750 hectares of Denman Island will be protected under land deal, government says

750 hectares of Denman Island will be protected under land deal, government says
A large chunk of Denman Island will soon become a provincial park or ecological reserve, the B.C. government said Tuesday.
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CRD should delay gas-tax decision until ater Blue Bridge vote, critic says
Capital Regional District board members should delay any decision on kicking in $ 23.5-million for the Johnson Street Bridge replacement until after residents have voted on it, says a critic of the project.
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Heavy Metal Guitarist Victor Griffin Comes to Terms With His Dark Past
If you’re a serious metalhead, then you’ve probably heard of Pentagram, whose satanic imagery and albums of gloom-drenched rock were enormously influential on the development of heavy metal in the 1980s and ’90s. The band’s guitarist, Knoxvillian Victor Griffin, has followed a long and strange course from Pentagram’s drug- and booze-fueled days back home to East Tennessee, where he’s found a …
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