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I want to play “Devil’s Advocate” today. I want to suggest an alternate view. Last week when we attended the “Charrette”, we were told that Cowichan bay Village was a problem that had to be solved. We were reminded of the parking issues, the safety issues with the highway that runs through our Village, the […]
Early photos show damage to both Beaver and Dock. (Click images for complete view) The SS Beaver, occasionally referred to as “The Dominion’s Replacement”, dragged it’s anchor in a storm last night and appears to have struck the Assembly Wharf, now sitting with stern more or less buried in the pilings. The extent of the […]
Today’s rant in the press a common Iannidinardo tactic. Once again, Lori Iannidinardo, Director for Area D, Cowichan Bay does to the residents of Cowichan Bay Village, what she claims we are constantly doing to Cowichan Bay itself. Complaints from her in the Cowichan Valley Citizen this morning have us all looking a pack of fools. […]
The replica of the SS Beaver, lately tied alongside the now departed Dominion will not be going to Mexico for scrapping as was first thought. It will remain at anchor in Cowichan Bay for the foreseeable future, keeping station out in the Bay at roughly the same spot where the Dominion once floated. Legal issues […]
Commentary: Originally published in February 2012 It was bound to happen, and now it finally has. At the CVRD’s February 21st Electoral Area Service Committee a motion was passed directing staff to initiate a process to amend the Area D Cowichan Bay Official Settlement Plan Bylaw No. 925 and Area D Zoning Bylaw No. 1015 […]
Commentary: Originally published Jan 30 2012 Have you ever received a gift out of the blue? You know, that well intentioned present from someone you know, a present you didn’t expect and aren’t sure you want, but will accept with polite kindness your mother taught you to show in these circumstances? Well that’s how quite […]
