Richard Hub Hughes-Political Blogger The pollution in Northern Alberta attributable to ‘Fracking’ and Tar Sands’ Operations is out of control. The latest seemingly unstoppable spill of significance is devastating wildlife…
Richard Hub Hughes-Political Blogger So here we have a situation where a Party Leader, comfortably ahead in the polls, shows his political acumen and boldly calls for the legalization of…
The National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden has been given permission leave the Moscow airport where he has been stranded for over a month. Snowden applied for… Read More
CVRD Director Loren Duncan explains CVRD Salaries and Increases Loren Duncan is a seasoned veteran of the CVRD Board Table who has been there through the changeover that followed the…
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger I have been a member of the BC NDP since the early 70′s. Like so many others I have been on a full tour of duty including…
Richard Hub Hughes-Political Blogger Sylvie Therrien did not feel right about kicking people off Employment Insurance to meet an Conservative Government mandated quota. Another insider blows the whistle on government…
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes- Political Blogger The Canadian Taxpayers have embraced humour , satire and a little hucksterism to promote dismantling the Canadian Senate. Their goal is to have a referendum…
Richard Hub Hughes-Political Blogger When the reports of a thwarted bombing incident at Canada Day celebrations at the BC Legislature were first trumpeted non stop by our obedient media the…
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Yes, it is still the ‘Dog days of Summer’ and Cowichan MLA Bill Routley is up on his feet again. This time he is questioning Minister of…
Richard Hub Hughes-Political Blogger During these ‘Dog Days of Summer’ political life at the BC Legislature continues. Below find a series of questions from Hansard where Cowichan MLA Bill Routley…
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes- Political Blogger Andrew Weaver is not wasting much time putting his oar in the water. As the only and BC’s first Green MLA he is under a…
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger When Gasland first hit for many it was an early wake up call. Nominated for an Academy award Jeff Fox blew the lid of the dangerous risks…
Patrick Smyth, a regular Cowichan Conversations reader, is not an IPP booster. He has given us permission to carry his recent letter to the editor in Whistler’s Pique News Magazine.…
There are those of us out here that are keeners and curious about the new guys, even during the ‘Dog Days’ of summer. So my friends for those who dig…
Richard Hub Hughes-Political Blogger There is a seemingly non stop supply of non corporate controlled news, opinion and information available on the internet. I have listed many of them under…
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes- Political Blogger The tide is coming in on the greedy bastards who cut corners to save a buck. It is surely rising on their partners in crime,…
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Cowichan News Leader reporter Peter Rusland has been fuming over the wages and increases at the CVRD for some time. Well now finally a Director has stood…
