Don Maroc North Cowichan Councillor Jennifer Woike is suddenly flush with creative ideas meant to save money for municipal taxpayers. First she wants to amalgamate North Cowichan and Duncan as the first step towards a unified regional government. Ona a different tack she wants to study the use of Public-Private-Partnerships
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Cowichan Conversations: North Cowichan Councillor Jennifer Woike Is Suddenly Flush With Creative Ideas
Don Maroc – Cowichan Conversations Contributor NC Councillor Woike wants amalgamation with Duncan and to do away with the CVRD North Cowichan Councillor Jennifer Woike is suddenly flush with creative ideas meant to save money for municipal taxpayers. First she wants to amalgamate North Cowichan and Duncan as the first step
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Act Now To Save The ALR
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger The message below arrived via email this morning and I am reproducing it for you. News of the unthinkable has become the norm as the corporate handmaidens that run Canada and certainly BC accelerate their quest to serve the oil and gas thugs that dominate the agenda
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: BC Environment Ministry Bully Local Government
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Earlier this week the CVRD held ’Public Meeting’ of sorts to hear response from locals regarding efforts by Fisher Road Recycling to expand their operation to sync with the compost facilities capacity. The elected officials were unable to weigh in this a land use issue that is very
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Bill Dumont Is Unhappy With CVRD Spending
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Bill Dumont, a South Cowichan watchdog scrutinizes government spending and shares his latest thoughts in this offering. Mr.Dumont has had broad experience as a Forester and is well aquainted with budgets and financial matters. Like many of you who will read Bill’s analysis I find myself both
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Windmills Are Things of Beauty
Here is a David Suzuki post on the controversy over wind power By David Suzuki I have a cabin on Quadra Island off the British Columbia coast that’s as close to my heart as you can imagine. From my porch you can see clear across the waters of Georgia Strait
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Continue readingCowichan Conversations: CVRD Bylaw Puts Engineering Manager In Charge-Sidelines Elected Politicians
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger The continuing disputes between the CVRD and Fisher Road Recycling were on display at Mondays Public Meeting at the Cobble Hill Hall. The first indication that something was askew was seeing that the moderator was a hired facilitator from Victoria who framed the evenings discussion as to
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Garden Building Made Easy-Call Bill Turner And Get ‘Er Done!
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger I have always done fairly well in the garden plot. Well, that was until I tried to take on two rather large and overgrown salmon berry bushes. Have you encountered them and tried to cut them down, dig them out only to see them reappear before the
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Harcourt’s Public Criticism May Actually Help The BC NDP. Adrian Dix Must Step Down Now!
Harcourt’s Play Could Force A Shake-up Former BC NDP Premier Harcourt has publicly expressed his frustration and annoyance over Adrian Dix’s stupid handling of the 2013 BC Election campaign. Many throughout BC have let their memberships lapse and may or may not renew depending on whether this leadership race inspires
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: The Discovery School Disruption Demands Swift Correction
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger The Cowichan communities owe recognition and gratitude to the leadership provided by Discovery Elementary School parents, students and retired teachers who finally stood up to the ongoing bullying of teachers from a single family that made outrageous demands on distorted and unacceptable religous grounds. A great many
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: ALC Approved Balme Ayr Application To Extract And Process Gravel-Many Neighbours Opposed
There is both joy and grieving among farming families in the area north of Dougan’s Lake after the Agricultural Land Commission gave their approval last week for gravel extraction on the 29.9 hectare portion of the Balme Ayr farm located on the north side of the TransCanada Highway. The farm
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Is BC Playing Russian Roulette with our Children?
Patrick SmythGuest Contributor This is one heck of a gamble. Like my Granny said, be wise not to put all your eggs in one basket. I used to do this for a living, and while I support natural resource development so long as it is environmentally responsible, I don’t support
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Youthful Protesters Urge Christy Clark To Step Up And Save Shawnigan From Contaminated Soil Dump
Shawnigan Lake faces an uncertain future. While the CVRD and SIA lawyers present their views to the BC Environmental Appeal Board on whether or not up to 5 million tonnes of contaminated soil should be permitted to be dumped the Shawnigan Watershed protesters gathered on the steps of the legislature continuing
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Shawnigan’s Discovery Elementary School Drama May Be Nearing Resolution
Don Maroc-Cowichan Conversations Contributor Act one of the Discovery Elementary school drama of misguided, overzealous parents disrupting classroom decorum and taking advantage of school district authorities’ well-meaning efforts at accommodation has run its course. Let school district policy makers, whether elected school trustees or a province imposed single trustee, take
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: No More Stalling Over Disruptions and Abuse at Discovery Elementary
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger The story of the ongoing disruptions at Shawnigan’s Discovery Elementary has generated a great deal of discussion throughout the Cowichan region. Here Peter Rusland offers his take on the events that took place at the School District offices when the appointed trustee and superintendents faced a full
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: CTV Coverage of Discovery School Parents & Students Protest At Cowichan School District Offices
For those who might not have seen it, here is the CTV coverage of the Protest Rally at the Cowichan School District Offices Tuesday.
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Coast Capital Member’s Resolutions Strike Raw Nerve With Inside Controllers
Throughout the country corporate banker style behaviour is being inflicted on Credit Unions and Coast Capital is a glaring example that screams for address. They are not alone but they are a prime example of the potential for abuse when there is unimpeded top-down control that distorts the cooperative approach to managing our
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Longstanding Dispute Leads To Public Rally In Support Of Discovery School Teachers -Wednesday-March 26th 4PM
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger- I received this notice and letter this morning and am posting it to draw attention to an ongoing issue that hopefully will be resolved soon. Reference is made to the ‘School Board’ and it should be pointed out that there is no ‘School Board’ in Cowichan. The
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