Robert Barron

Nanaimo

Reporter at Nanaimo Daily News

Nanaimo Daily News reporter- education and natural resources

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Honoring the radical choice of full-time motherhood

4 days ago | catholicworldreport.com | Monica Seeley |Robert Barron

(Image: Hollie Santos/Unsplash.com)In his April 2022 essay “Are Women in the Workplace a Good Thing?” Jerry D. Salyer points out that feminism is so pervasive that even today’s conservatives consider traditional teaching on male/female roles to be distasteful. Salyer describes “the extent to which many centuries’ worth of Catholic commentary about sex differences has simply been filtered out as if it were nothing.
Outflow slowed, Cowichan Lake water levels down significantly from last year

5 days ago | nanaimobulletin.com | Robert Barron

Due to the ongoing dry conditions as of May 7, water levels in Cowichan Lake were significantly less than what they were this time last year. Brian Houle, the environment manager at the Catalyst Crofton mill which owns and operates the weir at Lake Cowichan, said that on May 7 last year, the lake was 90 per cent full, but it’s down to 74 per cent this year. He said the snow pack in the surrounding mountains that feed the lake with water in the spring months is below average this year.
Business Notes: Lil’s Tea An-Tiques plans expansion

5 days ago | chemainusvalleycourier.ca | Robert Barron

Cowichan Lake’s Lil’s Tea An-Tiques is planning to add a new and different feature to the tea house. Owner Linda Henry, who opened the business that is located at 56 South Shore Rd. last summer, said she is working to open a barbecue area in a green space beside the tea house with picnic tables in June.
Pope Francis, new cardinals, and European bishops’ leaders

6 days ago | catholicworldreport.com | Robert Barron |Filip Mazurczak

Pope Francis, new cardinals, and European bishops’ leadersIt’s been decades since the world’s Catholic episcopate has been so polarized, a byproduct of the Francis pontificate. Based on his numerous personnel appointments, it is clear what type of Church leadership Pope Francis prefers.
Cowichan transit service could see a $5.1-million infusion from the feds

6 days ago | vancouverislandfreedaily.com | Robert Barron

The transit system in the Cowichan Valley could receive up to $5.1 million in federal funding over the next 10 years, and it’s expected the funding would be used mostly to help acquire buses.
Conclave schedule: What time does the smoke appear?

1 week ago | catholicworldreport.com | Almudena Martínez-Bordiú |Robert Barron

Conclave schedule: What time does the smoke appear? By Almudena Martínez-Bordiú for CNA Cardinals prepare to begin the conclave to elect a new pope in the Sistine Chapel on May 7, 2025. / Credit: Vatican MediaVatican City, May 7, 2025 / 15:44 pm (CNA). As the conclave gets underway, all eyes turn to the small chimney atop the Sistine Chapel. From this simple metal tube will emerge the long-awaited white smoke that will announce the election of the new pope.
Station Street Park to be renamed Friendship Square - Hiiye'yutul’

1 week ago | chemainusvalleycourier.ca | Robert Barron

Station Street Park, located in downtown Duncan, will be renamed Friendship Square - Hiiye'yutul’. The new name for the park, which is currently undergoing major renovations and upgrades, was approved by the City of Duncan’s council at its meeting on April 28. In June, 2024, staff opened a Big Conversation Page for public name submissions for the park.
Plans nixed for Cowichan pedestrian highway overpass

1 week ago | nanaimobulletin.com | Robert Barron

The province has scrapped plans for a new pedestrian overpass that was proposed to be constructed across the Trans-Canada Highway between Beverly Street and James Street/York Road, for now. Instead, the Ministry of Transportation and Transit is planning to construct a raised centre median along the Trans-Canada Highway from James Street to Beverly Street this summer to prevent jaywalking and direct pedestrians to the adjacent signalized crosswalks at Beverly Street and at James Street.
88% of CVRD residents feel their lives are good: survey

1 week ago | vancouverislandfreedaily.com | Robert Barron

Approximately 88 per cent of respondents to the Cowichan Valley Regional District’s latest Community Satisfaction Survey have indicated that their overall quality of life is good or very good. But that’s lower than other satisfaction surveys in the CVRD that have been held in recent years, in which 95 per cent of respondents indicated in 2016 that their overall quality of life was good or very good, and it was 94 per cent in 2019.
Plans nixed for Duncan pedestrian overpass over highway

1 week ago | chemainusvalleycourier.ca | Robert Barron

The province has scrapped plans for a new pedestrian overpass that was proposed to be constructed across the Trans-Canada Highway between Beverly Street and James Street/York Road, for now. Instead, the Ministry of Transportation and Transit is planning to construct a raised centre median along the Trans-Canada Highway from James Street to Beverly Street this summer to prevent jaywalking and direct pedestrians to the adjacent signalized crosswalks at Beverly Street and at James Street.