Tag: food insecurity

Cowichan Green Community announces new chapter as they transition to new facility

Community Justin Baumgardner - July 18, 2025

The Cowichan Green Community says they’ve had many successful years in the community, and they’re ready to start a...

Update: Sun-a-thon kicks off to help raise money for Nourish Cowichan

Community Justin Baumgardner - June 19, 2025

UPDATE as of Jun. 6 at 8:50 a.m., donations totalling over $20,000 have come in to help support Nourish...

Agriculture Minister Announces Funding for Local Project

News Kyle Christensen - February 3, 2018

Food waste, poverty, and hunger are three realities for many families in Duncan and the Cowichan Valley. Approximately two thousand...

Cowichan Green Community Initiative Aimed at Changing Our Wasteful Ways

News Kyle Christensen - December 9, 2017

While people in the poorest countries in the world are starving, first world countries throw away forty percent of...

Cowichan Food Security Coalition Update

News Kyle Christensen - September 24, 2017

For the last decade, the Cowichan Food Security Coalition has been working to provide people with access to food. Some...

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IIO recommends no charges after pedestrians hit by off-duty RCMP officer

RCMP August 15, 2025

The Independent Investigations Office is not recommending action against an off-duty RCMP officer driving a vehicle that hit two pedestrians in April.

School officials say B.C.’s new safety policies should come with provincial funding

Provincial August 15, 2025

B.C. school officials say the province’s move to require AEDs and naloxone kits in all public schools is a positive step, but some are concerned about a lack of provincial funding to support the requirements.

Cowichan SAR and local brewery team up to raise money for new search and rescue facility

Community August 15, 2025

Cowichan Search and Rescue is working with another partner to raise money to build a new search and rescue building in North Cowichan.

One person dies in collision on Malahat

RCMP August 15, 2025

The Shawnigan Lake RCMP says one person died in an accident near the Malahat Summit on Thursday afternoon.

Dubai chocolate recall expands due to salmonella outbreak linked to pistachios

Provincial August 14, 2025

The Public Health Agency of Canada has added more brands of Dubai chocolate bars to the list of recalled products due to a salmonella outbreak in certain pistachio products.

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