Month: February 2011

Cattle co-op could have meant wealth

Chiefs from many years ago did not have technologies like the internet, email, or other tools to communicate with other business people. Yet despite this lack of technology they did very well.
Chief Daniel Manuel Sr. had meetings at his home, in the old homestead by his corrals. He did not have an office, no secretary, just someone who had writing skills who recorded the meetings.

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Delivering quality eye care is no holiday

Jetting off to Jamaica in the middle of a brutally cold winter might seem like a dream come true, but for Brian Snee of Doctors Eye Care, it is certainly no holiday.
Snee has travelled five times now to the impoverished tropical Island to help deliver eye care services to a country that has 98 per cent of its population existing without access to basic health care.

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Fate of Hydro line lies with Supreme Court

A judicial review of the Environmental Assessment Certificate (EAC) issued to BC Hydro authorizing the proposed transmission line from Merritt to the Lower Mainland is now in the hands of a BC Supreme Court judge after court proceedings wrapped up Feb. 15.
First Nations representatives challenged the certificate, first issued to BC Hydro in June 2009, in the recent court hearing, which lasted from Feb. 8 to 15.

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Country in midst of hot dry season

February is the month to remember true love vs. controlling manipulative ways. Here in Sierra Leone, it’s the midst of a very dry, hot dusty season! Water levels lessen, swamps shrink, migratory birds flock through this area feeding on creepy crawling creatures (like frogs, lizards, and insects) or whatever looks edible.

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True cause of scoliosis

The diagnosis of scoliosis is made when a person has abnormal twisting and curving of the spine. It affects females twice as often as males. It can commence before the teen years and can progress rapidly or very slowly until the age of 17 or 18 when a person’s bones finish growing.

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