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Farley Mowat, Acclaimed Author, Dead at 92.
Outspoken writer of 45 books, including the popular Never Cry Wolf, was famed for his unwavering, fearless focus on protecting nature.
From the article: “The author, whose famous books on nature such as Never Cry Wolf delighted readers for five decades, was still active in campaigns to protect nature in his beloved country right up to the end. In fact he was recently quoted on CBC’s The Current, complaining in his trademark indignant and energetic manner about a plan to increase Wi-Fi service in Canada’s national parks.”
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Weekly Roundup – April. 27, 2014 – May. 3, 2014
May 09th 2014 - Posted by Adam VanderZwan
Sunday, April 27, 2014 – Saturday, May 3, 2014
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Ukrainian Journalists Face Threats as Separatists Make Demands of Media
Pro-Russian activists are trying to impose censorship and control or scare away independent news outlets in Ukraine.
From the article: “They said the word “separatism” was now forbidden. Journalists had to describe armed gunmen who had taken over a string of government buildings in the east of the country as “supporters of federalisation”. Anything written about this “young state” had to be cleared in advance. The news website had to publish details of a bank account for donations to the cause.”
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Kitimat, BC, Votes “No” to Northern Gateway Pipeline in Plebiscite
One of the most divisive issues in Kitimat, B.C., in a generation came to a head Saturday night as residents voted ‘no’ against Enbridge’s Northern Gateway pipeline project.
From the article: “The ballot count from Saturday’s vote was 1,793 opposed versus 1,278 who supported the multi-billion dollar project — a margin of 58.4 per cent to 41.6 per cent.
‘The people have spoken. That’s what we wanted — it’s a democratic process,’ said Mayor Joanne Monaghan in a statement on Sunday. ‘We’ll be talking about this Monday night at Council, and then we’ll go from there with whatever Council decides.'”
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Kinder Morgan Hearing Denies or Downgrades Nearly half of Applicants
Nearly a thousand people will not have their voices heard because on Wednesday, the National Energy Board said it downgraded or rejected nearly half of the applicants who applied to the upcoming hearing to review the Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion project from Edmonton-to-Burnaby.
From the article: “‘It’s a sad day for democracy in Canada, when nearly a thousand people who stepped up to take part in a complex regulatory process to have their say about a project of national significance are shut out of the hearings,’ wrote Christianne Wilhelmson with the Georgia Strait Alliance in a statement.
The $5 billion project will pump nearly 900,000 barrels of oil sands bitumen per day on to super tankers in the Burrard Inlet at Burnaby, that will pass Stanley Park and outward to the southwest B.C. coastal waters for export.”
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Weekly Roundup – March. 30, 2014 – April 5, 2014
April 09th 2014 - Posted by Adam VanderZwan
Sunday, March 30, 2014 – Saturday, April 5, 2014
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Can Google Glass Revolutionize Journalism?
This fall, the University of Southern California is launching a new class: “Glass Journalism.”
From the article: “‘It’s an interesting opportunity to develop and explore what journalism could be on a platform that hasn’t even gone public yet,’ said Robert Hernandez, the class’s creator and former director of development for the Seattle Times.
Hernandez has had a beta version of Glass, which functions like a smartphone using a tiny screen above your eye, for roughly a year now.
He expects the weekly class will be a mix of journalism and computer engineering students and that all of the class’s dozen or so students will have a basic understanding of programming.”
Farley Mowat, Acclaimed Author, Dead at 92.
Ukrainian Journalists Face Threats as Separatists Make Demands of Media
Kitimat, BC, Votes “No” to Northern Gateway Pipeline in Plebiscite
Kinder Morgan Hearing Denies or Downgrades Nearly half of Applicants
Can Google Glass Revolutionize Journalism?