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I love a good thrift store haul. Not only do I get to go home with new-to-me goodies, I also get to keep items out of the landfill and give them new life.
That’s exactly the aim of the City of Nanaimo’s Car Trunk Sale, which will be coming back for a second year this Saturday in Vancouver Island University’s lower parking lot from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
More than 200 vendors will sell used items from the trunks of their cars, promoting “reuse and recycling of unwanted ‘garage sale’ type items and items made from recycled materials,” according to the City of Nanaimo. You can find more details on the event here.
I’m also sharing a link below to The Discourse Cowichan’s latest investigation. It takes a look at who was behind some of the backlash to the Cowichan Valley Regional District’s now-scrapped comprehensive zoning bylaw, as well as the misinformation surrounding it.
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| Behind the backlash to the Cowichan Valley’s comprehensive zoning bylaw |
The campaign against Bylaw 4710 in the Cowichan Valley was fuelled, in part, by misinformation and an organized group of advocates. Who was behind some of the backlash and misinformation and what could this mean for the future of local politics? Read the investigation.
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| How do Comox Valley governments and public organizations use AI? |
The Discourse reached out to Comox Valley governments and organizations to find out how they are handling the use of AI. Read the story.
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👉 Business owners in Nanaimo say the recent expansion of the province’s Chronic Property Offending Intervention Initiative (C-POII) has not seemed to change anything yet, the Times Colonist reports. The Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General says violent crime in Nanaimo is “trending downward” and that the C-POII program will take time.
👉 The Nanaimo Judo Club is seeking funds and looking for a new dojo after its previous dojo was damaged in a fire in July, the Nanaimo Bulletin reports. The club will hold a fundraiser between noon and 5 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 23 at Maffeo Sutton Park with a judo exhibition and food.
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