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Letter: Rail with trail the right mix

The rail system has great environmental value, economic value and social value

  • Mar 24, 2023

 

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Letter: Cowichan and Quw’utsun, Forest Conservation: Inspiration, Invitation, Initiation

The Municipality of North Cowichan released the results of our four-year public consultation

  • Mar 15, 2023

 

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Letter: True value of forests

Slim opportunity as a community to tentatively begin the restoration of our violated lands

  • Mar 9, 2023

 

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Letter: As population grows, rail corridor needed

There needs to be more than one way to go up the island

  • Mar 3, 2023
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Government needs to address vet shortage at education level

Even though they know of this particular shortage, they will not increase the amount of funded seats

  • Feb 25, 2023
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Letter: Logging the municipal forest reserve a win-win

We can have the best of both worlds

  • Jan 26, 2023
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Letter: North Cowichan facing big forestry losses

Silliness and eco-nonsense from the anti-forestry anti-logging crowd

  • Jan 6, 2023
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Letter: Climate Action Energy taxes not needed

North Cowichan will invest $204,375 for energy efficiencies at new Crofton Fire Hall

  • Dec 28, 2022
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Grade 1 and 2 students at Sunnyside Elementary school in South Surrey penned letters to Santa and shared them with the Peace Arch News. The young students asked the Jolly Old Elf a wide range of questions, including his preferences in cookies and whether they would find themselves on the naughty list this year. (Brenda Anderson photo)

Dear Santa – Grade 1 and 2 students in B.C. have a long list of questions for the Jolly Old Elf

Sunnyside Elementary students in South Surrey share their letters to Santa

  • Dec 24, 2022
Grade 1 and 2 students at Sunnyside Elementary school in South Surrey penned letters to Santa and shared them with the Peace Arch News. The young students asked the Jolly Old Elf a wide range of questions, including his preferences in cookies and whether they would find themselves on the naughty list this year. (Brenda Anderson photo)
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Letter: Info, videos on municipal forest eye-opening

I believe there are two distinct and opposite applications of that term, ‘working forests’

  • Dec 8, 2022
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New forest management plan long overdue

Priority on choosing forest management that will conserve our important older 2nd-growth forests

  • Dec 3, 2022
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Local forest activist and film maker Icel Dobell checks out North Cowichan’s municipal forest reserve with a young friend. (Photo courtesy of Icel Dobell)

Conservation scenarios, revenue and ecology: the perfect balance

We can generate more revenue not logging than by logging

  • Nov 4, 2022
Local forest activist and film maker Icel Dobell checks out North Cowichan’s municipal forest reserve with a young friend. (Photo courtesy of Icel Dobell)
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Letter: Vote for North Cowichan candidates committed to finishing the Forest Review

I hope all the candidates will support finishing the Forest Review in 2022

  • Oct 2, 2022
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Letter: How can municipality partner with Parkside?

Do you not think that MNC’s council had better bring this misdirected project to an end?

  • Jul 31, 2022
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Classic Country Roads is on at the Chemainus Theatre until Aug. 21. (Photo by Don Bodger)

Letter: Worth the trip to support struggling theatre

Audience small for quality production

  • Jul 30, 2022
Classic Country Roads is on at the Chemainus Theatre until Aug. 21. (Photo by Don Bodger)
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Change is expensive, not always possible

Investing in a modern billing system would be nice

  • Jul 23, 2022
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Letter: Support hard work of North Cowichan council, staff and volunteers

If you support the plan just say so, if you have concerns this is your chance to let them know

  • Jul 18, 2022
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Letter: Making environmenal choices, personally and municipally

Today, in the environmental world the first R is refuse. As in, do I really need this?

  • May 15, 2022
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Letter: Cost of living rising

The income for welfare, pensions etc. don’t go up

  • Apr 7, 2022
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Letter: Better curbside recycling system needed

This cumbersome and piecemeal process surely detracts from the goal of encouraging participation

  • Apr 1, 2022
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