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Looks at the problems of the forest industry in British Columbia. Most of the problems having happened in the 1990s; The cost of the work; The people who will lose their jobs; The questions of the industry remaining competitive; Comments of Doug Smyth, research director of the largest forest union.

Observations on various news events in Canada are presented. With 850 wildfires in British Columbia--some caused by cigarettes--smokers are under scrutiny. Smoking bans were imposed in dry wilderness areas, including Vancouver's Stanley Park. Conrad Black enraged shareholders by spending $12 million of Hollinger money on personal papers of Franklin D. Roosevelt, the subject of Black's new book. Brenda Chamberlain, a Guelph, Ontario MP among Liberals, ran to the U.S. drug czar's office to complain about Canada's plan to decriminalize marijuana. A Nova Scotia sod farm was ordered to stop using human sewage sludge as fertilizer.

States that Pacific Press resolved a labor dispute that stopped the presses at Vancouver's two major daily papers for over a week. Settlement involving `The Vancouver Sun' and `The Province.'

The article presents a profile of MacLeod's Books, a used bookstore owned by Don Stewart, which is located in Vancouver, British Columbia. The store is described as legendary, with an inventory that ranges from first editions worth thousands of dollars to cheap used paperbacks stacked on the floor. The article describes the shop's disheveled charm, and the literary luminaries who have visited it over the years.

Examines how a shortage of raw materials is putting pressure on British Columbia's forest policy. How wood chips are suddenly a hot commodity; Canfor Corp.'s failed hostile takeover of Slocan Forest Products; Intervention of B.C. Forests Minister Andrew Petter in the takeover battle; How wood-chip supply is being squeezed; Predictions by Mike MacCallum of Price Waterhouse.

The article reports on the use of real estate investments as a process of money laundering in Canada. It mentions the amount of of real estate being purchased by wealthy Chinese immigrants, particularly in British Columbia, the lack of criminal investigation into possible cases of money laundering, and the difference in the responses by various provinces.

Discusses an 80th birthday celebration for the University of British Columbia's campus newspaper, `The Ubyssey.' Some of the writers who worked on the paper; The story of Danny Stoffman, one of the past editors and how he became a millionaire; The Sing Tao School of Journalism at the university.

Discusses the latest closure of commercial shellfish fisheries in Howe Sound, north of Vancouver, British Columbia. The pollution has been blamed on local pulp-and-paper mills. New provincial pollution-control standards; Power of the pulp-and-paper industry; Comments by environmentalists.

Discusses Whistler in January, 90 minutes north of Vancouver, where condos march up the benchlands year by year and at $44-a-day for a lift ticket, the skiers just keep coming. Signs on the ski runs on Blackcomb are in English and Japanese, the Japanese travel in packs down the slopes, costumes in wild psychedelic colors, sushi bars are filled and Japanese papers share shelf space with the `New York Times.' Background of Whistler Village; The Rendezvous Restaurant; More.

The article discusses the experiences of LGBTQ students at Trinity Western University (TWU) in relation to the evangelical university's ban on sexual same-sex relationships. Topics include debates among Christians about gay relationships, the views of TWU gender studies professor Robynne Healey on dialogue, and the experiences of gay TWU student Nate Froehlich.

The article reports about various colleges and universities in British Columbia offering certificate and diploma courses. The University of British Columbia (UBC) offers several research and graduate programs, including courses in Cult Cinema, Political Science and International Economics. It talks about an arts education centre Emily Carr, offering fine arts, social media, and animation courses. Kwantlen Polytechnic University offers degree programs like trade and vocational education.

Focuses on Tom Stephens and his British Columbia business MacMillan Bloedel Ltd. His first steps toward economic health as president and chief executive officer; Work with psychologist Bob Chapman; Workforce cuts; Comments from Stephens on the difficulties of changing a company's corporate culture and the disastrous effects of misunderstanding the group dynamic; The need to spin off companies and do one thing well; Reorganization details; Other comments.

The article reports that the government of British Columbia has taken over the operation of a pulp mill in Mackenzie, Northwest Territories to stop a chemical spill. Mill workers had to trade empty barrels with local residents for gasoline to continue operations at the facility. They alerted the government that over a million litres of chlorine could freeze and cause an environmental disaster.

An article is presented that reports on the top Canadian cities for gang-related crime in 2010. The article discusses gang violence in western cities including Prince George and Victoria, British Columbia and Winnipeg, Manitoba. Information is provided on homicides, robberies, automotive thefts, and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) as well.

This article reports on compulsory community service for Canadian high school students. Forty hours of community service is compulsory for all Ontario high school students before graduation. But across the country, only five areas do the same, British Columbia and the Yukon (both 30 hours), and the Northwest Territories and Nunavut (25 hours). A recent study by the Catholic University of America in Washington shows that forcing students to volunteer is in their best interests, and leads to more civic-minded, socially active adults. In most cases, students also gain work experience.

The article discusses Quest University, located in Squamish, British Columbia, examining whether its high yearly tuition will prevent it from succeeding. Other topics include Quest's focus on the undergraduate student, its turbulent first year in existence, and the work of its founder, David Strangway, an experienced academic administrator.

Presents news briefs. Fears of chemical attack prompt Americans to build safe rooms of tape and plastic sheeting. Sheila Copps uses Tim Hortons donut shop to sell her bid for Liberal leadership to a party membership glazed with indifference. Luna the killer whale's attention-seeking lingering presence turns docks at Vancouver Island town of Gold River into petting zoo.

Focuses on Prince Rupert, British Columbia as of July, 2001. Economic conditions of the area; Potential oil and petroleum deposits in Hecate Strait, off the coast of Prince Rupert; Conflicts within the community over off-shore drilling. INSET: A TOWN'S CRUEL TRICKS OF FATE.

Focuses on the August 21, 1999 resignation of British Columbia premier Glen Clark. Reasons, including criminal investigation into Clark's role in the support of friend Dimitrios Pilarinos' charity casino; Details of the investigation which included a police raid on his home; Role of Dimitris Vrahnos, a Revenue Canada employee in informing police of Clark's activities; History of Clark's election as a member of the New Democratic Party; His popularity. INSETS: Downfall of a premier;`Under a cloud,' by John Nicol.

Reports on how customer complaints regarding service in stores and restaurants is increasing in the late 1990s. Reasons why sales clerks and other customer service people are more hostile towards customers; Number of calls the Better Business Bureau of Mainland British Columbia receives on a weekly basis; Examples of mistreatment of customers; Comments. INSET: Manners Past and Present.

Opinion. Offers the author's experience of going for a walk in the old growth rain forest of Clayoquot Sound. Definition of a pristine valley; Why environmentalists began struggling to protect Clayoquot Sound after logging began to threaten Meares Island; Why Greenpeace is trying to recruit writers to their cause; View that there is no need to log the thousand-year-old forests; How writers are fussing about experiencing things on their own terms.

Opinion. Remarks that to no one's surprise, the rich of Canada, except for the residents of Toronto, live in British Columbia. The assertion that 24 percent of `rich' residents take home less than 85,000; The instant millionaires on Howe Street; So much money in Vancouver that people cannot take the pressure of carrying it around.

Relates on the disappearance of hiker Ann Marie Potton in the Whistler Mountain in British Columbia, Canada. Search for Potton by the Whistler's Royal Canadian Mounted Police; Potton's roommate, Tanya Moore's portrait of Potton; Total absence of clues; Creation of the Ann Marie Potton Search Committee; Psychological impact on family members and friends on Potton's disappearance.

Profiles Sven Robinson, the aggressive New Democratic Party MP from British Columbia. How he has galvanized gays and lesbians alike by declaring himself gay--the first to do so in Canadian federal politics. His demands for the same social and conjugal rights afforded to heterosexuals; His fears that any mistakes will damage the whole movement; Challenges; Childhood; Schooling; Marriage; Substance abuse; Political career.

Focuses on the Vancouver Stock Exchange (VSE), a securities market that has few equals as an arena for both risk and reward. Continuing evidence of unchecked abuse; Details of scandal in 1992; Inquiry to be conducted by James Markin into the VSE and B.C. Securities Commission (BCSC); VSE's mission; Critics. INSETS: The VSE dubious achievement awards.;Dirty dancing (history of Lionheart Resources Ltd.), by S.D.;The VSE's greatest hits.;A stock promoter's glossary, by Sarah Davison.

In this article, written in a manner intended to be humorous, the author comments on events that took place at the 21st Winter Olympic Games held in Vancouver, British Columbia. Among a number of issues the article makes note of several occurrences including the victory of Canada's men's hockey team in gold medal competition, and the performance of figure skater Joannie Rochette and the Canadian curling team.

The article relates the author's first encounter, at age nine, with Norval Morrisseau, the Ojibway artist, who had come his parents' home in Cochenour, Ontario to talk about selling his paintings. This would have been about eight years after Morrisseau's first gallery show in Toronto, in 1962, caused a sensation in the big-city art scene, and three since he had earned even wider popular acclaim for a huge mural executed at Expo 67. My parents bought two paintings, one of a group of loons and the other of a finned creature from Ojibway legend, part human, part fish. Up there in the Red Lake district, where he first painted and peddled his work, his bold acrylics were quite common in ordinary homes. The National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa is planning a major retrospective of his paintings for early 2006. It's doubtful Morrisseau will be able to attend the opening: now in his early 70s, he lives in a nursing home in Nanaimo, B.C., suffering from Parkinson's disease, and no longer able to paint. Few living Canadian artists would even be considered for such an exhibition. But for an Aboriginal painter to be singled out for this career-capping treatment is especially remarkable. His painting is an indispensable link between the old ways of Aboriginal art and the entry of contemporary Native artists into the world of collectors and critics. The clashing religious influences of Morrisseau's grandparents play out in some of his most powerful work as a struggle to reconcile Christian and Ojibway beliefs.

Thousands have fled their homes as British Columbia (BC) endures its most destructive summer of forest fires. Across the province, fires have forced the evacuation of thousands from the Okanagan, from cowboy country near Kamloops, and in the mountainous Kootenay region of southeastern BC. More than 170,000 hectares of forest have been destroyed in the most devastating and expensive fire year in provincial history. Three pilots have died in two crashes in aerial fire fights. Forestry crews, contractors, hundreds of soldiers and urban firefighters are waging the battle against tough odds. At their peak, flames in the McLure-Barriere and Okanagan Mountain park fires climbed more than 60 m into the forest canopy, and spread at more than 90 m a minute. Provincial Auditor General Wayne Strelioff warned two years ago of the growing threat of "interface fires," where human development abuts the natural forest--already seen claiming communities and lives in California, New Mexico and Australia.

Focuses on the TimberWest Forest Corp. after it closed the Youbou sawmill, outside Duncan on Vancouver Island, British Columbia in January 2001. Formation of Youbou TimberLess Society to protest the loss of jobs; Efforts of TimberWest to protect its assets, according to chief executive officer Paul McElligott; Discussion of privatization of public forests and of the lumber industry, in light of a Canada-U.S. softwood lumber dispute and provincial government proposals for reform; Examples of other timber towns and logging companies.

Discusses the use of traditional Chinese medicine therapies in British Columbia. Discussion of an ancient Chinese healing technique known as qigong; Use of acupuncture and herbal concoctions for healing; Description of the College of Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners and Acupuncturists of British Columbia.

Says that as British Columbia's old-growth forest stands are dwindling, and the second growth forests are too immature to harvest, the provincial government (which controls most B.C. forest lands) is under increasing pressure to set aside more of the old-growth stands for a variety of purposes. Record losses in the province' forest industry; Serious new challenges to the industry in court; Grassroots protests; The new Chemainus mill. INSET: Tough tactics, hard opinions..

Considers the upcoming British Columbian election, and notes Social Credit party leader Rita Johnston is lurching from one embarrassment to another, while New Democratic Party leader Michael Harcourt holds a 15 percentage-point lead in a survey published at week's end. Former Socred leader Vander Zalm's resignation over conflicts of interest, along with resignations of 11 cabinet ministers; Party's efforts to replace John Ball (Richmond East riding); Other controversies.

Describes how Cuba has become a hot spot for Canadian entrepreneurs on the prowl. Fidel Castro's visit to Vancouver on December 14, 1995 to meet with Wally Berukoff who runs Miramar Mining Corp.; Berukoff and Castro meeting with Pierre Trudeau at the Canadian Embassy in Havana in September 1995; INSET: Playing chicken with egg trays, by J.W..

The article discusses an increase in the average deaths per day in British Columbia resulting from overdoses caused by an opioid crisis in the province. Topics include Canada's approval of supervised injection sites as part of a harm reduction approach, the use of narcan or naloxene kits by locals and businesses to assist victims overdosing on opioids such as heroine or fentanyl, and the lease of space in funeral homes to store bodies as city morgues are filled to capacity.

The article reports on the increase in earthquakes and the actions British Columbia is taking to prepare its residents. Research by geoscientists Rebecca Bendick and Roger Bilham is discussed regarding why the number of earthquakes is increasing, the impact on the Cascadia subduction zone, and the possibility of more powerful earthquakes.

The article profiles late British Columbia teenager Amanda Todd, who committed suicide in October 2012 after being cyberbullied. Topics include how the harassment following the dissemination of topless photos of her at age 13 led her to drink and take drugs, the eight-minute Internet video she posted in which she described being bullied by classmates in person and online, and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police's investigation into her death.

The article examines a dramatic increase in the life expectancy of residents of the Downtown Eastside neighborhood of Vancouver, British Columbia, one of the poorest neighborhoods of that city. An average increase in life expectancy of over 10 years for both men and women in 2007-2011 compared to 1992-1996 is considered, and attributed to factors including improved health services for drug addicts, declines in the HIV viruses infection rate and a reduction in homelessness.

The author offers opinions on politics and government in British Columbia. Legislators of governing Liberal Party and opposition New Democratic Party are mocked for removing their party leaders Gordon Campbell and Carole James, yet it is also acknowledged that the rules of the political parties in the province give leaders too much influence over the selection of legislative candidates, making poor relations between the two inevitable.

The article discusses guerrilla marketing at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, British Columbia by corporations which were not official sponsors of the event. Corporate sponsorship accounts for 40 percent of International Olympic Committee (IOC) revenue and the IOC goes to great lengths to prevent unauthorized use of the Games in marketing. Tactics employed by rivals of some of the corporate sponsors included handing out free coffee and beverages at public places in Vancouver.

The article discusses how the Vancouver Organizing Committee (VANOC) intends to cleanup after the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver, Canada. According to the article, VANOC aims to divert 85% of all of its solid waste from landfills beginning in the fall of 2009 through May 2010 but its garbage plans aren't available yet. The beverage company Coca-Cola's waste-reduction plan as well as its "Olympic Sustainability Plan" are discussed.

The article report on environmental measures undertaken by the planners of the 2010 Winter Olympics to be held in Vancouver, British Columbia. A number of issues are explored including the installation of plumbing fixtures that save water, the initiatives advanced by Ann Duffy, the sustainability executive for the games, and the use of the facilities when the event has ended.

The article discusses the economic and social woes of Surrey, British Columbia. Homelessness and violent crime are growing problems, the author states. Other topics include a gangland massacre in 2008 in which six men were found murdered in Surrey and the decreasing crime rates in big cities such as New York, New York.

The article discusses a letter written by Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper that described the Fraser River salmon fishery as racially divided. The article states that the fishery in British Columbia is having what is probably its most peaceful season. There had previously been tensions between native and non-native fishers. Several native leaders are accusing Harper of fanning racism in an attempt to win votes.

The article focuses on an agreement that the provinces of British Columbia and Alberta have reached to reduce inter-province trading restrictions and increase labor mobility. The agreement is called the Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement (TILMA). The agreement, which will begin in spring 2007, will effectively erase the border between B.C. and Alberta and some economists are calling it the most important free trade agreement in Canada since NAFTA.

The roots of Don Chapman's family tree reach far back into Canadian history. Chapman's birth certificate shows he was born in Vancouver in 1954, and although he has lived in the U.S. since he was a toddler, he never swore an oath of allegiance there or renounced his Canadian citizenship. Nevertheless, in Ottawa's eyes, because his parents became naturalized Americans in 1961, Chapman too is an American. He's been lobbying for the last five years to reclaim the citizenship of what he feels deep in his bones is his home and native land -- and calls Ottawa's stance not just bizarre but a violation of his human rights. Blame the Canadian Citizenship Act of 1947. The act, written in the immediate aftermath of the Second World War, was a product of its time. Like the laws of many other countries, it did not allow for dual citizenship. It also reflected the paternalistic attitudes of the day, declaring that if the "responsible parent" -- usually the father -- emigrated and acquired other citizenship, his underaged children also acquired that citizenship. In December, Alliance MP John Reynolds, whose British Columbia riding includes Gibsons, introduced a private members bill, C-343, to make it easier for people like Chapman to re-acquire their Canadian citizenship. And this week, Chapman will testify in Ottawa before the House standing committee on citizenship and immigration to make his pitch for changes to Bill C-18. Resigned or not, he vows to keep lobbying.

Discusses the Historica Foundation of Canada's national heritage fair in Kamloops, British Columbia. Description of history projects of children throughout Canada; Perceived lack of interest in Canadian History; Question of how history should be viewed and taught.

Reports on the unexpected sale of MacMillan Bloedel Ltd. of British Columbia to Weyerhaeuser Co. of Federal Way, Washington. Reaction of the sale by residents of British Columbia; Why the government in British Columbia will not block the purchase; Why Weyerhaeuser decided to buy the company.

Reports on a conference that was held in British Columbia between the federal government in Canada and its provinces over a framework for co-operation on national social programs. The inability of participants to reach an agreement; Fears by some provinces that the federal government may launch social initiatives when the budget is presented on February 16, 1999; How the talks originated from the Calgary Declaration.

Discusses how Eastern art is all the rage in British Columbia. Empires Beyond the Great Wall: The Heritage of Genghis Khan, on display at the Royal British Columbia Museum in Victoria until September, 1995; Other exhibits with Asian themes that are tempting gallery-and museum goers; Examples of artifacts on view.

Examines how Native groups are pressing their claim to a large part of British Columbia. Legal title to thousands of square miles of northern wilderness, including some of the country's most expensive real estate, that is in dispute; Talks aimed at settling the long-festering issue; What is at stake; History of dealing with native claims; Effect on residents of British Columbia.