Local governments are told they are “where the rubber hits the road” when it comes to doing anything Originally published y the Cowichan Citizen LEXI BAINAS Jul. 5, 2019 7:00…
Will Sonia Furstenau and her fellow Green MLA’s Adam Olsen and leader Andrew Weaver withdraw support of the BC NDP government over this slap in the face to those residents…
By Larry Pynn North Cowichan council has assured the public that it’s no longer business-as-usual in the 5,000-hectare Municipal Forest Reserve and that the municipality plans to undertake meaningful public…
Cowichan Tribes Chief William Seymour called out the government for rigging the licencing process and discriminating against Cowichan Tribes longstanding application to run a Cannabis Dispensary at the Cowichan Commons…
We are running out of time. Our political leaders have sold us out, sold out the environment, ecology and threaten our future survival. Still, all we get from them is…
We have already seen Horgan’s feigned support for First Nations, embracing UNDRIP and then jamming through Site C, fracking and LNG. Now it is Cowichan Tribes turn to face their…
By Larry Pynn While North Cowichan debates whether or how much it should log within the 5,000-hectare Municipal Forest Reserve, it could learn some lessons from Metro Vancouver’s management…
I really enjoyed the UBC presentation from three very obvious intelligent individuals who were well versed in the field of forest management from a conservation focus. The presentation was a…
Carbon Project: a progressive new vision for the Municipal Forest Reserve By Larry Pynn Forestry experts from the University of British Columbia painted a new sustainable vision for the 5,000-hectare…
Public banned from appearing before North Cowichan’s Forestry Advisory Committee By Larry Pynn The future of North Cowichan’s 5,000-hectare Municipal Forest Reserve is at stake as the community considers either…
Encouraging signs that globally voters are once again supporting Left Centre party’s and rejecting the hard-assed hard-headed right-wing politicians. And that is not all. We are seeing a pronounced gender…
Longtime host of the Daily Show, Jon Stewart delivers the truth to an out of touch Congress. His messaging is dead on the money. Perhaps we could bring him to…
Weed is legal in Canada but it is almost impossible to find, especially seeds. They are offered, legally, sort of. The kick in the ass is that Mr. Prime Minister…
Many readers will recall Sean Holman’s BC based log ‘Public Eye Online.’ His commitment to journalism reporting all the news, and digging to get it is well known in media…
Consider how much easier it would have been for PM Justin Trudeau to have backed off and listened to former Attorney General Judy Wilson Raybould. The Liberals continue to…
The differences between Christy Clark’s and John Horgan’s provincial governments can be written on the head of a match. Why is the NDP MLA’s putting up with betrayal after betrayal?…
OK, now let’s see. Trudeau bought the Kinder Morgan pipeline and Horgan has immersed us in unneeded and unwanted fracking operations and LNG fantasies that will all blow up in…
BIOGAS INFORMATION MEETING Learn about the proposed on-farm biogas plant at 675 La Fortune Road. This plant will convert dairy manure and food waste into renewable natural gas, water and…
Of the many contradictory moves the John Horgan NDP government has made, Site C approval is one of the worst. Of course it was to appease the construction trade unions,…
