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Replacing Poisoned Trees

Category(-ies): Local Interest

A Vancouver resident has launched a campaign to replace poisoned trees on Vancouver's West Side. Tests have revealed that the poisoning was done with an herbicide that is only available in the United States.

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Posted by Daniel Mosquin at 6:50 PM on July 28, 2004



Attn: Wheelbarrow Owners

Category(-ies): Local Interest

Ames True Temper has issued a public safety recall of wheelbarrows manufactured under the O. Ames brand between 1993 and 2000. The fourteen inch wheels of these wheelbarrows have black plastic wheel assemblies which can fracture when the tires are inflated, causing injury.

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Posted by Eric La Fountaine at 6:22 PM on July 28, 2004



International Bog Day

Category(-ies): Community Events

Celebrate the thirteenth annual International Bog Day on Sunday, July 25, 2004 at the Delta Nature Reserve in Burns Bog. Burns Bog Conservation Society hosts the International Bog Day event to promote awareness of bog conservation.

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Posted by Eric La Fountaine at 12:02 AM on July 21, 2004



Ivy Busters

Category(-ies): Community Events , Local Interest

The Stanley Park Ecological Society and Vancouver Parks Board are seeking volunteers to help control the invasion of English ivy in Stanley Park. English ivy (Hedera helix) can now be found in approximately a third of the park's six hundred acres.

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Posted by Daniel Mosquin at 4:09 PM on July 7, 2004



BC Environmental Groups Feel Funding Pinch

Category(-ies): Local Interest

During the stock market boom of the 1990s, tens of millions of dollars (much of it from the US) poured into British Columbian environmental groups. Donations have since dropped drastically, threatening the survival of many groups.

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Posted by Daniel Mosquin at 11:05 AM on July 7, 2004