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Cold shoulder example of the election effect

Campaigning: Routley’s decision to stop talking to press a strange one, but people change when the vote is on

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Culture of bullies and whips needs to change

As MLA, I will be required to read nothing because my party leader will tell me how to vote

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The good and the bad of this week in Cowichan for May 2

The roadside cross in Youbou marking the sad demise of Sandy Dempsey is hardly a unique symbol on our roadways

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Phasing out practice of burning really not such a radical idea

In my opinion: history shows necessary change is possible for us all

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So much wrong with refinery plan

In my opinion: Much risk, little return in the plan to pipe oil to a refinery on the B.C. coast

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Seeing both sides of: dog seizures in suspected cruelty

What is wrong with keeping the animal in public care while an investigation can occur?

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Our take: Reaction to the school plan is oddly quiet

School District 79: community seems resigned to some form of restructuring

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Only the censors can tell you what I think of dirty dirt

South Island Aggregates’ plan to accept contaminated soil at its Stebbings Road quarry? That’s a (expletive) bad idea

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Dike doesn’t suddenly disconnect proposed police station land from marsh

Flood fence does not render sensitive ecosystem somehow fit only for development is simply incorrect.

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The good and the bad of this week in Cowichan for April 25

Details about what is needed to put Via Rail passenger cars back on E&N Rail tracks are sketchy

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Our take: Put control of the Cowichan in local hands

Save the river: Local body needed in order to take action to go with the flow

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In this changing world how can a man be a man?

In my opinion: Program aimed at giving mena a new sense of purpose

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Seeing both sides of: increased public security

There are evil people out there who get their kicks out of creating terror in others

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Our take: Time is overdue to ban divisive party system

we need co-operators in charge, not adversaries, and the current system breeds discontent, and

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Try to give your vote the context it deserves

If you know anything about how life works, and how people find their ways through life, you understand that everything is about context

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You can’t engineer a perfect safety net for Shawnigan

In my opinion: Soil dump exposes our watershed to too much risk

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The good and the bad of this week in Cowichan for April 18

if there is big news happening anywhere in the world, it will have a Cowichan connection

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Our take: Next month full of chances to shape your ballot

Provincial election: Take advantage of the avalanche of info available, get informed, then go vote

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Police station plan symbolic kick at all who love Somenos Marsh

In my opinion: leave this fantastic place as nature intended

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Let’s push forward with food security programs

Cowichan is extremely vulnerable to rising food prices, extreme weather events, emergency situations and other potential supply disruptions

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