Senator Mike Duffy Trial Kicks Off- PM Harper Vulnerable to Disclosure
Suspended Senator Mike Duffy pleaded not guilty to 30 charges of fraud and breach of trust, and one count of bribery as his Senate expenses trial got underway in an…
Richard Hughes
Screw the Law! — BC Liberal Government Rides Roughshod Over Cowichan Communities
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger The BC Liberal government’s Mines ministry has fully embraced a new political tactic. Screw the law, it is all about rewarding businesses to plunder at will. South…
CERCA-Tribes-Naturalist Groups, Politicians and Industry Reps Celebrate Opening Of Causeway Bridge
Cowichan Citizen’s Lexi Bainas covered the long awaited opening of the causeway bridge. Onlookers watch as Tom Shandel steers his kayak under the new bridge Saturday, March 28 as part…
Chris Hedges Calls Steve Harper A Pawn Or Puppet Of Corporations
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger The Vancouver Observer has been a most welcome edition to the media mix in the Vancouver market and beyond. They prove, dig and unapologetically provide us with…
Hey Steve! Check the Math! Canada Post Is Essential!
Robert Chisholm In December 2013, to the shock and surprise of most Canadians, Canada Post announced an end of home delivery, a huge price increase, and the loss of up…
Stand Up Now! Stand Up Now!!
Here is reminder to those who push back against unreasonable authorities and unjust laws. It has ever been so. A Diggers Song by PETER LINEBAUGH On April Fool’s Day 1649…
Furstenau–Shawnigan’s Contaminant Risk Will Loom Forever
Shawnigan’s CVRD Director Sonia Furstenau is on a mission to persuade the BC Liberal Cabinet to stand up for the Shawnigan comminities, watershed, lake, creek. aquifer and drinking water. This…
Rather Than Considering a “Communications Officer”, It Would Seem That Certain Regional Directors Would Derive More Benefit From a Hearing Aid.
Richard Hughes- Political Blogger Lavonne Huneck is one of my favourite political free thinkers in the Cowichan Valley. Here is her take on the CVRD and the confusion that lives…
How Harper Turned Canada into a Rogue State
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger How Harper Turned Canada into a Rogue State It was not easy for those who went before us to build Canada into the remarkable and much respected…
It Has Now Been 100 Years Since Vancouver Won a Stanley Cup
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger I have been following the Canucks since about 1956 when they played in the Western Hockey League. Jim Cox was still doing play by play on CKNW…
Cowichan Politicians Reject Staff Driven Bid For Hiring PR Spinners-Slash Budgets
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger It is too easy to poke at our politicians of all stripes and all stations but recently encouraging signs have emerged that show our elected folks are…
Austerity-driven cuts ignite protests in Montreal
By Stefan Christoff -Rabble.ca Last night on the streets of Montréal thousands joined a spirited protest against austerity, targeting the violent cuts to the public sector currently taking place under…
Shawnigan Community Fights Against Contaminated Soil Dump
More than 200 residents from Shawnigan Lake showed up to discuss last week’s decision by the provincial government to allow a company to dump contaminated soil near Shawnigan Lake CHEK…
Rocco Galati in court to challenge how Bank of Canada does business
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger The mysterious world of money, making it, printing it,spending it. There has been contrary views regarding the role of banks in controlling our money supply since the…
Harry Smith the 92-year-old anti-austerity campaignerIs Coming After Harper
Harry Smith has lived through the good times and the bad times. He sees a return to the lean mean 20’s of his youth and he is going to go…
CVRD Failed To Enforce Their Land Use Authority–Shawnigan Faces 5 Million Tonnes of Contaminated Waste
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Here is the CVRD response to the BC Liberal governments decision to allow 5 million tonnes of contaminated soil into the Shawnigan Watershed property on Stebbings Rd.…