Norway, Japan Prop Up Whaling Industry With Taxpayer Money!

Norway, Japan Prop Up Whaling Industry With Taxpayer Money, Report Finds (June 18, 2009) — The governments of Norway and Japan are using taxpayer money to subsidize their unprofitable whaling industries, according to a first-time analysis of the economics of whaling ......

Mercury In Packaged Whale Meat Across Japan May Be A Major Health

Mercury In Packaged Whale Meat Across Japan May Be A Major Health Problem ScienceDaily (May 20, 2003) — Dangerous levels of mercury appear to be present in whale, dolphin and porpoise meat sold widely as food in Japan, according to a study by Japanese...

Lucy Vodden Dies At 46 'Lucy In The Sky with Diamonds'

Lucy Vodden, the woman who inspired John Lennon to write Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds has died of Lupus at age 46.  Lucy Vodden, whose maiden name was Lucy O'Donnell, was a childhood schoolmate of John Lennon's son, Julian Lennon.The song is often thought to have been...

$3.5 million in cocaine nabbed at B.C. border

Barry Artiste Op/Ed Now many will ask why the courts released the Drug smuggler and his accomplices with a promise they appear before a judge for his trial? Here is a thought, perhaps Police would rather have this Drug Smuggler Bosses eliminate him and his accomplices before...

Burnaby Best-Run City in Canada, Charlottetown Worst: Maclean's

Maclean's magazine has released a list ranking the 31 capital and largest cities in Canada in terms of how well the cities are run. Burnaby, Saskatoon, Surrey, and Vancouver top the list, while Charlottetown, Kingston, and Fredericton bring up the rear. The survey was...

What's the Use of Online Social Networks In Your Life?

Most people nowadays have online social networks. While browsing the net, I saw this diagram of what a social network means to us. But suddenly, my mind asked a burning question..what do you call that region where all of them intersect? "This is the diagram of a normal and...

Neighbors Littering

 Littering has never been a large problem in my neighborhood for the last 10 years of me living there. But as of recently, the amount of litter seems to be increasing very fast. There have been mattresses and empty barrels thrown about in my backyard, and those of my...

The Emergence of Gang Violence and Shootings in Metro-Vancouver

As we all know, there has been an on-going problem with gang violence and shootings in the lower mainland. This is a vast topic with many different issues to it, but I would like to discuss my opinions on this occurrence. Through the media, it appears that the police are...