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NATIONAL PULSE – ‘Hosting World Cup not worth it if cities lose money’

November 17, 2025 // 0 Comments

Seven-in-10 say tickets too expensive for them to attend; half would re-sell tickets it they were given two BY ANGUS REID INSTITUTE November 17, 2025 – As Canada’s [Continue]

POLICE – Mayor receives apology for beer-pouring incident in night club

November 14, 2025 // 3 Comments

An incident in which beer was poured on Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson in a local bar has been resolved not in court, but through restorative justice. The mayor filed a claim with [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Privately owned property can exist on Indigenous land

November 13, 2025 // 5 Comments

DESPITE THE ANGER and panic created over the Cowichan court decision, privately owned property (fee simple) can and does exist on Indigenous governed land. It should be noted [Continue]

LETTER – Will City council ask Band to discontinue its land claims lawsuit?

November 12, 2025 // 4 Comments

Dear Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson and Councillors Dale Bass, Nancy Bepple, Stephen Karpuk, Kelly Hall, Margot Middleton, Katie Neustaeter, Mike O’Reilly and Bill Sarai, The [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Land claims cases a step forward, or backward on reconciliation?

November 10, 2025 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE LANDMARK CASE giving the Cowichan Nation aboriginal title over a large piece of land in Richmond, including privately held property, is [Continue]

POLICE – Student identified as source of prank call that shut down NorKam

November 10, 2025 // 1 Comment

Police have concluded that the 911 call that caused NorKam Secondary school to be locked down was not credible. On Nov. 6, 2025, just before 2 p.m. police received a report [Continue]