Martin Mars Water Bombers finding work overseas

The Giant, Iconic, Martin Mars Water Bombers that live on Sproat Lake here in Port Alberni, BC are going to keep on working. Unfortunately, not at home. On Friday, March 27, owner Wayne Coulson signed a multi-million dollar deal with the United States Forest Service to send the Hawaii Mars to Lake Elsinore, California to …

France threatens to take their wine and cheese and leave the party

France is threatening to pull out of G20 talks without real changes to world financial regulations. Christine Lagarde told Hardtalk that President Nicolas Sarkozy would not sign any agreement if he felt “the deliverables are not there”. Strengthening financial regulation will be one of the key issues at the G20. France wants a stronger global …

Live Blogging the Public Forum on Climate Change in Port Alberni

Echo Center 7PM tonight is the Public Forum on Climate Change in Port Alberni… I didn’t realise they had Internet in here until now… I’ve missed the 1st speaker, who was amazing… but he will be back for QA and i will start with the second speaker who is talking right now. The current speaker …