Nathan Cullen Will Not Seek BC NDP Leadership
Nathan Cullen NDP MP Skeena Dear friends, This is an open letter to supporters and allies who have been involved in some way in my decision regarding the BC NDP…
BC Provincial Politics
Our Cowichan Valley Medical System Needs a Shake-up!
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Recently I visited the doctor about unexplained weight loss and was directed to have full blood tests which resulted in a positive reading. I was told that…
Sydney and Victoria Freeze Staff Wages-While CVRD Salaries Continue To Soar!
Richard HughesPolitical Blogger It seems the elected officials in Sydney actually pay attention to raises handed out to senior staffers outside of the bargaining unit. At the CVRD it took…
Fracking in Manitoba Explained By A Scientist-Video
Scientists are speaking out and fracking is explained in this video. Recall PM Harper saying that they will be guided by Science. Steve, perhaps you should sit down and view…
Fractured Land – A Must See Trailer
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Fractured Land is a local BC production that looks into the ramifications of the oil and gas corporations impacts on our environment and those who suffer the…
Friends Don’t Let Friends Eat Farmed Salmon-Video
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger It is at this time of year that we celebrate wild salmon returning to spawn in our creeks and streams and are reminded of the crucial connection…
Fisher Road Recycling Reject Restrictive CVRD Amendments-Lawyers Ask Courts To Decide
Dara Quast-Cowichan Conversations Contributor The CVRD is facing yet another court challenge regarding its conduct and decision making practices. A business in Cobble Hill, Fisher Road Recycling, is asking the…
Our Government’s Directing The RCMP To Clear Path For Fracking
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger The battle lines have been drawn in New Brunswick as the Mi’Kmaq First Nations stand to defend their unseeded territory from fracking and threatening their way of…
We are being fracked and occupied by the Oil and Gas Industry!
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Deep down a great many of us knew that this Enbridge pipeline would be jammed through come hell or high water. The hell and high water part…
Will Canada Choke on Conservative Corporate Cannabis?
It is time to tax and toke! Once Liberal party leader Justin Trudeau admitted smoking pot on occasion and actually inhaling it all bets for the status quo approach were…
Malaysian LNG Promise Is Actually A Massive BC Giveaway
There was a curious interchange heard during ‘Debates on Budget Estimates’ last May. BC Energy Minister Rich Coleman explained to BC NDP Energy Critic John Horgan that he could not…
Timberwest Still Abusing Youbou Residents As Dustup Continues!
Trish Waddington, a dust drenched Youbou resident, sent out an an email this morning about the dust storms that continue unabated and unaddressed. She is understandably getting testy over Timberwest’s…
Cowichan NDP Support Sensible BC Campaign To Decriminalize Marijuana
The Cowichan NDP Executive has thrown their support behind the ‘Sensible BC’ campaign in hopes of broadening the challenge to the present pot policies in the province. COWICHAN VALLEY NDP…
CVRD Heads Off To Environmental Appeal Board In Hopes of Stopping Contaminated Soil Being Dumped In The Shawnigan Watershed
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger It has been a year and a half since Shawnigan residents learned of an application to dump 5 million tonnes of contaminated soil in their watershed. Until…
Dorothy Field has returned from another visit with the Unist’olen Clan’s Blockade
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes-Political Blogger Dorothy Field is an artist, writer, poet and world traveler. She has once again attended the Action Camp of the Wet’suwet’en First Nation. Dorothy brings us…
Cowichan Citizen Poll on Contaminated Site Approval Falls Short!
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Dear Editor, I was taken aback seeing the simplistic and cavalier manner in which your structured your latest poll. The issue is far more complex than the…
Radioactive Bluefin Tuna Caught Off California Coast!
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes- Political Blogger The Fukishima Nuclear spill has put the world on alert as to the dangers of radioactive pollution that effects the ocean, and all the living…