Originally published by https://www.sixmountains.ca Written by Larry Pynn North Cowichan and First Nations release long-awaited MOU on forest reserve Meetings of new Working Group won’t be public After more than a year’s Read more… The post first first appeared on richardhughes.ca.
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Cowichan Conversations: “North Cowichan deadlock means public forest consultation remains suspended”
First Nations at risk of taking the blame Originally posted by https://sixmountains.ca Larry Pynn Public consultation into the future of the Municipal Forest Reserve remains paralyzed after North Cowichan council on Wednesday failed Read more… The post “North Cowichan deadlock means public forest consultation remains suspended” first appeared on richardhughes.ca.
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: MP MACGREGOR INTRODUCES BILL TO ADDRESS FREIGHTER ANCHORAGES IN THE SALISH SEA
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 26, 2020 MP MACGREGOR INTRODUCES BILL TO ADDRESS FREIGHTER ANCHORAGES IN THE SALISH SEA OTTAWA – Today, NDP MP Alistair MacGregor introduced Private Member’s Bill C-250 to amend the Canada Shipping Read more… The post MP MACGREGOR INTRODUCES BILL TO ADDRESS FREIGHTER ANCHORAGES IN THE SALISH
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: North Cowichan Can Reduce Net Carbon Emissions By 20,000 Tonnes A Year
Date: Sep 15, 2020 | Rob Fullerton | more articles by this author >> North Cowichan can reduce net carbon emissions by 20,000 tonnes/year by replacing logging of the Six Mountains Forest with Read more… The post North Cowichan Can Reduce Net Carbon Emissions By 20,000 Tonnes A Year
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Projected Construction of a New Cowichan Weir Will Not Begin Until 2024
Dear CVRD Chairman Aaron Stone and Directors:After bringing myself to current speed — thanks to information kindly sent to me by Chairman Stone — about plans to study then build a new weir controlling Cowichan Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Cowichan Tribes has ‘no objection’ to keeping public informed on Municipal Forest Reserve consultations
Chief William Seymour: “Our first thought is, well, give it back to us….” Originally published by sixmountains.ca. Cowichan Tribes Chief William Seymour says he supports The Municipality of North Cowichan keeping its citizens generally informed Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Cowichan Tribes begins development of major marijuana-growing operation on Mount Tzouhalem reserve
Originally published by sixmountains.ca. Logging has been taking place on Mount Tzouhalem in the Six Mountains, but this time it’s not the Municipality of North Cowichan. Cowichan Tribes has been clearing trees on its reserve Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Cowichan Tribes purchase of Genoa Bay Farm raises development, logging questions
Originally published by sixmountains.ca Cowichan Tribes has purchased Genoa Bay Farm and plans to develop a residential community on the lands, says Chief William Seymour. Logging may also be in the future, although Seymour said Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: The Track: When They Go Low We Go High
Originally published by ‘Where Do We Stand‘ Icil Dobell A year ago, 1,500 citizens of the Cowichan Valley came together to form Where Do We Stand, a public platform to advocate for the 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…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: WildWings Festival takes flight in October in Cowichan Valley
By Larry Pynn The 10th annual WildWings Nature & Arts Festival is just around the corner, offering unique opportunities to learn about the nature around us as well as the traditional knowledge of Cowichan Read more…
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Don Maroc Larry Pynn seems to think we should be grateful that he and Icel Dobell recently moved to the Cowichan Valley from the big city so they can save us from our Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: North Cowichan Mayor Al Siebring Responds To Larry Pynn, and Peter Rusland
Hi Peter. Thanks for your note. NC Mayor Al Siebring To the specifics of Mr. Pynn’s accusations in the Times Colonist OpEd, I wrote and submitted a response to the TC late Friday. Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Conflict of interest amid North Cowichan trees
Comment: Conflict of interest amid North Cowichan trees Larry Pynn / Times Colonist A commentary by a veteran environmental journalist and winner of eight Jack Webster journalism awards who recently moved from Tsawwassen to Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Forty Nine Cowichan groups urge local governments to declare climate emergency
Local governments are told they are “where the rubber hits the road” when it comes to doing anything Originally published y the Cowichan Citizen LEXI BAINAS Jul. 5, 2019 7:00 a.m. A group Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Cowichan Tribes could take land and resource control back from Ottawa
Independent Blogger This is an encouraging development and one that is long overdue. The Cowichan Tribes members will vote in September to decide whether they want to be in an enhanced position to Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Raising the Cowichan Weir is something that needs to happen
Originally posted on Cowichan Valley Now By Kyle Christensen, staff Friday, Apr. 5th, 2019 As we head toward another drought season, the provincial government understands the need to raise the Cowichan Weir. Just last Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: The CVRD Board has the opportunity to Preserve Jobs and the Environment In Cowichan Estuary
Brian Thacker at Pacific Industrial Marine, a steel manufacturer operating at WestCan Terminal on a causeway sticking into Cowichan Bay.-Photograph By DARREN STONE, TIMES COLONIST A test of mettle on Cowichan’s edge. An industrial Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Pumps readied for Cowichan River life support
The third drought in 3 years has forced Catalyst, operators of the Crofton Pulp Mill, to spend a reported 500 thousand dollars to build pumping facility to assure adequate water to keep the Mill running. Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Furstenau–When Will Enough Be Enough?
By Sonia Furstenau-Shawnigan CVRD Director This was the image that accompanied a message that arrived in my inbox at 7:32 am this morning. This is what it has come to in Shawnigan Lake. A Read more…
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