Council seeks public’s patience amidst ‘uncharted territory’ North Cowichan councillor Debra Toporowski has disqualified herself from a vote on consultation with First Nations on the Municipal Forest Reserve on the…
First in an occasional feature series on the Six Mountains Originally published by https://www.sixmountains.ca TW Paterson leads me around a locked yellow gate and along a gravel logging road atop…
Originally published by https://www.sixmountains.ca The president of a consulting firm that provided early advice on North Cowichan’s engagement with First Nations on the Municipal Forest Reserve says the municipality lacks…
Freedom-of-information documents reveal that the Municipality of North Cowichan deliberately withheld important information on reasons for a 60-day pause in public consultation on the future of the Municipal Forest Reserve.…
Endangered landscape at further risk because of North Cowichan logging British Columbia’s most endangered landscape is at risk from logging. But don’t look to a heartless profit-driven private corporation as…
Almost three decades ago, North Cowichan’s Forest Advisory Committee retained a consultant to review municipal logging on Maple Mountain and to ask people and organizations to fill out a questionnaire…
Council focus is now on First Nations Citizens of North Cowichan — whatever their position on management of our Municipal Forest Reserve — should be concerned with Mayor Al Siebring’s…
Larry Pynn’s ‘Drone Powered Video’ reveals the real story of North Cowchan’s logging practices. Originally published on https://www.sixmountains.ca Clearcutting by North Cowichan municipality revealed You won’t see the images…
The Big Lie Just Keeps Getting Bigger Larry Pynn North Cowichan residents were promised an open and transparent consultation process into future management of the 5,000-hectare Municipal Forest Reserve. What…
Originally published by sixmountains.ca More than six out of 10 trees harvested in North Cowichan’s Municipal Forest Reserve last year were exported as raw logs, the 2019 Forestry Report reveals.…
The Secrecy Train came to town the other day, with a virtual stop in the Municipality of North Cowichan. The 16-member citizens’ Working Group guiding the public consultation process into…
PlaceSpeak — an on-line platform widely panned by members of North Cowichan council as being confusing — will continue to be used for the public consultation process into interim management…
Originally published by https://sixmountains.ca. For the second time, I’ve had to resort to a freedom-of-information request to the Municipality of North Cowichan to find out more about the consultation process…
Originally published by sixmountains.ca A prominent B.C. professional forester is asking the provincial government to immediately “stop all old-growth logging” on Vancouver Island. “By every measure, and in every ecosystem,…
Originally published by beermebc.com Lucky Lager: the Island’s working-class beer thrives despite craft craze – Beer Me British Columbia by Larry Pynn Guest contributor Larry Pynn is a longtime Vancouver…
Originally published by sixmountains.ca. Logging in the 5,000-hectare Municipal Forest Reserve created as few as 10 full-time jobs — two of those municipal staffers — last year, according to North…
Originally published by https://www.sixmountains.ca North Cowichan council on Wednesday rejected a dubious motion by councillor Tek Manhas that would have resumed logging in the Municipal Forest Reserve despite the fact…
The BC government decision today to close all provincial parks due to spread of COVID-19 will put even more pressure on regional and municipal parks in the Cowichan Valley —…
It took a freedom-of-information request to North Cowichan, but sixmountains.ca has finally obtained the official minutes of the first meeting of the citizens’ Working Group that is helping to guide…
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…
