Climate Change, Greenhouses Gases, Global Warming, Wind Power, Solar these subjects are being discussed or touched upon pretty much on a daily basis. Peter Nix, Don Skerik and others are doing something positive about. They are installing solar panels throughout Cowichan and it is catching on big time. It makes
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Cowichan Conversations: Rusland: Eleventh-Hour Effort Pushes Dakova onto New Duncan City Council’s Plate
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Citizens should always keep an eye on the last meeting or two of outgoing councils and boards. This is often when controversial matters are jammed through. Once accomplished the newly elected group will be saddled with it, for better or worse. It appears from Peter Rusland’s Cowichan
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Cowichan Citizens Gained Ground in Local Elections
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Some big wins, some sad losses but all in all the calibre of our new crop of politicians is a considerable improvement. Sonia Furstenau, Rob Douglas, Alison Nicholson, Kerry Davis, Matteus Clement bring vigour and green energy to our local government tables. This is a good
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: The Winds of Change Have Altered the Cowichan Valley Political Landscape
Don Maroc Maybe it is the product of the incredible crisp autumn air, the brilliant azure blue sky, and the warm rays of the November sun that brought clarity to the minds of Cowichan Valley voters when marking their ballots for the 2014 local government elections. The Duncan and North
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: City of Duncan Election Results
Duncan City Hall Mayoral Candidates Phil Kent-845-Elected Peter Lockhart-256 Councillor Candidates Tom Duncan-596 Elected Michelle Staples-587 Elected Roger Bruce-551 Elected Michelle Bell-526 Elected Sharon Jackson-498 Elected John Horgan-467 Elected Martin Barker-408 Joe Thorne-370 Travis Peterson-363 George Nielsen-356 John Garrison-290 Katelyn Beale-266 Gordon Heppell-174 Bobby Cole-114
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Robo-Calls come to Duncan
Appallingly, robo-calls have come to the City of Duncan. The calls, in a voice that no one recognizes, allegedly say,” Please vote for our friends, Mayor Phil Kent, Martin Barker, Rodger Bruce, George Nielsen, Travis Peterson and John Horgan.” The problem being that Mayor Phil Kent never gave his permission
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Slate Style Campaigning Has Tainted City of Duncan Elections
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Throughout the Cowichan Valley the number of candidates seeking office has increased dramatically. Along with the increased number of candidates comes an increased level of competitive zeal. In the City of Duncan alone 14 candidates are vying for 6 council seats and a number of them do
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Cowichan Local Elections November 15th–Choose Wisely–Heaven sort Hell
Heavenly Election While walking down the street one day a Corrupt Senator was tragically hit by a car and died. His soul arrives in heaven and is met by St. Peter at the entrance. “Welcome to heaven,” says St. Peter. “Before you settle in, it
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Michelle Staples Seeks Re-election to Duncan City Council
Welcome to staplesforcity.ca!!! This site is designed specifically for the re-election campaign of Michelle Staples, a long term Cowichan Valley resident living in the City of Duncan, a mother and self employed entrepreneur with a long history of bringing people together on projects that are important to the Cowichan Valley. Our hopes for
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Interest in Public Education Soars in the Cowichan Valley School District Elections
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Say goodbye to apathy regarding our public school system in the Cowichan Valley School District. Last election 10 vyed for 9 School Trustee positions but that was then and this now. This election will see 17 candidates competing for seven positions at the table. The past school
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Cowichan Taxbusters have been getting a good deal of attention recently
John Scull By John Scull A group calling themselves the Cowichan Taxbusters have been getting a good deal of attention recently. I looked at their website. Paraphrasing Oscal Wilde, they seem to see the cost of everything and the value of nothing. I live in a very comfortable but modest
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Let’s Keep Island Savings Credit Union Under Local Control
Here is a timely post from Don Skerick about the (insider Board of Directors) proposed amalgamation of Island Savings with First West Credit Union head quartered on Langley, BC. Let’s Keep Island Savings Local I urge all Island Savings Credit Union members to carefully consider their proposed merger vote with
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Cowichan River Water Quality Advisory Lifted
Nice to read good news from time to time. The concern over drought conditions that threatened our cowichan River was troubling and Don Bodger’s report is a comfort. By Don Bodger-Cowichan News Leader The water quality advisory for recreational use on the lower Cowichan River has been rescinded. The advisory
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Cowichan Valley Election Activity Is Already Underway
Mayor Jon Lefebure This fall could actually bring excitement and change to our local government elections. There is a mayoralty race going on in North Cowichan. Uncompromising tax miser Councillor John Koury has thrown down the gauntlet and declared his intention to serve as the next Mayor. Koury has substantial
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: The Cowichan River is in trouble once again.
Cowichan Coversations Contributor With the low snowpack and unusually dry weather, Cowichan Lake is 40 cm lower than it should be at this time of year, while the river flow is down to 5 cubic metres per second and well below typical July levels. If the situation does not improve,
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Planned breach of Cowichan Bay causeway planned for late July
A group of dedicated volunteers, organized under the Cowichan Estuary Restoration and Conservation Association aka (CIRCA) have taken on the task of improving life for marine and wildlife that have struggled against industrial disruption for many decades. Peter Rusland interviewed Goetz Schuerholz in this article carried in the Cowichan News
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: The CVRD Is The BC Government Authorized Body To Deal With Solid Waste. The Cowichan Tribes Must Be Included As Full Partners and Participants
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger As a CVRD Director (1993-2002 ) I recall vividly when we had to shut down the incinerators and existing landfill. We were tasked with finding and establishing a new landfill under BC Government guidelines. The guidelines dictated by MOE made it pretty much impossible to find an
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: CVRD and Cowichan Tribes Politicians Discuss Plans For an Incinerator to be Built in Glenora-Residents Kept in the Dark!
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger The CVRD and the Cowichan Tribes and the Khowutzun Development Corporation (KDC) have been dealing with this matter in secret sessions rather than being out front and accountable. Garbage incineration is contrary to any level of environmental common sense. It just creates a garbage dump in the
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Cowichan River Could Dry Up As We Face Drought Conditions
Cowichan Weir-Photo by Brian Hoole The Cowichan River is being challenged by a very dry spring, no remaining relief from melting snowpacks and the outlook for the balance of the summer and fall is for very dry drought conditions. The Catalyst Pulp Mill uses vast amounts of water from the
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