B.C. no longer the Best Place on Earth: The Tyee
The province is no longer the best place on Earth, as the Christy Clark era has seen the slow disintegration of the provincial slogan, The Tyee’s Bob Mackin writes. Once the advertising line from the Gordon Campbell-led government’s websites, “The Best Place on Earth” slogan is becoming a thing of history as the province distances […]
SIBAC supports Invest Kootenay with a $15,000.00 grant
The Southern Interior Beetle Action Coalition (SIBAC) directors have voted in favour of supporting an application from the Community Futures Central Kootenay for $15,000 to complete a strategic plan for the Invest Kootenay Partnership initiative. “The SIBAC Board viewed this application as an opportunity to support a project that will be beneficial to several communities […]
Aboriginal groups slam police and justice system
The First Nations Summit (FNS), the Union of BC Indian Chiefs (UBCIC), the BC Assembly of First Nations (BCAFN) and the Native Courtworker and Counselling Association of BC (NCCABC) today expressed shock and outrage at the RCMP beating of a 17 year old handcuffed aboriginal girl in Williams Lake and an aboriginal death in...
Major rivers have enough water to sustain growing populations: report
By Yale Environment 360 A new study says the world’s major river systems contain more than enough water to meet global food production needs in the 21st century. Following a five-year study of 10 river basins, including the Nile. With global population expected to surpass 7 billion people this year, the staggering impact on an […]
Idea of a fence along Canada-U.S. border gets tossed around
U.S. authorities have raised the possibility of putting up fencing along parts of the long, open border between Canada and the U.S., the Vancouver Province reports. The proposal is part of a draft report from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency in Washington, D.C. “Barriers would include selective fencing at selected points along the […]
Mountain caribou herd near Nelson will grow with human help: Wildsight
In the next few years, wildlife scientists will capture, transport and release 40 mountain caribou in the mountains around Nelson with the goal to ‘recover’ local herd populations to higher levels. Mountain caribou are truly rare. They are a different species than woodland caribou of Canada’s north. One of the most critically endangered species in […]
B.C.’s financial bookkeeping is ‘unacceptable,’ says auditor general
The government’s financial statements were ripped apart by a recent report by the Auditor General, the Victoria Times Colonist reports. The province is keeping books in an “unacceptable” way, the report claimed, with too few details, nor does it explain billions in spending. John Doyle produced the report on the government’s financial statements Thursday, underlining […]
BC energy policies help wealthier homeowners, hurt low-income households
A new study calls for a more fair and effective approach to residential energy efficiency in BC as part of an aggressive climate action framework. The study recommends protecting low-income households from rising electricity costs and investing in retrofits for multi-unit buildings and rental housing. “To reduce residential greenhouse gas emissions in BC we must […]
The final frontier: the hunt for new worlds in space
There are many worlds out there and NASA has a lot of data that it has not reviewed in the depth that is needed to search every star for its worlds and the evidence there of. A project in which volunteers hunt online for new planets NASA may have missed is publishing its first results […]
Profound change for Facebook set to 'lock in' users
Agence France-Presse Facebook on Friday begins rolling out its biggest ever shake-up, in a move observers say will not only profoundly alter how its 800 million users interact with the site, but will keep them coming back for decades to come. The new “Timeline,” revealed last week by chief executive Mark Zuckerberg will also likely […]
