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Making the Climate 91原创ion

Earlier this year the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere hit 400 parts per million. This is an alarming development for it represents the highest levels found on earth in millions of years.
Geoff Johnson: Constructive daydreaming helps learning

Geoff Johnson: Constructive daydreaming helps learning

As a lifelong constructive daydreamer, I wonder now why my own high school results were not better than they were.
Les Leyne: Government cuts less drastic this time

Les Leyne: Government cuts less drastic this time

Bill Bennett, the minister responsible for the core review of government operations, sounds like a dentist when describing the process. As in: 鈥淭his won鈥檛 hurt a bit.鈥 He was the soul of reassurance and compassion while explaining the B.C.
Is Wi-Fi really making us sick?

Is Wi-Fi really making us sick?

I was once standing in a vacant apartment with a woman who said she couldn't rent there because the Wi-Fi signal in the area was making her feel ill. After she left, I pulled out my iPhone to search for signals. I could find none.
The 12 Trials of Suzie Spitfyre

The 12 Trials of Suzie Spitfyre

January 22nd, 2013, Crystal Pool & Fitness Centre, my very first training session with the ninja.
Comment: A brush with death in the journey of life

Comment: A brush with death in the journey of life

I鈥檓 alive. And probably shouldn鈥檛 be. The plan was a weekend of biking at Revelstoke. No rush to arrive, so I opted for the scenic Fraser Canyon over the speedier Coquihalla route. The plan aborted just south of Hell鈥檚 Gate.
Iain Hunter: Women in custody treated like lepers

Iain Hunter: Women in custody treated like lepers

Pope John Paul II is recorded as saying that a society will be judged by how it treats its weakest members. But governments are interested more in election days than judgment days, and our freshly re-elected provincial government isn鈥檛 shamed easily.
Graham Thomson: After the flood, hard questions for Albertans

Graham Thomson: After the flood, hard questions for Albertans

For the thousands of Albertans hit by floods in southern Alberta, the hard work continues. For the provincial government, the hard work, politically speaking, is just beginning.
Comment: Tax on 鈥榡unk food鈥 won鈥檛 reduce obesity

Comment: Tax on 鈥榡unk food鈥 won鈥檛 reduce obesity

It seems health associations are once again calling for a 鈥渇at tax:鈥 taxes on foods that some nutritionists and researchers don鈥檛 want us to eat or drink.
Monique Keiran: Passing notes, just like in the old days

Monique Keiran: Passing notes, just like in the old days

On the second day our government sat in the B.C. legislature, Speaker Linda Reid admonished then-unelected premier Christy Clark for passing notes to a cabinet minister during a debate.