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Cowichan Conversations: Is Justin Trudeau on the ropes as Liberal Party leader and Prime Minister?
Here is the latest regarding former Treasury Board President Jane Philpott’s determination to shine light on the processes and background that ignited the SNC Lavalin scandal. Is Justin Trudeau on the ropes as both Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Why is it that we non-indigenous value monetary profit over the well being of our kids and their kids unto seven generations?
I recently went to an exhibit of paintings by Australian Aboriginal women at UBC’s Museum of Anthropology. All abstract, several of them luminous as the milky way seen in the sky above the desert where Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: ‘Just asking for a safe future’: Thousands of B.C. students protest political inaction on climate change
Students are hitting the streets on a global scale demanding that the ‘adults’ wake up and stand up for the our climate and the coming generations. Many no doubt were inspired by Greta Thunberg, Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Low water levels in the Cowichan River are causing concern for salmon eggs due to hatch very soon.
The Cowichan Valley snowpack is not large enough to provide the water that fish need to survive, conservationists fear. (Paul Vecsei/Engbretson Underwater Photography) Laura Sciarpelletti · CBC News Crisis for river’s salmon now Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Student-Led Climate Strikes Happening in 130+ Countries
Originally posted in Common Dreams Mar. 15, 2019 09:20 AM EST Austrian youth gather outside the Hofburg palace in Vienna for a climate protest as part of the ‘Fridays For Future’ Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: To log or not to log North Cowichan’s municipal forest reserve?
By Peter W. Rusland To log or not to log North Cowichan’s municipal forest reserve? And if so, where and how? Those pointed, timely questions were aired and debated using factual power-point presentations during a Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: CVRD Directors Need An Environmental Assessment Prior To Making A Decision On Westcan Zoning Amendment
By Peter W. Rusland It’s clear Cowichan regional directors must commission a long-overdue environmental impact study of the Cowichan Bay Estuary before deciding about an industrial-rezoning application from a bay lease-holder. That research-then-rule message was Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Blame wood-burning stoves for winter air pollution and health threats
My own research shows that in rural British Columbia the main source of winter air pollution is residential wood burning, and that it is mostly being ignored and rarely monitored by government Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Sonia Furstenau’s Letter-Please Post On Cowichan Conversations
Originally posted on Facebook Monday March 11th, 2019 Sonia Furstenau Jennifer Lawson to Richard Hughes Subject: SONIA FURSTENAU’S LETTER..PLESAE POST ON COWICONVERSATIONS Re: Request to Reject Re-zoning Estuary Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2019 Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: richardhughes.ca 2019-03-10 19:57:34
Let’s hope everyone has been enjoying the political circus in Ottawa these past few weeks. Those who earlier voted for, and liked, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau have looked the other way or hid their heads Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: The Race Track and Sahtlam Neighbours Have Stepped Away From Court Action – But the Battle Rages On
An Open Letter from Paul Rossmo General Manager, Vancouver Island Motorsport Circuit February 28, 2019 A small group of local residents filed a lawsuit in the Supreme Court of British Columbia against our family-owned Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Finally a common sense response to the emotionally charged CVRD zoning amendment
This should have been done as an element of the CVRD’s zoning amendment. Claims of risks, present and potential, need to be determined by the CVRD political representatives prior to determining whether the zoning efforts Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: “Local businesses that undertake these actions instill confidence that Cowichan Bay Terminal is in safe hands…” BC Government
Originally published by the Cowichan Citizen Cowichan Bay business assists Coast Guard in saving boat Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: The Deep State – The Trudeau Government, Lobbyists and the Legalization of Corruption in Canada
Dan Donavan posted this revealing post in Ottawa Life. It is a most thorough report. An eye opener exposing the entrenched corruption and scandals that is the reality of our federal government structures in Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: May calls Trudeau’s comments on SNC-Lavalin affair ‘deeply disturbing
Green Party Leader Elizabeth May By CINDY E HARNETT / Times Colonist and Canadian Press MARCH 7, 2019 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s acknowledgment today that he should have been Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Our beloved Somenos and Quamichan ecosystems are basically dying.
Luckily, the critical patient could still recover with urgent remedial care. That message was discussed by two dozen Cowichanians during a Feb. 28 meeting at the Best Western Cowichan Valley Inn. Biologist David Preikshot Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Horgan OK with SNC-Lavalin Bidding for $1.4-Billion Bridge in BC
Originally published by the Tyee By Andrew MacLeod – TheTyee.ca Andrew MacLeod is The Tyee’s Legislative Bureau Chief in Victoria and the author of All Together Healthy (Douglas & McIntyre, 2018). Find him on Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Housing crisis, homelessness, mental health, local economic effects, and environmental impacts.
Musings from the Cheap Seats Housing crisis, homelessness, mental health, local economic effects, and environmental impacts. We hear lots about these very relevant and timely issues. A lot of very accomplished and intelligent Read more…
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