Arctic exploration by Russia demands response, expert says

31 07 2007

As a Kremlin-backed Arctic expedition led by a Russian legislator closed in yesterday on the North Pole — with plans to send a submersible craft and a flag to the ocean bottom to assert Russian sovereignty over an Ontario-sized swath of the polar seafloor — a leading Canadian expert on the Arctic urged Canada’s leaders to at least get busy with a …

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Victoria Island’s quiet centre

28 07 2007

I revelled in the early summer sun on the veranda of the Blackfin Pub above Comox Harbour — a glass of Hermann’s dark lager at hand.



B.C. targets homeless with Riverview Project

27 07 2007

The site of B.C.’s century-old psychiatric hospital may soon be transformed into a massive real estate development that will mix the affluent, the poor, the mentally ill and the disabled, the minister responsible for housing said Thursday.

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Looking Behind Doping at Tour de France

26 07 2007

Part of the reason the Tour de France has charmed generation after generation for more than 100 years, seducing people who don’t give a flip about cycling, converting some of them into permanent spoke-heads, is simple.

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Bear attack suspected in death of Calgary cyclist

24 07 2007

The family of a Calgary woman likely killed by a black bear at Panorama Mountain Village is questioning why the hill was allowed to remain open despite reports of an aggressive bear in the area.

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Victim ‘made every day count’

24 07 2007

Whenever she could, Robin Kochorek would head into the mountains. The 31-year-old had done it ever since she was a kid, spending summers hiking and biking the trails — and winters skiing and snowboarding — in the hills around her family’s cottage in Windermere.

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Woman’s family devastated by B.C. mauling

24 07 2007

The family of a Calgary woman likely killed by a black bear at Panorama Mountain Village is questioning why the hill was allowed to remain open despite reports of an aggressive bear in the area.

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An oily mess

24 07 2007

A 15-metre geyser of crude oil spewed from a broken pipeline in a Burnaby neighbourhood Tuesday, forcing people from their homes, contaminating the area and sending a thick, smelly torrent down storm sewers and into Burrard Inlet.A contractor doing road work for the City of Burnaby punctured an oil pipeline around 12:30 p.m. Tuesday sending a …

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Ruptured pipe spills ‘river’ of crude into Vancouver streets

24 07 2007

Dozens of homes were evacuated Tuesday after a road crew ruptured an oil pipeline beneath a B.C. highway, sending a geyser of crude forth that painted houses black and flooded a major highway.

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Google: You ain’t seen nothin’ yet

20 07 2007

Anyone can get the Web on their cellphone these days. But now it seems Google is interested in so much more than that.

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