Yesterday when I drove over "the hump" (a small mountain pass out of my town), I noticed quite a gathering of people. Apparently there was a good purpose for that gathering. (G&M) Environmentalists, forest workers, retired forest workers, mill workers and many others all gathered to stop logging trucks from leaving the Alberni Valley. NDP …
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Manitoba is looking to rival Alberta as a major player in the growing Wind energy market in Canada. Westman (NRC profile). The CBC reports on a $1.5 Billion (CAD) project with the potential to produce as much as 1400MW of electricity. Enough to power "hundreds of thousands" of homes. The first phase is slated to …
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Last November, the UK government accused Iran of supplying Iraqi insurgents with advanced bomb making materials originating from Hezbollah in Lebanon. Yesterday, March 7, the United States, through Donald Rumsfeld, accused Iran of "infiltrating Iraq" with para-military forces to stir up trouble, mainly in the South. Asked whether the alleged insertion of Iranian forces into …
