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No longer boring, pipelines now feed intense debate on development, environment
Pipelines used to be boring. Once upon a time, these common crude-carrying metal tubes criss-crossing the country were little more than a planner's afterthought. Not anymore.
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The Philippines' fixes its coral reef
Thousands of small "pyramids" are being planted off the Philippines' famous Boracay resort island in an effort to bring its nearly destroyed coral reefs back to life.
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Single battery can power 1,400 homes
A super-battery that produces enough electricity to power nearly 1,400 homes, the Proton Exchange Membrane fuel cell has been producing clean electricity at a "steady rate" for weeks at a SolVin plant.
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Canada's arctic tundra is vanishing
A Canadian research team has found sizable chunks of tundra in the Yukon are being taken over by shrub cover that is increasingly crowding out the plants that many Arctic animals depend on.
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India's air the worst in world
India has the worst air quality in the world, beating even its neighbour China, according to an annual survey.
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Gallery: Melting ice fields on Baffin Island
Melting ice fields on Baffin Island, one of the clearest signs of climate change on Earth today, have yielded the strongest evidence yet for the timing and cause of another major climate event from the planet’s past: the so-called Little Ice Age, a sudden and mysterious cooling of the globe that began about 700 years ago.
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Evidence for cause of 'Little Ice Age' found in Canada's North
Melting icefields on Baffin Island, one of the clearest signs of climate change on Earth today, have yielded the strongest evidence yet for the timing and cause of another major climate event from the planet's past: the so-called Little Ice Age, a sudden and mysterious cooling of the globe that began about 700 years ago.
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Michael D. Reid
The best of the fest
An explosive Belgian crime thriller about the consequences of a brutish cattle farmer's involvement with Flemish mobsters who peddle illegal growth hormones took top honours at the Victoria Film Festival awards presentation Sunday night.
Les Leyne
Les Leyne: Clark's speech wasn't worth the trouble
You can take a premier out of commercial radio, but you can't take commercial radio out of the premier.
Cleve Dheensaw
Tigers' star Etem joins elite group
With the return of the Western Hockey League to Victoria, those expecting a constant barrage of blinding flashiness on Blanshard Street from future NHL stars have perhaps been mildly underwhelmed. But that certainly wasn't the case in October when Emerson Etem of the Medicine Hat Tigers, the complete package of strength and speed, roared through Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre to score five goals in a two-game set against the Royals.
Mike Devlin
Denzel's acting portfolio awash in great roles
Despite his humble onscreen beginnings - playing an extra in Charles Bronson's Death Wish - Denzel Washington has slowly become one of the best actors of his generation, if not all-time.
