Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Earlier this week the CVRD held ’Public Meeting’ of sorts to hear response from locals regarding efforts by Fisher Road Recycling to expand their operation to sync with the compost facilities capacity. The elected officials were unable to weigh in this a land use issue that is very
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Cowichan Conversations: Harcourt’s Public Criticism May Actually Help The BC NDP. Adrian Dix Must Step Down Now!
Harcourt’s Play Could Force A Shake-up Former BC NDP Premier Harcourt has publicly expressed his frustration and annoyance over Adrian Dix’s stupid handling of the 2013 BC Election campaign. Many throughout BC have let their memberships lapse and may or may not renew depending on whether this leadership race inspires
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: The Discovery School Disruption Demands Swift Correction
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger The Cowichan communities owe recognition and gratitude to the leadership provided by Discovery Elementary School parents, students and retired teachers who finally stood up to the ongoing bullying of teachers from a single family that made outrageous demands on distorted and unacceptable religous grounds. A great many
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Is BC Playing Russian Roulette with our Children?
Patrick SmythGuest Contributor This is one heck of a gamble. Like my Granny said, be wise not to put all your eggs in one basket. I used to do this for a living, and while I support natural resource development so long as it is environmentally responsible, I don’t support
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Youthful Protesters Urge Christy Clark To Step Up And Save Shawnigan From Contaminated Soil Dump
Shawnigan Lake faces an uncertain future. While the CVRD and SIA lawyers present their views to the BC Environmental Appeal Board on whether or not up to 5 million tonnes of contaminated soil should be permitted to be dumped the Shawnigan Watershed protesters gathered on the steps of the legislature continuing
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Shawnigan’s Discovery Elementary School Drama May Be Nearing Resolution
Don Maroc-Cowichan Conversations Contributor Act one of the Discovery Elementary school drama of misguided, overzealous parents disrupting classroom decorum and taking advantage of school district authorities’ well-meaning efforts at accommodation has run its course. Let school district policy makers, whether elected school trustees or a province imposed single trustee, take
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: CTV Coverage of Discovery School Parents & Students Protest At Cowichan School District Offices
For those who might not have seen it, here is the CTV coverage of the Protest Rally at the Cowichan School District Offices Tuesday.
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Coast Capital Member’s Resolutions Strike Raw Nerve With Inside Controllers
Throughout the country corporate banker style behaviour is being inflicted on Credit Unions and Coast Capital is a glaring example that screams for address. They are not alone but they are a prime example of the potential for abuse when there is unimpeded top-down control that distorts the cooperative approach to managing our
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Longstanding Dispute Leads To Public Rally In Support Of Discovery School Teachers -Wednesday-March 26th 4PM
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger- I received this notice and letter this morning and am posting it to draw attention to an ongoing issue that hopefully will be resolved soon. Reference is made to the ‘School Board’ and it should be pointed out that there is no ‘School Board’ in Cowichan. The
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Overharvesting – Who Is Watching Our Forests?
By Peter Ewart-Opinion 250 Peter Ewart It is an outrageous amount. According to a document from the Ministry of Forests that was recently brought to light in the provincial legislature (1), for the five years between 2008 – 2013, the forest company giants, Canfor and West Fraser, overcut 928,000 cubic
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: NDP’s Jenny Kwan Has Proven Herself to Be A Woman Of Decency and Integrity
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger It is quite sickening to watch the attack on the character of Jenny Kwan, the MLA who along with Joy McPhail stood up as the only opposition to Gordon Campbell and his BC Liberals following the BC NDP wipeout of 2001. Here is the CBC coverage including video
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Labour Peace Comes From Negotiations Not Legislation
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger If there was ever time for labour to stand and fight, it is now. BC has endured over a decade of abuse from the ideologically obedient pro corporate BC Liberals and our society as a whole has suffered as a result. The war against education has taken
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Cowichan Valley NDP hosts lecture on Left in BC
Cowichan Valley NDP hosts lecture on Left in BCSocial Event and Lecture with Historian Gordon Hak VIU Professor Gordon Hak The Cowichan Valley NDP invites you to a special afternoon to socialize with fellow New Democrats and enjoy a talk with guest speaker Gordon Hak, Professor of History at Vancouver
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Thrifty Foods Has Established Their Central Warehouse on the Mainland
Don Maroc-Cowichan Conversations Contributor Based on a statement at the Regional Agricultural Commission’s February meeting “it was noted that Thrifty Foods has established their central warehouse on the mainland and island producers must go through this channel.” At last Wednesday’s CVRD Board meeting it seemed to District E (Glenora/Sahtlam) Director
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: BC Needs An Independent Healthcare Ombudsman
This photo was taken on Dec 18th, 2013, 3 days after this woman was admitted to Victoria General Hospital. I am advised that she remained in a coma from Dec 16th to Dec 20th, 2013. Shortly after arriving via ambulance she stopped breathing then her heart stopped. She was revived
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Opposition To The Shawnigan Watershed Contaminated Soil Threat Gains Momentum
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger The ups and downs of the battle trying to save Shawnigan from becoming home to 5 million tonnes of toxic soil being dumped in their watershed shows no signs of slowing down or losing momentum. It is difficult to imagine how the BC Liberal Government would allow
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Council of Canadians Seek to Protect Shawnigan Watershed From Toxic Dumps
The Cowichan Valley Regional District (CVRD) has been appearing before the BC Environmental Board in Victoria looking for relief from the entity that might provide their best chance of overturning South Island Aggregates (SIA) permit to dump 5 million tonnes of contaminated soil in the Shawnigan Watershed. Yesterday, the Council
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: The BC NDP Leadership Race Is Rigged To Protect Status Quo
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger I just Facebook liked Lana Popham for BC NDP Leader. Now before you assess my support for her, it is beyond that. The BC NDP needs a flat out gloves off brawl over the abandonment of anything remotely left of centre. The inner circle has rigged the
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: An Inspiring Sign of the Times
This picture graced my inbox this morning. Apparently there were a number placed through the Shawnigan umm, downtown area. If anyone has any more pictures, background or information feel free to contact me at contact@richardhughes.ca so that we may collaborate. Will we see more coming? Who dunnit? Richard Hughes-Let’s
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