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Union Bay · Union BayRobert Bohn, one of the company’s executives, left, during a tour of Deep Water Recovery’s site in September 2024. Comox Valley Reporter Madeline Dunnett in the background. Photo by Mick Sweetman/The Discourse Deep Water Recovery, the company that has been dismantling ships in Union Bay since late 2020, had its Crown land lease revoked by the province last month. Locals opposing the operation are celebrating, but they also say more work needs to…See the Story
Union Bay locals await next steps after controversial shipbreaking lease cancelled
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Housing · NanaimoKaren Kuwica (left) and Fred MacDonald from the Newcastle Community Association want the proposed supportive housing building at 250 Terminal Ave. to be a “dry” building, something that is supported by the City of Nanaimo but has been rejected by the Minister of Housing. Photo by Mick Sweetman / The Discourse. Nanaimo City Council wants a proposed supportive housing site in Nanaimo’s Newcastle neighbourhood to be a “dry” location — where no drug…Read Article
Nanaimo council ask for ‘dry’ supportive housing dismissed by province – The Discourse.
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Lake Cowichan · Lake CowichanDr. Mark Sanders stands in front of Cowichan Collaborative Health, his new clinic at 149 Ingram St. in Duncan. Photo by Eric Richards/The Discourse. An organization formed to rethink how communities tackle doctor shortages in the Cowichan Valley is on the brink of shutting down, but is still pushing to fill urgent health-care gaps in Lake Cowichan, where the town’s only two doctors recently left or retired. The Cowichan Valley Primary Care Soci…Read Article
Cowichan health non-profit pushes to help cover Lake Cowichan doctor shortage
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