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  1. More news from lotusland by dschl · · Score: 3 · on Slashback: Decisions, Recognizance, Canadianisms
    As a side note to the Soldier of Fortune rating, BC Ferries (Crown Corporation which operates almost all ferries in British Columbia, including those from Vancouver to Vancouver Island) announced that they would be removing all "violent" video games including "hand-held guns" (direct quotes from Minister Responsible for BC Ferries, Joy McPhail, as heard on CBC's afternoon show yesterday on my drive home).

    What about games where you can hold a knife in your teeth? Would they be OK? Is a rocket launcher on a character's shoulder acceptable?

  2. Send Your Protest to this Ignorant Jerk! by hackel · · Score: 1 · on Microsoft Enticed To Move To British Columbia

    I encourage you all to email this guy and tell him what a stupid decision this is, both for Canada, and the world at large. Visit his page and say that Canadians don't -want- Microsoft there--they will only suffer as a result.
    EMYL,

  3. Yeah, right! by Brian+Knotts · · Score: 2 · on Microsoft Enticed To Move To British Columbia
    I'm sure Microsoft employees want to pay 60% income tax.

    Gimme a break...

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  4. Sewage Irrigation by FFFish · · Score: 2 · on Ecological Engineering
    My town uses a wastewater irrigation treatment system, which is fairly world-reknown. The basic idea is that our sewage is treated ("digested") at a sewage treatment plant... but instead of sending the outflow to our lake, it's pumped up into the back hills, where is enters a holding pond and is then distributed to spray irrigation systems.

    The effluent is free of harmful organisms by this point, although I have doubts regarding its cleanliness in terms of heavy metals and whatnot.

    We have a large grove of poplar that is a testbed for accelerated growth. These trees are becoming lumber-ready many years earlier than they would be without the effluent fertilizer.

    Our town's next step is to start using a grey-water return system in new developments. Read it here: dual water supply

    I wish I could find some links for you all, but this town, so advanced in its treatment of shit, seems to be right clueless about the Web.

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  5. Canada isn't immune by Madoc · · Score: 1 · on Why Kids Kill
    Nor has one ever occurred in Canada, even though Canadian kids watch almost the same media as American kids, and use the Net in even greater numbers.
    A schoolyard massacre did happen in Canada: the "Montreal Massacre" took the lives of 14 students, all women (though there was no references at the time to the Internet). Here's a link.