(STEVE ARSTAD / iNFOnews.ca) March 14, 2021 - 8:00 AM High on a mountainside near Rossland lies the wreckage of a Second World War bomber that met its end on an early winter October morning while on its way to Penticton. The crash claimed the lives of two Penticton civilians and seven Royal Canadian Air Force servicemen who were familiar faces in the Peach City in the late 1940s. The Mitchell aircraft crashed 13 miles northwest of Rossland in 1947. It made headlines in the Okanagan twice – when it disappeared from radio contact on Oct. 18, 1947, and again in Oct. 1952, when the plane’s wreckage was discovered by a Kootenay hunter.
BBC News
By Mark Kinver
In our monthly feature, Then and Now, we reveal some of the ways that planet Earth has been changing against the backdrop of a warming world. Here, we look at the effects of extreme weather on a crucial reservoir that supplies water to millions of people in northern California.
This year is likely to be critically dry for California. Winter storms that dumped heavy snow and rain across the state are not expected to be substantial enough to counterbalance drought conditions.
Lake Oroville plays a key role in California s complex water delivery system.
Bidwell Marina at Lake Oroville, California
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The Daily Universe
Geston Pierre told students to respect each other as human beings. He and Berny Jacques were both guest speakers at the Center for Peace and Conflict Resolution’s webinar, “Respect & Rebellion: A Purple America” held on Jan. 21. (Holly Cluff)
People can engage in respectful dialogue in spite of differing ideological views, Respect and Rebellion’s Berny Jacques and Geston Pierre told students during the Center for Peace and Conflict Resolution’s webinar on Jan. 21.
Jacques and Pierre deplored the divisiveness taking over the country and encouraged students to engage in respectful conversations with others who have differing viewpoints. They first held a debate on hot-topic issues between themselves to demonstrate how it can be done, and then gave students advice in an open question and answer session.
Read time: 10 mins By Sharon Kelly • Monday, December 28, 2020 - 06:00
At the start of December 2020, U.N. Secretary General António Guterres spoke at Columbia University, appearing not before a packed auditorium as in years past, but before a “virtual” audience, making his annual State of the Planet address. “To put it simply,” he said, “the state of the planet is broken.”
“Today, we are at 1.2 degrees of warming and already witnessing unprecedented climate extremes and volatility in every region and on every continent,” Guterres said.
“Let’s be clear: human activities are at the root of our descent towards chaos,” he went on. “But that means human action can help solve it.”