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...
View ArticleCowichan 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 management of the river Read more...
View ArticleWater Shortages Dictate Changes Whether We Like It Or Not–Freeze All...
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Rainy days, especially rainy summer days are but sweet memories for those of living on the ‘Left Coast.’ The reality is hitting home. Forest fires raging through areas...
View ArticleFurstenau–When Will Enough Be Enough?
By Sonia Furstenau-Shawnigan CVRD Director This was the image that accompanied a message that arrived in my inbox at 7:32 am this morning. This is what it has come to in Shawnigan Lake. A Read more...
View ArticleClimate Change Hits Home in Cowichan Valley Where High-volume Water Pumps...
The following release has been sent out announcing an attempt to counter the drought conditions that threaten the Cowichan River. Cowichan Lake, (B.C.) – The Cowichan Tribes, Catalyst Paper, the...
View ArticlePumps readied for Cowichan River life support
The third drought in 3 years has forced Catalyst, operators of the Crofton Pulp Mill, to spend a reported 500 thousand dollars to build pumping facility to assure adequate water to keep the Mill...
View ArticleAncient B.C. Indigenous settlement to become outdoor history classroom
A living history classroom of Cowichan native artifacts is being prepared by Mount Prevost. I found Dick Meissner’s article in the National Observer and it is a great story, ever more so as it Read...
View ArticleLori Iannidinardo is running for re-election to the CVRD board, representing...
Lori Iannidinardo CVRD Director-Cowichan Bay I am currently serving my fourth term as CVRD electoral area director for Cowichan Bay and also served as board vice chair. I grew up in the Read more...
View ArticleThe CVRD Board has the opportunity to Preserve Jobs and the Environment In...
Brian Thacker at Pacific Industrial Marine, a steel manufacturer operating at WestCan Terminal on a causeway sticking into Cowichan Bay.-Photograph By DARREN STONE, TIMES COLONIST A test of mettle on...
View ArticleFinally a common sense response to the emotionally charged CVRD zoning amendment
An ‘Environmental Assessment’ should have been done as an element of the CVRD’s zoning amendment. North Cowichan should have been and need to be involved along with the CVRD on this issue. Claims of...
View ArticleCowichan Tribes could take land and resource control back from Ottawa
Independent Blogger This is an encouraging development and one that is long overdue. The Cowichan Tribes members will vote in September to decide whether they want to be in an enhanced position to Read...
View ArticleNorth Cowichan Mayor Al Siebring Responds To Larry Pynn, and Peter Rusland
Hi Peter, Thanks for your note. NC Mayor Al Siebring To the specifics of Mr. Pynn’s accusations in the Times Colonist OpEd, I wrote and submitted a response to the TC late Friday. Read more...
View ArticleLarry Pynn and Mayor Siebring Exchange Barbs Over The Forestry Advisory...
Mayor Siebring: Regarding your response… https://alsiebring.blogspot.com/2019/08/context-on-conflict.html …to my article in the Times Colonist:...
View ArticleWildWings Festival takes flight in October in Cowichan Valley
Larry Pynn The 10th annual WildWings Nature & Arts Festival is just around the corner, offering unique opportunities to learn about the nature around us as well as the Read more...
View ArticleConflicts-The Common Ground With the Cowichan Citizen and NC Mayor Al Siebring
The (Black Press) Cowichan Citizen has just registered a new low by endorsing Mayor Siebring’s specious effort to overturn the majority 5-2 vote of North Cowichan Council to reject the Victoria Car...
View ArticleCowichan Tribes begins development of major marijuana-growing operation on...
Larry Pynn is a veteran environmental journalist, Explorers Club member, and author of two non-fiction books, including Last Stands: A Journey Through North America’s Vanishing Ancient Rainforests. He...
View ArticleCowichan Tribes has ‘no objection’ to keeping public informed on Municipal...
Chief William Seymour: “Our first thought is, well, give it back to us….” Originally published by sixmountains.ca. Cowichan Tribes Chief William Seymour says he supports The Municipality of North...
View ArticleProjected Construction of a New Cowichan Weir Will Not Begin Until 2024
Dear CVRD Chairman Aaron Stone and Directors:After bringing myself to current speed — thanks to information kindly sent to me by Chairman Stone — about plans to study then build a new weir controlling...
View ArticlePublic Consultation: Window Dressing?
Originally published by Where Do We Stand-WDWS Once more, it’s time for citizens to rise to defend the forests. North Cowichan Council is holding a critical budget meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 15,...
View ArticleNorth Cowichan seeks Cowichan Tribes meet to discuss Official Community Plan
Originally published by https://sixmountains.ca By Larry Pynn Council wants clarity on letter from lands director A letter from a Cowichan Tribes senior staffer urging North Cowichan to control...
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