The HemLoft is an egg-shaped treehouse that Joel Allen built
over three years on an imposing hemlock tree he found on crown (government owned) land near Whistler, British Columbia. Until recently, Allen kept the beautiful, illegally-built structure secret, but now that it's been shared with the world,
what will happen to it?
posted by ocherdraco
on Apr 25, 2012 -
47 comments
About 13 km (8 miles) north of the US/Canada border is
Spotted Lake (Google Maps/streetview), a
endorheic basin, or terminal lake. In wetter times,
the lake is full, but spots are visible. During the summer months,
the water level drops, leaving spots of mineral-rich water. The waters have long been considered therapeutic, and
one story cites a truce in a battle to allow both warring tribes to tend to their wounded in the lake. Though
a sacred medicine lake of the Okanagan People, the lake and the land around it were
privately owned for 40 years. Mineral-rich salts were harvested during World War I for munitions, and decades later, the land owners were looking to mine the mud to sell for use in therapeutic spas.
In 2001, the land was finally purchased by the The Indian Affairs Department and the Okanagan Nation Alliance.
kłlil'xw is property of the Okanagan Nation once more.
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posted by filthy light thief
on Feb 15, 2012 -
8 comments
It stands as one of the more unusual turning points of the Cold War, thanks mostly to the surprise appearance of several naked middle-aged women. Taking The Cure: How a group of British Columbian anarchists inspired democracy in Russia.
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posted by amyms
on May 13, 2008 -
7 comments
The revenue-neutral carbon tax: an idea whose time has come? The British Columbia government has just introduced a
carbon tax, starting at $10/tonne in July 2008 and rising to $30/tonne in 2012. All revenues from the tax (close to $2 billion over three years) will be returned to taxpayers in the form of income tax cuts, reducing income and corporate taxes to the lowest levels in Canada.
Details from the BC budget.
Globe and Mail.
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posted by russilwvong
on Feb 27, 2008 -
27 comments
This morning in Vancouver, volunteers handed out hundreds of disposable cameras, available free to any low-income resident of the city's Downtown Eastside (
DTES) neighbourhood. Pictures in the returned cameras will be entered in this year's "
Hope in Shadows" competition, with winners getting prizes and one of 12 spots in next year's calendar. (It will be sold by specially-trained low-income folks, who keep half their profits.) Run by
Pivot, a local legal activism group, "Hope in Shadows" is a
succesful and "
innovative empowerment through art" project and a chance for the residents of the DTES to define their community -- one most often defined by its
poverty,
addictions,
violence and
disease.
Previous winners: 2004, 2005 [1] [2], 2006
posted by docgonzo
on Jun 9, 2007 -
13 comments
Despite our predominantly post-modern society in Canada, there are still pockets of ignorance and intolerance. The
City of Surrey a
very suburban suburb of Vancouver, British Columbia, is pretty much the capital of Canada when it comes to this.
A high school (ages 13-18) was rehearsing to perform
"The Laramie Project" - a play about the murder of an American student Matthew Shephard (who was gay) and tolerance when the
Surrey School Board pulled the plug on it. The play had recently been performed in a high school in a smaller, but less rednecky suburb, Mission.
This is the same school board that
tried to ban two excellent books teaching children tolerance for their friends that may have two dads or two mums. The ban was overturned by the Supreme Court of Canada.
Perhaps a play of this nature is appropriate for high school students? Whaddya think?
posted by SSinVan
on Sep 22, 2005 -
65 comments
Elections BC (Source: CBC) is having a tough time keeping up with all the bloggers "
publishing partisan messages during the current election campaign.". Under current law they are asking all bloggers to register as advertisers, while also going on record as being open to changing the law.
posted by futureproof
on May 15, 2005 -
14 comments
