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10, vol 109 -- November 5, 2001
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A short ceremony of remembrance will be held at SFU on Friday, Nov. 9, 2001. "SFU Remembers" will take place in the Convocation Mall at 12:30 p.m., and will include readings, a brief address by President Michael Stevenson, and selections by the SFU Choir and by a member of the SFU Pipe Band. Students, staff and faculty are all welcome to attend and participate.
Volunteers with the Beth Israel Synagogue will be collecting warm jackets, blankets and sleeping bags to give to people in need. Donated items will be distributed via emergency shelters, daycare facilities, drop-in centres, immigrant aid service, the Jewish Family Service, and transition houses. The public is asked to drop off items at 4350 Oak Street from Nov. 15 to Dec. 20. For more info, call 604-731-4161.
A Chevron refinery in North Burnaby is polluting at higher levels than its Chevron counterparts in California. This was the finding of a study ordered by the provincial government, paid for by the company, and undertaken by an environmental consulting firm. The Burnaby facility produces 60,000 barrels of oil a day, in comparison to 258,000 barrels at the Los Angeles Basin refinery. However, the Burnaby site emits more xylene, toluene, MTBE, sulfur dioxide and other pollutants than the L.A. facility. The report was ordered in June 2000 following a chain of pollutant releases.
A Loblaws store in Toronto became the site of one of Greenpeace's trademark banner-hanging events last Monday to call for mandatory labelling of genetically modified food. "Ninety-five per cent of Canadians want mandatory labelling and want it now," said Greenpeace campaigner Holly Penfound. On Oct. 17, mandatory labelling Bill C-287 was defeated in the House of Commons by a vote of 126 to 91. Loblaws, which owns the Real Canadian Superstore, was selected for the protest because it concealed labels declaring food free of genetic engineering this summer. [ Back to issue 10 ] [ Send The Peak a comment on this story ] The contents of The Peak are protected by copyright. For information on rights regarding specific articles (including reprinting, where applicable), please contact epeak@mail.peak.sfu.ca with the full URL of the content in question. |
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