"We Don't Need Sympathy, We Need a Pool!" Residents Ignored Again

This is from the people who have been working tirelessly to save Vancouver's Mount Pleasant Pool: Residents of Mount Pleasant and the City of Vancouver have campaigned on behalf of Mount Pleasant Outdoor Swimming Pool over the past six years.  Park Board commissioners...

"getting ready to be homeless" - protest on nov 12 & 13

from david chudnovsky:Dear friends,   While the City of Vancouver is putting $100 million dollars into the hands of private developers for the Olympic village, the City has at the same time given...

Army cordons seal off rebel monasteries in Tibet

" More than 1,000 Buddhist monks are still locked up under armed guard in monasteries around Lhasa, four months after anti-Chinese riots, while the authorities implement their harshest crackdown on religion in decades. Eyewitnesses confirm that People’s Liberation Army...

Taser Video

One voice on the taser situation - excerpt:I would like to point out how arrogant it is of so many people to claim they know better than the people who actually witnessed the event, to say nothing of those who were involved in it and trained to deal with it. The video tells...

Cleverest crows opt for two tools

"The crows used two tools to get to their treats New Caledonian crow (University of Auckland) Crows have shown that two tools are better than one when it comes to problem solving, scientists say. A University of Auckland study has revealed that New Caledonian crows can use...

the weekend to end breast cancer - a transforming experience

yesterday afternoon was the celebration of another weekend to end breast cancer. one weekend a year, thousands of walkers, encouraged by tens of thousands of sponsors, donors and supporters, walk 60 km...
 

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