The B.C. Back to School plan was released on July 29
It’s not something we can take as a sign of things to come
Somehow, this innocuous recommendation has become a polarizing war for some.
We are truly our own worst enemies on this file.
The study determined that homeless people with mental illness generate high costs for society
The thing is, you’re not helping it by feeding it.
Worldwide, the pandemic is worsening.
Not everything should go to a referendum.
Housing first is important, because it can help people to get out of survival mode
Thus far, we have largely treated opioid addiction and use as a crime problem
We need to pay attention, because these are not one-off events.
Time to poke our heads out of our comfortable nests and venture out into the world again.
The chickens are coming home to roost, so to speak, on this issue during the COVID-19 pandemic.
We have long been proponents of getting the Island Rail Corridor back up and running
There are long stretches of the river that fall outside of the Town of Lake Cowichan’s boundaries
The problem is that the weir that we have can only do so much.
Now is the time to be hopeful, absolutely. But it’s not yet the time to go out and have a big party
All jurisdictions in the Cowichan Valley are under no-burn orders at this time.
The weir at Cowichan Lake resumed operations for 2020 on March 18.
Fortunately, sanity prevailed and the market went ahead on Saturday
