CANADA’S SOCKEYE SALMON- teach each and every Canadian the hardship and bravery of our very nature- and the fact that each and every Canadian must become helpers of our nature- not carrying posters 4 the bloody media – actually helping-Pls actually get involved
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Paved Paradise
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Thanks for the views guys!A descriptive movie about the song Paved Paradise, by Counting Crows. I do not own any rights to this song or this band. The song "Paved Paradise" and all of it's rights belong to Counting Crows
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Oh 4 F**k's Sake..... USA AND CHINA BRAGGING ON THEIR ENVIRONMENT SAVING THE PLANET CRAP,.... oh come on.... at least Harper's honest
Obama Moves Forward on Arctic Drilling Despite Cleanup Challenges
22:34 21.02.2015(updated 22:41 21.02.2015)
http://sputniknews.com/us/20150221/1018585710.html
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Their
incredible struggle between life and death speaks to us in ways that we’ve
lost, says Jeremy Heighton of the Adams River Salmon Society. “As a society we’ve
become urbanized. We live in high rises. We’re isolated from one another. We’ve
lost our connections to nature.” Salmon’s wondrous story of survival against
all odds reminds us of the power and the challenges of living in nature. It
humbles us.
CANADA’S MACLEAN’S
MAGAZINE-Canada's No. 1 Magazine since 1905
Photo essay: The sockeye
salmon’s incredible, vital journey
The 4,000-km migration of sockeye salmon to their
Adams River birthplace is the most extraordinary migration in the natural world
November
16, 2014
PHOTOS
1 of 6
Adams
River, B.C.
Sockeye
salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) eggs on the floor of the Adams River. Sockeye
salmon migrate to their natal river or stream in the Fraser River watershed,
which has one of the largest sockeye runs in the world. As they approach their
spawning grounds, the bodies of the once silver fish turn bright red and their
heads become green. Males develop a hump and hooked jaws, which play a role in
competition and establishing hierarchies. Shortly after laying and fertilizing
eggs, the salmon die, contributing to the ecosystem. Photograph by Paul
Colangelo.
Once
every four years, millions of sockeye salmon suddenly return home, to the Adams
River outside Kamloops, B.C. Over a few weeks in fall, the Adams turns a deep
crimson, in one of the world’s greatest natural wonders, as the fish flood the
river and its tributaries—where they hatched four years earlier—to spawn, then
die.
The
4,000-km journey undertaken by the salmon is the most extraordinary migration
in the natural world. Yet scientists understand next to nothing about it. How
do salmon navigate the open ocean, a difficult task even with GPS? How, after
years at sea, can they identify the stream of their birth, from thousands of
options? How exactly do they find their way home, to within feet of their
birth? How do they change colour, transforming from a brackish green at sea, to
a deep crimson as they navigate upstream? And why are they disappearing by the
million every single spring, in a mass die-off that could foretell the end of
this magnificent creature?
What is
known, however, is that British Columbia’s enigmatic fish are wholly
responsible for the gigantism we associate with the province’s towering
rainforests. Salmon are the reason the province’s grizzly bears, who gorge on
the fatty fish ahead of their long, winter nap, often top 1,000 lb. The salmon
carry nitrogen into the forests, fertilizing the surrounding trees and allowing
B.C.’s Sitka spruce to reach more than 20 storeys into the sky. Salmon’s effect
on trees is so dramatic that scientists can tell how well a salmon run is doing
simply by looking at the surrounding forest.
Given the
fundamental importance of this keystone species—to B.C.’s trees, eagles,
wolves, and to coastal First Nations, for whom the fish remains a vital food
source and iconic cultural symbol—it is astonishing how we treat the fish and
its natural environment. This year, six million pink salmon were taken out of
the fishing area surrounding the tiny village of Harley Bay, on B.C.’s central
coast. A few years earlier, it was 10 million. Ten millions pinks laid out head
to tail would cover a distance of 6,000 km, says conservationist Ian
McAllister.
This
year’s large sockeye run, in fact, served to mask a harsh reality: salmon runs
have generally gone quiet in recent years, tapering dramatically. Already,
scientists have begun noting the effect in B.C.’s bear and killer whale
populations. B.C.’s southern resident killer whales can only feed on salmon;
they are unable to adapt their diets. When salmon runs are not plentiful, the
whales starve.
Even in
the absence of human-caused mortality, a salmon’s life cycle is a gauntlet of
variables and challenges, says McAllister. They spend their lives at sea, so
when they begin migrating upstream in freshwater, they stop eating and
drinking, growing weaker and weaker. Still, the fish are somehow able to power
their way against strong currents, leaping up waterfalls and human-created
obstacles, like dams and fish ladders. By the time salmon near their journey’s
end, they can barely move. Yet even then, the females hold out, inching their
way forward, searching for the perfect patch of gravel, where their eggs will
be protected, and will have a better chance at not being washed downstream. Of
the 5,000 fish who begin this impossible journey, just 2,000 will actually
survive.
Their
incredible struggle between life and death speaks to us in ways that we’ve
lost, says Jeremy Heighton of the Adams River Salmon Society. “As a society we’ve
become urbanized. We live in high rises. We’re isolated from one another. We’ve
lost our connections to nature.” Salmon’s wondrous story of survival against
all odds reminds us of the power and the challenges of living in nature. It
humbles us.
THE WOLVES
The
Gray Wolf (Canis lupus; also spelled Grey Wolf, see spelling differences; also
known as Timber Wolf or Wolf) is a mammal in the order Carnivora. The Gray Wolf
shares a common ancestry with the domestic dog (Canis lupus familiaris), as
evidenced by DNA sequencing and genetic drift studies. Gray wolves were once
abundant and distributed over much of North America, Eurasia, and the Middle
East. Today, for a variety of human-related reasons, including widespread
habitat destruction and excessive hunting, wolves inhabit only a very limited
portion of their former range. Though listed as a species of least concern for
extinction worldwide, for some regions including the Continental United States,
the species is listed as endangered or threatened.
IF U LOVE WOLVES PLZ
ENJOY IT!! SAVE THEM!!
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DLE
NO MORE CANADA- our beautiful First Peoples of 10,000 years- u matter-Canada
matters
}} this day and age.... u would come 2 Canada
and trophy hunt OUR BEARS????- let alone the First Peoples of 10,000 years in
Canada- u would insult our First Peoples-
had to cry- watched this on APTN- Canada's First Peoples Television
Station- how could we not mourn and cry- and 2 leave the carcass- like the
billion buffalo stolen from USA First Peoples.... Come one it's 2013
Bear
Witness: a film by BC's Coastal First Nations
Published
on Sep 3, 2013
When
'Cheeky' the bear is ambushed and decapitated in front of a lone witness, a
chain of events is set in motion up and down the coast. You're the next link.
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What the endangered Great Bear Rainforest has to teach us
Wolves, salmon
and bears can teach us about self-sacrifice and ecology
Nancy Macdonald
November 15, 2014
GREAT BEAR WILD
Ian McAllister
In the most haunting scene in conservationist Ian McAllister’s new book, a family of grey wolves chase a pack member, “snarling, biting and pushing” into the cold ocean off B.C.’s central coast. With no escape possible, “he is forced to half dive, half lunge from the cliff into the frothing white surf.” McAllister, also a talented photographer, aches for the animal, whom he has observed since it was a pup. (He’s spent more time with these wolves than his own family; building trust, as he writes, requires a long-term commitment.) Through his grief, McAllister recognizes he is witnessing the most crucial and difficult decision an alpha leader must make: “The pack had reached its carrying capacity, especially as pups would soon be near adult sized and capable of joining the hunt. In wolf society the pack cannot live beyond its means: someone had to go. How this individual was chosen only the pack will ever know.”The Great Bear Rainforest’s wolves, salmon and iconic, white spirit bears have much to teach us about larger questions of perseverance, self-sacrifice and ecology, McAllister argues. This stunning new book, a collection of extraordinary photographs and personal narrative, is the product of McAllister’s 25 years exploring, researching and campaigning for B.C.’s Great Bear Rainforest, the world’s largest remaining intact temperate coastal rainforest. It is an ode to the forest’s elusive wildlife—the bears, whose brows furrow like humans when they are concerned, the salmon, some of whom bear deep, red scars, “badges of honour,” trumpeting their escape from a whale or bear. It is a clarion call to care.
In introducing readers who might never visit the Great Bear Rainforest to a fierce, wild expanse of mist-shrouded fjords and towering cedars stretching from Vancouver Island to Alaska, McAllister hopes real action might be taken to ensure its survival.
So much is at stake. The forest’s fragile waters sit squarely in the shipping route of the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline, which would turn the surrounding jigsaw of islands into a supertanker expressway. And B.C.’s aggressive push into liquefied natural gas is set to fundamentally alter the forest’s ecology, says McAllister, who was introduced to activism at the blockades at Clayoquot Sound, as a 19-year-old.
These days, he lives in the tiny, coastal community of Denny Island, with his wife Karen, with whom he founded the wildlife conservation society Pacific Wild. Their children, aged eight and 11, attend Denny’s one-room school. The family travels by boat—there are no roads. People are few and far between. But in the Great Bear Rainforest, one of the planet’s richest and most spectacular ecosystems, McAllister writes, “there is simply life everywhere.”
http://www.macleans.ca/culture/books/what-the-endangered-great-bear-rainforest-has-to-teach-us-book-review/
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CANADA'S
SOCKEY SALMON'S courage distinction verging on extinction- teaching us
Climate Oldies that HUMANITY HAS LOST THEIR NATURE CONNECTIONS
COMPLETELY- real true pure nature of our old days deserves remembrance
and respect by actually individually getting back 2 nature roots- not
spouting and pickets and raising headlines- we need real hard actual
humanity's back 2 nature... our salmon teach us who we were and what we
are losing...imho
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BLOGGED:
CANADA MILITARY NEWS: Nov25- FISH FARMING KILLING our fish, water, soil- and cost NDP Nova Scotia an election
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| Canada's First Nations: An Introduction | |||||
| Historical Overview | |||||
| Canada's First Nations have been in the country we now call Canada for at least 12,000 years, perhaps much longer. For almost all that time, they survived very well in a harsh environment, making everything they needed without polluting the water, or air, and without destroying the land or decimating the animal populations. Each First Nation had self-government and recognized the sovereignty of other First Nations. They all developed unique systems of government, and complex material cultures (tools, clothing, shelter, transportation, etc.) Most First Nations of Canada lived mainly from hunting and fishing. They migrated seasonally to get food. They did not wander aimlessly. They moved their camps from season to season to specific places and areas where they knew there would be food. In one season, they would hunt large animals; in another they would fish; in the fall they would gather berries, and so on. The only farming people were the Iroquois and Hurons, and related tribes, in what is now southern Ontario. |
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pattern, with each group following the same pattern each year, according
to to the natural cycles of the plants and animals. Members of each clan usually came together in a big gathering at least once a year. Because the regular seasonal pattern of life and movement of the animals and people was a continuous pattern, like a circle with no beginning and no end, the circle became a sacred symbol for First Nations people, the circle of life and renewal. |
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across North America over time because of climate changes, epidemics,
changes in the migration routes of animals, one group expanding into
another's territories, victory and defeat in warfare, and many other
reasons. These large scale movements are not the same as the seasonal migrations to follow food sources. |
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| Canada's First Peoples developed complex
cultures and lived in harmony with their environment. Everything they
had was made from the land around them and its plants and animals -
food, clothes, shelter, wood, tools, weapons, dyes, decoration, musical
instruments, and ceremonial artifacts. First Nations people created several distinct cultures, each based on adaptation to a different Canadian environment. Each cultural group was made up of several nations with similarities in language, social structure, and similar ways of making a living from the environment they lived in. Each group of people developed distinctive housing, tools, clothing, transportation, tools, and weapons, and ceremonies, and had their own stories about their origins, and how to interpret the world around them. They used many kinds of medicines from plants. Many of the medicines we use today are based on First Nations knowledge of the healing qualities of certain plants. |
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| Canada's First Nations all had complex
social systems, with several levels of government based on the family,
the band or clan, and the nation or tribe. Their leaders, or Chiefs, were chosen in different ways, but were always people who had special leadership qualities that brought them respect from their people. In most First Nations, a council of elders advised the Chief, and decisions were made by consensus, which means that the council would discuss a matter of importance, and then would make a decision that the majority agreed on. First Nations recognized each other as sovereign nations, and made friendship treaties, or military alliances with each other. Some nations were traditional enemies, and went through periods of war or peace. |
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| First Nations people were very religious,
and respectful of the Great Spirit, and other spirits that they believe
inhabited the land and animals all around them. First Nations people were taught, from the time they were very young, to respect and give thanks to the animals, birds, plants, and the land and water that gave them all the things that they depended on to stay alive. |
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| First Nations people did not have a writing
system based on an alphabet, but they had a strong oral tradition. That
means that knowledge of events or matters of historic importance was
preserved by passing information from person to person, and generation
to generation. There were usually specific people in the tribe or band who knew their whole history, and related these events to others at special gatherings. Tales of important events were told and retold around the campfire, as stories are told everywhere. First Nations also had various ways of recording events, to trigger the memory of those relating the events. For example, wampum belts had pictures woven into them to tell a story. Drawings on bark or hide preserved the record of events. In recent years, many First Nations people have been collecting these old stories from elders, and preserving them on tape, and writing them down. |
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Canada's First Peoples have stories to explain the origins of the earth
and its animals and people. First Peoples' creation stories often contain references to specific landmarks, such as mountains or lakes, that give us good information about the areas that a group of people lived in, and the routes they followed as they migrated over the centuries to the areas they now live in. Canada's First Peoples also have many other wonderful stories and legends about real or imaginary characters and settings, just as every group of people on earth do. These stories were not written down, but were passed on through their oral tradition. Stories were told over and over, and everyone learned them. Children grew up, and passed the stories onto their children. Stories among First Nations peoples serve the same purpose as stories do for other cultures all over the world. They entertain, they teach listeners how to deal with the world around them, they teach people about good and evil, about bravery and cowardice; they make listeners think about the consequences of their behavior; they scare children with spooky stories so they do not wander away from home, and so on. |
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Regions of Canada
Atlantic Region
| Province | Capital |
| Newfoundland (NFLD) | St.John's |
| Prince Edward Island (PEI) | Charlottetown |
| Nova Scotia (NS | Halifax |
| New Brunswick | Fredericton |
The area was first inhabited by the First Nations people who hunted and fished here for thousands of years. In the late 1500's and early 1600's Jaques Cartier arrived from France which marked the beginning of settlements in Canada. French settlers who became known as Acadians were the first Europeans to settle permanently in Canada. Over time they were joined by settlers from the British Isles and Germany.
In the 1700's British refugees from the American War of Independence that were still loyal to the crown (called Loyalists) came to this area from the United States. Some of the earliest Black settlers moved to Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.
Industries: fishing, farming, forestry, mining (oil, nickel, copper, cobalt), manufacturing (mainly processing natural resources), service industries, tourism
*New Brunswick is the only official bilingual province.
Central Canada
| Provinces | Capital |
| Quebec | Quebec City |
| Ontario | Toronto |
Central Canada is made up of Quebec and Ontario. More than half of the population of Canada live in cities in southern Ontario and Quebec close to the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River areas.
Quebec: The first inhabitants were the First Nations Peoples and Inuit who were the first to raise vegetable crops along the St. Lawrence River. In the 1600's French settlers came to this area. This French heritage is reflected in Quebec society today. More than 3/4 of the people who speak French live in Quebec. Over 1/3 of those who live in Quebec speak both official languages (highest level in Canada)
Industries: forestry, energy (hydroelectricity) and mining (asbestos, gold, copper, silver and iron ore), (main producer of) pulp and paper, farming, tourism, chemical, textile, transportation, aeronautics and space industry
Throughout Quebec's history there has been a strong nationalism sentiment. Over the years this has transferred into a separatist movement. The current provincial government of Quebec (Parti Quebecois) is a Separatist government and the third party in the House of Commons (Bloc Quebecois) is also devoted to the separatist cause. There are many reasons that many Quebecers want to separate. Some feel that they deserve to be recognized as a "distinct society" in the constitution - something to which there is major opposition to in other parts of Canada. Others feel that Quebec would be better off on its own economically, politically and socially. In 1982 Quebec did not sign the latest revision of the constitution. Therefore its' place in Canada is questionable. The last two attempts to include Quebec in the constitution have failed which has made the situation worse. Canadians have some serious thinking and talking to do if Quebec is to continue to remain a part of Canada in the 21st Century.
Ontario: The Algonquin and Iroquois First nations were the earliest people to live in the province. By the 1700's the population began to grow rapidly (partially due to the immigration of the United Empire Loyalist refugees from the American Revolution).
Throughout Canada's history the large population, rich resources and it's location have given Ontario a powerful economy. Major industries include service, manufacturing:( auto and auto parts, other transportation equipment, steel machinery, metal, plastic, chemical products), agriculture (fruit, dairy, beef, poultry, vegetable and grain crops), forestry, electricity (nuclear and hydro), and mining (nickel, gold, silver, platinum, uranium, zinc, copper)
The Prairie Provinces
| Province | Capital |
| Manitoba | Winnipeg |
| Saskatchewan | Regina |
| Alberta | Edmonton |
Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta are known collectively as the Prairies. The Prairies are flat plains that stretch across the southern part of this region. The area has few trees and very fertile soil. Most of what was grasslands in now used for farming. In the north west regions there are hills, valleys, rivers (and cold temperatures!!!) In the south west part of the province of Alberta the open prairies meet the rocky mountains.
The First Nations people were the earliest inhabitants of the Prairies and were skilled buffalo hunters. Through marriage with the European settlers the Metis nation was formed who became important suppliers and traders to the region.* French speaking people have and continue to live in this area since the early days of the fur trade.
In the 1800's the Canadian government built a railway across Canada which made immigration to the west much easier. Many immigrants came from Europe to this area as the government offered cheap land to encourage settlement in the west.
As in the rest of Canada the service industry is the largest. Manufacturing: (machinery - food machinery, transportation equipment, metal products and clothing, food, and chemical products) This is the agricultural heartland of Canada. Manitoba: wide variety of grain crops and livestock, Saskatchewan: leading wheat producer in Canada (one of the world's most productive regions), Alberta: leads the country in beef cattle and feed grain products. Energy resources are another important industry. Alberta is a major producer of fossil fuels and of coal, Saskatchewan is a large producer of oil, natural gas, uranium and potash and Manitoba (the land of 100,000) lakes has the most important source of hydro-electric power in the Prairie region.
*Calgary Alberta was the home of the 1988 Winter Olympics
The West Coast
| Province | Capital |
| British Columbia | Victoria |
Brititsh Columbia (B.C.) borders the Pacific Ocean and is known for it's mountains and forests. The First Nations people were the first to inhabit the region. They developed a unique form of art which often represents and incorporates nature. It is probably best known through totem poles.
Due to the ever westward-moving fur trade, European settlers came to the region in the early 1800's. In the late 1800's many Chinese people immigrated to the region to help build the final section of the Pacific Railway. To this day many of their descendants live in the province. Today the population of BC includes many people from Asia and other parts of the world.
British Columbia's rich natural resources have always been important to the economy. BC has the most valuable forestry industry in Canada. (About 1/2 of all of the goods produced here are forestry products) Other industries include: Hydro-electricity, fishing*, agriculture (fruit farming in the Okanogan Valley) and tourism.
*Right now BC is embroiled in a major fishing dispute with the United States over a treaty. Canadian fishermen desire to protect the fever-dwindling salmon population but US fishermen are determined to harvest their crops so they can make their living. So far there have been several major protests and blockades. Canada has walked out of talks in protest.
The North
| Territory | Capital |
| North West Territories | Yellow Knife |
| Yukon | White Horse |
| Nunavut | Iqualuit |
For it's great size this area has a small population. More than half of the people in NWT and one quarter of the people in the Yukon are Aboriginal Peoples. As a result of this high Native population, the Canadian government recognizes Aboriginal languages, along with English and French as official.
The Europeans first came to the North in the late 1600's because of the fur trade. The Hudson Bay company controlled the northern lands and fur trade for more than 300 years. Some people - including many Aboriginal peoples still earn money and obtain food through hunting and trapping.
Other important industries: Mining (gold, lead, zinc), oil, gas and co-operative businesses (art).
The north is sometimes called "The Land Of The Midnight Sun" In the height of the summer the daylight can last for 24 hours. During the brief summers the land blossoms. Winters in the north are long, cold and dark. The Yukon holds the record for the coldest temperature ever recorded in Canada -63 degrees Celsius!
Click here for more detailed information on Nunavut, Canada's newest territory.
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CANADA
Canada, second largest country in the world in area (after Russia), occupying roughly the northern two-fifths of the continent of North America.
Despite Canada’s great size, it is one of the world’s most sparsely populated countries. This fact, coupled with the grandeur of the landscape, has been central to the sense of Canadian national identity, as expressed by the Dublin-born writer Anna Brownell Jameson, who explored central Ontario in 1837 and remarked exultantly on “the seemingly interminable line of trees before you; the boundless wilderness around you; the mysterious depths amid the multitudinous foliage, where foot of man hath never penetrated…the solitude in which we proceeded mile after mile, no human being, no human dwelling within sight.” Although Canadians are comparatively few in number, however, they have crafted what many observers consider to be a model multicultural society, welcoming immigrant populations from every other continent. In addition, Canada harbours and exports a wealth of natural resources and intellectual capital equaled by few other countries.
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/91513/Canada
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NOTE: top pollunting countries on the planet- Notice Canada with only 36 Million does NOT count-darkest 2 lightest brown
WORDPRESS BLOG:
WTF?????? – NOT USA- NOT CHINA- NOT INDIA-NOT RUSSIA ETC. …. Australia is called the worst polluting country on the planet… and Canada- shame on all of u
http://nova0000scotia.wordpress.com/2014/12/09/wtf-not-usa-not-china-not-india-not-russia-etc-australia-is-called-the-worst-polluting-country-on-the-planet-and-canada-shame-on-all-of-u/--------------
FROM CANADA'S NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC-
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