Richard Hughes-Political Blogger For many of us the best days in British Columbia were when Dave Barrett formed the first NDP government in BC. He and his fellow MLA’s accomplished more in three and a half years than any government before or since. It felt good to know that the
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Cowichan Conversations: Little Green Men From Mars- Hotline Radio Great Pat Burns
Richard Hub Hughes-Political Blogger Vancouver was the birthplace of talk radio in Canada. Pat Burns, Jack Webster, Judy LaMarsh, Barry Clark, were headliners in the early days. Of course there were others but those come to mind off the top. In later years Gary Bannerman, John Reynolds, Chuck Cook, Ed
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: OPEC has pretty much collapsed, and there is a free fall in the price of oil with Morgan Stanley
BC and the LNG Myth Patrick Smyth By: Patrick Smyth Back in March 2014 I wrote about BC putting all of its eggs into one basket by pursuing a one track economy with its investment in LNG. Today, BC is in serious trouble. OPEC has pretty much collapsed, and there
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Support Rally For Striking Cowichan News Leader Staffer Was Solid
Richard Hughes- Blogger The wind and rain challenged the scheduled rally to support striking News Leader workers but it seemed to have little if any effect. Local citizens, trade union leaders and politicians gathered and offered their support for the folks that put out the paper, under increasingly stressful conditions.
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: I See a GreenTidal Wave of Good News for Cowichan
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
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: BC Fed President Irene Lazinger Highlights Monday’s 2PM Rally at Strikebound Cowichan News Leader
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger A ‘Support Rally’ in backing Cowichan News Leader striking employees, members of Unifor, will be held Monday 2PM at the News Leader offices. The BC Fed’s newly elected President Irene Lazinger is making the trip over to show the significance of this showdown between a determined tight fisted
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Rafe-It’s incomprehensible that the John Horgan Opposition Would Support the Liberals on their LNG Endeavours
Rafe has always been hesitant to be a ‘Horgan Booster’and God knows I tried over the years. OK, I give up, our challenges today are way beyond narrow partisan ask no questions politics. This latest sell out spells the end of relevance for the BC NDP. I suppose it’s not
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Seniors Advocate for B.C and the Elder Care Co-op
Don Maroc by Don Maroc Last Wednesday, at the Cowichan Community Centre, Isobel Mackenzie, newly appointed Seniors Advocate for B.C., spent two hours listening to the concerns of about 50 seniors and explaining the functions of her new office. The following day a committee of the Cowichan Elder Care Co-operative
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: The Farmer Ain’t in the Dell
Don Maroc sent this along this morning courtesy of Michelle Staples. Along with this video word that she will be filming solar installations that are beginning to bloom throughout the valley. This was a great video and we can all look forward to more coming soon. -RJH Published on 21
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: An Innovative and Creative New CVRD Board Has Been Born.
Don Maroc December 3rd, 7 p.m., second floor of the Ingram Street Cowichan Valley Regional District offices, the Board of Directors meeting room, all seats for the public are filled, people standing along the walls and the hallway is filled with spectators. At the request of Corporate Secretary Joe Barry
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Is Harper’s National Energy Board-A Rubber Stamp at Best?
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Have Canadians had enough of the attack on our environment and the NEB’s that has repeatedly denied the right to fair and open processes when reviewing proposals such as pipelines? It really does feel that the tolerance level for the fast and loose approach embraced by PM
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: E.ON to quit gas and coal and focus on renewable energy
Germany’s biggest utility firm, E.ON, has announced plans to split in two and spin off most of its power generation, energy trading and upstream businesses, responding to a crisis that has crippled the European energy sector. E.ON said it wanted to focus on its renewable activities, regulated distribution networks and
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Petronas delays decision on Pacific NorthWest LNG project
Globe & Mail’s Brent Jang reports from Vancouver Malaysia’s state-owned Petronas has delayed making a final investment decision on its Pacific NorthWest LNG project in British Columbia. The Petronas-led joint venture’s terminal on Lelu Island in northwestern British Columbia is estimated to cost $11.4-billion, part of a $36-billion
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Provinces Have No Right to Pipeline ‘Conditions’-Claims Law Professor
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger It seems that Christy Clark and her BC Liberal Party of Pipeline pushers have been blowing smoke according to Dwight Newman. Dwight Newman is a senior fellow of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute and the author of Natural Resource Jurisdiction in Canada. He is a professor of law at the University
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Christy Clark’s Supernatural BC Gas Giveaway – “Black Friday” Address
Christy Clark’s Supernatural BC Gas Giveaway – “Black Friday” Address This “Black Friday/Giving Tuesday” Christy Clark’s BC Liberals lead the world with massive giveaways to the largest oil companies on earth! The BC Liberals just forfeited your fair share of the Provinces Natural Gas Bounty and in this address
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: French Parliament Votes to Recognize Palestinian State
France’s Socialist-led parliament has passed a symbolic vote to recognize Palestinian statehood, despite staunch objections from Israel. MPs in Britain and Spain have already passed similar motions. The proposal was passed with 339 votes in favor and 151 against, meaning that it was supported by more than two-thirds of French
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Green energy sector jobs surpass total oil sands employment
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Richard Blackwell-Globe & Mail reporter filed this story but I have yet to see either the BC Liberals or the BC NDP embracing this growing industry in a meaningful way. This is the future for our planet and our economy, but not in BC where the politicians
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Cowichan News Leader Workers Are On Strike!
This just in. The picket lines are up at the Cowichan News Leader. Black Press is trying to impose a two-year wages system on new employees. Here is the CHEK TV NEWS Report
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