New research shows that fish play an important role in the fight against climate change. Research published in the January 16, 2009 issue of Science, co-authored by Villy Christensen, professor at the Fisheries Centre at the University of British Columbia, will change our understanding of the factors that mitigate climate change. “We had not recognised [...]
What do you do with a priest who says the Holocaust never happened? That 9/11 was an inside job? And that Protestants get their orders from the devil? If you’re the Pope, you welcome him with open arms. Well, not quite. In the week after Benedict XVI restored an ultra-conservative Catholic sect known as the [...]
10 dollars: the cost of two lattes, or a laptop. On Tuesday, the government of India announced that within the next six months millions of cheap laptops will be made available for students across the country. The eruption of media excitement around the educational and economic benefits of this scheme seem to have erased any [...]
Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM) executives have been fined with a total of more than $75 million in restitution and dues by Ontario Securities Commission (OSC), for back dating stock options which makes it the largest individual settlement levied by the regulator. how to train your dragon full movie James Balsillie, Mike Lazaridis and Dennis [...]
“Bride and Gloom,” pretty edgy name for a wedding blog, at least that’s what I thought. My plan was to cut through the romance, disengage from the bride-centric language and question tradition to reveal what weddings say about our society. Basically, I planned to hijack the language of weddings to serve as a social critique. The [...]
USA Swimming is right-on. The governing body of the American swim team suspended Michael Phelps after damning photos surfaced. The U.S. Olympic gold medal star was smoking from a bong, which all the world seems to know is a marijuana pipe. Reaction from his sponsors and the public have been mixed. And some international columnists [...]
My first post in this blog was “Cooking for the apocalypse.” I was talking about climate change, but an equally terrifying and much more present doomsday is the economic meltdown. What kind of food blogger would I be if I couldn’t help you dine out well in tough economic times? Here’s my official party line: [...]
Here in B.C., the housing market is on the decline. On February 3, The Vancouver Sun reported that homes in metro Vancouver would drop 14 per cent in 2009 to an average price of $508,000. Wow. Even at that bargain price, I don’t think I’ll ever be able to afford a house in Vancouver. I [...]
Let’s go through the checklist, shall we? Dinner reservations made. Check. Hair appointment booked. Check. Outfit bought and legs shaved. Check, check. Looks like my Valentine’s Day plans are coming together nicely. Wait a minute. Something is missing…..
That’s the approximate ratio of Palestinian to Israeli citizens who were killed in the conflict in the Gaza Strip in December and January. So I was a little confused when headlines on Sunday told me that the Prime Minister of Israel was threatening a “disproportionate” response if rocket fire from the region continued. I would [...]
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