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“Emusing”

Lucy, the escaped Emu, is finally captured near Vancouver Island University after 6 days on the run.

Lucy, the escaped Emu, is finally captured near Vancouver Island University after 6 days on the run.

In the Doghouse?

There is a huge demand in Vancouver for tiny rental apartments, some as small as100-square-feet, [10x10] renting for $400 - $600 per month.

There is a huge demand in Vancouver for tiny rental units, some as small as 100-square-feet, [10’x10′] renting for $400 – $600 per month.

Giving “Butterball” a new meaning

An Ontario turkey farm will install video monitoring cameras after hidden camera footage showed employees kicking and throwing birds and using shovels and rods to bash in heads

An Ontario turkey farm will install video monitoring cameras after hidden camera footage showed employees kicking and throwing birds and using shovels and rods to bash in heads

TED comes to Vancouver

Networking at the TED conference.

Networking at the TED conference.

“It makes a nice change from our formal tuxedos”

Sweaters for penguin oil-spill victims

A plea for knitters to send sweaters to Australia for penguin oil-spill victims turns out to be a hoax.

More sex please, we’re Canadian!

The Canadian Broadcast Regulator is demanding more Canadian content on X-Rated Porn Channels.

The Canadian Broadcast Regulator, [CRTC],  is demanding more Canadian content on X-Rated Porn Channels.

“Polly want’a crack the case!”

A Parrot in India was a witness to a murder

Hercule Parrot? A Parrot in India named Heera was a hero after identifying the man who murdered his owner.

Harper Government: Gone fishing?

The Cohen Inquiry into the disappearing Fraser River Sockeye Salmon  took 18 months, cost $26 million, heard from 179 witnesses and  came up with 75 recommendations, all of which have been ignored by the Conservative Government.

The Cohen Inquiry into the disappearing Fraser River Sockeye Salmon took 18 months, cost $26 million, heard from 179 witnesses and came up with 75 recommendations, all of which have been ignored by the Canadian Conservative Government.

Herring-loss

A Judge has overruled Federal Fisheries Minister Gail Shea's decision to open the Vancouver Island Herring fishery after hearing that Shea refused to listen to the recommendations of the scientists in her own department to keep the fishing closed to protect the threatened species.

A Judge has overruled Federal Fisheries Minister Gail Shea’s decision to open the Vancouver Island Herring fishery after hearing that Shea refused to listen to the recommendations of the scientists in her own department to keep the fishing closed to protect the threatened species.

Vancouver: The Greenest City?

Vancouver is falling short on its greenhouse gas reduction targets to become the world's "Greenest City" by 2020, [although the green dedicated bike lanes are making many drivers see red!]

Vancouver is falling short on its greenhouse gas reduction targets to become the world’s “Greenest City” by 2020, [although the green dedicated bike lanes are making many drivers see red!]