thediscourse.ca @thediscourse.ca · 27/06/2026A HUGE thank you to the 96 readers who stepped up to support The Discourse's journalism for our Spring Supporter Drive! If you haven’t signed up, it's not too late join a community of readers who financially back this "fab independent journalism" thediscourse.ca/support-us 021
thediscourse.ca @thediscourse.ca · 22/06/2026It's the last day of our Spring Supporter Drive and we are so close to our target — a figure that will help us file FOIs, like a recent one to North Cowichan 👀 If you appreciate our independent local news service, now is the time to support it! thediscourse.ca/support-us 023
thediscourse.ca @thediscourse.ca · 12/06/2026It's our Spring Supporter Drive, where we ask readers who value this in-depth, solutions journalism to step up as monthly supporters by June 22. As one supporter wrote: "You cover local news that I don't otherwise hear about." Will you join us? thediscourse.ca/support-us 021
thediscourse.ca @thediscourse.ca · 04/06/2026“Drag shows and Pride are such a bastion of hope, community, solidarity and joy.” Read the full story here: thediscourse.ca/nanaimo/nana... 031
thediscourse.ca @thediscourse.ca · 24/04/2026Hundreds of people spilled out of the Nanaimo’s Shaw Auditorium into an overflow viewing area during a lively public hearing about rezoning a tract of forested land near Cable Bay Trail for industrial use. thediscourse.ca/nanaimo/snun... 1115
thediscourse.ca @thediscourse.ca · 11/04/2026Broombusters marks 20 years of fighting invasive Scotch broom on Vancouver Island. 097
thediscourse.ca @thediscourse.ca · 10/04/2026In case you missed it, we did a deep dive into a new draft Cowichan Valley Regional District bylaw to try and understand what's actually changing. Read the full story here: thediscourse.ca/cowichan-val... #cowichanvalley 031
thediscourse.ca @thediscourse.ca · 21/01/2026ICYMI: Three Cowichan Valley residents say they were threatened with arrest and removed from a public town hall in Duncan featuring Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and local MP Jeff Kibble — over the messages on their T-shirts. Read our coverage here: thediscourse.ca/cowichan-val... 073
thediscourse.ca @thediscourse.ca · 13/11/2025After the Remembrance Day Service people in attendance were welcomed to leave a poppy on the cenotaph in downtown Nanaimo. Photo by Mick Sweetman / The Discourse. 032
thediscourse.ca @thediscourse.ca · 13/11/2025Veterans and cadets salute during the Remembrance Day Parade in Nanaimo on Nov. 11, 2025. Photos by Mick Sweetman / The Discourse. 100
thediscourse.ca @thediscourse.ca · 13/11/2025Scouts attended the Nanaimo's Remembrance Day Service and an CP-140 Aurora did a flyover. Photos by Mick Sweetman / The Discourse. 101
thediscourse.ca @thediscourse.ca · 13/11/2025Veterans and Nanaimo Mayor Leonard Krog lay wreaths and salute the fallen at Nanaimo's Remembrance Day Service on Nov. 11, 2025. Photos by Mick Sweetman / The Discourse. 101
thediscourse.ca @thediscourse.ca · 13/11/2025The Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's) at Nanaimo's Remembrance Day Service on Nov. 11, 2025. Photos by Mick Sweetman / The Discourse. 111
thediscourse.ca @thediscourse.ca · 13/11/2025Photos from Nanaimo's Remembrance Day Service by Mick Sweetman / The Discourse. 101
thediscourse.ca @thediscourse.ca · 31/10/2025If you are looking for haunted happenings in Nanaimo tonight (and this weekend) be sure check out this week's issue of The Hub, witch lists scores of spooky spots and poltergeist parties. thediscourse.indiegraf.com/index.php?ac... 022
thediscourse.ca @thediscourse.ca · 30/09/2025Today is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. See the events in your community and additional resources in our special newsletter for today. thediscourse.indiegraf.com/index.php?ac... 096
thediscourse.ca @thediscourse.ca · 22/09/2025Exciting news! The Discourse is a finalist for the 2025 Webster Awards in the Excellence in Community Reporting category for TWO different stories by reporters @juliechadwick.bsky.social and Rowan Flood. 🎉 Find links to the stories in this thread: 394
thediscourse.ca @thediscourse.ca · 21/09/2025The Discourse is at Quw'utsun Sta'lo' Skweyul (Cowichan River Day) today! Come by our tent and let us know what you love about local watersheds, and what has you curious in the Cowichan Valley. 🌊🌿 091
thediscourse.ca @thediscourse.ca · 07/09/2025Our Nanaimo and Comox Valley reporters @micksweetman.bsky.social and @emrichards.bsky.social are at the @nifss.bsky.social screenings this afternoon at the Vancouver Island Conference Centre. Come say hello and watch some international films. 051
thediscourse.ca @thediscourse.ca · 08/08/2025Meet Robyn Radcliffe, director of The Raptors, and Kessy the kestral! This week, our reporter Eric headed out to The Raptors in North Cowichan to learn more about what pressures birds of prey are facing in the Cowichan Valley. 063
thediscourse.ca @thediscourse.ca · 28/07/2025Last week, the Quw'utsun Salmon, a giant puppet built by the Quw'utsun Stseelthun Friendship Project, performed at 39 Days of July in Duncan. Read more about the project in our previous coverage: thediscourse.ca/cowichan-val... 075
thediscourse.ca @thediscourse.ca · 18/07/2025bailey macabre, Indigenous engagement coordinator for the @nanaimoartgallery.bsky.social, is organizing a monthly Indigenous film series. You can watch a free screening of Rocks at Whiskey Trench by Alanis Obomsawin tonight at 6:30 p.m. Read the full story: thediscourse.ca/nanaimo/indi... 1118
thediscourse.ca @thediscourse.ca · 16/07/2025On Saturday, July 12, our reporter @emrichards.bsky.social attended the opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony for a new viewing platform built by the Cowichan Estuary Restoration and Conservation Association on Blackley’s Trail in the Cowichan Estuary. Check out some of Eric’s photos from the event! 041
thediscourse.ca @thediscourse.ca · 12/06/2025We ❤️ meeting other community builders. Thank you to all who came out last night to celebrate 8 years of in-depth journalism by and for the #CowichanValley! We still need 25 more supporters for our spring fundraising goal. If you value local journalism, please support it thediscourse.ca/support-us 032
thediscourse.ca @thediscourse.ca · 11/06/2025Hey #Cowichan, #Nanaimo and #ComoxValley readers! We're thrilled to meet up with you tonight for a Local News Appreciation Party at Red Arrow Brewing in Duncan. Click the link for event details, hope to see you soon 🎉https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/1383173953529/?aff=oddtdtcreator 123
thediscourse.ca @thediscourse.ca · 08/03/2025Join @thediscourse.ca and Cowichan International Women’s Day today for a women’s rights panel discussion. Panelists will join host @shalumehta.bsky.social to discuss what supports are needed to help women make empowered and informed decisions, whatever those decisions are. tinyurl.com/ykv58svp 044