Citizen Editorial: Alternative approval process is not the enemy By Anonymous Editorial Staff Not everything should go to a referendum. Whenever a controversial decision comes up that is going to be decided Read more…
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Cowichan Conversations: North Cowichan’s Municipal Forest Reserve Consultation A Flawed Process Rife With Secrecy.
Lack of information raises concerns about balance on Working Group guiding consultation on the Municipal Forest Reserve Vancouver consultant Erik Lees this week emphasized the importance of a “balanced” public consultation into the 5,000-hectare Municipal Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: North Cowichan Council’s Has Embraced A ‘Talk and Log’ End Run.
Talk and Log…who saw this coming, who didn’t? Concerned citizens were co-opted when Council hired an out of town consultant. Who pays the consultant? Well you do through your taxes, but you can bet Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Billy Holiday and Nina Simone Sang Out About White Supremacy -Still Poignant Today
Richard Hughes Those of us who are familiar with Billy Holiday’s ‘Strange Fruit’ and Nina Simone’s ‘Mississippi God Damn’ should listen again. Those who have not please do so now. Holiday, who throughout Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: The KKK has a history in Canada. And it can return.
CANADIAN MOMENTS The KKK has a history in Canada. And it can return. Canada is not immune to hate, and a look at the history of the Ku Klux Klan’s expansion efforts proves it Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: ANTI-RACISM RALLY PLANNED FOR DUNCAN THIS AFTERNOON
NEWSUNCATEGORIZED SHARE ON: Mike Patterson, staff Friday, Jun. 12th, 2020 A Black Lives Matter solidarity rally is planned for this afternoon in Duncan at 5 pm in Charles Hoey Park. The organizer behind the Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Wendy Mesley suspended from hosting after using ‘careless’ language in discussing racial issue
MSN.COM Wendy Mesley suspended from hosting after using ‘careless’ language in discussing racial issue CBC News host Wendy Mesley has been suspended from hosting, pending an investigation, after she said she “used a Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Muhammad Ali Gives His Stance On The Vietnam War
As we face the immense changes and challenges of today a look back to this 60’s interview with Muhammad Ali and Dick Cavett seems worthwhile.
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: It’s time to call out denialism — on racism and on climate change
It’s time to call out denialism — on racism and on climate change By Greig Oldford | Opinion | June 4th 2020 Originally published by the National Observer Can you believe it’s Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Unionization at Deadly Care Home Signals Change, Says Expert
Pandemic, NDP’s legal changes opening door to more unions in the sector. Moira Wyton Today | TheTyee.ca Moira Wyton is The Tyee’s health reporter. Follow her @moirawyton or reach her here. This reporting Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Armed extremists are showing up to protests and urging a “boogaloo” — code for civil war — online.
Trump fanning the flames! VICE.COM Far-Right Extremists Are Hoping to Turn the George Floyd Protests Into a New Civil War Armed extremists are showing up to protests and urging a “boogaloo” — code for Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: The Sunday Edition To rebuild the economy after COVID-19, we’ll need more govern
The Sunday Edition ‘There’s no way that the market economy is going to snap back from this catastrophe’ CBC Radio · Posted: May 22, 2020 2:53 PM ET | Last Updated: May 22 The Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: No Mow May! Don’t cut your Grass yet.
Richard Hughes 32 mins · Not mowing in May results in more flowers and nectar all summer long for struggling pollinators. Wildlife organization urges us to leave lawnmowers locked up until June. April Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Mother Nature is Boss
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Continue readingCowichan Conversations: We’re in for a Bad Wildfire Season. The Corona Virus Will Make It Worse
The parallels recall the 2003 ‘Holy Shit’ fire in Western Canada. Ed Struzik 30 Apr 2020 | The Conversation Canada Edward Struzik is the author of Firestorm: How Wildfire Will Shape Our Future. This article Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: A Post Carbon Institute Review of Planet of the Humans
Review: Planet of the Humans Richard Heinberg April 27, 2020 A few days ago, Emily Atkin posted a reaction to Michael Moore’s latest film, Planet of the Humans(directed and narrated by Jeff Gibbs), Read more…
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