Pick Fruits with the least Pesticide!

EWG FoodNews just found a very handy document (PDF download here)… it’s a list of the 12 worst, and 15 best, fruits when it comes to pesticides: What’s the Difference? EWG research has found that people who eat the 12 most contami- nated fruits and vegetables consume an average of 10 pesticides a day. Those …

Trudeau era Minister helps bring Alternative Energy to Ucluelet BC

Very cool Alternative Energy news out of Ucluelet and the Alberni Valley Times today (dead link). (Here is a link still active in 2024) With an interesting link to a long past era. The Pacific Coastal Wave plan is to build a demonstration project which will generate up to four megawatts (mw) of electricity, using …

Here’s your proof of Evolution (or not?) Mr. Lunney

Dear Honourable Member of Parliament for Nanaimo-Alberni James Lunney, On Thursday, April 2nd, 2009 you stood in Parliament and said this: Mr. Speaker, recently we saw an attempt to ridicule the presumed beliefs of a member of this House and the belief of millions of Canadians in a Creator. Certain individuals in the media and …