Thinking about Paris
By Murray Dobbin The next time any of us go out to a restaurant, to a sports event or to a music venue will be imagining what it would be…
Cowichan Conversations
Canadian Judge Fines Man $1.30 For Growing 30 Marijuana Plants, Calls Laws Obsolete and Ridiculous-Meanwhile–Nanaimo RCMP Bust 3 Pot Dispensaries
By Walter Einenkel -Daily Cos Canadian judge Pierre Chevalier has issued a very symbolic ruling in a marijuana possession case. Mario Larouche, 46, was facing possession charges for having 30…
Furstenau–When Will Enough Be Enough?
By Sonia Furstenau-Shawnigan CVRD Director This was the image that accompanied a message that arrived in my inbox at 7:32 am this morning. This is what it has come to…
Shawnigan Mother Assaulted By Truck Driver At SIA’s Contaminated Soil Dump Site!
Protecting your water supply is an absolutely defensible act. The BC Liberal government has refused to do so leaving beleaguered Shawnigan residents to protest. They have been partially blocking and…
Glenn Greenwald on “Submissive” Media’s Drumbeat for War and “Despicable” Anti-Muslim Scapegoating
We are facing a new crisis and the war for who can frame the most effective strategy is on steroids. The Corporate MSM, even the CBC, is fomenting division, suspicion…
When Is War, War?
Don Maroc One thing we can feel secure about, a lot of out neighbours seem to know a great deal about what’s happening in Paris, France and Syria, Iraq, Kurdistan,…
Rafe: Not all immigrants created equal in Canada…and that needs to change
Originally posted in the Common Sense Canadian By Rafe Mair Before starting, let me state that there is no excusing the massacre in Paris, nor 9/11. When it comes to…
Stand Together, Shawnigan, Stand Strong
Shawnigan Director Sonia Furstenau Dear Shawnigan A few nights ago I posted on Facebook about the weariness that we all feel – the weariness that comes from having to…
Fundraiser for Syrian Refugees – Silver Bridge Inn 140 TCH-Duncan 7:30PM
Our new Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced that we will welcome 25,000 refugees by years end. Locally a fundraising event organized by Matrea Centre and the Cowichan Intercultural Society…
Stephen Hume: Drinking-Water Warning Brushed Aside By Province
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger The three and a half year controversy surrounding South Island Aggregates (SIA) being permitted, by the BC Liberal government, to deposit contaminated soils and other toxic substances…
Shawnigan residents deserve clean, safe water. Protest 7-9AM Near SIA Entrance-Stebbings Rd.
Shawnigan residents deserve clean, safe water. Please join Area Director Sonia Furstenau and Green Party MLA Andrew Weaver. Let’s stand together to protect the place we live and love. 7-9am…
CVRD Politicians Can Improve The Despised Alternate Approved Process (AAP)
Don Maroc Process, the steps through which government bylaws and regulations must pass to become the law of the land, are both the boon and the bane of government bureaucrats…
CVRD Politicians Can Improve The Despised Alternate Approved Process (AAP)
Don Maroc So the politicians who claim to dislike the AAP can with a simple decision at the Board table, make the forms much easier to use by allowing multiple…