Cowichan Community Action Team

05/28/2026

PLEASE SHARE: A Drug Poisoning/Overdose Advisory has been issued for Nanaimo.
- Check out Island Health’s Harm Reduction Services page at https://ow.ly/FgyS50PLkLF to find information on overdose prevention and supervised consumption sites, drug-checking services and more.
- For harm reduction services and information, including naloxone programs, visit Toward the Heart at https://ow.ly/Nlzv50PLkLO
- If you’re using alone, try the Lifeguard App at https://ow.ly/183a50PLkLN or the Brave App at https://ow.ly/rbxN50PLkLG, or call the National Overdose Response Service at 1-888-688-6677
- For Indigenous-specific information, visit the First Nations Health Authority’s Overdose Prevention and Harm Reduction pages at https://ow.ly/ktA450PLkNW

05/14/2026

05/14/2026

Harm reduction is an important health care approach that is often misunderstood.

Today, May 7, 2026, on International Harm Reduction Day, we raise our hands to the Ts'ets'uwut Tth'ele' Mustimuhw - Helping Hearts Outreach Team for the compassionate, non-judgmental support they provide our community.

Harm reduction services are available to all community members. These services help to reduce the negative health, social, and legal impacts of substance use without requiring abstinence.

The nursing team will help you complete a consent form and guide you through next steps, including booking an appointment with a clinician or connecting you with internal services such as treatment coordinator support, or external services such as youth outreach teams or community health services.

To get started, please call or text the the team at (250) 732-4326, or visit Slhexun Sun'ts'a' Clinic at 121 Ingram St. Monday to Friday from 8:30am-12:00pm and 1:00pm-4:30pm.

Huy ch q'u.

05/14/2026

Bearing Witness to Grief
Cowichan Hospice and Burnaby Hospice Society invite you to Bearing Witness to Grief, a gentle and educational workshop exploring grief with care, curiosity, and compassion.

This space is open to anyone who would like to better understand grief — whether you are currently grieving, supporting someone else, or simply wanting to learn more about how grief shows up in our lives.

Workshop details:
🗓 Friday, May 15

Duncan (Cowichan Hospice Community Office)
🕘 9:00 am – 12:00 pm

Chemainus (Best Western Plus Hotel)
🕜 1:30 pm – 4:30 pm

📩 To register, please email: [email protected]

05/14/2026

The Duncan Street Survival Guide is back (also available in PDF form)! We will be sharing these at all of our public events. Over the next week we will be distributing copies to community agencies. If you have previously emailed to request copies, we will be contacting you to arrange drop off.

04/30/2026

⭐⭐⭐⭐UPDATE: The immediate need for tents has been met, THANK YOU! Of course, tents can still be donated for future use, but the immediate 12 people have received tents. What an amazing community we have here in Cowichan!⭐⭐⭐⭐

Thank you for any support 🙏

Request for Tents

With the cold weather
shelter closing imminently,
we are seeking 12 tents.

If you are able to donate, kindly drop off before 12:00PM on May 1st, at:
140 Trans-Canada Hwy (the old Ramada) at the front of the building, follow path to the conference room side (by the seacan), & knock on the glass or drop off at
the Village Office, 610 Trunk Road

The shelter is closing for the season.

THANK YOU

04/29/2026

Webinar happening May 19th

Background information on HIV, hepatitis C and STIs in Canada, including basic information, statistics (epidemiology), provincial and national strategies to address HIV, hepatitis C and STIs, and social determinants of health.