In a year’s time, the Winter Olympics will be taking place in Vancouver and Whistler. The Vancouver Organizing Committee (VANOC) will be hoping that Sunday’s cancelled World Cup Parallel Giant Slalom on Cypress Mountain in North Vancouver isn’t a portent of things to come. It seems that the snow was of the wrong kind […]
Vancouver – During the 2010 Winter Olympics what will happen to the Homeless People
In one year’s time the Winter Olympics will have started in Vancouver/Whistler in British Columbia and Canada’s campaign to ‘own the podium’ will have begun. There was a large party at the new Richmond skating oval paid for by the taxpayer, but unfortunately it was invitation only. Some people in Vancouver believe that the Winter […]
Charles Darwin – Two Hundredth Birthday
Charles Darwin was born two hundred years ago on February 12th, 1809. His book, On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, is one of the most controversial books ever written, especially if you believe in Intelligent Design and the literal truth of Genesis. Darwin’s theory is the greatest idea that anyone has […]
Vancouver – Canada’s Gang Capital – Shootings and Bad Driving
Vancouver in British Columbia is host city for the Winter Olympics in 2010. This is a city and a province that is obsessed with titling everything – hence the province calling itself ‘The Best Place on Earth’, ‘Lotusland’, and ‘Shangri-La’. The aim for the Winter Olympics is to ‘own the podium’ – in other words […]
Cretaceous Dinosaur with Voice Box intrigues Palaentologists
The Thesaurus was probably the most intelligent creature of the Cretaceous Period. A recent fossil find showed that this dinosaur had a well-developed voice box, which would have allowed it to produce a wide-range of sounds. The Thesaurus could have uttered many different noises to express the same emotions such as happiness, sadness, and tiredness. The Thesaurus was quite […]
Vancouver – Racial Problems at UBC Highlight Tensions between Jews and Arabs
Just in case you believed that Vancouver is Lotusland, Shangri La, or even ‘The Best Place on Earth’ then the events of the last few days will surely disabuse you of those notions. Ethnic tensions have surfaced at the University of British Columbia due to Israel’s invasion of Gaza. According to the Vancouver Media, an […]
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