Does local ownership of the economy matter? Rob Douglas Here is Big Idea No.5 Local Ownership from Rob Douglas and Roger Hart regarding economic development and the potential of expanding…
Here is the CVRD’s late Friday release. In communications circles late Fridays are the time to deliver unpleasant news, firings, and the like. I spoke with CAO Brian Carruthers and…
Protesting Shawnigan residents show no signs of giving up or backing down over the BC Liberal government’s approval allowing South Island Aggregates (SIA) to dump 5 million tonnes of contaminated…
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger The watering restriction notices are out throughout the Cowichan Valley. The systems operated by the Cowichan Valley Regional District and some of the Water Improvement Districts have…
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger It seems that for some considerable time the whole fracking and LNG play was over there, up north, away from our direct experience, and to a degree…
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger It is incredible that our BC Liberal government, prodded along by the foreign owned LNG corporations, are still pushing ahead with building a massive Site C Dam.…
South Peace River BC Liberal MLA Mike Bernier did not arrive, he was sent! The BC Liberal’s Mike Bernier reads a prepared statement on SIA and contaminated soil (Video) Peace…
This article was originally carried in Victoria’s Focus Online. It covers the issue well but misses the crucial matter of the CVRD Shawnigan land use bylaws that prohibit treating and…
Here is another instalment from Rob Douglas and Roger Hart regarding economic development and the potential of expanding co-operatives in the Cowicham Region. BIG IDEA #1: CO-OPERATIVES Rob Douglas-North Cowichan…
Richard Hughes- Political Blogger The CVRD has finally resurrected their stalled BC Supreme Court action attempting to have the CVRD Shawnigan bylaws regulating land use recognized, respected and adhered to.…
Richard Hughes- Political Blogger Sonia Furstenau was elected as Shawnigan’s CVRD Director last November. She inherited a horror show left by the former Doctor Director Bruce Fraser. When news of…
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Sonia Furstenau was elected as Director, November 2014 to represent the Shawnigan community at the CVRD Board Table. She was immediately immersed in the struggle to stop…
Stuart McNish interviews BC NDP leader John Horgan carried in the Vancouver Sun (Video) NDP John Horgan says, “everyone’s a New Democrat they just don’t know it yet”. Horgan talks…
I came across this Geoff Olson piece posted in the Vancouver Courier reflecting back on that amazing time in BC when we had a government that gave a damn. Premier…
This is the first of a five part series examining a different approach to beneficial economic development in the Cowichan Valley. Rob Douglas-North Cowichan Councillor Economic development is an area…
Longtime Saanich mayor Frank Leonard, defeated in the November 2014 elections, has landed a Longtime Saanich mayor Frank Leonard, courtesy of his friends within the BC Liberal Party. Leonard may…
SRA to Lead Peaceful Rally to Present Petition & Oppose Environmental Appeal Board Decision to Uphold Permit for Contaminated Soil Dump Where: Grounds of the Victoria Legislature When: Wednesday, May…
The Mount Polley Mine Disaster threatens salmon stocks and lives of fisherman in British Columbia. Now we learn of the interests of our Alaskan and Washington State neigbours. Their…
And now let’s hear from Former Progressive Conservative Prime Minister Joe Clark
