By Leslie Young Three Lower Mainland sewage treatment plants have dumped billions of litres of toxic waste into the Fraser River, Burrard Inlet and the Strait of Georgia, breaking federal environmental law for years without penalty. The three wastewater plants are Iona Island in Richmond, Lions Gate in North Vancouver and Annacis Island in Delta. [...]
By Leslie Young Annacis Island is one of five wastewater treatment plants in Vancouver. This plant provides secondary treatment to wastewater from approximately 740,000 people from New Westminster and Surrey. It treats an average of nearly half a billion litres a day. Read the whole story on wastewater treatment in Vancouver Hover the mouse over [...]
download the whole movie of the dark knight View Larger Map This is a map showing the location of Metro Vancouver’s sewage treatment plants. The green icons are parks and beaches around the region. Read the full story on Metro Vancouver’s sewage treatment Q&A: Metro Vancouver’s wastewater treatment Photo gallery: Sewage treatment at Annacis Island
By Leslie Young How many sewage plants are there in Metro Vancouver? There are five sewage treatment plants across the region. Two of these, Iona Island and Lions Gate, are primary treatment plants. The other three, Annacis Island, Lulu Island and Northwest Langley, are secondary treatment plants. Find out where the sewage treatment plants are [...]
We’ve all heard about the wonderful things that private security contractors are doing in Iraq. I haven’t heard much about what they’re doing in Africa. Apparently it’s worth at least a billion dollars though.
Canada is fishing for more soldiers for Afghanistan this week at the NATO conference in Vilnius, Lithuania. As mentioned in a previous post, Canada has given an ultimatum to the other NATO nations: pony up another 1,000 troops, or we go home. So far, Canada seems likely to get its way, although there might never [...]
Money spent on the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts could be costing the United States more than it bargained for. According to a report by the Council on Foreign Relations, the long-term effects of military spending in those two countries could harm the U.S. economy in the future.
A new hero is joining the fight for justice in the Philippines. “Barbargsa – Blood of the Honorable” is the latest comic offering from American psyops. yogi bear movie Witness the secret origin of Ameer as he returns home to find his country in shambles. Swearing to return the rule of law to his native [...]
It’s treaty-negotiating time in Iraq, and it could mean a change in the way private security is handled there. The U.S. is looking for special treatment for its independent contractors, and the Iraqi government seems unlikely to grant it.
The Manley Report on Canada’s future in Afghanistan came out this week. It quietly absolves Harper of any responsibility for the final decision on pulling out in 2009. The report itself is a doozy, weighing in at a hefty 90 pages, including several appendices. So, I’m going to focus on its recommendations.
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