Richard Hughes-Political Blogger It sure seems as though our cops are being caught up using excessive force a lot lately. Cell phone evidence is being put on the internet and this week two separate incident in Victoria and Vancouver are in the news. Province reporter Stephanie Ip filed this account a
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Cowichan Conversations: Bazooka Cyber Attacks Show Internet Vulnerability
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Most of us have noticed that life on the internet has slowed down considerably over the last couple of days. Pages half load, connections drop, normally accessible sites are not allowing a connection. It is being called a ‘Bazooka Attack.’ Check out this most recent report
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Pandas and Pipelines with Rick Mercer
Here is Rick Mercer calling a Pipeline a Panda!
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: And the Bridge Came Tumbling Down! Stomping Tom Connors
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger We just had a great crab feast and as the night evolved music happened and of course memories of Stomping Tom Connors came up. A few of us old North Van boys starting chatting and the Collapse of the Second Narrows Bridge came up. Here is what Tom
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: All Cowichan Candidates Signed Statements Of Opposition To Contaminated Soil Being Dumped In Shawnigan Watershed
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes- Political Blogger All Candidates seeking office to be the next MLA for the Cowichan Constituency have publicly opposed the dumping of contaminated soil in the Shawnigan Watershed. Both Bill Routley NDP MLA and Damar Wallener Conservative Candidate had written statements regarding the threat to the Shawnigan watershed. In
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Standing Room Only As Shawnigan Residents and Politicians Dump On BC Liberals Over Contaminated Soil Threat!
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger The Shawnigan Community Centre was jammed last night for a public meeting organized by Georgia Collins for the Shawnigan Basin Society and the Shawnigan Watershed Round-table. Curiously BC Liberal candidate Steve Housser chaired the meeting which had all the signs of his campaign kickoff and may have been more so
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: SAVE SHAWNIGAN LAKE WATERSHED PROTEST RALLY SATURDAY, MARCH 30th 1PM
We are now less than 2 weeks away from South Island Aggregates being handed a permit to accept thousands of tonnes per year of contaminated fill to the mine site located at the headwaters of Shawnigan Lake. Shawnigan Lake is Under A Serious Threat! We have attempted the collaborative approach, we’ve
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Troubled Water Documentary 7PM-Wed-Oceanfront Suites Cowichan Bay
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Manly Media Watershed Documentary to be shown at Oceanfront Suites in Cowichan Bay Residents rally to stop contamination of Shawnigan and all Cowichan watersheds Draft soil-dumping permit angers Cowichan Valley residents Cowichan residents are rallying to protect their drinking water after receiving notice of a draft
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Meeting Tonight Regarding Contaiminated Soil Permit Allowing Dumping In Shawnigan Watershed
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes- Political Blogger The BC Liberal Government has issued a Draft Permit that would allow contaminated and toxic soils to be dumped in the Shawnigan Watershed. Georgia Collins from the Shawnigan Basin Society and Shawnigan Watershed Roundtable has emailed a notice about a meeting that they have organized.
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: CVRD Love In With BC Liberal’s Terry Lake Turns Sour!
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes- Political Blogger You may recall the enthusiasm our CVRD Directors had after their meeting with then newly appointed Minister of the Environment, Terry Lake last spring. The ‘CVRD Liberal Friendlies’ who attended the meeting were overcome with partisanship. That is a dangerous indulgence for local politicians
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: BC Liberals Put The Shawnigan Lake Watershed Under Threat!
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes- Political Blogger The threat to the Shawnigan Watershed, Creek, Lake and Drinking Water has been before the South Cowichan Community for over a year. Local government efforts collaborating with Environment Minister Terry Lake have proven to be a cruel and ineffective diversion that saw the CVRD
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: CRD Secret Land Deal For Sewage Plant Blowing Up In Their Faces!
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes- Political Blogger Don Maroc called this morning after reading the front page story in the Colonist about the CRD’s secret land deal to build a sewage treatment plant in Esquimalt. He told me that they’re no smarter than the Cowichan Valley Regional District politicans. This is just the same
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: The Transgender Bill Is About Equality, Not Bathrooms
Esquimalt MP Randall Garrison sponsored Bill 279 Esquimalt- Juan de Fuca NDP MP Randall Garrison championed Bill 279 which shows more support for the transgendered than I thought would have been possible. It was supported across party lines including 18 Conservatives. That is encouraging perhaps we can look forward to more
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Bill Routley Challenges BC Liberals Over Contaminated Soil Controversy
Here is a letter from MLA Bill Routley challenging Environment Minister Lake to step in and do the right thing for the residents of Shawnigan. Cowichan BC NDP MLA Bill Routley Parliament Buildings Victoria, BC V8V IX4 Telephone 250.387.3655 Fax 250.3873468 bill.routley@leg.bc.ca Hon. Terry Lake Minister of
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Harper’s So Called World Class Safety Measures Hit the Rocks
Raeside Rocks!
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Rick Mercer and the ‘Canadian Made Zenn Car’-Zero Emissions Zero Noise
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Apparently it is available in BC! Does anybody know anything about this? This is a very cool piece with Rick Mercer. Onward Richard
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