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For people from Niagara Falls, today is a big day. This guy has been out of control prescribing anything people want, and he has finally been taken into custody.
Arresting Dr Feel GoodFor people from Niagara Falls, today is a big day. This guy has been out of control... more
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The event happened on Nov. 13, 2010 when a Flash Mob of about 100 surprised unsuspecting shoppers having lunch at the Welland Seaway Mall in Niagara Falls, Canada.
This Flash Mob was organized by www.AlphabetPhotography.com to wish everyone a Merry Christmas.
OOOHhh CANADAAAaaa ...Very nice acoustics for a food court.The event happened on Nov. 13, 2010 when a Flash Mob of about 100 surprised... more
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Mother of the Superfund: Love Canal fighter & environmental warrior Lois Gibbs speaks in Marquette, MI Friday, Oct. 15, 2010 at Northern Michigan University
Love Canal fighter Lois Gibbs to speak in Marquette
October 14, 15, 16, 2010
Love Canal fighter Lois Gibbs is coming to Marquette, as the Upper Peninsula faces its worst pollution crisis in history with the development of dozens of sulfide "Acid" mines - the first of which is under construction on the sacred Yellow Dog Plains.
Northern Michigan University
October 15
Jamrich Hall 102
7:00 p.m.
http://www.savethewildup.org/blog/lois-gibbs/
Download poster:
http://www.savethewildup.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Lois-poster-Print.pdfMother of the Superfund: Love Canal fighter & environmental warrior Lois Gibbs... more
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OMG!!! They killed Kenny! This footage looks like it came from the good 'ol 80s (dude looks like Geraldo) and the other dude definitely went over Niagara Falls. Yikes.OMG!!! They killed Kenny! This footage looks like it came from the good 'ol 80s... more
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It gives tourists a spectacular view of Niagara Falls....but who's at the helm of the Maid of the Mist?It gives tourists a spectacular view of Niagara Falls....but who's at the helm of... more
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Today is the 50th anniversary of what most people agree is the most amazing thing that ever happened at Niagara Falls.
A seven year old boy was swept over the Falls....and survived!Today is the 50th anniversary of what most people agree is the most amazing thing that... more
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Bulging pants might impress the ladies, but they can make Customs agents suspicious.
And they got a Canadian man busted at the border.Bulging pants might impress the ladies, but they can make Customs agents suspicious.... more
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When I got wind that the Rain Forest Action Network (RAN) was planning to welcome the Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper before his first official visit to the White House with a "warm welcome", my imagination took off. I wondered what RAN had up it's sleeve this time. You've got to love RAN, they've managed to walk that fine line of activism where their larger than life actions (aka activism) usually involve humor, make a memorable point, and rarely have the grandiose offensive air that many people have expressed about some of their activist counterparts. But the term "warm" welcome really got my imagination going and I started wondering, "geesh, are they going to go off the deep end and light something on fire to illustrate some point about global warming?"
Well, I was right about RAN going off the deep end (but that's all I was right about). They dropped a 70 foot banner over (nothing warm about it) Niagara Falls to illustrate the point that continuing to mine the tar sands was taking the world in one direction, while climate change activism is working toward the opposite direction.
Joshua Kahn Russel of RAN explains the reason behind the action in greater detail:
"During Harper’s first official trip to meet Obama in the U.S., the two leaders are expected to discuss climate change and energy policy ahead of the upcoming G20 Summit. Canada supplies 19% of U.S. oil imports, more than half of which now comes from the tar sands, making the region the largest single source of U.S. oil imports. The expansion of the tar sands will strip mine an area the size of Florida. Complete with skyrocketing rates of cancer (by 400%!) for First Nations communities living downstream, broken treaties, toxic belching lakes so large you can see them from outer space, churning up ancient boreal forest, destroyed air and water quality, the tar sands have been called the most destructive project on Earth."
Tomorrow’s visit to the U.S. by Prime Minister Harper is the latest attempt by Canadian Federal and Provincial officials to lock in subsidies for 22 new and expanded refinery projects and oil pipelines crisscrossing 28 states, which would transport and process the dirty tar sands oil. Many are concerned that Prime Minister Harper wants to protect the tar sands even though it is one of the fastest growing sources of greenhouse gas emissions in Canada."
We caught up with Tar Sands Campaigner, Eriel Deranger a few hours after their 5 climbers had been arrested to explain what they hoped to accomplish:
Please tell us if there is a specific topic that you want to see covered.When I got wind that the Rain Forest Action Network (RAN) was planning to welcome the... more
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In 1969, the Army Corps of Engineers accomplished an awesome feat: They turned off Niagara Falls. They did it to clean up the area, and check for structural integrity. Here are pictures of this bizarre episode in structural engineering history.
Read more http://io9.com/5485161/the-year-the-army-stopped-niagara-falls/gallery/In 1969, the Army Corps of Engineers accomplished an awesome feat: They turned off... more
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News you probably already know... delivered by guys you probably don't know.
This week's headlines include spoiled politicians, crack dealing city employees, and bridge improvements. Plus our anchor Aaron Smith flips out on the teleprompter guy. If you have any ideas for headlines for next week's episode please suggest them by commenting below, and hopefully by then Aaron will have made parole.News you probably already know... delivered by guys you probably don't know.... more
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Canadian Tar Sands Oil Undermines North America’s Clean Energy Future
That’s the gist of a 70′ banner hung over Niagara Falls this morning by activists from the Rainforest Action Network, sending a message to Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper as he heads to the White House to lock in subsidies for tar sands related projects.Canadian Tar Sands Oil Undermines North America’s Clean Energy Future... more
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These places accommodate some miraculous and natural superpowers that man could not solve their mystery clues even with the most advance devices human had made so far. Their myths and legendary rumors remain unknown and mysterious to the outside world.These places accommodate some miraculous and natural superpowers that man could not... more
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A man has survived plunging 55 metres over the Niagara Falls, becoming the second person in over 100 years to live after going over the edge with no protective gear.
Said to be distraught, he jumped into the rapids above The Horseshoe Falls, one of Niagara's three waterfalls, and after surviving the impact, resisted rescuer's attempts to help him by swimming away from them and climbing out of a sling dropped by a helicopter.
"He was on a suicide mission, I assume," said Mr Hafen, the pilot. "I've never, in my career, seen someone so tough, swimming between the ice."
The man's now in a critical condition in Niagara Falls hospital, with hypothermia and a head injury.A man has survived plunging 55 metres over the Niagara Falls, becoming the second... more
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