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Strike Update: Week 12 is well underway and still no light at the end of the tunnel. I read in the local paper about some new trash mountains forming at the entrance to the CUPE union headquarters in Windsor.... Does Obama's energy policy leave out Nuclear waste?
President Obama has put forward his budget for the new energy policy, but critics say that he hasn't put any money aside to decide what to do with the the highly toxic nuclear waste that currently exists. ""The... A heroic man and an eminent snow mountain
On January 11, I was on my tour to the Xiling Snow Mountain, a scenic resort located in the west of Chengdu in southwestern China, which is called "Oriental Alps" by some people. There I heard a moving story... Vancouver 2010 One Year Away
As the countdown clock ticked past 365 days Wednesday night celebrations began across the lower mainland and Whistler. The IOC and VANOC planned several events centered around the 2010 Games to... Official: 10 killed in Turkish avalanche
This tragedy is still recent and not all of the information is available according to Turkish government sources. " An avalanche killed at least 10 people as they hiked on a mountain in northeastern Turkey on Sunday, the region's governor said. There were... Microfinance in Cusco, Peru :: The Aynikuy Program 2009
Of the 300,000 people in Peru, 37.7% live on less than US$1 per day. The typical salary in Peru is about $150 per month. Families cannot live on so little income, so many families have started very small... Our New Health Clinic :: Ausangate, Peru
Ausangate, PERU - The Mountain Fund is building a new, lost-cost health care clinic. Access to health care, while improving in many areas, is still limited in many parts of Peru. This is especially true... Monastery Resoration Project :: Thulo Syabru, Nepal
The Gho-Ngag Dhargye Mangche Gompa Monastery was built 350 years ago by solely one man: Garwang Rinpoche. It took him 12 years to build it. It sits a little ways off from the village proper of Thulo Syabru, Nepal,... New Safe House for Women :: Kathmandu, Nepal
In Kathmandu, Nepal, many married and some unmarried women are abused on a daily basis. A recent Foreign Policy news report, dated May 2008, has published a list of "The Worst Places to be a Woman," where... British doctor drops trousers on Everest
At 27,559ft in winds blowing above 20-knots a British doctor drops his trousers not out of any sexual need to expose his privates to the elements on the highest mountain in the world but in the name of medical... One person dies in avalanche at Jackson Hole ski resort
One person is dead after an avalanche at the Jackson Hole Ski and Mountain Resort, located just south of Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming. According to the Jackson Hole News the avalanche occurred on the ski... Rare So Cal Snow Causes Major Traffic and Accidents
So I wake up this morning and see there is snow from Palmdale to Malibu. Plus a helicopter accident and traffic backed up for hours. Is this global warming, or global cooling?"December 18, 2008 (by Otto Smyth) Car accident lawyers in Los Angeles, California have... VI KFG - 6th Krakow Mountain Film Festival. VI edycja Krakowskiego Festiwalu ...
Mark your calendars! 5th to 7th December 2008 in Krakow, Poland. VI KFG - 6th Krakow Mountain Film Festival.We would like to invite you to the biggest annual mountaineering event in Poland - the 6th Krakow... Grab your Gear, Whistler Blackcomb Opens for the Winter Season Today
Whistler Blackcomb represents everything that an avid boarder like myself could hope for. It has seemingly endless acreage, glaciers, a world renowned terrain park and on top of that a... Bark Beetles Kills Millions of Acres from New Mexico to British Columbia
The Bark Beetle, or Pine Beetle, from New Mexico to British Columbia, is destroying forests faster than people can even attempt to save them. Green forests are turning to red as trees die and the beetles move...
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