North Cowichan Mayor’s Debate on Sunday
Come to The Island Savings Centre on Sunday, November 9th at 2:00 to hear a debate between John Lefebure, Damir Wallener and John Koury, North Cowichan Mayoral Candidates. The debate…
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Cowichan Local Elections November 15th–Choose Wisely–Heaven sort Hell
Heavenly Election While walking down the street one day a Corrupt Senator was tragically hit by a car and died. His soul arrives in heaven and is met by St.…
Dave Haywood Joins A Crowded Field Of North Cowichan Hopefuls
David Haywood DAVE HAYWOOD WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR VOTE NOVEMBER 15TH FOR NORTH COWICHAN COUNCILLOR ADVANCE POLLS WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 5TH & 12TH PERSONAL LIFE: Dave graduated from Dartmouth High, Nova Scotia…
Rob Douglas–Upcoming North Cowichan Campaign Events
Rob Douglas Upcoming Events With the November 15th election just around the corner, there are several upcoming events in the North Cowichan campaign. I will be holding meet and greets…
Jon Lefebure Takes on the Tax Issue
Here is Jon Lefebure’s pushback on Taxation, the dominant theme of Election 2014 in North Cowichan Municipal Election. Jon Lefebure Taxes, we all wish we they weren’t necessary, but they…
Cowichan News Leader Candidate Coverage for Election 2014
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger The Cowichan News Leader is doing a good job with their Election 14 Coverage. I have posted their profile feature here. This is worth keeping around as…
North Cowichan Candidates Pitch Voters at Maple Bay All Candidates Meeting
Don Maroc-Political Blogger by Don Maroc A couple of hundred people jammed the Maple Bay Firehall for the election season’s first all-candidates meeting Wednesday evening, getting their first look at…
I’m Damir Wallener, and I am Running for Mayor of North Cowichan.
Damir Wallener A thriving municipality is built on three pillars – accountability, community, and healthy economic development. Accountability ultimately comes from voters, so they must be given tools to make…
Jon Lefebure Faces John Khoury and Damir Wallener For the Top Prize in North Cowichan
Jon Lefebure The North Cowichan political scene has certainly been sparked up as candidates vie for positions at the council table and the mayor’s chair. Incumbent Mayor Jon Lefebure is…
North Cowichan Councillor Kate Marsh Is Running Again!
My Vision An aware, involved and resilient community, sharing ideas openly and working collaboratively to make our future strong. Taxes I’d like to briefly address the inaccurate statement that North…
Cowichan Taxbusters have been getting a good deal of attention recently
John Scull By John Scull A group calling themselves the Cowichan Taxbusters have been getting a good deal of attention recently. I looked at their website. Paraphrasing Oscal Wilde, they…
Let’s Keep Island Savings Credit Union Under Local Control
Here is a timely post from Don Skerick about the (insider Board of Directors) proposed amalgamation of Island Savings with First West Credit Union head quartered on Langley, BC. Let’s…
Cowichan River Water Quality Advisory Lifted
Nice to read good news from time to time. The concern over drought conditions that threatened our cowichan River was troubling and Don Bodger’s report is a comfort. By Don…
Cowichan Valley Election Activity Is Already Underway
Mayor Jon Lefebure This fall could actually bring excitement and change to our local government elections. There is a mayoralty race going on in North Cowichan. Uncompromising tax miser Councillor…
‘Cowichan Taxbusters’ Should Change Their Name to ‘Confused Taxbusters’
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger of the left persuasion. Seems as the so-called ‘Cowichan Taxbusters’ are beating up the tight-fisted rightwingers on North Cowichan Council. Now I could find plenty to argue…
The Cowichan River is in trouble once again.
Cowichan Coversations Contributor With the low snowpack and unusually dry weather, Cowichan Lake is 40 cm lower than it should be at this time of year, while the river flow…
Planned breach of Cowichan Bay causeway planned for late July
A group of dedicated volunteers, organized under the Cowichan Estuary Restoration and Conservation Association aka (CIRCA) have taken on the task of improving life for marine and wildlife that have…