She "hasn't been the same" since Lucky was lost

"Gregory Gron says he knows it sounds comical, and maybe even crazy: A $1,000 reward for the safe return of a teddy bear. But that's exactly what he is doing because his four-year-old daughter Victoria "hasn't been the same" since the day her best friend Lucky was lost....

Victory! Obama Ends Bush-era 'No More Wilderness' Edict

" In a big victory for conservation advocates across the country, the Obama administration on Thursday announced it would finally end President George W. Bush's damaging "No More Wilderness" order. Since 2003, the...

Lack of transparency over DNV $750,000 federal grant project

I had first approached the couple local print newspapers  to pursue an investigative look into why there was all the secrecy around this project. They didn't bite. Nothing has come of it. To date, nobody seems to know anything, and the District officials aren’t...

Are Conventional Environmental Journalists an Endangered Species?

When the economy fails, the environment is the first to suffer -- that seems to also include conventional environmental reporting found in print and television journalism. " For all the media reports about a surge in "green jobs," one place we won't likely be seeing them is...

Are BC's cities and towns turning into little fiefdoms?

Who is running our cities in BC? And what can citizens do when  governance of them seem to be spinning out of control? Do you think our un-elected city management staff have too much power, and along with our elected officials, tend to abuse the power of public office...

Canadian Tory government is a friend of the ANWR

The Bush administration's controversial plan to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling was approved by the House of Representatives in 2001, but the Tory government has quietly voiced its...

The black hole of unknowing

" As to global annihilation, I’m stumped. Most of us wouldn’t recognise a strangelet if it casually devoured us in the street There’s a slim chance –...

The Sopranos redux

Sometimes reality can be stranger than fiction. "Coquitlam RCMP and a local newspaper say they have been contacted by an anonymous tipster who claims he has the bullet-riddled body of an escaped gangster stored in...

Your God or mine? Orissa burning

"Not many Indians would have known where Kandhamal is on the country's map or even that it is a part of the state of Orissa. But Kandhamal is burning and the world has sat up to take note.For nearly two weeks,...

Three dead at BC mushroom farm

"An industrial accident at a mushroom farm in British Columbia's Langley Township has left three people dead and two others in serious condition.Dozens of firefighters and three air ambulances were called to the...

Holy Ribbiting Art!

"ROME - An Italian museum on Thursday defied Pope Benedict and refused to remove a modern art sculpture portraying a crucified green frog holding a beer mug and an egg that the Vatican had condemned as...

"Big Bang" or Black Hole?

"GENEVA - Tests have cleared the way for the start-up next month of an experiment to restage a mini-version underground of the "Big Bang" which created the universe 15 billion years ago, the project chief said on...

Beauty in the Eye of the Beholder

"A more discreet charmNational Post  Published: Tuesday, August 26, 2008A certain Father Antonio Rungi of the southern Italian diocese of Modragone has come up with what is quite...

People, Pit Bulls and Bruins! Oh My!

There has been so much in the news about black bear and Pit Bull dog attacks in Metro Vancouver, the last few weeks. Thoughts on both bear and dog  been polarized. Save them! Kill them! Co-exist with them?...

Not Good Enough for "Them"?

WARNING- Some sarcasm may be offensive to some.Is there anybody out there who really wants a job? Who among home and garden services really wants to work? Is it my unruly home and garden that makes them...

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