Richard Hughes-Political Blogger The outrageous assault on Canada, on what used to be Canadian values, of our decency as a once respected nation, on our very democracy fuelled a fiery…
Rafe Mair stands with Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson and Derrik Corrigan fighting for land use jurisdictional authority against Kinder Morgan and the Prime Minister Harper’s Federal Government. Kinder Morgan’s plans…
Victoria Times Colonist reporter Cindy E. Harnett’s story shows BC NDP leader John Horgan raising a charge of conflict of interest over unwarranted health ministry staff firings. The NDP is…
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Our Canadian mainstream media does little reporting or investigating the ongoing so called ‘War on Drugs’ that has been responsible for over 120, 000 deaths in Mexico.…
Burnaby Mayor Derek Corrigan Burnaby Mayor Derek Corrigan has gone to court challenging Kinder Morgan’s efforts to proceed contrary to Burnaby’s bylaws. If the court upholds the by-laws then Kinder…
BY STAFF REPORTER, THE Reports are coming in that police have begun removing protesters from Burnaby Mountain. The #KinderMorgan Twitter hashtag has a number of people saying arrests have been…
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Damien Gillis- Common Sense Canadian sent this along and it tells the story of how badly the Christy Clark BC Government has handled this from the get-go.…
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Some big wins, some sad losses but all in all the calibre of our new crop of politicians is a considerable improvement. Sonia Furstenau, Rob Douglas, Alison…
Mayoral Candidates Jon Lefebure-3234-Elected John Koury-3018 Damir Wallener-1411 Council Candidates Rob Douglas-3466-Elected Tom Walker-3391-Elected Al Siebring-3053-Elected Kate Marsh-2987-Elected Maeve Maguire-2485-Elected Joyce Behnsen-2277-Elected Paul Fletcher-2096 Greg Robson-2078 Dave Haywood-1981 Ron Waller-1729…
Elected Cowichan School District Trustees Rob Hutchins-6699-Elected Joe Thorne-5348-Elected Candace Spilsbury-5334-Elected Randy Doman-4975-Elected Cathy Schmidt-4938-Elected Barb DeGroot-4791-Elected Elizabeth Croft-4090 -Elected Keith Chicquen-3796 Deb Foster-3648 Kayla Barrett-3536 Connie Buckner-3314 Roger Chin-3088…
Duncan City Hall Mayoral Candidates Phil Kent-845-Elected Peter Lockhart-256 Councillor Candidates Tom Duncan-596 Elected Michelle Staples-587 Elected Roger Bruce-551 Elected Michelle Bell-526 Elected Sharon Jackson-498 Elected John Horgan-467 Elected Martin…
Electoral Area Directors Elected and Acclaimed Kerry Davis M Electoral Area A (Mill Bay/Malahat) 520 Sonia Furstenau F Electoral Area B (Shawnigan Lake) 774 Matteus Clement M Electoral Area C…
Elected unofficially CVRD Kerry Davis Sonia Furstenau- Shawnigan Matteus Clement-Cobble Hill Lori Iannidinardo-Cowichan Bay Alison Nicholson leading Loren Duncan 245-244– Glenora-Cowichan Station-Sahtlam-Koksilah District-North Cowichan Rob Douglas Kate Marsh Maeve McGuire…
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger It is 6:23 pm in the Republic of Cobble Hill and the polls are open until 8pm. Elect Dara Quast You can still vote for Dara Quast…
Appallingly, robo-calls have come to the City of Duncan. The calls, in a voice that no one recognizes, allegedly say,” Please vote for our friends, Mayor Phil Kent, Martin Barker,…
This has been labelled as a rant but it seems to me that it is just a straightforward, well reasoned analysis of the problems at BC Ferries. This story was…
Here are just a few points for taxpayers before they choose “Yes” or “No” on providing funding for the Cowichan Sportsplex (CS). This will apply to all voters in the…
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Throughout the Cowichan Valley the number of candidates seeking office has increased dramatically. Along with the increased number of candidates comes an increased level of competitive zeal.…
