Peter Nix’s solar farm near Maple Bay – a model for community owned energy utilities?
In our wonderful hi tech world of efficiency I managed to lose this story from Carbon Buster Peter Nix. However, it is not date specific and worth a read and…
Richard Hughes
Rabble Poll On NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair’s Leadership
This is the second loss for the NDP when leading out of the gate. In both cases the professional corporate spinners such as Hill and Knowlton’s Brad Lavigne and of…
Stand With Shawnigan-January 6th
From Sonia Furstenau’s Facebook page. It’s fairly obvious seeing this in person, but from the air you see the mountain of so called “clean” fill. Mt. Marty, as I like…
Shawnigan Protests-Helicopter Rides To View the SIA Contaminated Landfill-Wednesday, January 6th between 9 am and 3 pm
On Wednesday, January 6th between 9 am and 3 pm, the #SaveShawniganWater Community Action Group has arranged to provide aerial tours by helicopter from Shawnigan Village to the south end…
Christy Clark Government Inaction Over Contaminated Soil Dump Threatens Shawnigan Real Estate Values
Shawnigan Residents Perseverance Remarkable While Facing Government Sanctioned Dumping In Their Watershed The BC Liberal government sanctioned attack on the Shawnigan communities watershed continues. RCMP enforcers are out in ever…
Has John Horgan Succeeded In Distancing Himself From Christy Clark’s LNG Nightmare?–Fletcher Interview
Once again the BC NDP seem poised for certain victory against the BC Liberals. However that task and challenge has not been accomplished since 1996 when an upstart and radically…
This is Mona Haydar. Care for a doughnut? Cup of coffee?
This story written by Parker Malloy and carried by Upworthy appeared on Facebook. In spite of considerable efforts made by shallow people to scapegoat Muslims and other non Christian minorities…
LNG–Even the Sellout Fizzles!
It is easy to be suspect of the real progress that will follow the Paris talks on climate change. In the end the ‘fizzle’ will be driven by demand not…
Furstenau–Why are we doing this?
The escalating threat to the Shawnigan Watershed hangs over the lives of Shawnigan residents facing an unmoving, uncaring and unconscious BC Liberal government. They did not care a fiddle over…
Trudeau Dedicated To Justice For First Nations Peoples – Acknowledges Abuse
Canada Acknowledges Abuse to First Nations Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has officially recognized Canada’s historical abuses toward aboriginals, and he is now calling on the pope to apologize too. …
Cowichan Conversations Takes A Break
Hi Folks Cowichan Conversations has been online for over 5 years now and it is time for a break. I have enjoyed covering wide ranging issues that have been of…
Canadian Government To Look Into Guaranteed Annual Income
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger It has been years since the notion of a guaranteed annual income has been seriously discussed in Canada, but that may well change as the costs of…
Fact–Water Runs Downhill- The SIA Contaminated Site Is Threatening Shawnigan Creek and Lake
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Rafe Mair looks back at his old boss Premier Bill Bennett
By Rafe Mair In assessing Bill Bennett, I am hardly impartial. He was my boss for five years and my friend. I have enormous respect for what he did in…
Canada shocks COP21 with big new climate commitment
There is both optimism and scepticism surrounding the Climate Talks in Paris, and for good reason. The ‘Tea Party’ controlled US Congress will not support a mandatory verifiable and enforceable…