Peace Didn’t Have a Chance
Cloverdale fails to set record for giant human peace sign after only 625 turn out instead of needed 6,000
Low-Teck
Teck Resources admits to discharging mining waste and effluent from its Trail smelter into Columbia River for 100 years
Heir today, gone tomorrow
George Dryden claims to be ex-Prime Minister John Diefenbaker’s son; but won’t have newly discovered hair sample tested for DNA
Recognizing the Dave Barrett Legacy, 40 years later
Returning students can rest easy tonight: Barrett banned corporal punishment in schools, [and created Pharmacare, Agricultural Land Reserve, Province-wide Ambulance Service, Guaranteed Income Program for Seniors.]
Canadian Senate will deal with “mental incompetence” issue
Constitutional expert asks “If someone is legally incompetent, can they be a Senator?” [It hasn’t stopped any of them so far!]
What happens in Nunavut stays in Nunavut?
Google”s “Street View” uses customized tricycle to map remote Arctic town of Cambridge Bay, Nunavut.
Jack Layton, Olivia Chow
Remembering Jack Layton: July 18, 1950 – August 22nd, 2011
Enbridge omits 1,000 sq. kilometres of islands from map of Douglas Channel included in Northern Gateway Pipeline proposal
“Strange. None of those islands exist on my map.”
Winged Im-migration?
Vancouver resident, Kwok SING Lee, fined for trying to smuggle suitcase full of songbirds from China into Canada
“Pyro” Smart Meters
BC Hydro Smart Meter blamed for fire which destroyed home in Mission BC. Smart meters have been linked to a large number of house fires.
