Photo by Kate Gottli For years now, governments, including our own, have been demanding austerity measures, cutting health, education, social and cultural programs – all justifying this hacking by claiming…
PHOTOS: Thomas Mulcair in Edmonton … shortly before the disappointing federal election on Oct. 19, 2015. Below: Canadian Labour Congress President Hassan Yussuff, former NDP MP and leadership candidate Peggy…
East Vancouver • Photo by Ruocaled With anti-Asian sentiment saturating the real-estate conversation in BC, political correctness isn’t distracting the left from the hard questions. Like many, I was perplex...
Cartoon by Greg Perry Can the NDP see the writing on the wall? More than 1,500 delegates will be heading to the federal NDP’s Edmonton convention next Friday. Do they…
By CVRD Regional Director Lori Iannidinardo CVRD Director Lori Iannidinardo In August 2015 Steelhead LNG and the Malahat Nation announced an agreement-in-principle to bring a massive floating LNG export facility…
Everyone wants a more inclusive, open democratic political party. I’ve no argument with that in this article about Prime Minister Trudeau, Party President Anna Gainey and also National Membership Secretary…
Now I hate to drag Elizabeth May into the fray but after Andrew Weaver’s insiteful remarks and gentle pointers via comments on ‘Cowichan Conversations’ in the previous post, I really…
PHOTOS: U.S. State Department spokesperson Mark Toner. (Screen grab from C-SPAN.) Below: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Conservative interim Opposition Leader Rona Ambrose and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. For all we…
Photo by Kevin M Klerks Social service schemes announced this week by the Manitoba Progressive Conservatives to encourage private child care and introduce Social Impact Bonds soften the ground towards…
The Cowichan Valley Chapter of the Council of Canadians invites you to join us as we screen the documentary “Fractured Land”. Donna Cameron-Council of Canadians- Cowichan Chapter sent this…
It started as a joke. It’s still a joke, but nobody’s laughing anymore. Donald J. Trump famously entered the U.S. Republican race back in June by riding a down escalator.…
If you’re in or close to Brantford Ontario and want something to do tomorrow (Friday) evening, there’s an event going on there March 18th from 6:30 – 8:00 pm at…
Here is a statement released by the CVRD followed by a pitch from Chair Lefebure to accomodate an application from Steelhead LNG/ Malahat Nation Board Releases Statement on LNG Projects…
Photo by US Embassy Canada The concept of nation-state sovereignty has a lot to do with what the public perceives to be the legitimate use of violent force (e.g., Canadian…
Remember the war resisters I used to blog about all the time? It may surprise you to learn that many are still in Canada. And are still fighting to stay.For…
By Marilyn Venturi I was very happy to see the crowd at Wednesday evening’s CVRD Board meeting. It was disappointing to realize that Director Iannidinardo is apparently alone in her…
For my readers who are not interested in an internal Liberal Party blogpost – this may not be the post for you
The newly implanted CVRD CAO Brian Carruthers probably thought he finally arrived when his shop received correspondence from the infamous Howe Street, the Vancouver equivalent to Toronto’s Bay Street and…
Fractured Land LNG panel discussion feat. Wade Davis, Dr. Aion Finn and Damien Gillis from Fractured Land on Vimeo.
Our recently elected MP Alistair McGregor for Cowichan-Langford has been up to the mountain and seen the long lines of trucks with pups loaded with contaminants destined for the Shawnigan…
