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...

Conservationists -- Are they becoming a "species-at-risk" in an urbanized env...

The "super natural" North Shore forests (North and West Vancouver) are becoming heavily "urbanized". I look at the North Shore as three "urban" municipalities…perhaps urban parks are the best we can do here...

Looking at Clouds from "Both Sides Now"

Global warming or another Ice Age? It really depends on where you live, and what kind of cloud cover you have, according to a physicist with his "head in the clouds"..."Physicist has head in the clouds studying...

Pipe bombs destroyed

"Pipe bombs destroyed Kelly Sinoski, Vancouver Sun Published: Saturday, January 26, 2008 NORTH VANCOUVER - A bomb sniffing dog scoured a commercial construction site Friday morning after two pipe bombs were found on the floor of a portable toilet. North Vancouver Cpl. Randall...

Radical student protesters bust windows, issue manifesto

"Radical student protesters bust windows, issue manifesto Richard Warnica , Canwest News Service Published: Thursday, January 10, 2008 A team of self-styled "warriors" has declared "war" on the University of B.C., smashing windows and painting walls in protest over on-campus...

Massive effort needed to save the frogs worldwide in 2008 - Year of the Frog

Amphibians can be a "toady" subject to a lot of people.  A  person who is a ‘toady’ grovels to please others. It is considered an insult. But, toads actually are frogs. The toads just have stubbier...

Shall we continue in sin?

Once in a while a letter to the editor comes in out of the blue that is amazing, notable, and not the least boring. The following letter's tone is that of resignation and gloom -- a far cry from "Howard Beale"...

West Coast earthquake "chain reaction"?

I heard this on BC CBC Television News about an hour ago. There was another earthquake about 6.4 magnitude off the coast of Oregon. It was quickly mentioned as a bit of "breaking news". I haven't heard, nor...

Have we opened Osama bin Laden's Kyoto Pandora's Box...?

With everybody and their dog jumping onto the climate change  bandwagon,  perhaps we should stand back a little. We need to slow down and, maybe, think about the consequences of it all? It just seemed...

Sunshine Coast Watershed - Al Gore & Premier Gordon Campbell

So Al Gore received the Nobel Prize, eh?  Too bad the UN IPCC has to share it with him:A synopsis in 3 videos: Video 1"Sept 29, 2007; THE LOGGING OF 1000 YEAR OLD TREES HAS NOT STOPPED AS OF Oct. 9.......

Are You a Sleeping Giant in Your Community?

The Silent Majority Must Wake Up these two letters to the editor state. There is an urgency to overcome decisions being made by the minority self interest groups and midget-minded leadership, who are only working...

Canadians living normal lives exposed to chemical killers

Should we be a wee bit concerned? Government and corporations walk hand in hand. Should we trust "government approved"  pesticides, cleaners, drugs? Those studies mostly come from such conglomerates as...

Farmers losing fight against urban sprawl

Even with  British Columbia's own Agricultural Land Reserve legislation in place to protect our shrinking farmlands from development of sorts, we cannot place our full trust in that.  BC Transportation...

Endangered species -- It's not what you think

I took a double-take at this one in our local paper! It was not what it seemed to be -- endangered species of some sort -- like the spotted owl, or an obscure bit of lichen growing on a rock. It was all about old...
 

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