The Cowichan Valley Regional District directors have just blown another wad of your cash attempting to double down on the original BC Supreme Court win that upheld the 4 yr old CVRD land use zoning Read more…
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Cowichan Conversations: ISLAND HEALTH ISSUES WATER ADVISORY AFTER SUSPECTED OVERFLOW AT SIA SITE
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes It would appear that the greedy SIA crew are dumping every BC Government approved truckload of filthy contaminated soil that they can manage, as they have an open window following a Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: 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 if any concern for their Read more…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: CVRD Off To The Supreme Court To Assert Land Use Jurisdiction and Authority Over SIA Contaminated Soil Processing and Treatment
Richard Hughes- Political Blogger The CVRD has finally resurrected their stalled BC Supreme Court action attempting to have the CVRD Shawnigan bylaws regulating land use recognized, respected and adhered to. While this is a Read more…
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Tsilhqot’in First Nation granted B.C. title claim in Supreme Court ruling Top court’s decision today resolves legal questions following 2012 B.C. Court of Appeal ruling CBC News Posted: Jun 26, 2014 9:59 AM ET Last Updated: Jun 26, 2014 11:21 AM ET As I’ve always sung it, and now I can feel
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Christy Clark and Peter Fassbender On a BCTF Union Busting Mission
Maggie HughesTeacher Guest Post by Maggie Hughes All Union Members and indeed all people who value democracy should be very upset at one of the proposals in the ongoing dispute between BC teachers and BC Public School Employers Association (BCPSEA)which is appointed and controlled by the Provincial Government. Back in
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NEW B.C. teachers’ strike fund running out ahead of vote Union has enough cash to finance a few more days of rotating strikes By Stephen Smart, CBC News Posted: Jun 06, 2014 7:50 AM PT A shrunken strike fund is exactly what the Provincial government was planning on..they knew that dragging
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Holmes Hydro can proceed without environmental assessment The Canadian Press Posted: May 18, 2013 1:30 PM PT Last Updated: May 18, 2013 2:19 PM PT And this is our BC Supreme Court? Bought and paid for…disgusting display of arrogance and ignorance..the Court must have been stacked with Albertans, because no
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: The CVRD Eco Depot Court Case-A Bittersweet Victory
The hottest selling shirt in the Cowichan Valley Dara Quast – Community Activist The bitter sweet victory of the court decision confirming that the CVRD did not have the legal authority to erect a waste transfer station on agricultural land in the bucolic area of Cameron Taggart is rewarding for
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: CT Group Comment on the CVRD’s Ill Fated Eco-Depot Controversy
Joseph (Larry) Gollner-CT Group On 27 June, Warren Jones, the Chief Administrative Officer of the CVRD finally delivered his report on the failure of the CVRD Eco Depot venture. The report largely blamed the failure on public opposition with attention paid to the Citizens Together Group (CT Group) and earlier
Continue readingTHE CAREGIVERS' LIVING ROOM - A Blog by Donna Thomson: Kill Me Now, I’m Disabled – The Assisted Suicide Debate
Yesterday, I was listening to the radio on my drive home from Montreal. I had driven from our cottage in the Quebec Laurentians in the early morning to join my sister because, finally, our Mum was being discharged from the hospital after a long stay. There is a lot to
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