Fossils Help Researchers Learn More About Cascadia Quake Of 1700
Brett Smith for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Scientists have long been baffled by a massive earthquake that struck the western coast of North America in 1700. Since that part of the continent was only sparsely populated by indigenous...
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Featured Technology Areas at Annual Event Include 3D Displays, OLED TV, Oxide TFT, Solid-state Lighting and Touch and Interactivity CAMPBELL, Calif., May 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Society for Information Display (SID), announced its final program line up for Display Week 2013, which will be taking place in Vancouver for the first time in its 50-year history, and will be held from May 19-24(th) at the Vancouver Convention Centre. More than 6,500 attendees from around the world are...
KAMLOOPS, BC, May 16, 2013 /CNW/ - Bell Media, Astral Media Inc. (Astral) and the Jim Pattison Broadcast Group Limited Partnership (Pattison) today jointly announced Pattison's acquisition of three key FM radio stations located in Calgary and Winnipeg. Subject to regulatory approvals, Pattison will purchase the following two Bell Media stations and one Astral station: Bell Media: -- KooL FM 101.5 (CKCE-FM) - hot adult contemporary format in Calgary...
Climate change has been impacting global fisheries for the past four decades by driving species towards cooler, deeper waters, according to University of British Columbia scientists. In a Nature study published this week, UBC researchers used temperature preferences of fish and other marine species as a sort of "thermometer" to assess effects of climate change on the world's oceans between 1970 and 2006. They found that global fisheries catches were increasingly dominated by warm-water...
BURNABY, BC, May 15, 2013 /CNW/ - GLENTEL Inc. (TSX: GLN) today reported its results for the 1st quarter ended March 31, 2013. Financial highlights (tabular amounts in thousands of Canadian dollars, except per share data) follow. _____________________________________________________________________ | | Three months ended | | | March 31 |...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- SunCentral is a leading supplier of premium lighting and daylighting products for office, healthcare and retail facilities. SunCentral's innovative technology surpasses traditional daylighting methods by delivering both sunlight and LED light into the core of multi-story buildings. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130429/SF03584LOGO) Utilizing full spectrum sunlight, SunCentral increases comfort, well-being,...
International hotel group debuts its new brand identity and new feature-rich website VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Coast Hotels is painting the town purple with the release of its new brand identity and the launch of its new interactive website. The fresh look and feel epitomizes the Coast Hotels' friendly, authentic spirit and celebrates the hotel group's four decades of success in the North American market. With 2013 marking Coast Hotels' 40(th) year...
Utah's "Sundance Kid" to offer advice to Westminster College's Class of 2013 SALT LAKE CITY, May 14, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As an environmentalist, activist and philanthropist, Robert Redford is the quintessential commencement speaker to address graduates from Utah's only private, independent liberal arts college. Westminster College, with its strong emphasis on service, social responsibility and creativity, welcomes words of wisdom from the former "Sundance Kid." (Photo:...
VANCOUVER, May 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ - Capstone Mining Corp. ("Capstone") (TSX: CS) today announced the voting results from its 2013 Annual General Meeting held Wednesday, May 8, 2013 in Vancouver, British Columbia. A total of 168,723,111 voting shares were voted at the meeting, representing 44.48% of the votes attached to all outstanding shares. Shareholders voted in favour of all items of business before the meeting, including the election of all director nominees as follows:...
VANCOUVER, May 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ - WesternOne Inc. (TSX: WEQ, WEQ.DB, WEQ.DB.B, WEQ.DB.C) today announced that its modular building division Britco has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Lax Kw'alaams Band to establish a modular building rental business. The focus of this innovative partnership will be to lease and sell modular buildings within a territory that stretches from Prince Rupert to Terrace and north to Stewart. "Britco has been investing in people in...
RICHMOND, BC, May 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ - Catalyst Paper (TSX: CYT) posted a net loss of $9.8 million ($0.89 per common share) in the first quarter of 2013. The loss was $11.6 million before specific items. Improvement over the final quarter of 2012 - when the company recorded a loss of $35.2 million ($1.55 per common share) and $15.7 million before specific items - was driven by increased prices for pulp, and lower maintenance costs. Adjusted earnings before interest, tax,...
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Symbol: ASCA2 Group: Dicot Family: Aristolochiaceae Duration: Perennial Growth Habit: Forb/herb Native Status: L48 N CAN N Synonyms: ASCAC2 Asarum caudatum Lindl. var. caudatum British Columbia wildginger Distribution: County distributions for the following U.S. states are available at PLANTS:CA, ID, MT, OR, WA Classification: Kingdom Plantae – Plants Subkingdom Tracheobionta –...
The Kermode Bear, Ursus americanus kermodei, is a genetically-unique subspecies of black bear found in the central coast of British Columbia. The Kermodei subspecies ranges from Princess Royal Island to Prince Rupert Island on the coast, and inland toward Hazelton, British Columbia. It is named after Francis Kermodei, a naturalist and museum curator. The Kermode bear is noted for the appearance in their gene pool of a recessive trait that gives a small percentage of their population white...
The Eastern Fence Lizard, Sceloporus undulatus, is a medium sized lizard found along forest edges, rock piles, and rotting logs or stumps. They are found from southwestern Canada in the province of British Columbia, across the Great Plains of the eastern United States, south to northern Mexico. They are sometimes known as the Prairie Lizard or Gray Lizard. The fence lizard can grow from 4 to 7.25 inches long. It is typically colored in shades of grey or brown, and has keeled scales, with...
The Northern Alligator Lizard, Elgaria coerulea, is a medium-sized lizard that lives in the North American west cost. It occurs along the Pacific Coast and in the Rocky Mountains from southern British Columbia through Washington, northern Idaho and western Montana south through Oregon until the coastal range and the Sierra Nevada in central California. These lizards can attain a length of about 10 inches long with nearly 4 inches of it being the snout. They have a distinct skin fold on...
The Western Spotted Skunk (Spilogale gracilis) is a spotted skunk found throughout the western United States, northern Mexico, and southwestern British Columbia. It was once thought to be the same species as the Eastern Spotted Skunk but in fact has a different reproductive cycle. The western spotted skunk is smaller than the striped skunk. There total length is usually 13.78 to 21.65 in (35 to 55cm). Their habitat is mixed woodlands, open areas, and farmlands. They ascend to scare predators....
