A cruise passenger has reportedly gone overboard from the Holland America Line (HAL) Statendam cruise ship in the last 24 hours. When the Statendam arrived in Seattle this morning around 5:00 A.M. at the end of its 14 day Alaskan cruise,
A hearty congratulations to those being honored today by the Audubon Women in Conservation Program, and especially my good friend Erica Gies, as part of the “Women Greening Journalism” program. Here are the profiles of the
The municipal elections concluded in British Columbia on Saturday night. As I watched the results roll in for my region of Greater Victoria where we have 13 municipalities and a large unincorporated rural area I was unconsciously tallying what kind
We are pleased to have Deborah Curran (University of Victoria Faculty of Law) as our November guest blogger at Land Use Prof Blog. Here is Deborah’s bio:Deborah Curran is the Hakai Professor in Environmental Law and Sustainability at the University
Reuters: Brain-dead Canadian woman kept on life support to save fetus, by Julie Gordon:A 32-year-old Canadian woman who has been declared brain dead is being kept on life support in a Victoria, British Columbia hospital, with doctors working to
ManeeshaDeckha (University of Victoria – Faculty of Law) has posted LegislatingRespect: A Pro-Choice Feminist Analysis of Embryo Research Restrictions inCanada on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This articleinvestigates the impact of legislating respect and dignity for the embryo invitro on
Imagine working to your strengths… while your team is working to THEIR strengths. That is precisely what I had the pleasure to ignite…
I had the privilege to work in Victoria B.C. again last week with a team of really
The leaders of Zimbabwe’s National Association of Nongovernmental Organizations (NANGO), which represents more than 1,000 civic groups, were arrested in Victoria Falls after a three-day conference at which five plainclothes security agents sat taking notes in the audience, said the
