History repeating itself: American health-care workers ‘kick the tires on Canada’ in the Comox Valley
For more than 50 years, political upheaval south of the border has benefitted the Comox Valley.
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Revising Cowichan history: How Thomas Quamtany actually lost his arm
Historian Kelly Black gets to the bottom of a persistent myth about a one-armed Hudson’s Bay Company employee.
An on the ground look at the toxic drug crisis in the Cowichan Valley 10 years later
Harm reduction workers in the Cowichan Valley reflect on the lives lost and changes needed to address the ongoing crisis.
Nanaimo’s toxic drug emergency at 10 years
Three residents share their stories about how the toxic drug crisis has impacted them.
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