StoneMtn

He played Blue Skies this year in Porkbelly Futures. I think you were watching their set with me.

Okay, that got my attention.

Hilarious!

Ah, well then I've enjoyed him live, and have one of his books.

Sad news.

Is he in Pork Belly Futures?

I would not presume this is over.

This is a judgment by a Justice of the Peace. I suspect an appeal is imminent, with several further levels of appeal available thereafter, too.

This is a big deal.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Supreme Court of Canada gives public a voice on major industrial projects

Submitted by Cassie Barker — Jan 21, 2010 08:53 AM

Court ensures meaningful environmental assessments across country

Jan 21, 2010

OTTAWA – Today, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that the Canadian government has violated a national environmental law aimed at ensuring sustainable development. In a case centered on the proposed Red Chris mine in British Columbia, the Court ruled that the federal government cannot split projects into artificially small parts to avoid rigorous environmental assessments. The ruling also guarantees that the public will be consulted about major industrial projects, including large metal mines and tar sands developments.

“The Supreme Court has given Canadians back their voice and, with it, their ability to influence major industrial development across the country,†said Ecojustice lawyer Lara Tessaro, who represented MiningWatch Canada on the case. “This landmark decision confirms that the government can no longer shirk the environmental protection duties that Parliament has assigned to it.â€

The Court ruled that the Canadian government acted unlawfully by excluding public input from its evaluation of the massive copper and gold mine proposed for Northern BC. Under the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, entire projects must be environmentally assessed, and the government “cannot reduce the scope of the project to less than what is proposed by the proponent.â€

The Canadian government refused to carry out a comprehensive study of the project and its environmental effects, as required by the CEAA. Despite the significant environmental risks posed by this mine, the Department of Fisheries and Oceans and Natural Resources Canada limited their assessment to a fraction of the mine proposal, removing the actual mine and mill from its environmental review and rubber-stamping a provincial assessment.

The open-pit mine, proposed by Imperial Metals, is cause for serious environmental concern. It would be located adjacent to an area called the Sacred Headwaters, the birthplace of Northern BC’s three greatest salmon rivers – the Stikine, Nass and Skeena Rivers. If built, it would endanger wildlife, destroy three trout-bearing streams and risk toxic contamination of two watersheds. Perhaps most shockingly, the proposed mining project would wipe out pristine Black Lake by converting it into a “tailings impoundment area†– a dumpsite for toxic mine waste.

“These are serious issues where the public needs to be able to have a say. That’s what we thought the law said, and now the Court has backed us up,†said Jamie Kneen of MiningWatch Canada. “If perfectly good lakes and streams are going to be turned into toxic waste dumps, we will have something to say about it.â€

The public interest groups had argued that it was unlawful for the federal government to simply defer to the provincial environmental review. The Court agreed, observing that federal agencies “were free to use any and all federal-provincial coordination tools available, but they were still required to comply with the provisions of the CEAA pertaining to comprehensive studies.â€

“We are pleased that the Court has affirmed the importance of public participation in environmental decision-making, and we hope this decision breathes new life into Canada’s environmental assessment law,†said Canadian Environmental Law Association lawyer Richard Lindgren, who represented six environmental groups participating in the appeal as interveners.

For more information, please contact:

Lara Tessaro, Staff Lawyer, Ecojustice, phone (604) 685-5618 x245, cell (604) 313-3132

Jamie Kneen, Communications Coordinator, MiningWatch Canada, phone (613) 569-3439, cell (613) 761-2273

Rick Lindgren, Canadian Environmental Law Association, phone (613) 385-1686

For high resolution photos of the mine site and species found in the area, please see below.

To purchase professional photographs of the Sacred Headwaters region, please contact:

Paul Colangelo, (604) 376-8863, www.sacredheadwatersjourney.com

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Agreed. Not a chance.

That said - shame on W/B for building that idiotic "Peak to Peak" gondola, at a cost of a zillion dollars, which opened up not a single iota of ski area as a result.

Surprising news? A little; just a little.

If I went with that standard, I would have nothing to do.

Personally, I'd probably just go with the name "Mere Puffery", but don't let me quell your creativity.

You did nothing wrong, anyway.

This falls under the rubric of "mere puffery". It's advertising to the public; not a contract with each person who buys a ticket to the show.

This is sort of old news, since the kids have made it back into Canada, but the email here is pretty good to see a first-hand account of Haiti, through the eyes of a Canadian who landed there 45 minutes before the disaster:

http://www.bclocalnews.com/kootenay_rockies/castlegarnews/breaking_news/81795982.html

Typical entertainment industry.

They're just rehashing in animation some old material from the days Todd was portrayed as a puppet.

I do think Todd should adopt their slogan as his own, though: "Very silly. Very smart."

Why is this posted?

Maybe I'm too dumb to get it, but I've read this five times and learned nothing other than that Jason from EOTO doesn't lock his cell phone.

Is there some hidden message of interest here?

They are called promoters.....

With Trey going for upwards of $100k US I wouldn't consider the 'promoter' guys the people who would set up Trey - we are music business people not drug dealers!

I can tell you that I personally know of, at least, one promoter (not you) who has fulfilled both roles for famous people. (At least that is what he/she told me.) In one case, it was the only way the show would go on (and in fact the only way the artist would leave his tourbus).

I'd be very surprised if Trey couldn't get into Canada.

I am aware. I was there the day before yesterday, but I have a toddler and newborn at home. Leaving town, ever, is rare and requires a special reason. Mutabaruka is not enough.

BOSTON BAR, B.C. -- Austin Forman figures he owes his life to his aptly-named dog Angel. The Golden Retriever saved his eleven-year-old owner Saturday when he stepped between the boy and an advancing cougar.

"I'm pretty sure that if my dog wasn't there I wouldn't be here right now," Austin said Sunday. "Thank goodness we are both alive and she protected me."

The drama began at about 5:30 p.m. Saturday when Austin was hauling firewood using a wheelbarrow between his family's woodpile and their Boston Bar home when the predatory cat approached.

While trudging through the snow, Austin noticed Angel running around the yard and barking wildly.

"I was about five feet away from the basement door and she had run toward me and that's when the cougar had attacked her and brought her under the stairs," Austin said. "It was coming after me and Angel intercepted. The cougar grabbed Angel."

The animals became entangled in a battle just a metre away from the boy. Uncertain if it was a cougar or another dog, Austin said he stayed long enough to determine it was a big cat before running screaming inside the house.

"That's when I was in shock and I was frantic," he said.

Boston Bar RCMP Const. Chad Gravelle was finishing paperwork at the station just half a kilometre down the highway when his dispatcher told him about a cougar attack at the Forman home.

Const. Gravelle thought, "I know that family," jumped in his car and "flew right over," he said Sunday.

Austin's mom, Sherri Forman, had phoned 911 while Angel was being mauled in the yard. Before she knew it, Const. Gravelle was through the front door and on the back steps peering down at the fight.

"I could see the cougar had the dog in its mouth, around the dog's neck. It was chewing on its neck," Const. Gravelle said.

He fired the first shot from his semi-automatic pistol into the cougar's hind end -- then fired another shot into its head.

"I had my flashlight in one hand and I had my gun in the other hand and I just aimed.

"It's not too often we get an aimed shot. They were all wrapped up in each other but I could see the cougar's head."

By then, neighbour Travis Conkin had arrived and pulled the cougar off the dog.

"The cougar is lifeless, the dog is lifeless. They are in one ball," said Mr. Conkin.

Then, like a miracle, Angel took a deep and noisy breath.

"The dog hasn't been moving or making sounds for minutes now and it comes back," said Mr. Conkin.

Angel spent Sunday nursing her injuries, but was scheduled to see a vet Monday.

She had numerous puncture wounds, a ripped eyelid and injured sinus cavities, but the family expects her to make a full recovery.

"It could have turned out a lot different if it wasn't for Angel," said Sherri. "She's our guardian angel."

Vancouver Province

Wow.

Condolences.

Wow!

Anywhere else in Ontario? I love Mutabaruka!

Oops. Missed this one.

Happy birthday!

Ya. That new year's show was actually, truly unbelievable to witness.

I vividly remember the moment after that show, when "Here Comes The Sun" came on, and hundreds of thousands of people were sort of - silent.

We were talking about arts and crafts to do with our daughter, who is just getting right into that age. I mentioned we should get her "Shrinky Dinks".

Then it occurred to me - the last time I saw a Shrinky Dink (I just love the name) I was too small to use the oven to make them myself.

Do they still exist? Did their name change?

I know I'm not the only one here who knows of these, but the last time I saw one was in the 1970s, so I suspect they're no longer on the market. Any idea