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The Mount Polley Mine Disaster Has Produced a Mysterious, Waxy Blue Substance
Canadian authorities say there's nothing to fear about the mysterious sheen floating on Quesnel Lake, but local residents beg to differ.
David P. Ball
8.30.14
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The Mt Polley Mine Disaster Has Produced a Mysterious Blue Substance
In the aftermath of the Mount Polley mine disaster, scientists have discovered a mystery blue wax that stings like a jellyfish.
David P. Ball
8.28.14
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Anti-Pipeline Activists in Vancouver Had Their Computers Confiscated Over Graffiti Charges
Armed police officers in Vancouver raided the home of indigenious activist and author Gord Hill under the premise of investigating graffiti charges against of one of his roommates. During the raid, VPD confiscated phones, computers, video cameras and...
David P. Ball
6.12.14
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Even Prison Guards Are Pissed Off At Conservatives
As Canada's increasingly draconian law toss more criminals into the slammer thanks to mandatory minimum sentences almost directly cribbed from the States, prison guards are feeling the heat of rising inmate numbers jammed into smaller spaces. And they...
David P. Ball
6.10.14
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Critics Say Canada Shouldn’t Have Taken Humpback Whales Off the Endangered Species List
Despite Canada's Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife's position that the humpback whale is totally safe, many believe that the decision to downgrade the species' endangered status was a political move to make Enbridge's Northern Gateway...
David P. Ball
4.28.14
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These Nuclear Physicists Think David Suzuki Is Exaggerating about Fukushima
Just when many of us were already asking “WTF is going on in Fukushima?” along comes venerated Canadian scientist David Suzuki with the most ominous warning yet. It's no surprise the eco-guru's warning spread like a nuclear meltdown on social media...
David P. Ball
11.11.13
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Neo-Nazis Are Attacking Anti-Racist Activists in Calgary
For six years, Bonnie and Jason Devine have dealt with firebombs, home invasions, and severe beatings from white supremacists.
David P. Ball
10.10.13
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A String of Sex Workers Have Died Mysteriously in One B.C. Neighbourhood
A string of unexplained sex worker deaths in the same New Westminster, B.C. apartment building continues to shake the region's sex worker community, amidst outrage that drug toxicology reports for the women are still unavailable a full month after the...
David P. Ball
9.12.13