Joe Easingwood-Longtime Victoria Broadcasters Dies of Cancer
Victoria Broadcaster Joe Easingwood dies at 75. R.I.P. Joe Joe Easingwood, one of BC’s and certainly Victoria’s most successful talk show broadcasters has died of brain cancer. He was 75…
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Cowichan Digest-Stolen From the Citizen, News Leader & Times Colonist
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Summer is a lazy time in many ways, well at least it is this morning for me. I will enjoy it for now . An acre of…
Scandalous Government Coverup of ISA Virus In Salmon
Here is another shocking post from marine biologist Alexandra Morton Alexandra Morton-Marine Biologist The World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), our global first line of defence against farm animal epidemics,…
Whipped-Sean Holman on ‘Party Discipline’ CBC the Current
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Friday morning, 8:30AM June 28th, Rick MacGinnes-Rae, hosting CBC’s ‘the Current’, will peer into the secret world of party discipline. His guest will be Sean Holman. a…
BC Ferries Block 20 Year Old Woman From Ferry Over 10 Bloody Cents!
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Rules are rules is the official line from some demented BC Ferries spinner after a rules and regulations freak would not allow a young woman on the…
Edward Snowden Flees Hong Kong for Russia
NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden- Hero or Traitor? Here is an update from Democracy NowU.S. Files Espionage Charges The exact whereabouts of National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden are unknown after…
Nobody Shoots at a Dead Duck!
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Our PM Stephen Harper is a power at any cost politician it seems. Liberal leader Justin Trudeau is climbing in the polls giving the appearance that he…
Mandela and Snowden Two Heroes In A Dark World
Nelson Mandela For decades after the intrusive CIA fingered Nelson Mandela, the terrorist was imprisoned in South Africa. In spite of his incarceration he never gave up hope. Mandela gained…
Calgary’s Manhattan Moment
Andrew Nikiforuk is one of Canada’s leading energy writers and todays offering published in the Tyee gives an in depth report on the latest flooding events in Alberta and of…
Medicine Hat Next To Face Flooding Fury
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Calgarian’s are returning to their still soaked homes many without gas or electricity but at least they can start the long process of putting their homes back…
Cowichan Conversations Readers Want Change With NDP Leadership
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Adrian Dix suffered the worst upset ever for the NDP. Yes, in 2001 we were almost wiped out but then the expectations were low, very low. Heading…
City of Nanaimo Will Fight Effort to Site a Garbage Incinerator in their City
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger The City of Nanaimo, unlike the sleepwalkers at the CVRD, are up in arms over a plan for mainland garbage to be dumped on them and incinerated.…
Shawnigan Director Bruce Fraser Reports: SIA Permit For Contaminated Soils Will Be Approved!
Breaking News on SIA Permit Shawnigan CVRD Director Bruce Fraser At a meeting this morning (June 19th) between the MOE, Ministry of Mines and the CVRD it was confirmed that…
Is the BC Government Preparing to Approve Contaminated Site Dump in Shawnigan’s Watershed?
< Is the BC Government Preparing to Approve Contaminated Site Dump in Shawnigan’s Watershed? By Richard Hughes, on June 20th, 2013 Shawnigan Alternate CVRD Director Kelly Musselwhite posted this report…
Our Sensitive, Caring and Responsive Premier Reverses Big Raises To Party Hacks
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Has Christy Clark’s goal to be the MLA for Kelowna resulted in her embracing the once famous WAC Bennett’s ‘Second look’? Responding to the public outcry over…
Over 100,000 Protesters Hit the Streets in Brazil
Some of country’s biggest ever rallies sweep major cities. Bus fare hike is the last straw as high costs and poor services spiral Read the full report from the Guardian…
A Happy Day After Fathers’ Day
Richard Hughes-Fortunate Old Coot Well I am a fortunate old coot in many ways. Yesterday I spent most of the day playing around in the garden. That is always the…