Positive news from British Columbia
Canada Votes in First Green MPElizabeth May, Canada’s Leader of the Green Party, won an historic election on May 2nd. She is the first ever elected Member of Parliament in Canada for the Green Party.
"We need hope over fear, and we need compassion over competition. We need to recognize that Canadians deserve a government where 308 MPs figure out how to work together."
- Elizabeth May, Green Party |
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Canada Votes in First Green MPElizabeth May, Canada’s Leader of the Green Party, won an historic election on May 2nd. She is the first ever elected Member of Parliament in Canada for the Green Party. |
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City votes to ban puppy sales at pet storesA landmark move against puppy mills was made on Monday night. According to the Vancouver Sun, Richmond city council passed an amendment to ban the sale of dogs at pet stores. The vote was the first of its kind in Canada. |
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Pacific sockeye salmon return in record numbers
Source: Terra Daily, Sat September 11, 2010 |
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1st grey whale in 100 years spotted in Howe SoundA grey whale spotted feeding in Howe Sound north of Vancouver in recent days is a sign that efforts to restore the area's natural ecosystem are working, according to the chief of the Squamish First Nation. |
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PETA’s Olympic protest
An activist from animal rights organisation People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) protests outside the Canadian Embassy in Bangkok, Thailand.
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Major breast cancer breakthrough announced at BC Cancer AgencyFor the first time in history, BC Cancer Agency scientists in British Columbia, Canada have decoded all of the three billion letters in the DNA sequence of a metastatic lobular breast cancer tumour, a type of breast cancer which accounts for about 10 per cent of all breast cancers, and have found all of the mutations, or "spelling" mistakes that caused the cancer to spread. |
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Owner gives boy dog after Yukon adventureThe woman whose dog accompanied a missing two-year-old through the Yukon wilderness for more than 24 hours says the toddler and the canine are meant to be together. |
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Endangered blue whales returning to AlaskaBlue whales are returning to Alaska in search of food and could be re-establishing an old migration route several decades after they were nearly wiped out by commercial whalers, scientists say. |
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Students running underground junk food trade donate profits to charity
Two high school students from Burnaby, B.C., who made headlines in September for selling junk food out of their lockers are hoping to do some good with their earnings.
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Giant, Prehistoric Fish Rebounding in Canada
The white sturgeon, North America's largest freshwater fish, has bounced back in the Fraser River thanks to an unprecedented volunteer effort including fishermen and aboriginal groups.
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National news
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