Posted on 09 February 2012
Three Canadians are safe and sound in Hawaii Thursday after a giant container ship rescued them from the pacific during a raging storm the night before. Brad James, 32, his nine-year-old son West and Brad’s brother, Mitch, were all rescued 450 kilometers northeast of Hilo, Hawaii traveling from Puerto Vallarta, Mexico on their sailboat named [...]
Posted on 07 February 2012
Christie’s is set gearing up for April 11, when they will begin to host their annual green auction in support of four environmental charity groups – The Natural Resources Defense Council, Oceana, the Central Park Conservancy and Conservation International. All proceeds from the third annual green auction will go to the charities in support of [...]
Posted on 04 February 2012
Just after noon Saturday British Columbia was struck with a 5.7 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Vancouver Island. The epicenter was about 170km west of Ucluelet and 337km west of the capital of Victoria on the west coast of Vancouver Island. Tanja Arsenault, a Ucluelet resident living near the beach, said she felt minimal [...]
Posted on 04 February 2012
Prime Minister Stephen Harper is heading for China with four cabinet ministers and seven MPs Monday. Since Harper took office in 2006 it will only be his second visit. Not only did he meet with his holiness, the Dalai Lama, which angered the Chinese government, but Harper also did not attend the 2008 Olympics in [...]
Posted on 01 February 2012
Code Orange. Its the alert level just below Code: Red – and its where Alaska’s remote Cleveland Volcano now sits classified. Cleveland is a 5,675-foot mountain on an uninhabited island 940 miles southwest of Anchorage. Scientists recently noticed that a new lava dome had begun forming, which is a major indicator that the mountain is [...]