Evo Morales’ backers leaving barricades after Bolivia deal
Bolivia’s President Evo Morales speaks during a press conference at the military base in El Alto, in the outskirts of La Paz, Bolivia, Nov. 10, 2019. Hours later Morales…
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Brian Mulroney urges Canadian politicians to take action on climate change, despite political risk
Originally published by the National Post Former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney in September. Riley Smith/The Canadian Press/File Brian Platt Former prime minister Brian Mulroney is urging Canadian political…
VIMC (Vancouver Island Motorsport Circut) and the MNC (Municipality of North Cowichan)
Sooo…I have sequestered my comment on the VIMC epic battle, standing on the sidelines, watching the saga unfold. Soap opera in nature and character(s) as it is. But on certain…
The Discourse-Curious in Cowichan Newsletter
Hi Richard, Last year, more than 5,000 people moved to the Cowichan Valley, according to BC Stats. This was also the case in 2016 and 2017. That is a lot…
It Bears Repeating: Renewables Alone Won’t End the Climate Crisis
‘We have to look at downsizing, degrowth, using less.’ Originally published by the Tyee Andrew Nikiforuk Andrew Nikiforuk is an award-winning journalist who has been writing about the energy industry…
IRISH MEPS HOST BRUSSELS EVENT CALLING FOR RELEASE OF JULIAN ASSANGE
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has pledged its ongoing support to the campaign to prevent the extradition of Julian Assange at a meeting at the European Parliament in Brussels.…
Social Media Fuels Influence For The Marginalized
Loren Duncan In many poor places with large indigenous populations, the poor have become literate, and familiar with social medias powers of influence. And they have smartened up, understood and…
Green Party losing members over their alliance with the Lib Dems
Split In Green Party Tied To Brexit MEMBERS are quitting the Greens in protest against its Remain election pact with the Lib Dems, an eco-socialist group within the party claimed…
The Bolivian Coup: What the Mainstream Media Don’t Tell You
Bolivia’s oligarchy launched an orgy of racist and fascist violence to oust president Morales November 12, 2019 Francisco Dominguez MORNING STAR Police detain a supporter of former President Evo…
FAIR: Western Media Whitewashes Bolivian Election
by Lucas Koerner and Ricardo Vaz The phrase AP (Chattanooga Times Free Press, 11/13/19) is looking for is “self-declared.” Bolivia has a new US-backed puppet leader, and the Western media…
Loaded logging trucks from Mount Tzouhalem rumble through residential area of Maple Bay
Larry Pynn Originally posted on https://sixmountains.ca I saw something very strange this week — a fully loaded logging truck lumbering through the residential streets of The Properties at Maple Bay.…
When They Go Low, We Go High
Icel Dobell A year ago, 1,500 citizens of the Cowichan Valley came together to form Where Do We Stand, a public platform to advocate for the highest and best uses…
North Cowichan’s Chief Administrative Officer Ted Swabey says he relayed land offer to Cowichan Tribes
Larry Pynn As a journalist over the years, I have discovered in politics that an answer often begets ever more questions. That is certainly the case with a terse one-line…
Bear Attack at Maple Mountain not substantiated: conservation officers
Social media has been abuzz this week with reports of a black bear attack in Maple Bay. Really? That seemed strange to me. I have been roaming the Six Mountains…
GAIN knew from the get-go that the zoning was not correct for what they wanted to do.
Retired former: Chief Administrative Officer Certified Municipal Clerk Registered Professional Planner GAIN knew from the get-go that the Zoning was not correct for what they wanted to do. That…
The Track: When They Go Low We Go High
Originally published by ‘Where Do We Stand‘ Icil Dobell A year ago, 1,500 citizens of the Cowichan Valley came together to form Where Do We Stand, a public platform to…
Global Condemnation of ‘Appalling’ Coup in Bolivia as Military Forces Socialist President Evo Morales to Resign
“The coup mongers are destroying the rule of law,” Morales, Bolivia’s first indigenous president, tweeted late Sunday. by Jake Johnson, staff writer 81 Comments Evo Morales, president of Bolivia, talks…
Mysterious new land offer to Cowichan Tribes only fuels suspicion of motorsport expansion
The swamp that is the Vancouver Island Motorsport Circuit issue just got murkier and slipperier. Larry Pynn Last Wednesday, North Cowichan council voted unanimously to set aside last month’s 5-2…
Don Cherry fired by Sportsnet over ‘you people’ rant on Coach’s Corner
Cherry, 85, had singled out new immigrants for not wearing poppies to honour Canada’s veterans and dead soldiers Don Cherry sits down with Joe Warmington for a summer coach’s corner…