March 2013 Archives

Thursday March 21, 2013

Meet our new Lieutenant Governor

Mark recently hosted the Fraser Valley Cultural Diversity Awards in Abbotsford where the Honourable Judith Guichon, Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia.was the featured speaker. She pointed out that after Toronto and Vancouver, Abbotsford is Canada's most culturally diverse city. The 11th annual awards were presented by Abbotsford Community Services.
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Wednesday March 20, 2013

Federal Finance Minister Intervenes in Mortgage Rates

Cameron Muir, Chief Economist for the B.C. Real Estate Association, and mortgage broker Calum Ross weigh in.

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Tuesday March 19, 2013

Debate over Proposed Trinity Western Law School

Law students across the country are campaigning against a proposed law school at Trinity Western University. They say the school's rules discriminate against gay people. 

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Monday March 18, 2013

Federal Government's Oil Spill Response Plan

B.C. Environment Minister Terry Lake on the federal government's oil spill response plan.

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Monday March 11, 2013

Exciting beverage containment system

Wameesh Hamilton won the highly prized B.C.Almanac coffee cup after submitting a photo to the Listeners' Lens. Here he is having a sunny sip beside the Somass River at Port Alberni.

 

Thursday March 7, 2013

Berry Crazy

During his most recent appearance on the show, Master Gardener Brian Minter was asked for some of his favourite berry varieties to grow in B.C.

Strawberries: Albion, Hood, Totem, Sto:lo and he's very keen on a new Brazel Berry that can be grown in containers

Raspberries: Autumn Bliss, Heritage Fall Gold, Tulameen

Blackberries: Triple Crown, Black Satin

If you missed Brian's, click on our podcast to the right and download the MP3 or tune in for his next visit on Thursday, March 21st.

 

Friday March 1, 2013

Breaching Humpback

Photographer Brad Hill took this photo of a breaching Humpback in Johnstone Strait. He'll be on B.C. Almanac tomorrow (Tuesday) to tell us how he took it in low light, rainy conditions -- and he'll answer your photography questions. More of Brad's shots here.

 

• April 2018
  • Fri., 6 – Coming up
     
• May 2013
  • Mon., 6 – VPL
     
  • Wed., 1 – Pumped for the playoffs
     
• April 2013
  • Fri., 26 – Classic political movies
     
  • Wed., 24 – False Creek morning
     
  • Tue., 16 – Bloomin' in Nanaimo
     
  • Wed., 3 – Bee condo
     
• March 2013
  • Thu., 21 – Meet our new Lieutenant Governor
     
  • Wed., 20 – Federal Finance Minister Intervenes in Mortgage Rates
     
  • Tue., 19 – Debate over Proposed Trinity Western Law School
     
  • Mon., 18 – Federal Government's Oil Spill Response Plan
     
  • Mon., 11 – Exciting beverage containment system
     
  • Thu., 7 – Berry Crazy
     
  • Fri., 1 – Breaching Humpback
     
• February 2013
  • Wed., 20 – Sea Lion play
     
  • Sun., 17 – Lunar New Year
     
  • Thu., 14 – My Sweet Valentine
     
  • Fri., 8 – Backcountry paradise
     
  • Fri., 1 – ...and the winning Phrase Watch entry is...
     
• January 2013
  • Thu., 31 – B.C. Almanac Phrase Watch: Great Prize too!!
     
  • Mon., 28 – Full Circle: CBC in Victoria
     
  • Wed., 23 – Today's photo: Sointula Sunset
     
  • Tue., 22 – Sublime East Coast
     
  • Mon., 21 – The fog creeps in
     
  • Thu., 17 – Drop the puck already
     
  • Thu., 17 – Red Sails in the Sunrise
     
  • Mon., 14 – Victoria from space
     
  • Mon., 7 – Pond hockey, eh?
     
• December 2012
  • Mon., 24 – VanDusen Botanical Gardens
     
  • Tue., 18 – Westcoast Express or Dr Zhivago?
     
• November 2012
  • Tue., 27 – Lights of Hope
     
  • Mon., 26 – Kilby view, Harrison River
     
  • Tue., 13 – The Vote's In
     
  • Wed., 7 – Terms of Engagement
     
• October 2012
  • Fri., 26 – Gillnetters on Fraser
     
  • Wed., 17 – What don't adults get about bullying?
     
  • Tue., 16 – Fall Blaze
     
  • Mon., 15 – Harvest Heaven
     
  • Fri., 12 – Devick Ranch
     
  • Thu., 11 – Life on the ranch
     
  • Wed., 10 – CBC Kamloops has arrived
     
  • Thu., 4 – Working River
     
  • Tue., 2 – Cranberry Crazy
     
• September 2012
  • Fri., 28 – Ma Murray's Place
     
  • Thu., 27 – Former BCR Line
     
  • Wed., 26 – Fall & fog creep in
     
  • Thu., 20 – 7:04 am. Two days to fall!
     
  • Tue., 18 – The Chief
     
  • Tue., 11 – 32nd annual Terry Fox Run for cancer research
     
  • Fri., 7 – VanDusen Bloom Gala
     
  • Thu., 6 – Public art fit for the Queen Elizabeth
     
• August 2012
  • Fri., 31 – Cedar hat fashion
     
  • Thu., 30 – BC Almanac at the PNE
     
  • Wed., 29 – Whale of a story
     
  • Wed., 29 –
     
  • Tue., 28 – Vancouver from the air
     
  • Mon., 27 – Kwantlen Pow Wow
     
  • Thu., 23 – Check marks in the sky
     
  • Tue., 21 – Evening troll
     
• July 2012
  • Fri., 20 – Kicking back
     
  • Thu., 19 – Surrey Urban Farmers' Market
     
  • Tue., 17 – Urban Agriculture
     
  • Fri., 13 – Great Summer Reads
     
  • Tue., 10 – Lighthouse Park Trail
     
  • Wed., 4 – Shutterbug Alert
     
  • Tue., 3 – Canada Day in Parksville
     
• June 2012
  • Fri., 22 – Helmet?
     
  • Thu., 21 – Just in case
     
  • Mon., 18 – Core Connections include a bike commute
     
  • Fri., 15 – Enthralled
     
  • Mon., 11 – Sun Strikes Library Square
     
  • Fri., 8 – Core Connections
     
  • Thu., 7 – Grizzly inspiration
     
• May 2012
  • Tue., 29 – To the summit of Everest
     
  • Mon., 28 – Rude Awakening
     
  • Fri., 25 – Bike to work week
     
  • Tue., 22 – May Day
     
  • Tue., 15 – Mystery Letter
     
  • Mon., 14 – Mount Baker View
     
  • Fri., 11 – Lovin' the lonnnger days
     
  • Mon., 7 – My Fort Langely Super Moon
     
  • Tue., 1 – Happy 150th Birthday Barkerville
     
• April 2012
  • Fri., 27 – Working Fraser
     
  • Thu., 26 – Sow Simple
     
  • Mon., 23 – Mmmmmmossy
     
  • Fri., 20 – Live for the Moment
     
  • Thu., 19 – Greening up
     
  • Tue., 17 – DFO Colours
     
  • Mon., 16 – Abbotsford Farmers' Market
     
  • Fri., 13 – Get the lead out
     
  • Thu., 12 – Noam was here
     
  • Wed., 11 – Chinatown, Vancouver
     
  • Tue., 10 – Foggy Fort
     
  • Thu., 5 – Stop doing this
     
• March 2012
  • Fri., 30 – Will the salmon come?
     
  • Wed., 28 – Grounds at Museum of Anthropology
     
  • Tue., 27 – Fraser River, Richmond
     
  • Mon., 26 – Snow locked
     
  • Wed., 21 – Spring appears
     
  • Tue., 6 – The Del Mar Inn
     
  • Mon., 5 – Sunny stroll
     
  • Fri., 2 – Before the rain
     
  • Thu., 1 – Coming up on Friday
     
  • Thu., 1 – Waiting for the bus
     
• February 2012
  • Wed., 29 – Anti-Bullying Day
     
  • Tue., 28 – Sleeping volcano: Mount Baker
     
  • Wed., 22 – Listeners' Lens on photographer Brad Hill
     
  • Tue., 21 – Freda Diesing
     
  • Mon., 20 – Oil on the Water
     
  • Wed., 15 – Rupert Here I Come
     
  • Tue., 14 – Happy Flag Day
     
  • Mon., 13 – Welcome to Canada
     
  • Thu., 9 – The vines of time
     
• January 2012
  • Tue., 31 – Crossing the Pitt
     
  • Mon., 30 – Lunar New Year Parade
     
  • Fri., 27 – Coming up Sunday: Lunar New Year Parade
     
  • Thu., 26 – VPL
     
  • Tue., 24 – Canadian women rock
     
  • Mon., 23 – Silk Road Music
     
  • Mon., 16 – Snow Day
     
  • Fri., 13 – Waiting for the Train
     
  • Wed., 11 – Chinatown Abbey Road?
     
  • Tue., 10 – The Centre
     
  • Thu., 5 – The sun came out
     
  • Wed., 4 – Monsoon Morning
     
  • Tue., 3 – The China Collection
     
• December 2011
  • Wed., 21 – Santa's helpers
     
  • Tue., 20 – International Village
     
  • Mon., 19 – Short Days
     
  • Wed., 14 – Waiting for the Midnight Special
     
  • Mon., 12 – Bear in the city
     
  • Mon., 12 – Seymour Building, 1920
     
  • Fri., 9 – Bread a plenty
     
  • Fri., 9 – The Fort Winter Issue
     
  • Thu., 8 – Seen & heard
     
  • Tue., 6 – Mount Baker sunrise
     
  • Mon., 5 – Surrey's City Centre Library
     
  • Thu., 1 – Steam heat
     
• November 2011
  • Wed., 30 – Last November morning
     
  • Tue., 29 – Keep the pot boiling
     
  • Mon., 28 – B.C.'s Bounty road trip
     
  • Mon., 21 – Douglas Day
     
  • Fri., 18 – Rising from the ashes
     
  • Thu., 17 – Freedom Alley
     
  • Mon., 14 – Taking a ride on a carousel
     
  • Tue., 8 – Chums are here
     
• October 2011
  • Mon., 31 – Nelson in fall camouflage
     
  • Wed., 26 – Cycle home
     
  • Tue., 25 – Deep Bay Research
     
  • Tue., 25 – Today's tree
     
  • Mon., 24 – Fall run
     
  • Fri., 21 – Heritage apple
     
  • Thu., 20 – Searing sumac
     
  • Mon., 17 – Crowsnest Highway
     
  • Tue., 11 – Tart & tangy
     
• September 2011
  • Thu., 29 – B.C.'s Bounty
     
  • Thu., 29 – Fall comes to Big Qualicum River
     
  • Wed., 28 – Happy 75th!
     
  • Wed., 28 – Almost ready
     
  • Tue., 27 – The best minds
     
  • Fri., 23 – Cockpit with a view
     
  • Wed., 21 – Fixer upper
     
  • Mon., 19 – Almost ready
     
  • Fri., 16 – A marathon a day
     
  • Fri., 16 – New memorial to Terry Fox
     
  • Thu., 15 – Grape expectations
     
  • Wed., 14 – Peachy
     
  • Wed., 7 – Our CBC Neighbourhood
     
  • Tue., 6 – Backyard Bounty: Cukes, Zucs & Squash
     
  • Fri., 2 – Pink salmon pleasures
     
  • Thu., 1 – September Song
     
• August 2011
  • Wed., 31 – Eros
     
  • Tue., 30 – Farmland Trail
     
  • Mon., 29 – Artifact or Artifiction
     
  • Thu., 25 – Claire's four-and-a-half-finger-forecast
     
  • Wed., 24 – Jack's Memorial
     
  • Tue., 23 – JouTou featured at today's Musical Nooner
     
  • Mon., 22 – Harrison Lake
     
  • Fri., 19 – Crossing the Pitt
     
  • Thu., 18 – Boy with summer dreams
     
  • Wed., 17 – Fraser River morning
     
  • Tue., 16 – Backyard Bounty
     
  • Mon., 15 –
     
  • Fri., 12 – What's in a name?
     
  • Fri., 12 – Mason bee at work
     
  • Thu., 11 – Big steel rails
     
  • Wed., 10 – Fraser River sockeye opening
     
  • Wed., 10 – Horne Lake Caves
     
  • Tue., 9 – Beneath the Bridge
     
  • Mon., 8 – Time & erosion
     
• July 2011
  • Fri., 15 – Holidays!
     
  • Fri., 15 – Philup the mascot
     
  • Thu., 14 – Summer goes inside
     
  • Wed., 13 – Hollywood North in the summer
     
  • Tue., 12 – Musical Nooners continue
     
  • Mon., 11 – Semi-rural commute
     
  • Fri., 8 – The Barbecue Beckons
     
  • Thu., 7 – Klahowya = Welcome
     
  • Wed., 6 – Morning commute
     
  • Tue., 5 – Sojourners at Musical Nooner
     
  • Mon., 4 – Sunshine. Finally.
     
• June 2011
  • Thu., 30 – Coda: So long Gary
     
  • Wed., 29 – Ready for Canada Day
     
  • Tue., 28 – Altered Laws
     
  • Mon., 27 – Free as a bird
     
  • Fri., 24 – Feedback
     
  • Thu., 23 – Two Lindas
     
  • Wed., 22 – 2nd Day of Summer
     
  • Tue., 21 – Summer in THE FORT
     
  • Mon., 20 – Post riot messages
     
  • Tue., 14 – Marine Building
     
  • Mon., 13 – Game 6, here we go.
     
  • Mon., 13 – Abbotsford Farmers' Market
     
  • Fri., 10 – Can never have enough fan photos
     
  • Fri., 10 – (Measured) Canucks Booster
     
  • Thu., 9 – Orchard Veteran
     
  • Wed., 8 – Sockeye & backyard asparagus
     
  • Tue., 7 – Locomotive No. 374
     
  • Fri., 3 – Between Periods
     
  • Wed., 1 – Goal. One down, three to go.
     
  • Wed., 1 – Third Period 0 - 0
     
  • Wed., 1 – Ready for action
     
• May 2011
  • Tue., 31 – Careful
     
  • Mon., 30 – Not a Toronto Fan
     
  • Fri., 27 – Beaver Heaven?
     
  • Wed., 25 – Seeking Stanley
     
  • Tue., 24 – Gentlemen, start your tractors
     
  • Fri., 20 – New Season
     
  • Thu., 19 – A walk through Chinatown
     
• April 2011
  • Fri., 29 – Tenacious
     
  • Thu., 28 – Ready for business
     
  • Wed., 27 – The Morning After
     
  • Tue., 26 – One More Time!!!!
     
  • Thu., 21 – Canucks Fans, Come See Me
     
  • Thu., 21 – Big Smoke in Vansterdam
     
  • Wed., 20 – Powell Street sockeye run
     
  • Tue., 19 – Len McKay
     
  • Mon., 18 – Temptation
     
  • Mon., 18 – The Mostly British Car Show
     
  • Fri., 15 – Zero Emission Mail
     
  • Fri., 15 – Canada Post goes Zero Emission
     
  • Thu., 14 – Hockey Fan Zone
     
  • Wed., 13 – Game #1 Tonight
     
  • Tue., 12 – Cooking Class
     
  • Mon., 11 – Canucks Fever
     
  • Thu., 7 – Listeners' Lens 3
     
  • Thu., 7 – Listeners' Lens 2
     
  • Thu., 7 – Elvis lives?
     
  • Wed., 6 – Sweet Magnolia
     
  • Tue., 5 – Listeners' Lens
     
  • Tue., 5 – Weekend trip to Galiano Island
     
• March 2011
  • Tue., 15 – Narrated slideshows