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The Discourse

The Discourse is a digital news media company based in Vancouver B.C. We provide community-powered journalism to underserved communities. We currently operate digital media serving the Cowichan Valley, southern Alberta, Francophone Quebec and Indigenous communities in the Okanagan Valley and Vancouver Island.

Recent articles from RSS

  1. “You kill the salmon, you kill the orca”: Protestors push back against Malahat highway improvement project 6 November 2025 | 6:50 pm
  2. Events in Nanaimo for Nov. 6 to 13, 2025 5 November 2025 | 7:07 pm
  3. ‘A step in the right direction’: Nanaimo adds protection for manufactured home owners 4 November 2025 | 6:24 pm
  4. Salmon are returning to Cowichan Valley rivers — here’s where to see them 30 October 2025 | 5:40 pm
  5. Q&A: Comox parks manager on a new, ‘wider scale community approach’ to urban trees 29 October 2025 | 4:38 pm
  6. Haunted Nanaimo: Spooky spots in the city 28 October 2025 | 7:41 pm
  7. ‘We want to consider the needs of all citizens’: Ladysmith seeks public input on first-ever accessibility plan 23 October 2025 | 1:39 pm
  8. What a record-breaking lawsuit reveals about tensions between private property and Indigenous rights 21 October 2025 | 4:47 pm
  9. ‘Nearly 200 years of big work and persistence’: te’tuxwtun lands returned to Snuneymuxw 21 October 2025 | 1:34 pm
  10. ‘Like a bomb dropping’: Safer supply changes leave patients struggling for stability 14 October 2025 | 6:44 pm