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11/22/2008
What To Do (The Chronicle-Journal)
•How to do ’what to do‘ What To Do is a free listing of special events in the city and region. Priority will be given to community groups, non-profit organizations and family activities. It is not intended as a free listing for businesses which have other promotional options within the newspaper.
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11/20/2008
WEB EXTRA: Sunshine and crowds greet premier as B.C. marks 150 years (Kelowna Capital News)
Sunshine and smiles greeted Premier Gordon Campbell and members of his cabinet as they celebrated B.C.'s 150th birthday in Fort Langley on Wednesday. On Nov. 19, 1858, Governor James Douglas proclaimed British Columbia to be a Crown colony.
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11/19/2008
A 'cohesive story' of 'early life in Philadelphia' (Philly.com)
ON OCT. 24, 1781, Col. Tench Tilghman, an aide to George Washington, sailed into Philadelphia to present to the Continental Congress the terms of the British surrender at Yorktown, the last major land battle of the Revolutionary War.
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11/19/2008
Paddler from Idaho leaves wake across North America (The Olympian)
Adventure has been a long-term investment for Bob Rust.
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11/17/2008
Bush-tailed rock wallabies return to the wild (Stawell Times-News)
Captive-bred Brush-tailed rock wallabies were reintroduced into the Grampians National Park in a trial bid to save the critically endangered species from extinction in Victoria.
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11/17/2008
Flour Power (My Kinda Place)
Lindsay Lohan got more than she bargained for whilst in Paris at the weekend. The actress - who was at a club in the French capital to support her DJ girlfriend Sam Ronson – was showered with flour as she left the venue by an anti-fur activist.
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11/15/2008
Party like it’s 1858 (Kelowna Capital News)
On a cold and rainy November day in 1858, Governor James Douglas stepped inside the big house at Fort Langley and signed the proclamation that set a new course for the vast territory of British Columbia.
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11/14/2008
Animal rights activists target Euronext employees (Radio Netherlands)
Radical animal rights organisation SHAC has moved its operations to the Netherlands. In the United Kingdom, courts have restricted the activities of the group using terrorism legislation.
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11/13/2008
Nat jumps on PETA bandwagon (Adelaide Now)
SHE hasn't stripped down as much as fellow Aussie Sophie Monk, but Natalie Imbruglia is the latest celeb to jump aboard the PETA bandwagon.
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11/14/2008
Healthy museums mean a healthy nation: SEE VIDEO (The Peterborough Examiner)
Museums must bring fresh eyes to old questions and constantly reevaluate exhibits, the first Jack Matthews Fellow said at the Canadian Canoe Museum last night. [...]
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  • British Fur Trade Association - Building greater awareness of fur related issues and helping to dispel myths about production.
  • Coalition to Abolish the Fur Trade - Includes factsheets and materials used in protesting the fur trade.
  • Fur Commission USA - A non-profit organization representing over 600 fur farming families in the US.
  • Fur Free Action - Provides ways to take meaningful action against the fur trade and some easy ways to help prevent the killing of animals for their fur.
  • Fur Free Alliance: inFURmation - Information center on the fur fashion trade including its animal welfare and conservation impacts on wild and domestic species.
  • Fur Information: A Look at the Fur Industry - Personal page abour fur farming and fur trapping includes rebuttals for reasons people give for buying fur. Photos and links to other anti-fur sites.
  • Fur Is Dead - Information about the cruelty involved in the Fur industry.
  • Fur-Free Friday - Anti-fur facts, photos, the history of the event and links to related sites. From CAFT (Coalition to Abolish the Fur Trade) and LCA (Last Chance For Animals). Not updated since 1999.
  • HSUS: Fur and Trapping - Articles and suggestions from their campaign to make trapping and the fur trade illegal. Includes Fur Free activist guide. From the Humane Society for the United States.
  • Models Anti-Fur - Information and resources to promote and help models that are anti fur.
  • Respect for Animals - Campaigns against the international fur trade, both fur farming and trapping. UK.
  • New York Times - The War Against the Fur Trade Backfires, Endangering a Way of Life - Native Canadians discuss the antifur campaigns of IFAW and Greenpeace that began in the late 1960's, and how the
  • Observer: Fur is all the rage as sales rise 35pc - Retailers believe fur's sudden popularity is partly fuelled by a new generation of consumers rebelling against the anti-fur movement and the political correctness of the Nineties. (November 17, 2002)
  • Telegraph: Gisele left exposed on catwalk by fur protest - Campaigners from PETA, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, invaded the runway during the Victoria's Secrets show in New York targeting one of the most prominent models to wear fur since it began to creep back into acceptability in fashion circles. (November 16, 2002)
  • Telegraph: Pop singer brandishes skinned fox in protest against the fur trade - The singer Sophie Ellis Bextor and the photographer Mary McCartney, the daughter of the former Beatle, have donated their services to PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) for their campaign against the increasing popularity of fur. (November 12, 2002)
  • CNN: McCartney backs anti-fur fashion - The revival of fur on the catwalks for winter 2002 shows that animal rights activists are having difficulty converting the fashion industry. They have a strong advocate in British designer Stella McCartney:
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