Monbiot-The Lamps Are Coming On All Over Europe
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger The world is spinning at an unbelievable rate. Change is in the air. Neo Con control of our countries is being challenged throughout the world. The following…
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Will Green Party MP’s Have The Freedom To Vote and Speak Unlike The Whipped MP’s In The Established Parties?
Don Maroc This started out to be a paean to the Green Party of Canada. Not just as a very vocal agent for defending of the ecology, or Ecology of…
Hey Steve! Why Are You Spying On Us?
Harper cranks up broad surveillance spying on law abiding Canadians
LNG, Fracking and BC’s Energy Future: Nanaimo Event-Wednesday 7PM
Damien Gillis filmmaker and Rafe Mair’s partner in the CommonSense Canadian will be speaking at an event at Beban Park Social Centre, 2300 Bowen Road, Nanaimo, BC LNG, Fracking and…
Alistair MacGregor Won the Cowichan-Malahat-Langford NDP Nomination Today.
Alistair MacGregor will represent the Cowichan-Malahat-Langford NDP in the Upcoming Federal Election Four hundred and fifty-five New Democrats filled up the Cowichan Secondary Gymnasium this afternoon, while another 30 or…
Solar Panel Show and Tell at the CVRD’s Regional Services Committee-Jan 28th 6PM
Don Maroc Cowichan’s premier cheerleader for climate change mitigation, Peter Nix takes the promotion of roof-top solar electric panels to the Cowichan Valley Regional District’s (CVRD) Regional Services Committee next…
Duncan OCP Ignored By Mayor Phil Kent
Don Maroc While late Christmas shoppers slipped into panic mode on December 22, a development-at-any-cost foursome on the Duncan City council ramrodded through fourth reading of a motion to permit…
The Real Canadian Superstore Squeezing the Poor for More Profits is a Big Mistake
Russell Davies Guest Post- By Russell Davies The Real Canadian Superstore squeezing the poor for more profits is a big mistake and shows no consideration for low income customers and…
California Was Fun But Nothing Beats The Cowichan Valley
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger We recently returned from our winter reprieve with friends in Sunny California. It was a great get away and we were treated to wonderful food, music, the…
Paul Manly Now Seeking Green Party Nomination in Nanaimo-Ladysmith
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger The Federal NDP has turned their backs on many NDP values and shifted to the centre under the leadership of Thomas Mulcair. A disturbing number of NDP…
Canada Needs Proportional Representation Now
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Here is Rafe’s latest piece tackling the outdated ‘First Past the Post’ system of electing dictatorships to govern Canada. Frankly I do not know how we could…
Prime Minister Harper’s Ugly Evangelical Capitalism
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger The transformation of our country that Steve Harper foreshadowed has been underway for sometime and the results have been devastating. The war on science, scientists, the environment…
Perhaps A Beer Pipeline Would Meet With Public Approval
Blaise Salmon By Blaise Salmon While historically B.C.’s economy was resource-based, by 2012, only three per cent of B.C.’s GDP came from oil, gas and related services, according to the…
Heading South For A Bluegrass Jam — New Years Eve Party
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes-Outstanding in his Field! Well now that Christmas is over and the offer of spending New Years with our friends Paul and Fran in California is before us,…
B.C. Almanac host Mark Forsythe signs off after 30 years
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger We will not easily forget Mark Forsyth who became part of our day on CBC’s ‘Almanac’ where he broadcast for 30 years. He is a person of…
Plummeting oil prices, petrol-state club. rapidly declining Canadian dollar, house sales could decline,
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Well here we are just a few days from Christmas and as you may have noticed my time for writing has been curtailed. While this is good…
Democracy Now-Big Oil-Bad Air
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger The tide is turning in the US and Canada regarding the pitfalls and dangers of fracking and the entire LNG play. Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, New…
New York State Just Banned Fracking!
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger In BC residents face a BC Liberal-BC NDP united front in favour of fracking and all things LNG. Prices are dropping, mounting evidence of a give away…
Black Press Goes On A Buying Spree-Buys Cowichan Citizen While Cowichan News Leader Workers Strike Continues
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger The Vancouver Island Community Newspaper Group has been sold to Black Press; this includes the Cowichan Valley Citizen. Black Press and The Vancouver Island Community Newspaper Group…