📷 A Harbour Air Seaplane lands in the Nanaimo Harbour in front of Protection Island. Photo by Jesse Woodward.
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Sunday August 31st was International Overdose Awareness Day, and communities across Vancouver Island gathered on Friday August 29th to honour the day. The Village Clinic in Courtenay hosted an event at the Comox Valley Art Gallery, including a “die-in.”
Read MoreConcerned citizens took to the streets on August 29 to bring awareness to unregulated drug deaths in Nanaimo.
Read MorePurple chairs are being placed around Nanaimo leading up to International Overdose Awareness Day on August 31, sharing the stories of those who lost their lives to the overdose crisis.
Read MoreA crowd of harm-reduction advocates, people who use drugs, and local politicians gathered in Nanaimo’s Maffeo Sutton Park on Thursday Aug. 31 to mark International Overdose Awareness Day.
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