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Gambling worth $2.3B to Alta.

Dane — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 10:49:10 +0000

Alberta gamblers contributed $2.3 billion to the province’s economy in 2006, of which more than $1.6 billion went into government and charity coffers, says a study released Tuesday.

Of that figure, $1.3 billion went into the Alberta Lottery Fund, which used the money to fund thousands of volunteer and community-based initiatives and programs across the province, said Lynn Hutchings-Mah of the Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission.

“It goes into things like environmental issues. I’ve seen it used for funding field trips, purchasing playground equipment and funding things like libraries, book fairs, festivities to world seniors curling. Every community in Alberta benefits,” she said.

Earth Hour gaining momentum

Dane — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 04:54:27 +0000

North America could be the darkest continent on earth if citizens honour their pledge to Earth Hour, a global campaign that calls on the world to raise awareness about climate change by switching off lights between 8 and 9 p.m. on Saturday.

Canadians and their southern neighbours have the highest number of people and cities to sign up for the movement, that began in Sidney Australia in 2007. The awareness campaign should send world leaders a strong message as it expands to cities on every continent, according to the World Wildlife Federation, the organization behind the event.

Climate change has permeated most media in recent years. Politicians pay more attention to environmental issues as an increased number of their constituents recognize the plight of the globe. This heightened awareness shines brightly as hundreds of thousands sign up for Earth Hour.

Gore To Skeptics: Doubting Global Warming Is ManMade Like Believing Earth Is Flat

Dane — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 11:30:07 +0000

Self-avowed “P.R. agent for the planet” Al Gore says those who still doubt that global warming is caused by man - among them, Vice President Dick Cheney - are acting like the fringe groups who think the 1969 moon landing never really happened, or who once believed the world is flat.

The former vice president and former presidential candidate talks to 60 Minutes correspondent Lesley Stahl in an interview to be broadcast this Sunday, March 30, at 7 p.m. ET/PT.