories on issues you care about.

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West Shore This Week – The election nears

By Shalu Mehta ● West Shore ● October 14, 2020

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Do Esquimalt-Metchosin candidates support a minimum income?

By Shalu Mehta ● West Shore ● October 12, 2020

We sent your election questions to MLA candidates. Here’s what we heard.

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How are Langford-Juan de Fuca candidates addressing racial discrimination?

By Shalu Mehta ● West Shore ● October 12, 2020

We sent MLA candidates your election questions. Here’s what we heard.

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What will Langford-Juan de Fuca candidates do to alleviate the doctor shortage?

By Shalu Mehta ● West Shore ● October 10, 2020

We sent MLA candidates your election questions. Here’s what we heard.

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West Shore This Week – Pushing through to the long weekend

By Shalu Mehta ● West Shore ● October 7, 2020

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West Shore This Week – South Island transportation strategy released

By Shalu Mehta ● West Shore ● September 30, 2020

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COVID-19 could spur resilience to climate change and other future threats: report

By Shalu Mehta ● Vancouver Island ● September 25, 2020

Disaster experts say this pandemic is an opportunity to build stronger communities and institutions.

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What should top the B.C. election agenda?

By Jacqueline Ronson ● Cowichan Valley ● September 23, 2020

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West Shore This Week – It’s fall… and election season

By Shalu Mehta ● West Shore ● September 23, 2020

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City sells North Langford Recreation Centre

By Shalu Mehta ● Vancouver Island ● September 22, 2020

Bear Mountain Adventures Ltd. expected to take over operations, expand Langford recreation centre.

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

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Overdose Emergency

Hilary Nester, a social service worker student, burns a heart with a name of someone they were close to who died from the toxic drug crisis at a Grief Fire event at Vancouver Island University on April 14, 2026. Photo by Mick Sweetman / The Discourse.

Nanaimo’s toxic drug emergency at 10 years

An incredulous Nanaimo City Councillor Hilary Eastmure responds to a comment from Nanaimo Mayor Leonard Krog during a debate on provincial drug policy during the Dec. 1, 2025 city council meeting. Screenshot courtesy of the City of Nanaimo.

Nanaimo city council votes down proposed drug policy letter

Photo of Sarah Lovegrove standing outside the doors to the Vancouver Island Conference Centre where Nanaimo City Council meets wearing a Nanaimo Area Network of Drug users shirt,

Motion to close Nanaimo’s Overdose Prevention Site withdrawn

Activists carry a mock coffin at the march for International Overdose Awareness Day in Nanaimo on Aug. 29, 2025. Photo by Mick Sweetman / The Discourse.

‘Like a bomb dropping’: Safer supply changes leave patients struggling for stability

Photo of a woman standing in front of a fence with metal hearts bearing the names of people who died from overdoses.

Drop in 2024 Nanaimo overdose deaths still ‘a fraction’ of overall trend upwards

Photo of a woman with pink hair and a pink sweatshirt and black ball cap.

Sudden changes to safer supply program a ‘huge mistake,’ says Nanaimo patient

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