Russell Davies Guest Post- By Russell Davies The Real Canadian Superstore squeezing the poor for more profits is a big mistake and shows no consideration for low income customers and those of us that are less fortunate. The recent change of policy on reduced produce shows lack of empathy
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Cowichan Conversations: California Was Fun But Nothing Beats The Cowichan Valley
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger We recently returned from our winter reprieve with friends in Sunny California. It was a great get away and we were treated to wonderful food, music, the occasional wee glass of wine and some day trips around the San Jose area, Monterrey and also squeezed in visits
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: In the First Game of the New Season at Duncan City Council the Guys Beat the Girls 4-3.
Don Maroc In November, with the council ready to okay 4th and final reading of a rezoning to allow Edmonton-California developer Vlado Brcic to proceed with the purchase of the prime Duncan real estate at the corner of Government St. and Canada Ave. and construction of a five-story, $11 million,
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Paul Manly Now Seeking Green Party Nomination in Nanaimo-Ladysmith
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger The Federal NDP has turned their backs on many NDP values and shifted to the centre under the leadership of Thomas Mulcair. A disturbing number of NDP member activists have been blocked from even seeking nominations. What has happened to today’s NDP federally and provincially was once
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: This Changes Something
This fills in the blanks on many levels. Some folks will be tad upset with the ‘Reality Check’ but it is time to defrag and tune up grass roots response to criminal corporate destruction of the environment. RJH Naomi Klein Takes on the Big Greens Emily McGratten In Jonathan
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Maroc-Black Days Ahead For Cowichan Newspapers
Don Maroc – Cowichan Conversations Six weeks of trying to keep warm by a small propane fire. Six weeks of carrying picket signs, of waving at horn-blowing motorists, explaining to passers-by why they are outside the offices of the News-Leader-Pictorial, when their jobs are inside the building. These selfless people,
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Canada Needs Proportional Representation Now
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Here is Rafe’s latest piece tackling the outdated ‘First Past the Post’ system of electing dictatorships to govern Canada. Frankly I do not know how we could design a worse system than the one that entrenches unassailable power in the Prime Minister’s office such as we have
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Prime Minister Harper’s Ugly Evangelical Capitalism
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger The transformation of our country that Steve Harper foreshadowed has been underway for sometime and the results have been devastating. The war on science, scientists, the environment and environmentalists has been ruthless and unrelenting. Canada, once an internationally respected nation that excelled at peace keeping and demonstrated
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Perhaps A Beer Pipeline Would Meet With Public Approval
Blaise Salmon By Blaise Salmon While historically B.C.’s economy was resource-based, by 2012, only three per cent of B.C.’s GDP came from oil, gas and related services, according to the B.C. Economic Accounts. Many other sectors of the economy — finance, construction, tourism, high tech and even green jobs —
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Heading South For A Bluegrass Jam — New Years Eve Party
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes-Outstanding in his Field! Well now that Christmas is over and the offer of spending New Years with our friends Paul and Fran in California is before us, I will bid you all farewell for a couple of weeks. I hope that you enjoyed the holiday break and
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: B.C. Almanac host Mark Forsythe signs off after 30 years
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger We will not easily forget Mark Forsyth who became part of our day on CBC’s ‘Almanac’ where he broadcast for 30 years. He is a person of quality and that came through, as did his knowledge and love of British Columbia and its citizens. He deserves a
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Plummeting oil prices, petrol-state club. rapidly declining Canadian dollar, house sales could decline,
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Well here we are just a few days from Christmas and as you may have noticed my time for writing has been curtailed. While this is good news on several fronts the events that affect us have not slowed as is demonstrated by this excellent Andrew Nikiforuk
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Democracy Now-Big Oil-Bad Air
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger The tide is turning in the US and Canada regarding the pitfalls and dangers of fracking and the entire LNG play. Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, New York, the list of jurisdictions standing up for citizens and the environment is growing and shows no sign of letting
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: New York State Just Banned Fracking!
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger In BC residents face a BC Liberal-BC NDP united front in favour of fracking and all things LNG. Prices are dropping, mounting evidence of a give away grows daily, an abdication of responsibility on every level becomes irrefutable. Premier Christy Clark has a free ride as BC
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Black Press Goes On A Buying Spree-Buys Cowichan Citizen While Cowichan News Leader Workers Strike Continues
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger The Vancouver Island Community Newspaper Group has been sold to Black Press; this includes the Cowichan Valley Citizen. Black Press and The Vancouver Island Community Newspaper Group have shuffled the deck that may well be a lump of coal in the Christmas stockings of striking workers picketing
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: South Cowichan Echo Hit Mailboxes in Cowichan Bay-Mill Bay and Cobble Hill
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Newspapers day has passed! Cowichan residents like people elsewhere have embraced the ‘Digital Age.’ My first reaction was what the hell was Chemainus Courier publisher Warren Goulding thinking when along with Editor Mile D’Amour, Sales Manager Shelley Rousse, and Associate Publisher Connie Manning they launched the ‘South
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Without Libby Davies, What Course will the NDP Chart?
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger The announcement that long serving NDP MP Libby Davies has decided to step back from Federal politics after serving as the Vancouver East MP since 1997 will leave a big hole in the NDP ship. She was a fearless leader of those in need and fought the
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Warmer Pacific Ocean Could Release Millions of Tons of Seafloor Methane
Richard Hughes- Political Blogger It is getting harder each day to ignore the escalating reports of environmental destruction, global warming, extreme weather and utter disregard by most of our politicians. US President Obama has turned the corner somewhat but in Canada PM Steve Harper is displaying the most ignorant responses
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Who exactly is crazy here, Mr. Harper?
Richard Hughes- Political Blogger PM Steve Harper is causing irreparable damage to our environment, and international reputation. We are increasingly being seen as the’Ugly Canadians’ Steve is a crazy man and must be stopped. A Liberal-NDP-Green Coalition -Strategic Voting or straight out blending the parties together into a new party
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Elvis, the real Elvis-Unchained Melody
I know, Cowichan Conversations is mostly a political Cowichan Valley based blog, However I stray away from time to time as I am doing now. Ladies and Gentlemen, here is the real Elvis Presley
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