Originally published by https://sixmountains.ca Closed Working Group meetings at issue By Larry Pynn The provincial Office of the Ombudsperson has launched an investigation into a complaint by sixmountains.ca over secrecy…
Icel Dobell writes about her remarkable encounters in the forests, aka Six Mountains, North Cowichan. BC WHEREDOWESTAND.CA Remarkable Encounters in the Forests The Bear And The Unicorn. Part One
Icil Dobell There is an extraordinary phenomenon occurring in North Cowichan and the world because of Covid-19. The unanticipated implications for our forests are an advocate’s dream come true. In…
Originally published by sixmountains.ca. North Cowichan’s 5,000-hectare Municipal Forest Reserve lies within the most endangered “ecological zone” in British Columbia, providing the municipality with a remarkable opportunity to make a…
Originally published by Sixmountains.ca North Cowichan council has rejected a staff suggestion to approve logging an additional 5,000 cubic metres from the Municipal Forest Reserve. Instead, council voted unanimously to…
Dear North Cowichan Mayor and Council; I strongly urge our forward-thinking council to read and recommend, as soon as possible and with advertised public input, a North Cowichan tree-protection…
Public banned from appearing before North Cowichan’s Forestry Advisory Committee By Larry Pynn The future of North Cowichan’s 5,000-hectare Municipal Forest Reserve is at stake as the community considers either…
Richard Hughes Is this an April Fools joke? Unless there is an amendment to the zoning, or a new zone is established this could end up being used year around…
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…
Rob Douglas is a Cowichan Valley activist very instrumental in organizing a series of meetings regarding Cooperatives in the Valley. Here is his latest column written for the Cowichan News…
