Northern Gateway provides too few jobs for risk to environment I’m just an average BC citizen who doesn’t want to see our coast along with First Nations and our wilderness become victims of the Tar Sands. Specifically, I’m referring to Enbridge’s proposed Northern Gateway Pipeline. I am not a member of any environmental organization ie: [...]
Healthy salary increases for some BC school boards superintendents By Jordan Bateman In his final days on the job, outgoing auditor general John Doyle cleared off his desk by issuing five important audits. Some, like the scathing report on the thoroughly discredited Pacific Carbon Trust, received a lot of public attention. Others, like one [...]
Ralph Klein impossible to hate as a man; impossible to love as a premier By Catherine Ford He was the only politician in history to run for office on his first name and his suit size: Ralph ‘88. It was one of the many jibes at the man-who-would-be-premier that highlighted Ralph Klein’s astoundingly popular [...]
Resource exploration a chance for First Nations governments to create a better future By Joseph Quesnel Manitoba needs to ensure First Nations communities are benefitting from mining development on their traditional territories. Real First Nations involvement in these projects is good for everyone. What is evident is that, when it comes to First Nations resource [...]
Spring 2013 forecast shows a slightly cooler spring than last year By Brett Anderson, AccuWeather.com AccuWeather.com‘s Spring 2013 forecast reports temperatures this Spring will end up near to above average across most of eastern, northern and Atlantic Canada, while much of central and western Canada will be dominated by near or cooler-than-normal conditions. This temperature pattern across [...]
Donuts Whether you are a Robin’s Donuts fan from years gone by, or a current Tim Horton donut lover – we can’t get enough of the sweet little circles. Find the delicious variations of donuts in the sweet Donut word find. b u c t o n t r i n d o a g r e i j [...]
Find all the British Columbia Cities in this Word Find Puzzle p n o i l t p l a l a v l e w e o b o y r s l a c r e j m u r h o o f e f b c r i w o o [...]
Lost in Calgary? Maybe you need to find the names of the streets, drives, roads and trails in the Word Find below. m o l m e i m n h d l n l n l d d a l d o p k p o c b a r l o w a [...]
Brenden Holubowich pleaded guilty to dangerous driving causing death An Alberta judge choked back tears as he told a packed courtroom how he struggled to decide a just punishment for a driver who caused a crash that killed four high school football players. A fifth player was pulled from the wreckage and survived, but suffered brain [...]
Rod Pedersen Geroy Simon is big news in Playa del Carmen, Mexico. No honest, he is. And for that matter, so too are the Saskatchewan Roughriders. I discovered that last week during our winter holiday to the resort community on the east coast of Mexico. It was only a couple of days before we left Regina [...]
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Artificial intelligence not smart enough yet to be called stupid By Garth Spencer Every so often, somebody raises the subject of artificial intelligence, and inevitably someone raises the notion of artificial intelligence surpassing human intelligence and “taking over”, or trying to eliminate humanity. This is a great opportunity to examine flawed reasoning, and why [...]
Rookie Jordan Schroeder pots winner for Vancouver Canucks By Derek Jory The Canucks rookie scored the shootout game-winner as the fourth Vancouver Canucks shooter in a 2-1 win over the Chicago Blackhawks Friday night at Rogers Arena. Schroeder didn’t go for style points on his first career shootout attempt as he simply blasted the [...]
No better time to quit smoking than now By Randi Gill Cigarette smoking presents a variety of health risks such as cancer, heart attack, stroke, chronic lung diseases, and premature aging. People with diabetes who smoke face even greater risks. Diabetes itself is a serious disease with deadly complications such as a far higher risk [...]
Students’ educational outcome in poorer countries as good or better with one parent A new global study says children achieve a better educational outcome in the developed world if they have two parents, but that doesn’t hold true in poorer countries. The World Family Map Report found that in the majority of middle- and higher-income [...]
Sharkwater director Rob Stewart launches latest film ‘Revolution’
‘Revolution’ documentary is anticipated follow-up to Rob Stewart’s ‘Sharkwater’ Canadian filmmaker Rob Stewart was in Calgary yesterday promoting a follow-up film to his award-winning documentary Sharkwater. Stewart spoke to The Beacon News about his latest film Revolution. Stewart’s mission is simple, if a little ambitious – save humanity. The Canadian conservationist has expanded the scope of his [...]
The Arts must innovate to survive in today’s world
Giving value to the arts and culture By Shawna Stirrett Traditional arts groups such as orchestras, ballets, operas and theatres that neglect to think about how they fit into the broader social context and respond accordingly will fail. This might not happen today or the next day, but the writing is on the wall. While [...]
Historic Barkerville exhibit to tour British Columbia and China
Barkerville exhibit captures Chinese experience during Cariboo Gold Rush An exhibit depicting the lives of Chinese immigrants during the Cariboo Gold Rush will travel to China next year thanks to a $20,000 grant from the B.C. government. The Barkerville exhibit is put together from archives kept in the historic gold rush town, which capture the [...]