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Martyn Brown: Christy Clark’s boon to Big Oil
Richard Hughes Martyn Brown’s excellent assessment of the BC Liberals manifest incompetence and devil may care attitude shows how they were duped into what can only be described as a…
Goodbye To The Historic Voice Of Our Community: The Closing of the News Leader Pictorial
Staff of the Cowichan Leader, 1954 CVMA By Peter W. Rusland Peter Rusland If anyone had told me a year ago my beloved Cowichan News Leader Pictorial would be closed,…
Metro Vancouver politicians urge review of Site C dam plan
Richard Hughes This is good news. Common-sense and the public interest trumps the greed and stupidity driving the agenda to accommodate the LNG industry with water for fracking. We do…
The Case For Letting Canada’s Forest Fires Burn
Let It Burn Here is a compelling story featured from Desmog that is a reality hit that might be hard to swallow. It runs counter to our instincts it may…
Roger’s Bid To Improve Reception and Access For Cobble Hill Will Be Decided At CVRD’s Wednesday Meeting
Richard Hughes I am puzzled, as I am sure many readers will be, to learn that the CVRD Electoral Area Directors have by a 5-4 vote followed a staff recommendation…
Greek referendum: Alexis Tsipras hails victory for No campaign – live updates
The Eurozone is at best a mechanism for corporate control and convenience. The powerhouse nations like Germany, Britain and France have disproportionate wealth as compared to other countries such as…
Water, Water Everywhere. Well that is what they told us. Now what ?
Richard Hughes-Your Humble Blogger Isn’t it odd that the stranger something is the less explanation we get from our governments. Take the recent deals where the BC Liberal government got…
Heave Steve Cowichan Style
The Council of Canadians (Cowichan) determined to see a return to our Canada sans Steve Harper gathered in 34 degree heat to send a clear message. Heave Steve! The reception…
Harperman- It’s Time For You To Go!
Council of Canadians Ready to Heave Steve BY SHARON JACKSON, ON JUNE 30TH, 2015 They have a HEAVE STEVE banner and are planning to meet under the City of Duncan…
More on the Cowichan Move To ‘Heave Steve’ – Council of Canadians
By Donna CameronCowichan Valley Chapter of the Council of Canadians I was inspired by the Heave Steve video on You Tube by musicians in Prince Albert including Lon Borgerson.…
Cowichan River Is Drying UpRaise The Weir!
Richard Hughes-Your Humble Blogger The Cowichan River is at an all time low for this time of year. It is time to develop a long term plan that assures proper…
The Greens Could Deliver The Upcoming Election To Steve!
Richard Hughes-Your Humble Blogger The conundrum of electing our governments based on a ‘First Past the Post’ system has never been as clear as it is today with an October…
CVRD CAO Brian Carruthers Reveals The Details Of Court Action To Stop SIA Cold.
Richard Hughes The CVRD has spent over 3 years and well in excess of 600,000 dollars of our money flip flopping about over the South Island Aggregates (SIA) plan to…
Rob Douglas & Roger Hart’s Big Idea Series Focuses On Small Business in Cowichan—Local Ownership
Does local ownership of the economy matter? Rob Douglas Here is Big Idea No.5 Local Ownership from Rob Douglas and Roger Hart regarding economic development and the potential of expanding…
The Senator Bernie Sanders Video That You Must See-Canadians As Well!
Senator Bernie Sanders has guts, passion and intelligence. His Presidential bid is gathering steam and ever growing support. He is speaking truth to power, he is not pulling his punches.…
ENCYCLICAL LETTER LAUDATO SI’ OF THE HOLY FATHER FRANCIS ON CARE FOR OUR COMMON HOME
1. “LAUDATO SI’, mi’ Signore” – “Praise be to you, my Lord”. In the words of this beautiful canticle, Saint Francis of Assisi reminds us that our common home is…
The CVRD Has Amended Their Petition Over Bylaws To Halt SIA’s Contaminated Site Facility
Here is the CVRD’s late Friday release. In communications circles late Fridays are the time to deliver unpleasant news, firings, and the like. I spoke with CAO Brian Carruthers and…
Rob Douglas & Roger Hart’s Big Idea Series Focuses On Small Business in Cowichan
Here is Big Idea No.4: Small Business Supports from Rob Douglas and Roger Hart regarding economic development and the potential of expanding co-operatives in the Cowichan Region. It is encouraging…