Newroundup @ Wed June 18th 2008

Some from Canada, as well as the Okanagan, today folks;

Lakes across Canada face being turned into mine dump sites
Lakes are in B.C., Manitoba, Newfoundland and Labrador, NWT and Nunavut. CBC News has learned that 16 Canadian lakes are slated to be officially but quietly "reclassified" as toxic dump sites for mines. The lakes include prime wilderness fishing lakes from B.C. to Newfoundland. Environmentalists say the process amounts to a "hidden subsidy" to mining companies, allowing them to get around laws against the destruction of fish habitat.
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- Remember though, global warming and the threat to the environment is all down to the rest of us, remember that OK, you lot, especially when you have to pay the new "carbon tax"..... (Editor)

Taser ban threat to Canada police
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police are using stun guns too often and their use should be temporarily banned if levels are not curbed, a watchdog has said.
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News Roundup, June 10th 2008

Residents win heliport fight
North End residents have won a battle to keep a heliport out of their neighbourhood, but say the war‘s not over.
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Valley really into the swing of golf
If you need proof of golf‘s role in the economic engine that helps drive the Okanagan, look no further than Thomas McBroom. The Toronto landscape architect has just watched his Tower Ranch golf course design open along the hillside northeast of Kelowna, and will see his Kinnikinnik plan come to life in McKinley Landing in 2010.
Read Full Article @ http://tinyurl.com/3pnhnp

Bunny lovers fail to sway council
The rabbit roundup and extermination program will proceed after Kelowna city council declined Monday to revisit the controversial plan.
But Mayor Sharon Shepherd expressed the hope that the contractor hired to do the job will make some rabbits available to those groups or individuals who want to protect them.
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