By Sonia Furstenau-Shawnigan CVRD Director It’s raining, and I can’t sleep. I can’t sleep for all the images in my head. Images of water running off the ever-growing mountain of soil that’s coming from Read more…
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Cowichan 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…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Shawnigan Mother Assaulted By Truck Driver At SIA’s Contaminated Soil Dump Site!
Protecting your water supply is an absolutely defensible act. The BC Liberal government has refused to do so leaving beleaguered Shawnigan residents to protest. They have been partially blocking and protesting at the SIA site Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Stand Together, Shawnigan, Stand Strong
Shawnigan Director Sonia Furstenau Dear Shawnigan A few nights ago I posted on Facebook about the weariness that we all feel – the weariness that comes from having to fight so hard and Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Shawnigan residents deserve clean, safe water. Protest 7-9AM Near SIA Entrance-Stebbings Rd.
Shawnigan residents deserve clean, safe water. Please join Area Director Sonia Furstenau and Green Party MLA Andrew Weaver. Let’s stand together to protect the place we live and love. 7-9am Monday November 16th near the Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: CVRD Politicians Can Improve The Despised Alternate Approved Process (AAP)
Don Maroc So the politicians who claim to dislike the AAP can with a simple decision at the Board table, make the forms much easier to use by allowing multiple signatures on each page. Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Have Cowichan Politicians and Residents Had Enough Of The Discredited Alternate Approval Process-AAP?
Don Maroc Process, the steps through which government bylaws and regulations must pass to become the law of the land, are both the boon and the bane of government bureaucrats as they guide Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Injunction Sought: SIA Attempt to Muzzle Shawnigan Folk Hero ‘Shemama’ Shelagh Bell Irving
SIA and ‘Shemama’ Shelagh Bell-Irving-A Study In Contrasts The South Island Aggregates (SIA) outfit is a classic example of greed driven capitalists without conscience. They have little if any concern for their Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: AAP Confusion – Lake Cowichan speaks
Here is a report originally posted on Local Eye Online. Susan Down adds a new voice and presence to the Cowichan Valley community media choices. BY SUSAN DOWN ON NOVEMBER 6, 2015 NEWS NUGGETS Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Exact reasons for the firing of the CVRD’s former manager of water management, David Leitch, may never be known
By Peter W. Rusland-Originally published in the South Cowichan Echo Peter Rusland Exact reasons for the 2014 firing of the Cowichan Valley Regional District’s former manager of water management, David Leitch, may never be Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Freedom the press is sadly being trumped by freedom of information policies in play at our Cowichan Valley Regional District.
By Peter W. Rusland-Originally published in the South Cowichan Echo Peter Rusland Freedom the press is sadly being trumped by freedom of information policies in play at our Cowichan Valley Regional District. Reporters are Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: CVRD’s CAO Carruthers Hires A Spin Doctor Despite Board Rejecting Such A Post
Richard Hughes It looks as if the CVRD’s CAO Brian Carruthers has settled in nicely and is running affairs at the CVRD as he sees fit in spite of direction from our elected officials. Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Dr. Valorie Masuda –“If We Feel (Hospice House) Is Important, We Have To Build It,”
By Peter W. Rusland Peter Rusland-Contributor Tears and heartfelt memories followed Cowichan Valley Hospice’s passionate plea for the regional board to help local folks die with dignity in a purpose-built palliative-care facility. Hospice’s Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Malahat member Randy Daniels explained his people have been “left in the dark” about the proposed LNG facility in their midst.
Longtime Cowichan News Leader reporter Peter Rusland now reports for the South Cowichan Echo and has contributed this report to Cowichan Conversations. Peter Rusland By Peter W. Rusland Fears of fracking, ocean pollution and Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: The CVRD is trying raise the Electoral Area ‘E’ financial contribution to the Aquatic Center by 313 percent.
The following is a ‘Guest Post’ from Loren Duncan, a longtime CVRD Director who represented Glenora-Sahtlam-Cowichan Station. Director Loren Duncan warns that the taxpayers are watching. Notice to electors within electoral area “E”: An Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Steelhead LNG-Malahat Nation Plans Proceed While The Chief Michael Harry And Council Have Resigned!
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger We may be in the throes of a Federal Election and trying to enjoy the last few weeks of summer but the Steelhead LNG-Malahat Nation proposal to establish a floating LNG Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Water Shortages Dictate Changes Whether We Like It Or Not–Freeze All Residential Rezoning–Raise The Weir.
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Rainy days, especially rainy summer days are but sweet memories for those of living on the ‘Left Coast.’ The reality is hitting home. Forest fires raging through areas where forest fires Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Welcome the Duncan Journal to the Media Mix In Cowichan
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger In the hurly burly world of newspapers, we welcome the latest entrant the Duncan Journal headed up by Nick Caumanns, Laurie Thomson and Rick Saare. Both Nick Caumanns and Laurie Thompson, Read more…
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