Maintain Your Rage-Austraila Is Ground Zero
Austraila is ‘Ground Zero’ in the rage worthy reality that is the ‘Climate Crisis’ of our lives. British Columbia, like Austraila, could also explode into a hell on earth scenario…
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Murray Sinclair has tried for years to shock Canada into confronting colonialism. He’s not done yet
ILLUSTRATION BY AGATA NOWICKA Originally published by the Globe and Mail By GEOFFREY YORK PUBLISHED DECEMBER 23, 2019 After leading landmark inquiries on racism in Manitoba, residential schools and…
Cowichan Tribes purchase of Genoa Bay Farm raises development, logging questions
Originally published by sixmountains.ca Cowichan Tribes has purchased Genoa Bay Farm and plans to develop a residential community on the lands, says Chief William Seymour. Logging may also be in…
Shipping Containers Are Being Converted To Small Shelters
Housing options are being implemented. CHEKNEWS.CA From shipping containers to shelters: Courtenay creates housing solutions They might be small measuring just 20 feet long, by 8 feet wide and 9.5…
B.C.’s clear-cut forests are ‘dead zones,’ emitting more greenhouse gases than fossil fuels, report finds
Old-growth forests are particularly adept at capturing carbon Clare Hennig · CBC News · Posted: Dec 18, 2019 3:57 PM PT | Last Updated: December 18 An aerial shot of…
We Might Have A White Christmas In Cowichan
Possible snow over holidays on B.C.’s South Coast It looks like the Fraser Valley and Nanaimo might have a white Christmas, while Metro Vancouver may see some flurries overnight on…
Original Pynn Post
North Cowichan contacted racetrack owners before last week’s council meeting Controversial new land offer for Cowichan Tribes ensued By Larry Pynn As a journalist over the years, I have discovered…
Hand-Washing is important to combat sickness.(Video)
Flu season is in full swing By Maressa Brown PARENTS.COM Classroom Experiment Shows the Importance of Hand-Washing — Just in Time for Flu Season Flu season is in full…
Story of One Tree Gives Hope for the Future of the Six Mountains
Originally published by https://sixmountains.ca It’s just one tree that lived long ago, but its story still resonates and has the capacity to make us remember how things used to be…
Crazy Days in Alberta: The Poison Wells File
The province let oil and gas firms create a $100-billion disaster. They expect you to foot the bill Andrew Nikiforuk Yesterday | TheTyee.ca Andrew Nikiforuk is an award-winning journalist who…
North Cowichan to forge new path for the Six Mountains beginning in early 2020
In a few weeks, North Cowichan residents will get their first peek at plans for a public consultation process into the future of the Six Mountains/Municipal Forest Reserve. Megan Jordan,…
Hope Lies In The Streets
The decay and rupture of the social bonds that once held our societies together have unleashed the dark pathologies of opioid, alcohol and gambling addictions and led to an explosion…
Sinatra’s birthday today: We remember when “Old Blue Eyes” was red
December 12, 2019 1:19 PM CST BY GERALD MEYER Frank Sinatra | AP This article first appeared in Science and Society in the Fall of 2002 and was run…
SWITZERLAND MAY SOON BAN ALL FACTORY FARMS
Animal agriculture in Switzerland could look very different in the future. The Swiss public will vote on a ban on factory farming. Originally published by LiveKindly By Jemima Webber…
Pilot who crashed on Gabriola Island remembered as ‘kind,’ ‘amazing’ man
‘He was a kind, caring, very intelligent, adventurous and fun guy — very talented’ Postmedia News The pilot whose plane crashed Tuesday on Gabriola Island was Alex Bahlsen, an experienced…
Andrew Scheer is stepping down as Conservative Party Leader
Originally published by the National Observer By Carl Meyer & Emma McIntosh Andrew Scheer is stepping down as Conservative Party leader amid allegations he used party funds to pay…
How big is track lawsuit threat after North Cowichan Council rejection?
This is an excellent update from the Discourse on the North Cowichan- Racetrack Controversy. RH North Cowichan again denied the Vancouver Island Motorsport Circuit’s expansion plans this week.…
Canadian airline makes history with first flight in the world by all-electric float plane
Canada’s Clean Economy Test flight of all-electric float plane by Harbour Air succeeds in Vancouver, B.C., on Dec. 10. Photo by James Glave It was undeniably a ‘Kitty Hawk moment,’…
Greta Thunberg Speaks At World Leaders Climate Summit at COP25
Please take a few minutes to listen. It is crucially important.RH ?
Council again votes ‘no’ on track expansion
Originally publishedn by The Discourse Council again votes ‘no’ on track expansion The Municipality of North Cowichan stood its ground in the face of $60 million lawsuit threat after a…