Will The Courts Finally Uphold the Bylaws and Protect The Shawnigan Community?
Back in court, the cards have been played, hopefully for the last time. Here is an update from the Shawnigan Residents Association. Read more...
Shawnigan Residents Association (SRA)
Injunction Sought: SIA Attempt to Muzzle Shawnigan Folk Hero ‘Shemama’ Shelagh Bell Irving
SIA and ‘Shemama’ Shelagh Bell-Irving-A Study In Contrasts The South Island Aggregates (SIA) outfit is a classic example of greed driven capitalists without conscience. They have little…
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…
SRA to Lead Peaceful Rally at Victoria Legislature Today-May 13th-11:00AM –1:00PM
SRA to Lead Peaceful Rally to Present Petition & Oppose Environmental Appeal Board Decision to Uphold Permit for Contaminated Soil Dump Where: Grounds of the Victoria Legislature When: Wednesday, May…
Brent Beach is Running To Become Shawnigan’s CVRD Director
Brent for Area B OCP – Community Vision Incorporation Study Citizen Involvement Open Government Brent at the Focus News Updates Taxes Who Am I? My name is Brent Beach. I…
Shawnigan’s Fight Against Contaminated Soil“ This is Crazy!”
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Shawnigan resident Sonia Furstenau has been following the South Island Aggregates (SIA) efforts to import 5 million tonnes of contaminated soils to their Stebbings Road property in…
Council of Canadians Seek to Protect Shawnigan Watershed From Toxic Dumps
The Cowichan Valley Regional District (CVRD) has been appearing before the BC Environmental Board in Victoria looking for relief from the entity that might provide their best chance of overturning…
An Inspiring Sign of the Times
This picture graced my inbox this morning. Apparently there were a number placed through the Shawnigan umm, downtown area. If anyone has any more pictures, background or information feel free…