An online petition against the Zincton back country ski development proposed for the Selkirk Mountains in the Slocan Valley is gathering some steam as a provincial decision on the project is underway. Over 1,600 people (1,603) have signed the “Stop Zincton!” online petition (www.change.org) directed to the provincial Mountain Resorts Branch in an attempt to stop approval on
An online petition against the Zincton back country ski development proposed for the Selkirk Mountains in the Slocan Valley is gathering some steam as a provincial decision on the project is underway. Over 1,600 people (1,603) have signed the “Stop Zincton!” online petition (www.change.org) directed to the provincial Mountain Resorts Branch in an attempt to stop approval on
An online petition against the Zincton back country ski development proposed for the Selkirk Mountains in the Slocan Valley is gathering some steam as a provincial decision on the project is underway. Over 1,600 people (1,603) have signed the “Stop Zincton!” online petition (www.change.org) directed to the provincial Mountain Resorts Branch in an attempt to stop approval on
on now tropical storm isaac. we have correspondents across the region from haiti, to cuba to the gulf coast of the u.s. isaac already thrashed haiti earlier today. high wind and rain slammed haiti s tent cities where about 300,000 people still live following that 2010 earthquake. isaac now turning the force of its wind and rain on cuba and that s where cnn s patrick upman is. he s live from havana. so give us an idea of what that city of havana is experiencing right now, patrick? reporter: you know, it s been on and off all day, fredericka. right now the rain s gone away for the meantime and people are in cuba, in august, as you can believe, just enjoying the breeze. it s a brutally hot month and all of a sudden it s gotten a lot cooler and you re seeing people coming out and sort of enjoying the windy, breezy day. that battering blow that isaac delivered to haiti is really more of a glancing blow here. officials are saying that while there s been some storm surge and some
the region from haiti, to cuba to the gulf coast of the u.s. isaac already thrashed haiti earlier today. high wind and rain slammed haiti s tent cities where about 300,000 people still live following that 2010 earthquake. isaac now turning the force of its wind and rain on cuba and that s where cnn s patrick upman is. he s live from havana. so give us an idea of what that city of havana is experiencing right now, patrick? reporter: you know, it s been on and off all day, fredericka. right now the rain s gone away for the meantime and people are in cuba, in august, as you can believe, just enjoying the breeze. it s a brutally hot month and all of a sudden it s gotten a lot cooler and you re seeing people coming out and sort of enjoying the windy, breezy day. that battering blow that isaac delivered to haiti is really more of a glancing blow here. officials are saying that while there s been some storm surge and some flooding east of cuba, so far there hasn t been much damage