Cowichan Conversations
BC Hydro Rate Shock Powered By Lies
Rafe Mair One of my favourite bloggers is longtime broadcaster, and former Socred Cabinet Minister Rafe Mair. Here he is his going after corruption and deceit over BC Hydro Rate…
Shawnigan’s CVRD Money Grab Designed To Slip By Unsuspecting Taxpayers
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger One of the most abusive practices of local governments is the ‘Alternate Approval Process’. In plain english it is a money grab dressed up in legalese in…
Save Shawnigan Water From Contaminated Soil Pollution
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger The controversial issue of dumping 500 tonnes of contaminated soil in the watershed at SIA’s Stebbings Road site has been approved and a permit has been issued…
A Closer Look with Jody Paterson
Jody Paterson Many of us miss reading Jody Paterson’s columns and articles in the Victoria Times-Colonist. A couple of years ago she signed on with CUSO and headed down to…
One More Kick at the Can For Shawnigan Watershed Supporters To Stop Contaminated Waste Dump
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger The severity of the threat facing the Shawnigan Watershed from receiving 500 Tonnes of contaminated soil has been enough for the BC Environmental Appeal Board to allow…
Save the Planet and Ditch Capitalism
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger OMG December is coming and with it the hype and holler of consuming. For too many it is a time for loading up your credit cards to…
Pope Francis rips capitalism and trickle-down economics to shreds in new policy statement
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger It is amazing to watch and listen the new Pope Francis actually tell the truth and shame the devil. He has seized the hot button issues like…
Rafe Mair Rants About BC Hydro Lies From BC Liberals, But Hydro Is Blameless
As we are treated to distortion, lies and revisionist BS Rafe Mair of the Common Sense Canadian steps in and tells it like it is. Rafe Mair The crap we’re…
Save our BC Farmland-Kindred Spirits Speak Out!
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Political life and involvement has its’ ups and downs , but between the garbage and the flowers I have been fortunate meeting and being inspired by ‘fellow…
Agricultural Land: Let’s Choose to Speak! – Corky Evans
Cyberspace delivered these words of concern and a call to speak up from Corky Evans Corky Evans Imagine that you might, someday, want to farm for a living. Or imagine…
With LNG, Asian takeovers of Canadian energy assets still booming
Kevin Logan-Cowichan Conversations Contributor Here is another substantial post from the keyboard of Kevin Logan, a seemingly indefatigable researcher, writer and analyst. This piece was originally published in the Common…
Heidi Mendenhall Thought She Was Dead – Violence Against Women Must Be Stopped
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger-Supporting CWAV and the “Purple Light Nights’ Cowichan News Leader reporter Peter Rusland tells this real life story of an extreme level of violence against a young woman…
PM Steve Harper is a Liar, a Control Freak and His Goverment Spies On Canadians
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Can Steve Harper really hang on much longer? He lied repeatedly over the entire Senate scandal from the beginning especially about the details of his firing Chief…
Cowichan NDP President Rob Douglas’s Columns Contain A Curious Caveat
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Rob Douglas penned a article published in the Cowichan News Leader that focused on the need for a’ livable wage’ and the difficult time many residents are…
Alarming Number of Households Can’t Afford the Basics
Cowichan NDP Constituency President Rob Douglas Here is the monthly Cowichan News Leader column by Rob Douglas How many of your neighbours don’t earn enough to cover basic expenses such…
The Polyp Police Are Coming! Colonoscopy Exams On the Rise In BC
Richard Hughes Political Blogger Like so many of us I have had a few turns at the colonoscopy cha-cha-cha. The gallon of what seemed like discount liquefied bubble gum that…
BC Libs Slash Ferry Service, Seniors Discounts and Will Install Slot Machines
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Recall the promises of prosperity heralded by now Premier Christy Clark. The LNG fracking and pipelines will deliver untold goodies, wealth and benefits the shameless BC Liberals…
Socialist Elder Stephen Lewis Addresses BC NDP Convention
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger If there would have been a reason to attend, even as an observer, it would have been to hear Stephen Lewis, a distinguished political veteran of the…