http://www.allvoices.com/ en-us I've been reporting here and scribbling for 10 months and trying my darndest to get my feelings across as best I can. I've made many friends and some enemies...THAT is to be expected. BUT....I love Allvoices in all its' nuances... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com./contributed-news/4705979 Fri, 27 Nov 2009 21:38:21 -0800 Well..I've been up here in Smithers, Canada since mid-July and the snows of winter are now howling at my door. I'm doing some howling of my own and working with a local musician putting some music to my poems. We'll... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com./contributed-news/4704868 Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:41:32 -0800 US journalist Amy Goodman was detained for the better part of 90 minutes at a Canada/US border crossing on Wednesday. Goodman, who writes for Democracy Now, was held up at the Peace Arch crossing south of Vancouver and "grilled" on... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com./contributed-news/4703142 Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:13:33 -0800 Canadian-Afghan Governor of Kandahar Province Toor Wesa narrowly escaped death today when an IED exploded near the 3 car convoy carrying him to a local mosque . Mr. Wesa escaped without injury but a police officer was injured and a... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com./contributed-news/4702998 Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:33:31 -0800 By a stroke of luck I just happened to be dropping by the Smithers VIA Rail Station this afternoon in time to see Ali Howard board the train for Prince Rupert. Ali is on her way south to Vancouver and... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com./contributed-news/4699918 Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:37:55 -0800 They are ugly, lumpy and cantankerous. They are smelling up the place and spoiling the water. They are rude and often go on a rampage. They drink too much (or too little)! They're "foreigners" and over-populate the place. Am I... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com./contributed-news/4697553 Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:55:12 -0800 Genetic researchers at the University of Tokyo in Japan have been experimenting with some pretty screwy things lately. Their experiments with Giant Pond Snails have allowed them to change important genetic traits. Snails are predestined by their genes to grow... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com./contributed-news/4694485 Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:59:20 -0800 Like a line from an old Beatles song "It was 20 years ago today..Sgt Pepper taught the band to play..." many Vancouver activists are remembering 12 years ago today when another Sgt Pepper led a very different band...an RCMP band... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com./contributed-news/4693365 Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:15:44 -0800 Smither's famous Skeena River runner Ali Howard is a woman on a mission. A very important mission to educate people about the Sacred Headwaters of the Skeena River in Northern British Columbia, Canada. It was not enough she swam the... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com./contributed-news/4691466 Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:01:46 -0800 A rare 1915 painting by Canadian artist Tom Thompson was sold for $1,000,000 at a recent art auction. Thompson was part of the "Group of Seven"....a collection of Canadian artists who's collective works brought impressionist visions of Canadian landscapes into... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com./contributed-news/4689902 Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:54:16 -0800 Annabelle Lyons walked off with top prize at the Writer's Trust Awards in Ottawa for her first novel "The Golden Mean". This fictional account of Aristotle and his pupil Alexander the Great has won many prizes and praise since its... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com./contributed-news/4689649 Wed, 25 Nov 2009 01:54:15 -0800 A 24 year old man is in serious condition in a Vancouver hospital after a shooting in Smithers , British Columbia last Saturday. An RCMP officer pulled the suspect over because there was a report of the vehicle being stolen.... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com./contributed-news/4685624 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:34:51 -0800 What better way to while away the day with a walk in a wintery park. Take advantage of some Smithers sunshine and click some pics! So I went for a meander with some sweet music and a can of cold... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com./contributed-news/4677460 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:01:50 -0800 The Baltimore Sun has posted a Bruce Springsteen quiz in a recent edition. It's a load of fun! A lot of people love his music...many people love/hate his foray into the body politic and wish he'd just play the guitar... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com./contributed-news/4677206 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:35:49 -0800 Today is an important day for me in many ways. I was 11 years old when President John F. Kennedy was killed in Dallas. In 1987 I ended up with this day as the first day of sobriety that lasted... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com./contributed-news/4673354 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:00:49 -0800 The Great Glove of the "Prince of Pop" went for big bucks at a New York auction yesterday. The famous Rhinestone mitt brought in a cool $350,000 US. I guess all things Michael Jackson will be up on the chopping... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com./contributed-news/4672621 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:55:46 -0800 Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper urged journalists to "shine light into the dark corners" at a speech last night. He waxed poetic about he need for the fifth estate to keep Freedom and honesty alive. This IS unusual..for most times... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com./contributed-news/4672529 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:22:54 -0800 Smithers songster Mark Perry and sidekick Scott Atcheson plucked the heartstrings of a snowbound mountain town in the Old Church tonight. A packed house of almost 100 Smithers folk laughed & listened to some sweet valley songs. There were sad... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com./contributed-news/4671128 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:26:22 -0800 Ah..Friday night in Smithers, British Columbia! What to do? I swung by the Extra Foods store and bought some chow for kitty when I noticed the HUGE line-up of kids for the "New Moon" movie opening. It was only 5:30... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com./contributed-news/4668498 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:21:01 -0800 Some missing bits of astronomer Galileo have surfaced in Florence, Italy after having gone missing some 275 years ago. 2 fingers and a tooth that disappeared during a move in 1737 found their way back to their owner after being... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com./contributed-news/4668307 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:46:51 -0800