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Larry Pynn: Recent Arrivals Rights The Same As Yours Don Maroc
In response to Maroc’s post. I feared it would only be a matter of time before someone sought to divide North Cowichan along class lines, distinguishing recently arrivals to the…
Stony Hill-Stumps Speak For Themsleves
Icil Dobell Much has been said by both the Municipality and Where Do We Stand (WDWS) about the number of live trees taken to harvest the scattered blowdown on…
Not All Cowichan Citizens Up In Arms Over North Cowichan Forest Practices
Stoney Hill blow-down harvest was very responsible The actual logging sites have been portrayed as large clear-cuts and that just is not a fact. Stoney Hill blow-down harvest was very…
Alex Robertson Recognized For Decades Of Dedication Covering Local Sports
Well done Alex, nice to see after your decades of dedication to local sports. Your ebullient personality, and ‘I can do this’ approach, has been officially recognized. Rock on brother!…
Trudeau and SNL Lavalin-Smarmy Swagger Trumps Character and Content
Justin Trudeau still won’t apologize for his SNC mess LORI TURNBULL SPECIAL TO THE GLOBE AND MAIL Lori Turnbull is the director of the School of Public Administration at Dalhousie…
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Don Maroc Larry Pynn seems to think we should be grateful that he and Icel Dobell recently moved to the Cowichan Valley from the big city so they can save…
The Larry Pynn and Mayor Siebring Exchange
Mayor Siebring: Regarding your response… https://alsiebring.blogspot.com/2019/08/context-on-conflict.html …to my article in the Times Colonist: https://www.timescolonist.com/opinion/op-ed/comment-conflict-of-interest-amid-north-cowichan-trees-1.23908016 First, I must object to the assertion that my article left the impression that Cedar Elliott…
Summer Break For Cowichan Conversations
Good morning, It is time for a summer break and I will be offline until September/October. I hope that you will be out in your gardens, down at the beach,…
Showering daily — is it necessary?
There are downsides to daily showers. Could you adjust to twice a week or even every other day? Skin itchiness and other problems could be linked to your bathing habits.…
Corporate Friendly Premier Horgan Oversees The Flip Flop Sellout At Shawnigan
Today’s political soup offers little in the way of social or environmental sustenance. The Horgan government’s Environment minister George Heyman delivered the decision selling out the citizens of Shawnigan Lake…
Forty Nine Cowichan groups urge local governments to declare climate emergency
Local governments are told they are “where the rubber hits the road” when it comes to doing anything Originally published y the Cowichan Citizen LEXI BAINAS Jul. 5, 2019 7:00…
Horgan’s Government OKs contaminated soil at Shawnigan to remain
Will Sonia Furstenau and her fellow Green MLA’s Adam Olsen and leader Andrew Weaver withdraw support of the BC NDP government over this slap in the face to those residents…
Oops! Solicitor General Mike Farnworth Backs Down After Chief Seymour Calls Out Special Treatment For Government Weed Store
Cowichan Tribes Chief William Seymour called out the government for rigging the licencing process and discriminating against Cowichan Tribes longstanding application to run a Cannabis Dispensary at the Cowichan Commons…
Doctor Shortage Bad News, Especially For Seniors
As much as we like to believe that we have wonderful health care we often do not. In a recent report on health care, Canada was rated as 30th amongst…
Insect numbers plummet 75%, putting the world on the edge of ‘ecological Armageddon’
We are running out of time. Our political leaders have sold us out, sold out the environment, ecology and threaten our future survival. Still, all we get from them is…
Horgan’s Conflicted NDP Has Put The Screws To Cowichan Tribes
We have already seen Horgan’s feigned support for First Nations, embracing UNDRIP and then jamming through Site C, fracking and LNG. Now it is Cowichan Tribes turn to face their…
We need limits to growth study- Revamp North Cowichan’s OCP
I really enjoyed the UBC presentation from three very obvious intelligent individuals who were well versed in the field of forest management from a conservation focus. The presentation was a…
Carbon Project: a progressive new vision for the Municipal Forest Reserve
Carbon Project: a progressive new vision for the Municipal Forest Reserve By Larry Pynn Forestry experts from the University of British Columbia painted a new sustainable vision for the 5,000-hectare…
Public banned from appearing before North Cowichan’s Forestry Advisory Committee
Public banned from appearing before North Cowichan’s Forestry Advisory Committee By Larry Pynn The future of North Cowichan’s 5,000-hectare Municipal Forest Reserve is at stake as the community considers either…