Richard Hughes
More on the Cowichan Move To ‘Heave Steve’ – Council of Canadians
By Donna CameronCowichan Valley Chapter of the Council of Canadians I was inspired by the Heave Steve video on You Tube by musicians in Prince Albert including Lon Borgerson.…
Cowichan River Is Drying UpRaise The Weir!
Richard Hughes-Your Humble Blogger The Cowichan River is at an all time low for this time of year. It is time to develop a long term plan that assures proper…
The Greens Could Deliver The Upcoming Election To Steve!
Richard Hughes-Your Humble Blogger The conundrum of electing our governments based on a ‘First Past the Post’ system has never been as clear as it is today with an October…
West Coast Environmental Law Supports Community Action Regarding Proposed Gravel Mine on Balme Ayre Farm
A petition to the Supreme Court of British Columbia has been filed on behalf of concerned Cowichan Valley residents by Ms. McKenzie requesting a judicial review of the Agricultural Land…
CVRD CAO Brian Carruthers Reveals The Details Of Court Action To Stop SIA Cold.
Richard Hughes The CVRD has spent over 3 years and well in excess of 600,000 dollars of our money flip flopping about over the South Island Aggregates (SIA) plan to…
Rob Douglas & Roger Hart’s Big Idea Series Focuses On Small Business in Cowichan—Local Ownership
Does local ownership of the economy matter? Rob Douglas Here is Big Idea No.5 Local Ownership from Rob Douglas and Roger Hart regarding economic development and the potential of expanding…
The Senator Bernie Sanders Video That You Must See-Canadians As Well!
Senator Bernie Sanders has guts, passion and intelligence. His Presidential bid is gathering steam and ever growing support. He is speaking truth to power, he is not pulling his punches.…
ENCYCLICAL LETTER LAUDATO SI’ OF THE HOLY FATHER FRANCIS ON CARE FOR OUR COMMON HOME
1. “LAUDATO SI’, mi’ Signore” – “Praise be to you, my Lord”. In the words of this beautiful canticle, Saint Francis of Assisi reminds us that our common home is…
The CVRD Has Amended Their Petition Over Bylaws To Halt SIA’s Contaminated Site Facility
Here is the CVRD’s late Friday release. In communications circles late Fridays are the time to deliver unpleasant news, firings, and the like. I spoke with CAO Brian Carruthers and…
Jon Stewart Speaks Out About the Murder of Nine People At The Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina
With Jon Stewart set to leave The Daily Show in a matter of months, the show has already started paying tribute to its longtime host. And while funny montages are…
Protesters Blockade Contaminated Soil Site in Shawnigan Lake
Protesting Shawnigan residents show no signs of giving up or backing down over the BC Liberal government’s approval allowing South Island Aggregates (SIA) to dump 5 million tonnes of contaminated…
Alberta NDP throne speech brings spending, taxes, and a strange PC flame-out
Don Braid The Alberta NDP were elected, an amazing feat in a province long dominated politically by the Progressive Conservative dynasties of over forty years. Oil and Gas and the…
The Drought Is Upon Us–This is Good News and Bad News Depending On How We Respond
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger The watering restriction notices are out throughout the Cowichan Valley. The systems operated by the Cowichan Valley Regional District and some of the Water Improvement Districts have…
Rafe Mair- Woodfibre LNG Plant–LNG Tanker Traffic–Fraser River LNG Terminal
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger It seems that for some considerable time the whole fracking and LNG play was over there, up north, away from our direct experience, and to a degree…
Steves–BC Doesn’t Need Site C Dam
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger It is incredible that our BC Liberal government, prodded along by the foreign owned LNG corporations, are still pushing ahead with building a massive Site C Dam.…
CBC-Truth and Reconciliation Commission Findings Must Be Acted Upon, Aboriginal Student Says
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission is out, many of us have welcomed the report, its’ findings, and its opportunity to face but not accept the incomprehensible abuse that native families…
Superfood Growing Super Well in Cowichan
Here is a good news, good feel story by the Citizen’s editor Andrea Rondeau. Originally published in the Cowichan Valley Citizen Friday, June 5th, 2015 Nice to see well done…
Meanwhile back at the BC legislature…More BC Liberal Bullshit!
South Peace River BC Liberal MLA Mike Bernier did not arrive, he was sent! The BC Liberal’s Mike Bernier reads a prepared statement on SIA and contaminated soil (Video) Peace…