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European salmon virus present in B.C. wild salmon, study claims
A study with 'first published evidence that a European variant of the infectious salmon anaemia virus (ISAV) is present in British Columbia is extremely disturbing,' a news release from the Ahousaht ...
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Tintinabulating trash rocks QE crowd
STOMP – the 25-year-old percussion ensemble of makeshift, self-improvised gongs, bongs and drums – is back in town for a three-day engagement. Much of the opening night audience was comprised of ...
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Murdered UBC student Ximena Osegueda Magana was a 'beautiful shining soul', says capoeira friend
A long-time friend of slain UBC graduate student Ximena Osegueda Magana, 39 – whose body was found this week on a Mexican beach after having been tortured and burned – told the Vancouver Observer she ...
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Petition against logging pristine B.C. forest draws Margaret Atwood, Mia Farrow and 4700 signatures
Impending logging on BC’s pristine Cortes Island is becoming a hot topic this week, with increasing media attention around the issue and a petition to protect the forests now boasting over 4,700 ...
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Riding Towards Climate Change
VANCOUVER — More flights have been cancelled after a cloud of ash spewed from a volcano on the Alaska Peninsula. WestJet spokeswoman Lauren Stewart said the airline cancelled three flights from ...
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Robyn Allan
It would be nice if Mr. Oliver cared as much about meaningful jobs in Canada's oil industry as he is about promoting job creation for U.S. citizens.
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Huntsman objects to attack ad featuring his adopted daughters from China, India
Republican presidential hopeful Jon Huntsman says Rep. Ron Paul's supporters are out of line with a web ad that uses images of Huntsman's adopted daughters from China and India to argue that he ...
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NOAA plans to open federal waters in Pacific to fish farming
As traditional commercial fishing is threatening fish populations worldwide, U.S. officials are working on a plan to expand fish farming into federal waters around the Pacific Ocean. The government ...
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Leap Year, Youth in Revolt, Daybreakers Lead the Week’s New Movies for Jan. 8
In the mood for a pleasant romantic comedy? Amy Adams has one for you. Michael Cera tries. And for big laughs try the Yes Men. They deliver outrageously. You can also start the new year with vampires, ...
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Mallick, Decrying Harper's Proroguing of Parliament, Says Prime Minister Wants to Make Canada a "Pale Watery Version of the US"
Heather Mallick writes in the UK Guardian, "If there was a gold medal for shafting democracy at the Winter Olympics, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper would win it. Just before the games open in ...
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Missing Women Inquiry resumes next week, but will it make a difference?
Some new years resolutions are, sadly, not made by those who matter most. And so, on January 11, we head into Round Two of the Missing Women's Inquiry. At its helm: retired BC Liberal politician and ...
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Scorcese’s faith-based Silence, NASA’s Hidden Figures and Alice Munro stories migrating to Spain as Julieta
How appropriate. Canada will be celebrating its 150 th birthday this year and the Cinematheque has a gift for you. They’ll let you see many of our country’s best films for free. Some 150 will be ...