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Cowichan Conversations: The Strike At CKLG-You Don’t Get Me I’m Part Of the Union
I had been working at CFUN in the News department and grew dissatisfied with the working conditions and lack of basic worker rights. Along with staff at CKLG we began organizing for union representation. Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: “Cher Papa” Pete Cadorette Celebrates His 100th Birthday
Originally published by the Cowichan Valley Citizen Pete Cadorette, right, celebrated his 100th birthday on Sept. 5 in Shawnigan Lake. Pictured with Mr. Cadorette, also known affectionately as Cher Papa, is great-great grandson Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Fifty years ago Maggie and I were married at Hyacinth Bay on Quadra Island, BC.
Covid 19 shut the door on what was planned to be a big 50th wedding celebration with relatives and friends. Unfortunate delay for sure, but we will have a celebration when it is safe Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: What’s good for the goose (students) is not good for the gander (politicians)
All indications are B.C. politicians will continue to avoid the B.C. Legislature by conducting meetings remotely, while also sending children and teachers into classrooms with no physical distancing among cohorts Rob Fleming, Minister Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: It’s Time for Greens to Reinvent Themselves
A BC Green Party co-founder urges a radical new path. Pursuing electoral power hasn’t paid off, and the planet can’t wait. Michael M’Gonigle Today | TheTyee.ca Michael M’Gonigle was eco-research professor in the Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Yes, Racism is real. Here is how it looks.
Richard Hughes Even those of is who hate racism as white privileged retired people we can only imagine the pain, the horror, the fear, the pain. What a moving post. RH Carl Budd Stymiest Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: The United States has been collapsing for years. We just weren’t paying attention
Originally published by the Toronto Star By Heather Mallick-Columnist How did the U.S. collapse so quickly? It was eaten away from the inside, going from a democratic world power of staggering wealth in 1980 Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Dr. Sanjay Gupta: Why I am not sending my kids back to school
(CNN) — One of the questions I am getting more than any other: Am I going to send my children back to school? As a father of three teen and preteen girls, this Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: 107 BC kids infected with Covid-19 in last month
Originally published by Vancouverite By Salim Jawa Vancouver – Infection rates among school aged children and younger kids are mounting after a relatively low number of cases during the peak of the pandemic. On Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: People are getting their racist and confederate tattoos removed. Today I’m not that guy
BILLY WHITE WORKING AT HIS SHOP, ROSE TATTOO, IN ZANESVILLE, OHIO. (PHOTO BY LOCK 10 PHOTOGRAPHY, COURTESY OF BILLY WHITE) In the last few months, tattoo artists, laser removal specialists, and anti-hate speech advocates Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Oh yeah, that other pandemic.
Nathan Cullen is with Travis Homberg and Kyle Mortamer. 2d · A tale of two pandemics – one is getting 99% of the public’s attention while the other kills more people. We can address Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: The timing was perfect. The process was not.
The timing was perfect. The process was not. Municipality received 1,364 response forms by deadline on July 14 COWICHANVALLEYCITIZEN.COM Not enough opposition to halt new Cowichan RCMP detachment borrowing – Cowichan Valley Citizen Municipality Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: See how Canada crushed the curve while the US struggles
CNN’S Paula Newton explains what measures Canadians are taking to flatten the curve as countries continue to battle the coronavirus pandemic. YOUTUBE.COM See how Canada crushed the curve while the US struggles CNN’S Paula Read more…
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