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Will Maroc and Wallener Find Common Hi Tech Ground In Cowichan?
Don Maroc by Don Maroc Damir Wallener is a charming guy, he’s hip to high-tech, understands high-risk financing, and is currently busy pushing Silicon Valley type development for the Cowichan…
Forbidden Ad: Networks reject Friends’ TV spots
Forbidden Ad: Networks reject Friends’ TV spots FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 25 February 2015 Toronto – All the major Canadian TV network and station owners: Bell, Corus, Québécor, Rogers and Shaw…
There was and still is an unnerving, hollow energy around St. Michael’s Residential School.
Georgia Collins went back to her roots for the ceremony shutting down St Michel’s (St. Mikes)Residential School. She kindly consented to sending it along to Cowichan Conversations. Georgia Collins I…
Dear Government Spin Doctor: A Journalist’s Final Warning
One last shot at the tyranny of the talking point. By Sean Holman, Today, TheTyee.ca ‘I don’t think you’re a bad person. But you should know a few things about…
Rafe Mair–Exploiting Fear is ‘Wrong and Racist’
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Canada is facing a deliberate overheated racist attack against Muslims launched and fuelled by our Prime Minister Steve Harper. Steve’s latest is his attack against Muslim women…
New York Times–The Trip Treatment–Psychedelics Revisited
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger This New York Times feature is a clinical back to the future psychedelic trip in length and content. It is well worth the read and for those…
Mulcair is Showing His Mettle In Opposing Bill C 51- Four Former Prime Ministers Join In the Fight
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger It has taken some time for Canadians and the Opposition Leader Thomas Mulcair to really get a grip on the severity of the so called anti terror…
Vacationing City of Duncan Councillor Tom Duncan Denies Public Input Over The Controversial Dakova Building Proposal
Never In Living Memory Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Veteran councillor Sharon Jackson appears to have been on the warpath lately regarding the proposed development on the empty lot at Canada Avenue…
We’re Still Getting ‘Huck Finn’ Wrong
By Nick Romeo A new book reminds us that Mark Twain would absolutely hate winding up on approved reading lists. Like his most famous creation, Huck Finn, he took a…
Five Years of Five Years of Bucan Bucan– What A Treat!
Bucan Bucan, the #1 Balkan Brass Band out of Victoria BC, celebrate 5 years of playing together! Visit bucanbucan.com for more info, or bucanbucan.bandcamp.com to take a listen!
We Must Not Be Afraid-Elizabeth May -This Legislation is Sweeping, Dangerously Vague and Likely Ineffective-Mulcair
Project Democracy Elizabeth May and Thomas Mulcair have both shown great leadership in standing up against Harper’s reckless, vague and unnecessary Secret Police bill. Send them a thank you by…