Women throughout the world participated in the 6th International ‘Go Topless Day.’ In downtown Vancouver crowds gathered some gawking, taking pictures, and of course many in support. There is something about women’s bare breasts that creates a wide range of reactions. Many women see it has pure hypocrisy and are
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Cowichan Conversations: 11 Facts About The Ongoing Fukushima Nuclear Holocaust Too Horrifying To Believe
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes- Political Blogger Here is a story about one of the world’s biggest environmental disasters ever and you do not hear much about it. We have aging and leaky nuclear plants all over the world and we seem incapable of dealing with them when they malfunction , blow
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Financial Questions Loom about Building LNG Export Terminals
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Our BC politicians have handled the LNG and fracking game badly. The bubble may well be about ready to burst. The Financial Post reports that high costs for new export terminals proposed for Canada’s West Coast make discount sales of liquefied natural gas “difficult to financially justify,”
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Justin Trudeau has Toked! Is he the only MP? Hardly!
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Justin Trudeau has it seems a habit of telling the truth and speaking sensibly about marijuana, legalize it. He has smoked pot, ho hum. That is not the surprise, it is that he is not hiding like other politicians who have and do toke up, those who have
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: BC Liberals Give Green Light To Dump Contaminants in Shawnigan Watershed.
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes- Political Blogger The BC Liberal Government announced today that the South Island Aggregates (SIA) have been granted a permit to dump 5 million tonnes of contaminated and toxic soils in the Shawnigan Watershed. The CVRD politicians refused to ‘get political’ with their Liberal friends when faced with threats to the
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Vancouver Island Could Become Canada’s 11th Province
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger The concept of Vancouver Island going its’ own way as Canada’s 11th province is being floated once again. Separated by land, sea and air many Islander’s think of themselves as ‘Islanders’ first, British Columbian’s next and then of course Canadians. A fledgling group based out of Cowichan
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: ***Newsflash*** Bill Vander Zalm Puts Politicians on Notice over Chemtrails!
Former BC Premier, the man who led the successful fight over the hated HST, has now turned his energies towards the threat of chemtrails. Those trails in the sky most of us have believed to be jet stream are thought by many to be dangerous aluminum and barium released to
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Sean Holman on Corky Evans-The Failure of Discipline
Former NDP MLA Corky Evans Sean Holman former ‘Public Eye Online’ blogger is now living in Calgary and teaching Journalism at the University of Alberta. More recently he produced the documentary ‘Whipped’ that reveals the real story of political control over elected officials. It has been welcomed by many politicos
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Longtime NDP MLA Corky Evans On Todays BC NDP
Richard Hub Hughes-Political Blogger The BC Liberals scored a surprise upset and were re-elected as the government of BC on May 14th, 2013 Since that time members, supporters and pundits along with some current and former MLA’s have been speaking up questioning the so called middle of the road positioning,
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Caricnogenic Pollution in Lac-Mégantic at High Levels
The real story of the Lac Megantic Train Wreck is yet to be fully told by the MSM. However credit to CBC for this piece including videos. It is a start. The explosion is telling us that bitumen is far more volatile and dangerous than the previous oil spills that
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Giant Corp Nestle’s Get A Free Ride From The BC Liberals
Richard ‘Hub’ HughesPolitical Blogger Christy Clark’s BC Liberals are great managers of our multi billion dollar indebted province. Why life is so easy in BC that we allow private multi nationals like Nestle to pump out our water for free. Now there is a great business to be in! Water
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Poll on the Future of the BC NDP
This is how Cowichan Conversations participants responded. Although not scientific it is a signal to the BC NDP about their lack of relevance and appeal.
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: PM Harper has set up a sophisticated program to read our email and monitor our online activities.
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Good morning folks. I was looking to do some tidying up and editing posts on the left side under News & Opinion from Home and Abroad. These are items from across the internet that I include because of their interest and relevance. This story regarding surveillance caught my eye again and
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Police Brutality in Canada! Is This Democracy?
Richard Hughes Political Blogger Make no mistake folks the genie is out of the bottle and fascism is staring us right in the face. Many people do not want to hear that or deal with that unwelcome reality but it is undeniably the reality of Canada today. This video is
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Cobble Hill-Cowichan Bay Gravel Pit Proposal Has Residents Up in Arms
Richard Hughes Political Blogger Few things get residents worked up more than hearing that a gravel pit is destined to commence operations in their neighbourhood. In the Cowichan Valley like so many areas the feuds sometimes have gone on for decades. This summer residents attention soared as they became aware
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Oil Pipeline Erupts Into Fish Bearing Stream, But No Fish Harmed-Satire
Just another spill
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: ‘Nobody Understands’ Spills at Alberta’s Cold Lake Tar Sands Operation
Richard Hub Hughes-Political Blogger The pollution in Northern Alberta attributable to ‘Fracking’ and Tar Sands’ Operations is out of control. The latest seemingly unstoppable spill of significance is devastating wildlife and the environment. They cannot stop it. Nothing is being done and it seems obvious that the politicians first concern is
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: It is Time for the BC NDP to Clean House. No More Reviews are Needed.
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger I have been a member of the BC NDP since the early 70′s. Like so many others I have been on a full tour of duty including a ‘Mission Impossible’ run to be the Malahat Juan de Fuca MLA back in 2001. Today we face yet another
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Canada Day Bomb Threat Sure Looks Like It Was RCMP Inspired
Richard Hub Hughes-Political Blogger When the reports of a thwarted bombing incident at Canada Day celebrations at the BC Legislature were first trumpeted non stop by our obedient media the language was the first indicator that something was not quite right with the story being told. I have waited two
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: MLA Bill Routley Calls On Minister Mary Polak To Protect Shawnigan From Contaminated Soils
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Yes, it is still the ‘Dog days of Summer’ and Cowichan MLA Bill Routley is up on his feet again. This time he is questioning Minister of Environment Mary Polak about the unconscionable notion of allowing the BC Liberal government issued ‘Draft Permit’ to be converted into
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