Dear North Cowichan Mayor and Council: I respect council’s patience and commitment to listening to feedback about issues affecting our great municipality. I attended the Jan. 20 Special Council meeting…
Dorothy Field is an artist, writer, poet and world traveler. She has attended the Action Camp of the Wet’suwet’en First Nation. Dorothy brings us clarity through her writing and story…
“Do you solemnly swear that in all things appertaining to the trial of the impeachment of Donald John Trump, president of the United States, now pending, you will do impartial…
In dark times we turn to stories for guidance. AGE OF UNREASON, the final installment in @kinsellawarren’s critically acclaimed #XGang series, tells the story of resilience in the face of…
Here’s Mayor Pete’s opinion on getting the most votes: “At risk of sounding a little simplistic, one thing I believe is that in an American Presidential election, the person who…
Support is building for the Wet’suwet’en in their resistance to the RCMP clearing protesters out of their lands. The Tyee and the National Observer are clearly backing the First Nations.…
I haven’t reported on many Parliamentary receptions lately — partly because I haven’t attended many, and partly because the food is often the same. There were some new offerings on…
With Peter MacKay as front-runner in the Conservative leadership race, I dared hope that finally with a leader who wasn’t from the Prairies the party might have a responsible climate…
Harbour Air has taken to the skies with its first electric-powered de Havilland Beaver. It wasn’t a long flight, about five minutes in all. Long enough to prove that it…
The future of fossil energy is precarious. We’ve been warned of the “carbon bubble” for years by scientists, economists and both of the past governors of the Bank of England.…
Dauphin Correctional Centre. Photo by Danton Unger/CTV News. On January 24, 2020 Manitoba’s Progressive Conservative (PC) government announced that it will permanently close the 61-person Dauphin jail and not replace…
One of my fondest childhood memories is sitting between my parents on a warm summer night, on the front seat of the family car, watching a movie through the windshield,…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with US President Donald Trump. Photo by Avi Ohayon (Flickr). On January 28, 2020, US President Donald Trump unveiled his “peace” plan for Israel-Palestine…
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Washing hands with soap is an effective way to prevent the spread of viruses, medical officials say. Photograph By SERENITY VIA WIKIPEDIA To repeat: In 2003, a total of…
When seven trillion dollars speaks, people listen. That’s the sort of clout BlackRock CEO, Larry Fink, commands when he announces that, going forward, his firm will incorporate environmental sustainability in…
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…
Here, on how the costs of approving the Teck Frontier tar sands mine likely include locking Canada into another cycle of public subsidies for a dying oil sector – making…
In politics sometimes there are stories that happen that you can’t help but follow. For me one such story has been the case of now-former Liberal MP Joe Peschisolido. Those…
