Cherry, 85, had singled out new immigrants for not wearing poppies to honour Canada’s veterans and dead soldiers Don Cherry sits down with Joe Warmington for a summer coach’s corner on Tuesday July Read more…
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Cowichan Conversations: There is no ‘you people’: Jagmeet Singh condemns Don Cherry
VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) — NDP leader Jagmeet Singh is adding his voice to the chorus of people condemning Don Cherry for comments made on Hockey Night in Canada Saturday. Hira Singh-served in Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Remembrance Day – Canada’s First Nations Soldiers
By T.W. Paterson Originally published by the Cowichan Valley Citizen “It’s a fact that, unlike non-aboriginal soldiers, First Nation soldiers were not recognized for their service until recently and received no pensions.”—Marlene Rice, elder-in-residence Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: North Cowichan Mayor Al Siebring-Cowichan Conversations Blogger Not On The Same Page
Following the controversial North Cowichan Council Public Hearing on GAIN’s Vancouver Island Motorsport Circuit Expansion bid and the subsequent council meeting, much has been reported and commented on several forums throughout the community. The Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: North Cowichan Mayor Al Siebring Led The Charade To Undermine The Majority Council Decision On The VIMC Expansion Issue
North Cowichan’s wily old politician Mayor Al Siebring has buffaloed his council into holding a new public hearing on the expansion efforts of the GAIN group. This after two days of public hearings where all Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: North Cowichan Council Sending VIMC Expansion Back To Another Public Hearing
Cowichan Conversations: LEGAL OPINION-Mayor Al Siebring Is Overreaching With His VIMC Threaten and Rescue Play
Today North Cowichan Mayor Siebring and Council will wrestle with his threaten and rescue scheme designed to convince the council to back off of their 5-2 decision rejecting the GAIN VIMC’s racetrack expansion efforts. Councillors Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: NC Mayor Siebring Calls ‘Secret Meeting’ Ahead Of North Cowichan Councils 1:30PM (Open Meeting.)
Wednesday is a big day for Mayor Siebring starting off with an in-camera session where he will attempt to sway the council into calling another Public Hearing to accommodate the Vancouver Island Motorsport Circuit-VIMC Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Mayor Siebring Will Attempt To Gain Council Support For A New Public Hearing Following A 5-2 Vote To Deny VIMC Expansion Plans
Important North Cowichan Council Meeting November 6th-1:30PM Originally posted by the Sahtlam Neighbourhood Association As many of you now know, Mayor Seibring has used his executive powers to tell council to revisit Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: How to Approve a Racetrack While Nobody’s Looking (and get away with it)
The Sahtlam Neighbourhood Association has been on the front line from Day 1. Check out Mariah Wallener’s post from August 28, 2017. RH Many people think that Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Meet the Coroner for Dead Whales
When a humpback carcass washed up on a remote BC island, researchers knew who to call. Larry Pynn | Hakai Magazine Larry Pynn is a veteran environment reporter, the recipient of eight Jack Webster Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: INVASION Premieres Today!
INVASION Premieres Today! Invasion is Live now! Watch it today, share the film with your friends, and organize a screening in your community! Watch INVASION Now! In this era of “reconciliation”, Indigneous land is Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Logging income no match for value of residential viewscapes in North Cowichan
People who buy a home in North Cowichan are willing to pay a premium for a water or mountain view — and that preference translates into untold millions of dollars in house prices as well Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Order of Canada mountaineer Pat Morrow offers conservation encouragement to Six Mountains debate
Originally Published by Six Mountains.ca One of the world’s great mountaineers, Pat Morrow, visited North Cowichan last weekend — and he had a few words to say about the grassroots campaign to save Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Mayor Forces a Re-Vote on Track Expansion after VIMC Threatens Legal Action
Originally published by the Sahtlam Neighbourhood Association Mayor Al Siebring sent shock waves through the community Monday when he announced that he is forcing a re-vote on the Vancouver Island Motorsport Circuit Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Victoria Car Dealers Lawyer Threatens North Cowichan Municipality With 50 Million Dollar Lawsuit
The Mayor is scrambling. Why is that, whose side is he on? By Cindy E. Harnett / Times Colonist North Cowichan might revisit track rejection; mayor cites possible lawsuit North Cowichan Mayor Al Siebring Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Vancouver Island Motorsport Circuit Zombie Public Hearing-Part 2
Peter Rusland Dear Mayor and Council: I’m shocked, angry and disappointed with council’s continual inept mishandling of the Vancouver Island Motorsport Circuit rezoning application. It’s outrageous that our mayor has now announced he Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Conflicts-The Common Ground With the Cowichan Citizen and NC Mayor Al Siebring
The (Black Press) Cowichan Citizen has just registered a new low by endorsing Mayor Siebring’s specious effort to overturn the majority 5-2 vote of North Cowichan Council to reject the Victoria Car Dealers goal of Read more…
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