Where Do We Stand

The public has identified green spaces and recreation as far and away the most important attributes of North Cowichan, according to a survey designed to guide the municipality over the next 20 years.

North Cowichan Council decides to stop reading the public input at the beginning of Council Meetings.

North Cowichan councillor who sits on Cowichan Tribes disqualifies herself from vote

Once in a lifetime, we may meet a person who is both inspired and inspirational. Such people are born with the stuff of great leadership as if in their stars.

Before reading this, if you didn’t know deer over-population is an important issue in our Valley, you are now alerted.

The president of a consulting firm that provided early advice on North Cowichan’s engagement with First Nations on the Municipal Forest Reserve says the municipality lacks experience in the area.

During the recent period of dense smoke, journalist Larry Pynn’s two articles about a parallel smoke screen from the Municipality of North Cowichan (MNC) also hung in the air.

An internal email from North Cowichan’s municipal forester is fuelling concerns that a public consultation process into an interim management plan for the Municipal Forest Reserve is actually a talk-and-log show, freedom-of-information documents reveal.

North Cowichan can reduce net carbon emissions by 20,000 tonnes/year by replacing logging of the Six Mountains Forest with a carbon offset project.

People who are cynical about government often accuse bureaucracies of creating the appearance of engaging with and listening to the public, while actually designing public consultation surveys and reports like convoluted mazes in which people are quickly lost and overwhelmed