April 2019-June 2026

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Empathy and compassion is the answer
By Sarah Lovegrove for Nanaimo News Bulletin Letters to the Editor
June 20, 2026

Grief Fire held at Vancouver Island University 10 years after toxic drug crisis declared
By Lauryn Mackenzie for CHLY News
April 15, 2026

Nanaimo’s toxic drug emergency at 10 years
By Mick Sweetman for The Discourse
April 14, 2026

‘New wave of nurses’ integrating harm reduction into health care in B.C.
By Jessica Durling for Nanaimo News Bulletin
December 11, 2025

Nanaimo city council votes down proposed drug policy letter
By Mick Sweetman for The Discourse
December 2, 2025

Motion to close Nanaimo’s Overdose Prevention Site withdrawn
By Mick Sweetman for The Discourse
November 18, 2025

Mid Island prepares to mark International Overdose Awareness Day
Joe Pugh for Midcoast Morning (CHLY)
August 27, 2025

Harm reduction alliance holds grief fire in Nanaimo to mourn toxic drug deaths
By Jessica Durling for Nanaimo News Bulletin
April 15, 2025

VIU students appeal suspensions over pro-Palestinian activism
By Michael John Lo for Times Colonist
February 15, 2025

Nanaimo addictions doctor behind pop up overdose site resigns in protest
By Mick Sweetman for The Discourse
February 6, 2025

BC Quashes Controversial Bill Limiting Public Drug Use
By Michelle Gamage for The Tyee
December 23, 2024

Patient overdose death at Nanaimo hospital ‘didn’t have to happen,’ doctor says
By Mick Sweetman for The Discourse
November 21, 2024

‘Quite startling’ wait-lists for addiction treatment in B.C. revealed in new documents
By Bethany Lindsay for Investigative Journalism Foundation
November 20, 2024

Pop-up overdose prevention site opens across the street from NRGH
By Lauryn Mackenzie for CHLY 101.7FM
November 19, 2024

Pro-Palestinian camp dismantled at Vancouver Island University
With files from CBC’s Claire Palmer and the Canadian Press for CBC News
August 18, 2024

Has drug decriminalization gone too far? Or is this the beginning of a solution?
By Eric Plummer for Ha-shilth-sa
May 10, 2024 

A Year Into BC Drug Decrim, Opposing Narratives Clash
By Doug Johnson for Filter Magazine
February 21, 2024

Lack of prescribers in Nanaimo limiting access to safer supply
By Mick Sweetman for CHLY 101.7 FM
February 5, 2024

Care and Connection Kiosks will provide life saving supplies for substance users
By Lauryn MacKenzie for Midcoast Morning (CHLY 101.7FM)
October 25, 2023

‘The villain in this story is poverty’ – talking drug toxicity in Nanaimo
Podcast for People First Radio with Joe Pugh
September 18, 2023

Nanaimo marks International Overdose Awareness Day
Podcast for People First Radio with Joe Pugh
September 7, 2023

‘I thought he was my son’: Nanaimo marks International Overdose Awareness Day
By Mick Sweetman for CHLY 101.7FM
September 1, 2023

‘Every single overdose death is a policy failure’: Nanaimo overdose deaths expected to surpass last year’s
By Tchadas Leo for Chek News
August 31, 2023

Nanaimo community members remember loved ones lost to toxic drug crisis
By Bailey Seymour for Nanaimo News Bulletin
August 31, 2023

‘It’s a hard day’: Safe drug supply needed as province announces toxic drug deaths
By Justin Waddell for My Cowichan Valley Now
May 18, 2023

Nanaimo looking at its options for regulating drug use in public places: City council votes 5-4 to ask for staff report on options
By Greg Sakaki for Black Press Media
May 15, 2023

Nanaimo gathers to talk solutions to the toxic drug crisis
Podcast for People First Radio with Joe Pugh
March 11, 2023

B.C. safe supply advocates rally to mark 7 years of toxic drug crisis
By Austin Westphal for Black Press Media
April 14, 2023

Fact checking claims about NANDU and peer-run safe consumption sites: The Discourse takes a look at some claims about NANDU and safe consumption sites with registered nurse Sarah Lovegrove.
By Lys Morton for The Discourse
March 2, 2023

Excerpts from International Overdose Awareness Day in Nanaimo
Podcast for People First Radio with Joe Pugh
September 2, 2022

‘Connection is correction:’ reducing stigma and remembering those lost during Overdose Awareness Day
By Jordan Davidson for Nanaimo News Now
August 31, 2022

Comment: Want to end the drug poisoning crisis? Start by listening to people who use drugs
By Sarah Lovegrove for The Discourse
August 25, 2022 

Adaptation of Getting to Tomorrow: Nanaimo Dialogues Speech on June 16, 2022

Getting to Tomorrow: Nanaimo Dialogues Speech
By Sarah Lovegrove for Canadian Drug Policy Coalition (Regulations project)
Published June 20, 2022

Nanaimo council looking at options to regulate public consumption of drugs
By Ethan Morneau for Chek News
May 16, 2023

Nanaimo city council asked to seek decriminalization of personal drug possession
By Mandy Moraes
April 29, 2022

‘People shouldn’t be dying:’ rally tries to shed stereotypes and stigma of drug addiction
By Spencer Sterritt for Nanaimo News Now
April 16, 2019