http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/images/gnn_logo_rss.gif http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/ 249 31 News of a better world editor@greatnewsnetwork.org great news network en editor@greatnewsnetwork.org Copyright 2012 2012-02-07T08:36:01-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/canada_votes_in_first_green_mp/?source=rss Elizabeth 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. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, Canada Top Stories, World Top Stories, World, Politics, Environment, Climate and Energy, Regions, North America, Canada, British Columbia 2011-05-03T16:31:01-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/city_votes_to_ban_puppy_sales_at_pet_stores_richmond/?source=rss A 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. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Special Interest Top Stories, Canada Top Stories, Feel Good, Regions, North America, Canada, British Columbia 2010-10-12T14:21:01-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/pacific_sockeye_salmon_return_in_record_numbers/?source=rss After years of scarcity, the rivers of the US and Canadian Pacific Northwest are running red, literally, with a vast swarm of a salmon species considered to be in crisis. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, Canada Top Stories, USA Top Stories, Environment, Wildlife, Regions, North America, Canada, British Columbia, United States, Washington 2010-09-11T22:32:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/1st_grey_whale_in_100_years_spotted_in_howe_sound/?source=rss A 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. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, Environment, Wildlife, Regions, North America, Canada, British Columbia 2010-05-04T05:40:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/petas_olympic_protest/?source=rss An activist from animal rights organisation People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) protests outside the Canadian Embassy in Bangkok, Thailand. World, Environment, Wildlife, Regions, South-East Asia, Thailand, North America, Canada, British Columbia 2009-10-26T13:53:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/major_breast_cancer_breakthrough_announced_at_bc_cancer_agency/?source=rss For 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. Health, Medical Discoveries, Regions, North America, Canada, British Columbia 2009-10-10T13:05:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/owner_gives_boy_dog_after_yukon_adventure/?source=rss The 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. Feel Good, Reunited Stories, Regions, North America, Canada, British Columbia 2009-09-07T11:05:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/endangered_blue_whales_returning_to_alaska/?source=rss Blue 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. Environment, Wildlife, Regions, North America, Canada, British Columbia, United States, Alaska 2009-06-25T12:03:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/students_running_underground_junk_food_trade_donate_profits_to_charity/?source=rss 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. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Regions, North America, Canada, British Columbia 2008-11-22T22:00:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/giant_prehistoric_fish_rebounding_in_canada/?source=rss 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. Environment, Wildlife, Regions, North America, Canada, British Columbia, Environment Top Stories, Canada Top Stories 2008-11-14T02:00:01-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/metro_vancouver_to_get_tough_on_recycling/?source=rss The collapse of Metro Vancouver's bid to establish a new landfill site for the region's garbage will force us to dramatically increase the amount of waste that we recycle, Metro director Marvin Hunt said today. Environment, Land, Regions, North America, Canada, British Columbia, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, Canada Top Stories 2008-09-15T04:48:01-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/old_growth_bc_forests_worth_more_standing_than_fallen_study_says/?source=rss Leaving British Columbia's old-growth forests standing may make more economic sense than cutting them down for timber, especially as the province looks to strategies to cut global warming, a new B.C. study suggests. Environment, Climate and Energy, Forests, Regions, North America, Canada, British Columbia, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, Canada Top Stories 2008-09-05T19:21:01-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/humpbacks_make_a_comeback_in_pacific/?source=rss Humpback whales appear to be returning from the brink of extinction in the North Pacific Ocean, a new study shows. Environment, Wildlife, Regions, North America, Canada, British Columbia, Mexico, United States, Alaska, Hawaii, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, Canada Top Stories, USA Top Stories 2008-05-25T09:23:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/bc_herbalist_makes_hair_raising_discovery/?source=rss A B.C. man believes he's stumbled over a cure for baldness. Now, Dirk Stass who concocts herbal teas and remedies from native plants, is preparing for clinical trials on what many consider the cosmetic industry's Holy Grail. Health, Medical Discoveries, Regions, North America, Canada, British Columbia 2008-03-24T02:00:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/money_can_in_fact_buy_happiness_if_its_spent_on_others_study/?source=rss Money can buy happiness -- as long as it is spent on other people or on pro-social causes, scientists said Thursday. Regions, North America, Canada, British Columbia, Canada Top Stories 2008-03-23T10:10:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/bc_introduces_carbon_tax/?source=rss Driving and other fuel-dependent activities are about to get more expensive as British Columbia becomes the first jurisdiction in North America to introduce a consumer-based carbon tax. World, Politics, Environment, Climate and Energy, Regions, North America, Canada, British Columbia, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, Canada Top Stories, World Top Stories 2008-02-20T04:29:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/canadian_province_to_set_aside_caribou_lands/?source=rss British Columbia on Tuesday said it will set aside hundreds of thousands of acres of old-growth forest in order to boost the Canadian province's dwindling mountain caribou herds. The province said it will add 865,000 acres of protected lands. That will bring the total area of lands where logging and road building will be prohibited to 8,500 square miles, an area nearly the size of New Jersey that covers 95 percent of the animals' range in the province. 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Premier Gordon Campbell laid out more details of his green plan Friday, including the promise of legislation to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions 33 per cent below current levels by 2020. World, Politics, Environment, Climate and Energy, Regions, North America, Canada, British Columbia, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, Canada Top Stories, World Top Stories 2007-09-30T23:46:00-08:00