Anglers can help reel in longlines

Published on Apr 06, 2007

ST. PETERSBURG - Ask most offshore anglers what they most often fish for and they will probably reply "kingfish and grouper." Anglers have been catching their share of king mackerel in recent weeks. We are right in the middle of the spring run. The fish swim south in the fall…


Row over Bowthorpe care home plans

Published on Apr 01, 2007

John Clayton and families living on Ivy Road, Norwich, are against plans for a care home on the former Bowthorpe School site. Plans have been submitted for a massive care home in the city - but families living nearby fear it could cause problems in the area. City-based developers Dencora…


Nice lawn, but how are your lungs?

Published on Mar 30, 2007

Like every other Edmontonian right now, I’m pining for green, for hope beneath the gritty grey and white we’re so tired of. But emerging green brings troubles, too, things like gardeners emerging from hibernation eager to get snow moulds and dead grass out of their lawns, eager to get them…


Delhi citizens protest against felling of trees

Published on Mar 29, 2007

New Delhi: Littérateurs, top academics, experts, journalists, activists, students and people from other walks of life have signed on an appeal to Delhi's Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit to stop and review the brutal onslaught on hundreds and thousands of trees lining the roads of the National Capital for making way…


Crash victim's petition drive goes on

Published on Mar 29, 2007

Friends of a woman killed in a crash Tuesday will carry on her petition to build a pedestrian overpass on Mesa Street at Cincinnati Avenue, where four people have been killed in the past four years. "Christy was a really good friend. I want that (project) finished for her because…


Trees in Capital face the axe

Published on Mar 27, 2007

In the last two years Delhi has lost between 30,000 and 40,000 trees in the name of development. The major offenders seem to be the Metro and National Highway Projects, High Capacity Bus Service (HCBS), flyovers, underpasses, subways, and general road widening. As a result some concerned NGO’s, including the…


Family calls for inquiry into father’s death

Published on Mar 26, 2007

THE sister of a bank employee who threw himself to his death from the fifth storey of an Abbey National branch three years ago has launched a campaign to get answers about her brother's death. Father-of-two Richard Chang killed himself shortly after a meeting in which he was accused of…


Woman on mission to keep the Beaver Creek Reservoir open to the public

Published on Mar 16, 2007

A local woman has started a petition to encourage Martinsville officials to keep the Beaver Creek Reservoir open to the public. “I would hate to see it close down,” said Marcy Talbot. She estimated that she goes to the reservoir five or six times each spring and summer to relax…


Canadians petition for cycling tax credits

Published on Feb 23, 2007

Gopetition campaigner Chris Tomasini has been featured in the Canadian magazine www.momentumplanet.ca The feature is reproduced in part below: An Ontario man needs help getting signatures for a petition asking Parliament to consider tax credits for cyclists, similar to the credits that have been offered to public transit users. If…


Working-visa battle headed to Ottawa

Published on Feb 16, 2007

Gopetition campaigner, Whistler Chamber, has been featured in whistlerquestion.com for the campaign Amendment to the Woring Holiday Visa Program. The article is reproduced below: Working-visa battle headed to Ottawa Chamber pushes for changes to help ease Whistler labour shortage Jennifer Miller jmiller@whistlerquestion.com The Whistler Chamber of Commerce is taking its fight…