By Heather Bryan
Biologist Rainforest Wolf Project
Parasitology lab

University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon
March 25, 2008

Peering down the eyepiece of my microscope, I scan a slide for larval stages of parasites. I find one that is familiar-a brown, translucent egg of the tapeworm Diphyllobothrium-and begin to count. One, two ….

With the Wolf Project more …

MARK HUME
From Tuesday’s Globe and Mail
April 15, 2008 at 3:57 AM EDT

VANCOUVER — A record number of grizzly bears were killed in British Columbia last year, according to new figures released yesterday by environmental organizations.

“It’s kind of shocking … very disturbing,” Chris Genovali of the Raincoast Conservation Society said of provincial more …

John Colebourn, The Province
Published: Thursday, April 17, 2008

A record number of grizzly bears was killed in B.C. last year, prompting environmental groups to call for a moratorium on hunting the animals. Statistics obtained by the Raincoast Conservation Society show 430 grizzlies were killed in B.C. in 2007.

In 2006, 299 bears were killed, more …

The Georgia Straight

April 3, 2008
Calculating the true cost of salmon farming
By Chris Genovali

There has been a strong push recently by governments in both the United
States and Canada for citizens to increase their fish consumption because of
health benefits. This presumptive dietary shift, along with the fact that
the bulk of more …

Island’s old-growth forests continue to disappear while governments do
little

Chris Genovali, Special to Times Colonist, Page A11
Published: Thursday, April 03, 2008

It was heartening to see the strong show of support for Vancouver Island’s dwindling old growth forests (”Logging protesters circle legislature,” Times Colonist March 29) at the rally over the weekend.

The more …