The John Barsby School of Rock will perform tonight at VIU's Malaspina Theatre. See what else in happening this weekend in The Hub Nanaimo, your weekly insider guide to the best of community arts and culture. thediscourse.ca/nanaimo/the-...
Events in Nanaimo Feb. 5 to 12, 2026 – The Discourse.
Music, art and community events in Nanaimo from Feb. 5 to 12, 2026.
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February 6, 2026 at 11:30 PM
The John Barsby School of Rock will perform tonight at VIU's Malaspina Theatre. See what else in happening this weekend in The Hub Nanaimo, your weekly insider guide to the best of community arts and culture. thediscourse.ca/nanaimo/the-...
Celebrate Nanaimo's Black community by attending Black History Month events in our city.
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Black History Month events in Nanaimo 2026 – The Discourse.
Black History Month events in Nanaimo, B.C. for February 2026.
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February 6, 2026 at 7:55 PM
Celebrate Nanaimo's Black community by attending Black History Month events in our city.
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A 7-metre red cedar log rolled into the Cowichan Valley Arts Council gallery this week and will soon become a canoe. Kwakwa̱ka̱’wakw artist Rupert Scow is carving it live during the exhibition 'Many Hands — Working Together', and visitors can help carve. Read more 👇
Cowichan Valley Arts Council exhibition celebrates community-focused art
'Many Hands — Working Together' can be viewed from Feb. 4 to Feb. 28 at the Cowichan Valley Arts Council gallery.
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February 6, 2026 at 2:00 AM
A 7-metre red cedar log rolled into the Cowichan Valley Arts Council gallery this week and will soon become a canoe. Kwakwa̱ka̱’wakw artist Rupert Scow is carving it live during the exhibition 'Many Hands — Working Together', and visitors can help carve. Read more 👇
Mike and Heather Trask’s Comox Valley-based fossil discovery in 1988 inspired a flood of amateur paleontologists. It also inspired the first paleontological society in B.C. and led to the creation of a policy to protect fossils.
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How a Comox Valley fossil discovery forever changed paleontology in B.C.
The untold story behind Mike and Heather Trask’s fossil discovery and ‘the incredible importance of curiosity.’
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February 5, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Mike and Heather Trask’s Comox Valley-based fossil discovery in 1988 inspired a flood of amateur paleontologists. It also inspired the first paleontological society in B.C. and led to the creation of a policy to protect fossils.
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People in the Regional District of Nanaimo may soon be able to live in RVs full time. The district is developing a policy on this as well as a rural housing strategy, a move that has been applauded by the B.C. RV Alliance. thediscourse.ca/nanaimo/regi...
Regional District of Nanaimo developing policy on full-time living in recreational vehicles – The Discourse.
District staff will also create a rural housing strategy.
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February 4, 2026 at 2:35 AM
People in the Regional District of Nanaimo may soon be able to live in RVs full time. The district is developing a policy on this as well as a rural housing strategy, a move that has been applauded by the B.C. RV Alliance. thediscourse.ca/nanaimo/regi...
A new exhibit at the Nanaimo Art Gallery features archival photos and contemporary art works exploring the history of Nanaimo’s Chinatowns. thediscourse.ca/nanaimo/art-...
Art exhibition shines a light on Nanaimo’s Chinatowns – The Discourse.
Bleached by the Sun: Perspectives on Chinatown is on display until March 22, 2026 at the Nanaimo Art Gallery.
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January 30, 2026 at 7:45 PM
A new exhibit at the Nanaimo Art Gallery features archival photos and contemporary art works exploring the history of Nanaimo’s Chinatowns. thediscourse.ca/nanaimo/art-...
“I felt utterly, utterly honoured that they wanted to have his work and were able to receive it.”
How the Cowichan Public Art Gallery became the permanent home of 75 paintings by a renowned Dutch Canadian artist.
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How the Cowichan Public Art Gallery became the permanent home of 75 paintings by a renowned Dutch Canadian artist.
Read more in The Discourse.
Cowichan Public Art Gallery becomes permanent home to 75 paintings by renowned Dutch Canadian artist – The Discourse.
Wayfinder, featuring the art of Will Julsing, can be viewed at the Cowichan Public Art Gallery until March 28.
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January 30, 2026 at 1:30 AM
“I felt utterly, utterly honoured that they wanted to have his work and were able to receive it.”
How the Cowichan Public Art Gallery became the permanent home of 75 paintings by a renowned Dutch Canadian artist.
Read more in The Discourse.
How the Cowichan Public Art Gallery became the permanent home of 75 paintings by a renowned Dutch Canadian artist.
Read more in The Discourse.
Feeling stressed? Join a weekly drop-in meditation for beginners at the Nanaimo Harbourfront Library today at noon. Find out more in The Hub Nanaimo, your weekly insider guide to the best of community arts and culture.
Events in Nanaimo for Jan. 22 to 28, 2026 – The Discourse.
Music from Star Wars, Star Trek and The Planets to collide at The Port Theatre.
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January 27, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Feeling stressed? Join a weekly drop-in meditation for beginners at the Nanaimo Harbourfront Library today at noon. Find out more in The Hub Nanaimo, your weekly insider guide to the best of community arts and culture.
Choir! Choir! Choir! will get the audience singing tonight at The Port Theatre. Find it and more in The Hub Nanaimo, your weekly insider guide to the best of community arts and culture.
Events in Nanaimo for Jan. 22 to 28, 2026 – The Discourse.
Music from Star Wars, Star Trek and The Planets to collide at The Port Theatre.
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January 27, 2026 at 12:59 AM
Choir! Choir! Choir! will get the audience singing tonight at The Port Theatre. Find it and more in The Hub Nanaimo, your weekly insider guide to the best of community arts and culture.
Joëlle Rabu brings her new play I Don’t Belong Here – Stories Beyond the Edge of Forgetting to The Port Theatre today at 2 p.m. See it and more in The Hub Nanaimo, your weekly insider guide to the best of community arts and culture.
Events in Nanaimo for Jan. 22 to 28, 2026 – The Discourse.
Music from Star Wars, Star Trek and The Planets to collide at The Port Theatre.
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January 25, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Joëlle Rabu brings her new play I Don’t Belong Here – Stories Beyond the Edge of Forgetting to The Port Theatre today at 2 p.m. See it and more in The Hub Nanaimo, your weekly insider guide to the best of community arts and culture.
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I'm working on a story for @thediscourse.ca! I want to chat to Comox Valley folks about what you're doing to prep for various different emergency scenarios: Climate, geopolitical, natural disaster, etc… Have you experienced an emergency? what did you do/ learn? Are you prepared currently?
January 24, 2026 at 10:48 PM
I'm working on a story for @thediscourse.ca! I want to chat to Comox Valley folks about what you're doing to prep for various different emergency scenarios: Climate, geopolitical, natural disaster, etc… Have you experienced an emergency? what did you do/ learn? Are you prepared currently?
Curators Jesse Birch and Imogene Lim, along with exhibition artists will hold an informal community gathering today at 1 p.m. to celebrate the exhibition Bleached by the Sun: Perspectives on Chinatown at the Nanaimo Art Gallery.
Events in Nanaimo for Jan. 22 to 28, 2026 – The Discourse.
Music from Star Wars, Star Trek and The Planets to collide at The Port Theatre.
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January 24, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Curators Jesse Birch and Imogene Lim, along with exhibition artists will hold an informal community gathering today at 1 p.m. to celebrate the exhibition Bleached by the Sun: Perspectives on Chinatown at the Nanaimo Art Gallery.
Music from Star Wars, Star Trek and The Planets will collide tonight at The Port Theatre. Check out all of our arts and culture listings for Nanaimo this week:
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Events in Nanaimo for Jan. 22 to 28, 2026 – The Discourse.
Music from Star Wars, Star Trek and The Planets to collide at The Port Theatre.
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January 23, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Music from Star Wars, Star Trek and The Planets will collide tonight at The Port Theatre. Check out all of our arts and culture listings for Nanaimo this week:
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You can catch Ted Kim at The Nanaimo Bar tonight at 9 p.m. Check out The Hub Nanaimo, your weekly insider guide to the best of community arts and culture for more listings.
Events in Nanaimo for Jan. 22 to 28, 2026 – The Discourse.
Music from Star Wars, Star Trek and The Planets to collide at The Port Theatre.
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January 23, 2026 at 3:55 AM
You can catch Ted Kim at The Nanaimo Bar tonight at 9 p.m. Check out The Hub Nanaimo, your weekly insider guide to the best of community arts and culture for more listings.
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I did a deep dive into Nanaimo's Community Safety Officer program. I spoke with experts, city councillors, business owners, social service providers and people who are unhoused. I went out on patrol with a CSO team to see their work firsthand. Here's what I saw. thediscourse.ca/nanaimo/comm...
Community Safety Officer program in Nanaimo an alternative to police – The Discourse.
Community Safety Officers are helping respond to Nanaimo’s homelessness crisis, but councillors and experts say more supports are needed.
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January 23, 2026 at 1:55 AM
I did a deep dive into Nanaimo's Community Safety Officer program. I spoke with experts, city councillors, business owners, social service providers and people who are unhoused. I went out on patrol with a CSO team to see their work firsthand. Here's what I saw. thediscourse.ca/nanaimo/comm...
A packed Friday lunch rush at the HUB Cafe is just one sign of how Cowichan Station Area Association is thriving — even as many B.C. non-profits face shrinking funding and fewer volunteers. Read our profile of the organization 👇
This Cowichan Valley non-profit is beating the odds
While non-profits across B.C. report flat funding and rising demand, Cowichan Station Area Association continues to grow through community, rentals and shared space.
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January 23, 2026 at 1:00 AM
A packed Friday lunch rush at the HUB Cafe is just one sign of how Cowichan Station Area Association is thriving — even as many B.C. non-profits face shrinking funding and fewer volunteers. Read our profile of the organization 👇
Community Safety Officers are helping respond to Nanaimo’s homelessness crisis, but councillors and experts say more supports are needed.
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Community Safety Officer program in Nanaimo an alternative to police – The Discourse.
Community Safety Officers are helping respond to Nanaimo’s homelessness crisis, but councillors and experts say more supports are needed.
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January 22, 2026 at 11:20 PM
Community Safety Officers are helping respond to Nanaimo’s homelessness crisis, but councillors and experts say more supports are needed.
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ICYMI: 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.
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January 21, 2026 at 12:48 AM
ICYMI: 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...
Read our coverage here: thediscourse.ca/cowichan-val...
Check out Nanaimo's newest poetry reading series Grub Street tonight at The Vault Cafe and get all your music, arts and community events listings from our weekly newsletter The Hub.
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Events in Nanaimo for the week of Jan. 15 to 21, 2026 – The Discourse.
These events listings are from The Hub Nanaimo, your weekly insider guide to the best of community arts and culture.
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January 16, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Check out Nanaimo's newest poetry reading series Grub Street tonight at The Vault Cafe and get all your music, arts and community events listings from our weekly newsletter The Hub.
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These events listings are from The Hub Nanaimo, your weekly insider guide to the best of community arts and culture.
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Events in Nanaimo for the week of Jan. 15 to 21, 2026 – The Discourse.
These events listings are from The Hub Nanaimo, your weekly insider guide to the best of community arts and culture.
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January 16, 2026 at 6:15 AM
These events listings are from The Hub Nanaimo, your weekly insider guide to the best of community arts and culture.
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“Everyone should be concerned that we were profiled and asked to leave for no reason.”
Three Cowichan Valley residents say they were threatened with arrest at a public town hall featuring Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and local MP Jeff Kibble — because of the messages on their T-shirts.
Three Cowichan Valley residents say they were threatened with arrest at a public town hall featuring Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and local MP Jeff Kibble — because of the messages on their T-shirts.
Cowichan Valley residents seek answers after ejection from public town hall – The Discourse.
Three Cowichan Valley residents say they were threatened with arrest and removed from a public town hall event over T-shirt slogans.
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January 16, 2026 at 2:15 AM
“Everyone should be concerned that we were profiled and asked to leave for no reason.”
Three Cowichan Valley residents say they were threatened with arrest at a public town hall featuring Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and local MP Jeff Kibble — because of the messages on their T-shirts.
Three Cowichan Valley residents say they were threatened with arrest at a public town hall featuring Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and local MP Jeff Kibble — because of the messages on their T-shirts.
Widely considered a successful model for low-barrier emergency housing, The City of Duncan has applied for funding to add six new sleeping cabins to The Village. Meanwhile, North Cowichan is looking to add two new Village sites to its municipality. Read the story:
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Cowichan Valley communities seek to expand Duncan’s ‘proven’ Village housing model
Duncan applies for funding to add six more cabins to The Village, while North Cowichan evaluates land for two potential new Village sites.
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January 13, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Widely considered a successful model for low-barrier emergency housing, The City of Duncan has applied for funding to add six new sleeping cabins to The Village. Meanwhile, North Cowichan is looking to add two new Village sites to its municipality. Read the story:
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Foster parents in Courtenay, B.C. speak out after a string of alleged incidents targeting them and their 16-year-old foster son.
*This story was produced as part of Spotlight: Child Welfare, a collaborative journalism project. It was first published by IndigiNews.
*This story was produced as part of Spotlight: Child Welfare, a collaborative journalism project. It was first published by IndigiNews.
After Indigenous teen’s stabbing, his family says the system failed to stop his bullying
Foster parents in ‘Courtenay, B.C.’ speak out after a string of alleged incidents targeting them and their 16-year-old foster son, as they wait for trial.
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January 13, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Foster parents in Courtenay, B.C. speak out after a string of alleged incidents targeting them and their 16-year-old foster son.
*This story was produced as part of Spotlight: Child Welfare, a collaborative journalism project. It was first published by IndigiNews.
*This story was produced as part of Spotlight: Child Welfare, a collaborative journalism project. It was first published by IndigiNews.
LUSH Valley and Origins Environmental are restoring farms in the Comox Valley to support local food security and the environment.
“We take a food systems approach,” explains LUSH executive director Maurita Prato. “From how it’s grown to how it gets to our plates.”
Learn more in our latest story:
“We take a food systems approach,” explains LUSH executive director Maurita Prato. “From how it’s grown to how it gets to our plates.”
Learn more in our latest story:
To boost local food production, this Comox Valley nonprofit restores salmon habitat
LUSH Valley takes ‘a food systems approach’ to nurture a resilient future for farms in the Comox Valley.
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December 21, 2025 at 2:00 AM
LUSH Valley and Origins Environmental are restoring farms in the Comox Valley to support local food security and the environment.
“We take a food systems approach,” explains LUSH executive director Maurita Prato. “From how it’s grown to how it gets to our plates.”
Learn more in our latest story:
“We take a food systems approach,” explains LUSH executive director Maurita Prato. “From how it’s grown to how it gets to our plates.”
Learn more in our latest story:
Salt Spring Island farmer Abey Scaglione's new book, "Radical Farm: Animals, Food and Our Future," lays out her vision for how communities can support local food, farmers and environmentally restorative agriculture practices. Read our Q&A with her:
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Salt Spring Island author pens book on sustainable farming – The Discourse.
Author of ‘Radical Farm: Animals, food and Our Future,’ shares how she thinks communities can reconnect with food and the people who grow it.
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December 21, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Salt Spring Island farmer Abey Scaglione's new book, "Radical Farm: Animals, Food and Our Future," lays out her vision for how communities can support local food, farmers and environmentally restorative agriculture practices. Read our Q&A with her:
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