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…
Cowichan Conversations
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…
A Canadian View of the US Government Shutdown
In the best interests of Canada-US relations we must be careful to remain focused.
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…
Monsanto is Winning this year’s “Nobel Prize of Agriculture”
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger This message was sent to me along with a petition. (Thanks Tom) Please take a few minutes to read and then forward this along to your friends…
Tecumseh Saved Canada From The US Invasion In The War Of 1812
Tecumseh fought with the British defending Canada from the US invasion Allan Gregg is a name recognized by most of us as a pollster and media personality. He is also…
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…
Elizabeth Warren Speaks Out Against the Bizarre Shutdown of the US Government
Give a listen to this speech by one of the classiest and most skilled politicians anywhere these days. Senator Elizabeth Warren nails it.
Our Prime Minister Steve Has Pretty Shaky, and Dubious Friends and Colleagues, but then…
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes- Political Blogger The days of easy-going top down manipulation and disregard for almost everyone could be drawing to an end for PM Steve Harper. In todays National…
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…
2013 Cowichan Local Government ‘Stupid Awards’
Richard HughesPolitical Blogger In an attempt to win back some of accolades and spotlight from the CVRD, North Cowichan Council has seen the CVRD’s mishandling of the contaminated soil issue,…
Please Support Cowichan Green Community’s FruitSave Program
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes-Political Blogger The Cowichan Green Community is an ever growing asset in the Cowichan Valley. Here they are once again reaching out with a most worthwhile program. This…
A Little Common Sense Goes A Long Way!
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes-Political Blogger Our friends over at the Common Sense Canadian, Rafe Mair and Damien Gillis are putting out some of the best journalism available in Canada today. Running…
Have the CVRD Politicans Finally Woken Up?
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes-Political Blogger I suspect that many of you are getting as tired of hearing about yet another CVRD screw up and outright failure to responsibly represent the taxpaying…
Harper Government’s Pot Plan Panned At UBCM
PM Harper looks stoned but says he does not, has not and will not! If the Harper Cannabis consultants don’t stop sampling the soon to be commercialized product we are…
Shift Change-Worker Owned Co-ops
Rob Douglas Please join us to watch the award-winning documentary film SHIFT CHANGE at Vancouver Island University’s Cowichan Campus on Friday, September 20. The film examines employee-owned businesses that compete…