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People, not deer threaten bog – report

By JONATHAN SHER, THE LONDON FREE PRESS

For most of the past century, it’s been people, not deer, who’ve posed a threat to the bog environmentalists say is an ecological treasure and rarity in southern Ontario.

People drained the bog, flooded it, stripped its peat, cut its black spruce for Christmas trees, surrounded it with development and gravel pits and planted an invasive plant that’s likely its biggest threat, buckthorn.

Deer posts here at WordPress at cartoon life

Earlier cartoons at Flikr on deer

Clever beasts on the right track

Smart coyote at Western to hunt rabbits, squirrels or garbage

Monday night London endorsed a funding plan for a recycling centre approved last year before stimulus money fell through. Meantime, a coyote has been spotted along the river trails at the grounds of the University of Western Ontario.

Trees kick butt!

Trees win in urban growth battle

A precious gift for the future

In Jonathan Sher’s November 9th story Movin’ Along – about a city discussion about advancing a light rail transit system – Deputy Mayor Tom Gosnell dismisses the idea the city should consider building a light-rail passenger service to stimulate development along rail corridors. Light rail, he said, is for cities with populations near one million, not smaller cities like London growing at a snail’s pace.

“Light rapid transit — our grandchildren can worry about that,” he said.

The Van Meerbergen Mobile

In Jonathan Sher’s November 9th Free Press story Movin’ Along – about a city discussion about advancing a light rail transit system – Coun. Paul Van Meerbergen said city hall needs to focus more on maintaining and expanding roads already too burdened by traffic. “The belief that most families will use transit is not realistic,” he said.

The Ed Blake Park Report

Roger and the communists

There are Communists! Communists! Right here in River City!

Wanted! Bambi O’Deer!

City politicians last night recommended killing deer - proceeding with a cull - in the Sifton Bog, this fall to protect that environmentally sensitive land which is surrounded by a subdivision.

Welcome to Spudtopia

The community built around Tuber Gigantus Butleriana

Spudtopia, an offshoot of this genus of giant potato, Tuber Gigantus Butleriana, was founded around the turn of the century. After discovering that giant potatoes could be grown, there was much hope for solving the problems of hunger and homelessness – after all, now, not only could everyone afford, they could simply grow their own sustenance and housing! Anyone who came to this community was given spoons and yearly, granted a huge potato from the annual crop, thus they not only ate well, but carved their own dwellings while so doing! Alas, in The Great Bake of 1912, when fire spread so disastrously throughout it, the promise of this grand utopian community ended.

Send Scouts to Madagascar Summer 2009

Members of the 31st Rovers are going to Madagascar this July, 2009 together with other South Western Ontario Rovers and Scouters this summer, to help children living in poverty and conditions that you just cannot imagine. They can’t afford paper and pencils. Living conditions are so bad that even a glass of water can make you ill.

They need our help financially. They are fundraising to help them get there to learn about the culture, to help build a classroom, dig wells, and do what they can to make the lives of the people, especially the children, better. They will return to London and will be able to show how Scouting in Action does make a better world.

Update 03/13/09

Due to the current political situation in Madagascar this trip has been postponed. Fundraising continues:

Madagascar 2009:  Contact <a href=”mailto:llcs@rogers.com”>Scouter Michael Collins of the 31st A Troop</a> by email, or better still <A href=”http://canadianrovers.com/home/index.html”&gt; <b>The Canadian Rovers web site.</b></a> Any amount you want to donate will help.