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From Forests to Boards

Eco-activist, Tzeporah Berman,once branded an "enemy of the state" and a "whacked-out nature-worshipper" receives honorary doctorate from UBC for her work taking her environmental message into the boardrooms of the most powerful corporations.

Eco-activist, Tzeporah Berman, once branded an “enemy of the state” and a “whacked-out nature-worshipper” receives honorary doctorate from UBC for her work taking her environmental message into the boardrooms of the most powerful corporations.

From Fish Fridays to Meatless Mondays!

Vancouver City Council would like us all to embrace "Meatless Mondays"

Vancouver City Council would like us all to embrace “Meatless Mondays”

Johnny Depp: from Oscar to Ossifer

Newly discovered Canadian fossil named "Kooteninchela deppi" in honour of Depp's "Edward Scissorhands" charactor.

Newly discovered 505-million-year-old marine fossil named “Kooteninchela deppi” in honour of Depp’s “Edward Scissorhands” character.

Poll-itics

Pollsters are way off base in B.C election predictions. [shown trying a different type of polling: Angus Reid and Kyle Braid, VP Ipsos]

Pollsters are way off base in B.C election predictions. [shown trying a different type of polling: Angus Reid and Kyle Braid, VP Ipsos]

HDC is otherwise [dis]engaged for a few days

Chris Hadfield may need a replacement; or apparently there are openings for a one-way trip to Mars.

Chris Hadfield may need a replacement; or apparently there are openings for a one-way trip to Mars.

Drive-thru Voting

B.C. institutes drive-through voting

“Would you like Christy Creams or Hedy Fries with that?”  Comox B.C. institutes drive-through voting for upcomong provincial election.

Duck!

A major highway was shut for several hours in Abbotsford after a driver flipped his car trying to avoid a family of ducks

A major highway was shut for several hours in Abbotsford after a driver flipped his car trying to avoid a family of ducks

Mrs Harper champions animal welfare

while her husband, Canadian Prime Minister Harper enacts legislation that guts protection for salmon, Orcas, Polar Bears and other at-risk species!

Laureen Harper promotes animal adoption on a recent visit to the SPCA, while her husband, Canadian Prime Minister Harper enacts legislation that guts protection for salmon, Orcas, Polar Bears and other at-risk species!

Conservative Candidates get the Boot

"Toots Tweet" and Mischa "Pops off' :  BC Conservative Candidates Ian Tootill and Mischa Popoff removed for inappropriate remarks made on Social media.

“Toots Tweet” and “Pops off” : BC Conservative Candidates Ian Tootill and Mischa Popoff removed for inappropriate remarks made on Social media.

Great-Gran-Grad

Great-grandma, Cathleen Eddison, age 89, will become the oldest high-school grad in B.C history.

Great-grandma, Cathleen Eddison, age 89, will become the oldest high-school grad in B.C history.