Skydiver breaks sound barrier in jump
Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner, aged 43, performed a jump Sunday from 39km above the Earth's surface using a full-pressure suit, a parachute canopy, a capsule, and a helium balloon. Baumgartner broke the sound barrier as his top speed reached 1342km/h (834 miles per hour), exceeding the speed of sound, and landed in the...
Major celebrities add their support to Defend Our Coast mass sit-in
Well known entertainers from Canada and the United States, including Mark Ruffalo, Daryl Hannah, Michael Moore, Ellen Page, Pamela Anderson, Peter Keleghan and Tantoo Cardinal have added their names to the growing number of supporters of the Defend Our Coast mass sit-in on October 22nd in Victoria, B.C. to oppose tar sands ...
Storm causes power outage in Christina Lake, parts of West Kootenays
UPDATE: Most customers back online after Fortis works to restore power Most of the estimated thousands of FortisBC customers have their electrical services restored after fallen trees downed lines earlier this morning, said Tracy Tang, FortisBC spokesperson. The early morning thunder storm coupled with high winds brought trees...
LETTER: Don't be taken in - gas marketers in town
To the Editor: A colorfully dressed man named Raad and his associate were making calls on people’s homes in the 7000 block of 18th Street in Grand Forks last week. When he called on my uncle he said that he was “with the Access people and was there to protect buyers from rising gas prices.” He said he could give him a guaranteed...
OPINION: Rural B.C. Reality vs. Urban Carbon Tax Mythology
By: Jordan Bateman, British Columbia Director, Canadian Taxpayers Federation It seems the further you get away from Vancouver, the more hated the carbon tax becomes. The B.C. government has sent its Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services around the province to hear submissions on what should be included...
All good things must come to an end, even the great summer weather
As they say in the Kootenays, wait five minutes and the weather will change. Not so since late July when a blocking upper ridge over most of B.C. kept inclement weather away and B.C. the envy of the rest of Canada. “Simple reason for the long summer weather is what we call a blocking upper ridge,” said Chris Cowan, a meteorologist...
Venezuelans re-elect Chavez with overwhelming voter turn out
The incumbent president of Venezuela, Hugo Chávez, has been re-elected for a fourth term as the country's president with a 54.66% share of the vote in the presidential election held Sunday. Chávez gave these remarks from the presidential palace: "Truthfully, this has been the perfect battle, a democratic battle. Venezuela...
'Canada's Carbon Corridor' Part 1: Connecting the dots across Northern BC
I recently returned from a whirlwind tour across northern BC, one of many legs of filming for a documentary and multi-media project I've been co-directing for the past year and a half, called Fractured Land. The people we spoke to along the way, the sights we witnessed and documented finally brought into focus the real ...
Ottawa's failure to follow own law threatening endangered species: Ecojustice report
A new report that evaluates the effectiveness of Canada’s endangered species legislation is pointing to the federal government’s failure to follow its own law as one of the biggest barriers to saving imperilled wildlife. Released today by Ecojustice, Failure to Protect: Grading Canada’s Species at Risk Laws, gives the federal,...
Federal Liberal Council of Riding Association presidents endorse resolution to legalize cannabis
Vancouver- British Columbia's Federal Liberal Council of Riding Association Presidents endorsed a policy resolution to legalize and regulate cannabis in Canada, as approved by Liberal Party delegates from across Canada at the Party's 2012 Biennial Policy Conference in Ottawa. The Council held their quarterly meeting Saturday...
