Next year Georgia Strait Alliance celebrates their 20th anniversary of protecting and restoring the marine environment and promoting the sustainability of Georgia Strait, its adjoining waters and communities. Since 1990, Georgia Strait Alliance has been the only citizen’s group focused on protecting the marine environment in and around the whole Strait of Georgia — [...]

Advocates view nuclear power as the promise for a better tomorrow, critics view it as a massive investment in a mutant-zombie filled apocalypse, and there’s little chance of the two finding common ground.
It’s true, nuclear power touts many purported advantages – minimal CO2 emissions being the most mentioned – however, behind the spit-shined statistics is [...]

With the flick of a pen on Wednesday, Gov. David A. Paterson signed the Child Passenger Protection Act, known as Leandra’s law in memory of 11-year-old Leandra Rosado, who was killed in a drunken driving accident in October.
Leandra’s Law will set some of the toughest DWI penalties in the nation and will provide law enforcement [...]

The man charged with stalking sports reporter Erin Andrews is being accused of making nude videotapes of her in one more city than was previously thought, according to new court documents filed Wednesday.
Michael David Barrett, a 47-year-old insurance company employee, is accused of stalking the 31-year-old by aiming a cell phone camera through altered hotel [...]

Every day, thousands of people die from lack of access to clean water. According to Water.org fact sheets, only 62% of the world’s population has access to improved sanitation — defined as a sanitation facility that ensures hygienic separation of human excreta from human contact. The majority of illness in the world is caused by [...]