by Don Maroc There was some very good news made public in the Cowichan Citizen recently concerning the Municipality of North Cowichan and the Cowichan First Nation. Cowichan Tribes elected…
Don Maroc When Mr. Schuerholz said, ““The vast majority of people living in the bay do not want industry in the estuary…”, he may be right. It depends on what…
Don Maroc Soon after being elected Chief of the Malahat Nation on November 2, 2015, Caroline Harry told the Salish Sea Sentinel, “The whole LNG thing… we were backed into…
Don Maroc Even at the local level, representative, democratic government requires hard work representative, democratic government requires hard work to understand. Every once in a while it pays to have…
Don Maroc The Cowichan Valley Citizen courteously printed a letter from Mr. Elley severely criticizing the recently elected Alberta NDP and its charismatic leader Rachel Notley. Although Premier Notley’s crew…
Don Maroc One thing we can feel secure about, a lot of out neighbours seem to know a great deal about what’s happening in Paris, France and Syria, Iraq, Kurdistan,…
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…
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…
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…
Don Maroc Coming out of the starting gate with what they thought was a good lead Jeremy Corbyn. They were bounced from a strong position as the Queen’s Loyal Opposition,…
Don Maroc It is likely the Liberal government under Justin Trudeau will like the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) almost as much as the Conservatives under What’s His Name. So it’s…
Don Maroc Stephen Harper is determined to make the Trans-Pacific Partnership Treaty (TPP) the law of the land before Canadians send him out to pasture after the October 19th election.…
Can we perhaps sit down and take a deep breath before we set our hair on fire over Pope Francis having a 15-minute chat with Kim Davis, the fifty-year-old county…
Don Maroc Steelhead LNG and the Malahat First Nation have scheduled another public meeting to try to convince local south Cowichan residents of the incredible benefits of operating a floating…
Don Maroc by Don Maroc Thanks to Adam Olsen, of the Tsarslip Nation and the BC Green Party for his preceptive chronicling of the proposed partnership between the Malahat Nation…
Don Maroc Michelle Hutton-Marinier, in a letter to the Cowichan Citizen newspaper, voices her disappointment n North Cowichan Council’s decision to delay for a couple of weeks signing a contract…
Don Maroc Last week the North Cowichan Council discussed the installation of a $1.4 million artificial turf field on one of the soccer pitches on Sherman Road. They were ready…
Don Maroc Two North Cowichan municipal councillors, who some consider to represent the opposite ends of the left-right political spectrum, are proposing ways to ease the residential property tax burden.…
Don Maroc The Green Party of Canada gives at least two meanings to the colour in it name. It stands, of course, for environmental respect and for ecology before corporate…
According to the Cowichan Valley Citizen at a recent Cowichan Valley Region District (CVRD) budget meeting, “the top priority item was to create a position for a communications coordinator for…
