Richard Hughes- Political Blogger We need a new government after 12 years of the Gordon Campbell and Christy Clark BC Liberals. I am wholeheartedly supporting Adrian Dix for Premier and the re-election of Bill Routley in Cowichan. But, you knew that anyway, right. Here is an BC NDP promo about a dead
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Cowichan Conversations: MLA Bill Routley Calls For Community Control Of Watershed!
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes- Political Blogger Cowichan NDP MLA Bill Routley told protestors gathered in Shawnigan Village Saturday afternoon to rally against the threat of contaminated soil being dumped in their watershed, that he has spoken to Leader Adrian Dix and Caucus about the Contaminated Soil threat faced by the Shawnigan community. Routley
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Citizen and News Leader Editorials Worth A Look!
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes- Political Blogger Citizen Editorial cites Canada’s shameful and embarrassing withdrawal from UN Convention to counter the impacts of droughts. The Cowichan News Leader recognizes that it is politics that will determine the direction of the ‘Dirty Dirt’ threat in Shawnigan.
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: John Horgan Files FOI Request Over Ethnicgate. The Plot Thickens!
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger John Horgan BC NDP House Leader and MLA for Juan de Fuca has filed what could be an explosive FOI request into the BC Liberal scandal over identifying ethnic voters using pubic servant staff and taxpayers money to do it. Province reporter Cassidy Oliver filed this
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: The BC Liberals Are In Chaos-Will The BC Conservatives Blossom This Spring?
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Will the BC Liberals exist as a viable political force after May 14th? Will they have enough left in the tank to rebuild and re-brand their once all powerful party? Keith Baldrey’s latest column throws much of that in doubt. 20/20 hindsight would tell the BC Libs
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: B.C. Liberals dropping the ‘Christy Clark’ logo in favour of a ‘team’ approach
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Check out the latest developments in The BC Liberal camp where they have shoved Premier Christy Clark to the back of the room. It is an attempt to stop the bleeding but it is a little late for band aids now. Michael Smyth’s Column has the details
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Guerilla Radio Covered Shawnigan Contaminated Sites Protest!
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Saturday turned out to be a spectacular warm spring day. It was perfect weather for about 250 residents and politicians gathered in Shawnigan Village to rally and speak out against the BC Government decision to issue a Draft Permit to South Island Aggregates, SIA. The Christy Clark BC
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Robert Baden Powell Has Advice For Shawnigan Residents
Dave Hutchinson of the ‘Shawnigan Focus’ sent this gem along Yesterday, a friend mentioned Robert Baden-Powell, the man who founded the Scouting Movement in the early 1900s. We were discussing community diversity and wondering what motivates people to act during times of crisis. She reminded me of the core values
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Dear Environment Minister Lake- A Letter From Larry Gollner
South Cowichan are residents facing an unfathomable threat to their Shawnigan Watershed, drinking Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes- Political Blogger water, creek and Shawnigan Lake. They have been organizing resistance to this madness and they are doing it from many different perspectives. Residents are responding to this cynically timed decision to issue
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Say No To SIA’s Contaminated Dump Site In Shawnigan’s Watershed
This is What Democracy Looks Like! Bring your friends and neighbours and show the Christy Clark BC Liberal Government that you are opposed to this unconscionable proposal to dump Victoria’s chemical and dioxin laced contaminated soil into the Shawnigan Watershed. The Shawnigan Watershed, Drinking Water, Shawnigan Creek and Shawnigan Lake
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: BC Liberal Front Group Led by Chamber President Mke Hanson Is A Last Gasp Effort
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes- Political Blogger The ‘Friends of the Shawnigan Watershed’ a Cowichan BC Liberal Front Group, is trying to elbow its’ way into an already crowded field of those protesting the threat faced to the Shawnigan Watershed, Creek, Lake and drinking water. This latest threat has loomed over the Shawnigan residents
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Nanaimo Daily News Racist Letter To The Editor Crossed The Line
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger The Nanaimo Daily News published a racist letter to the editor that was unacceptable by any level. Understandably the pushback and anger from many in the City of Nanaimo is understandable. We will learn a lot about the Nanaimo Daily Times by their reaction and response. The
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Do You Think That Our Cops Are Too Violent?
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
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
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