Originally published by sixmountains.ca More than six out of 10 trees harvested in North Cowichan’s Municipal Forest Reserve last year were exported as raw logs, the 2019 Forestry Report reveals. Raw-log exports totalled 63 per Read more…
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Cowichan Conversations: This coronavirus mutation has taken over the world. Scientists are trying to understand why.
Originally published by the Washington Post. This coronavirus mutation has taken over the world. Scientists are trying to understand why. Health-care workers from University of South Florida Health administer coronavirus testing June Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Meng and the Michaels: Most support PM’s refusal to swap Huawei executive for imprisoned Canadians
Across political spectrum, two-thirds agree Meng situation be left to courts, disagree with intervention June 29, 2020 – As Prime Minister Justin Trudeau rebuffs calls to intervene in the extradition case of Huawei executive Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: North Cowichan’s Municipal Forest Reserve Consultation A Flawed Process Rife With Secrecy.
Lack of information raises concerns about balance on Working Group guiding consultation on the Municipal Forest Reserve Vancouver consultant Erik Lees this week emphasized the importance of a “balanced” public consultation into the 5,000-hectare Municipal Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: OPINION – Systemic racism on display in House of Commons
Originally published by the Toronto Star OPINION Systemic racism on display in House of Commons By Fareed Khan The latest examples of systemic racism in Canada occurred last week in the heart of Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Canada’s lost months: When COVID-19’s first wave hit
Canada’s lost months: When COVID-19?s first wave hit, governments and health officials were scattered and slow to act. From January to March, official pandemic preparations were marred by the same kind of miscommunication and friction Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: British Columbia’s largest raw log exporters (Mosaic Forest Management) make pitch to deregulate
Search A PROGRESSIVE TAKE ON BC ISSUES ABOUT TOPICS AUTHORS ARCHIVE FEATURES Jun 25, 2020 British Columbia’s largest raw log exporters make pitch to deregulate By Ben Parfitt Federal government would do Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: North Cowichan Council’s Has Embraced A ‘Talk and Log’ End Run.
Talk and Log…who saw this coming, who didn’t? Concerned citizens were co-opted when Council hired an out of town consultant. Who pays the consultant? Well you do through your taxes, but you can bet Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Systemic racism on display in House of Commons
OPINION Systemic racism on display in House of Commons By Fareed Khan Contributor Tue, June 23, 2020 The latest examples of systemic racism in Canada occurred last week in the heart of Canada’s Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Yes, it is time for Dr. Bonnie Henry to announce daily opioid deaths
Wife of yogi who overdosed asks B.C.’s top doc to announce drug deaths like COVID fatalities
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Jagmeet Singh: Apologizing to Bloc MP would be ‘akin to saying I’m sorry for fighting systemic racism’
As It Happens ‘I can’t apologize for that,’ NDP leader says, ‘I would be letting down too many people’ \ CBC Radio · Posted: Jun 18, 2020 5:56 PM ET | Last Updated: 10 hours Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Billy Holiday and Nina Simone Sang Out About White Supremacy -Still Poignant Today
Richard Hughes Those of us who are familiar with Billy Holiday’s ‘Strange Fruit’ and Nina Simone’s ‘Mississippi God Damn’ should listen again. Those who have not please do so now. Holiday, who throughout Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Is the Secrecy Train of public consultation on a one-way track?
The Secrecy Train came to town the other day, with a virtual stop in the Municipality of North Cowichan. The 16-member citizens’ Working Group guiding the public consultation process into management of the 5,000-hectare Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: The Devastating Impact of White Supremacy
Those of is who are familiar with Billy Holiday’s ‘Strange Fruit’ and Nina Simone’s ‘Mississippi God Damn’ should listen again. Those who have not please do so now.RH Originally published by the Progressive by Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Federal NDP Deliver the Goods For Those Whose CERB Benefits Could Soon Run Out
Dear community members, As COVID-19 cases continue to decrease here in British Columbia, the economic implications of this pandemic continue. Across the nation, people continue to experience financial hardship associated with COVID-19, particularly lower-income Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Vancouver Mayor Kenney Stewart’s Big Cop Out
Paul Willcocks 12 Jun 2020 | TheTyee.ca Paul Willcocks is a journalist and former publisher of newspapers, and now an editor with The Tyee. He heads BC’s largest city and its police Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: The KKK has a history in Canada. And it can return.
CANADIAN MOMENTS The KKK has a history in Canada. And it can return. Canada is not immune to hate, and a look at the history of the Ku Klux Klan’s expansion efforts proves it Read more…
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