Sonia Furstenau has declared for Shawnigan As we await the Environmental Appeal Board’s verdict on whether to uphold South Island Aggregate’s permit to put five million tonnes of contaminated soil…
The tide is turning as citizens stand up and speak out on a global scale. 360 thousand hit the streets in New York City and thousands more protested in cities…
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Canada and the US share the world’s longest undefended border, speak the same language approximately, and as is engraved on the ‘Peace Arch’ in Blaine Washington we…
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Read Lisa W. Foderaro’s comprehensive New York Times report that saw 100,000 demonstrators that hit the streets of New York city calling for action on ‘Climate Change.’…
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger NDP Federal nominee Ian Morrison sent out this email to many Cowichan-Malahat-Langford members as well as our MP Jean Crowder-National Vice Chair of the Federal Campaign. Ian’s…
Victoria Teacher-Activist Tara Ehckre Tara Ehrcke Teacher, Activist, Citizen. Currently on the executive of the Greater Victoria Teachers’ Association – 1400 dedicated and hardworking professionals. Victoria BC staffroomconfidential.blogspot.com Read this…
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger CVRD Chair Rob Hutchins is an old pro at dodging bullets. Sending a resolution, calling for changes in the way senior staff compensation is determined, back to…
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger While initially enthused about the marathon bargaining sessions with the experienced Vince Ready mediating, the reality is beginning to sink in. This is not a good deal…
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Municipal elections in November and Federal Parties seeking nominees for next years Federal election have brought some new life to politics in the valley. Say goodbye to…
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger I found this on Amy Matamba’s Facebook page. Amy & Tafadzwa were playing music in Trout Lake. What wonderful music, enjoy. Great trip to Vancouver! Loving the…
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger From the outset we have been lied to and misled by US President Barack Obama, and our tag-a-long Prime Minister Steve Harper, operating through NATO and facilatating…
Dr. Roberts was associate editor and columnist for The Wall Street Journal and a columnist for Business Week and the Scripps Howard News Service. He was a nationally syndicated columnist…
Deep Green Resistance is a pro-woman, social-justice environmental organization. As radicals, we hold a class analysis on injustice, and we are fighting enmeshed systems of oppression. Industrial ecocide & misogyny…
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Peter Fassbender is beginning to show the stress of pretending to negotiate all summer. Added to that he is now facing shutdown classes throughout British Columbia. He…
A Mighty Girl On this day in 1957, 15-year-old Elizabeth Eckford encountered an angry mob when she attempted to enter Little Rock Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. Eckford…
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger There is lot at stake in British Columbia. This is so much more than a collective bargaining issue. The public education system itself is on the block…
Campaign Launch For Rob Douglas Dear Friends and Supporters, As many of you know, I am running for North Cowichan Council this November. We need new voices in municipal politics,…
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger There is an abundance of information out there showing that the US purposely funded extreme right wing militants to over throw the elected Ukrainian government, a task…
