Richard Hughes-CBC Is Under Attack! PM Steve Harper’s hatred for anything of benefit in the public domain has manifested itself through an intended assault on the CBC and its’ programming is unprecedented in our history. Here from Press Progress is a sobering history of the CBC and an ananlysis
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Cowichan Conversations: The CVRD Is The BC Government Authorized Body To Deal With Solid Waste. The Cowichan Tribes Must Be Included As Full Partners and Participants
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger As a CVRD Director (1993-2002 ) I recall vividly when we had to shut down the incinerators and existing landfill. We were tasked with finding and establishing a new landfill under BC Government guidelines. The guidelines dictated by MOE made it pretty much impossible to find an
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: CVRD and Cowichan Tribes Politicians Discuss Plans For an Incinerator to be Built in Glenora-Residents Kept in the Dark!
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger The CVRD and the Cowichan Tribes and the Khowutzun Development Corporation (KDC) have been dealing with this matter in secret sessions rather than being out front and accountable. Garbage incineration is contrary to any level of environmental common sense. It just creates a garbage dump in the
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Cowichan River Could Dry Up As We Face Drought Conditions
Cowichan Weir-Photo by Brian Hoole The Cowichan River is being challenged by a very dry spring, no remaining relief from melting snowpacks and the outlook for the balance of the summer and fall is for very dry drought conditions. The Catalyst Pulp Mill uses vast amounts of water from the
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Cowichan Tribes Chief Chip Seymour Supports A Grass Roots Approach
Rob Douglas Cowichan Conversations Contributor When William (Chip) Seymour was elected Chief of Cowichan Tribes last year, he took a grassroots approach, stressing the need to improve the relationship between Cowichan leaders and band members. “One of the biggest concerns I heard during the last election was that there is
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Whoo-Who Ever Thought That It Would Happen?
Don Maroc-Political Blogger The voting is not quite over but the decision is made. By a near unanimous agreement, after a last minute plea from a baby owl, North Cowichan council is supporting Mayor Jon Lefebure’s compromise division of Echo Heights’ 52-acre forest. After nearly a decade of shifting alliances and
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Spring Compromise A Breath of Fresh Air In Echo Heights
Don Maroc-Political Blogger With a majority of the North Cowichan Council determined to make a final decision on the use of Echo Heights’ 52-acre forest, Mayor Jon Lefebure has come forward with a compromise plan he hopes will bring an armistice and final agreement to end the almost decade-long
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Should Duncan and North Cowichan Join Forces?
Sharon Jackson-City of Duncan Councillor Certain people are already beating the amalgamation drum, lobbying business groups and other politicians as well as the public about what a great idea it is and how much money we will save. I am suggesting that this is premature and verging on the dishonest.
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Here Is A Worthwhile Challenge For All Communities!
Every community could take on this challenge by identifying the threats to bees and eradicating them. Elections are coming in November perhaps some candidates will stand up and show leadership on this issue by banning pesticides and taking other bee and people friendly initiatives.
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: No Guarantee P3 Financing For Community Centre Will Save Money
Rob Douglas Built almost 40 years ago, the Cowichan Community Centre (now known as the Island Savings Centre) provides Cowichan residents with a swimming pool, hockey arena, gymnasium, library, art gallery, and a performing arts theatre. Local officials anticipate the facility will require significant renovations or replacement within the next
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: North Cowichan Councillor Jennifer Woike Is Suddenly Flush With Creative Ideas
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
Continue readingCowichan 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: What Climate Change?
Don Maroc We probably didn’t notice, during the years George W. Bush and his Flat Earth gang tried to rule the world from the Washington, D.C., beltway, how we slowly accepted their denigration of anything intellectual or scientific. Then came Stephen Harper. In a veiled way during his minority government
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Dissolve – A Shameless Hussy Production
Emmelia Gordon was the sole performer in this gripping, humorous and sobering play. Cowichan Women Against Violence (CWAV) presented the play ‘Dissolve’ at the Cowichan Theatre last week. It was an unqualified success. CWAV Executive Director Jane Sterk kicked off the evening with welcoming remarks and introductions. North Cowichan
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: SIA Dumps a Major Spin Job On Victoria Times Colonist
Sandra McCulloch’s Victoria Times colonist article on the latest SIA drama shows that the proponents can spin the Bullshit with the best of them. The owners of South Island Aggregates say the three-year fight over the dumping of contaminated soil at their Shawnigan site has been as frustrating for them
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Rob Douglas Interviews North Cowichan Mayor John Lefebure
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Land use decisions have been the dominant hot item in North Cowichan political circles for the last number of years. Echo Heights tops the list considering the long standing and sometimes emotional debate that has conservationists and fiscal conservatives at loggerheads. It is an issue that has
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