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Thursday January 19, 2012

Interviews, News:

Strange sea creature fossils discovered in the Burgess Shale

This illustration is a reconstruction of Siphusauctum gregarium. The animals are shown in life position, standing upright in the water column partially anchored into the sediment by a small holdfast. (Copyright Marianne Collins/ROM/U of T/PLoS One)

Canadian researchers have discovered a bizarre flower-like creature which lived in an ancient sea that covered part of Western Canada more than 500 million years ago.

The bizarre tulip-shaped creature used to live on the ocean floor, now the Burgess Shale.

The finding was published yesterday evening in the online journal PLoS ONE.

The study's lead author is Lorna O'Brien. She is a PhD candidate in the department of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Toronto.

Daybreak host Chris Walker reached her at her office.

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Thursday January 19, 2012

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Teachers' strike wastes resources says administrator

There's no quick fix to the teachers labour dispute with the province.

The B.C. Teachers' Federation wants a 15 per cent increase over three years. The province is offering zero.

Lots of people are caught in the middle, including administrators like Larry Paul. He is the Secretary Treasurer for the Central Okanagan School District. Since September he's had to pick up non-teaching duties vacated by teachers.

He joined Daybreak host Chris Walker in studio.

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Wednesday January 18, 2012

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Kelowna council approves tiny tax increase

The number crunching is done.

After an all-day budget session yesterday, Kelowna city council decided on a very slight tax increase.

Council's goal was to have no increase at all, but they settled for 0.1% property tax increase for this year.

Walter Gray is the mayor of Kelowna.

He spoke with Daybreak host Chris Walker.

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• January 2012
  • Thu., 19 – Strange sea creature fossils discovered in the Burgess Shale
     
  • Thu., 19 – Teachers' strike wastes resources says administrator
     
  • Wed., 18 – Kelowna council approves tiny tax increase
     
  • Tue., 17 – Teacher job action threatens Kamloops international baccaulaureate program
     
  • Tue., 17 – Okanagan professer searches for arid-friendly grapes
     
  • Mon., 16 – Border Bruins just can't win
     
  • Mon., 16 – The "Southern Gateway Project"?
     
  • Fri., 13 – Oil-dependent community in Northern B.C. opposes pipeline
     
  • Fri., 13 – How secure are police evidence lockers?
     
  • Thu., 12 – The Shuswap gets a heart transplant
     
  • Wed., 11 – Merritt overrun by stray cats, feeders may be criminally charged
     
  • Tue., 10 – Who was Esther Wittaker?
     
  • Tue., 10 – Management consultant tried to help Lillooet in 2010
     
  • Mon., 9 – Okanagan brain expert urges baseline testing for kids
     
  • Mon., 9 – Christina Lake wants weevils
     
  • Fri., 6 – Legal aid
     
  • Thu., 5 – Alzheimers care
     
  • Wed., 4 – Hip replacements
     
  • Tue., 3 – National park plan in South Okanagan runs into provincial opposition
     
• December 2011
  • Tue., 20 – Down the slopes in style!
     
  • Tue., 20 – Kelowna retailers say business is down this Christmas
     
  • Mon., 19 – Nelson man nominated as Adventurer of the Year
     
  • Mon., 19 – The end of an era in Salmon Arm...
     
  • Mon., 19 – Best Songs of the Year
     
  • Fri., 16 – Squatters vandalize iconic Kelowna paddlewheeler
     
  • Thu., 15 – Seven-year-old science blogger is expert on Burgess Shale
     
  • Wed., 14 – The mystery of Santa's golden bell...
     
  • Tue., 13 – Menorah to be built in downtown Kelowna
     
  • Tue., 13 – Behind the veil: explaining the niqab
     
  • Tue., 13 – Pulling out of Kyoto the right choice, says Terry Lake
     
  • Mon., 12 – Kelowna thrift store employs troubled teens
     
  • Mon., 12 – Kelowna council asked to light menorah at city hall
     
  • Fri., 9 – Kelowna photographer wins prestigious national contest
     
  • Thu., 8 – Second distillery opens in downtown Kelowna
     
  • Thu., 8 – First Nations feel trapped with Indian Act
     
  • Wed., 7 – Kelowna Cycle vows to 'rise again'
     
  • Wed., 7 – B.C. First Nation chief says band faces same problems as Attawapiskat
     
  • Tue., 6 – Burgess Shale featured at Royal Ontario Museum
     
  • Mon., 5 – Kelowna teacher "flips" classroom
     
  • Thu., 1 – Soaring food prices: fact or folly?
     
  • Thu., 1 – Kelowna to bid farewell to a hometown hero
     
• November 2011
  • Wed., 30 – Rookie curler to attempt $250,000 draw to the button
     
  • Tue., 29 – Canadian Medical Assocation calls for end to hospital parking fees
     
  • Tue., 29 – Christmas tree takes flight in Kelowna
     
  • Mon., 28 – The changing street names of Oliver
     
  • Fri., 25 – Warming up with Hot Toddies
     
  • Thu., 24 – Government aid needed to police Syrian web sites
     
  • Thu., 24 – Cate's American Thanksgiving Stuffing
     
  • Tue., 22 – Kamloops youth share history through art
     
  • Tue., 22 – Tuesday's Traffic Jam Playlist
     
  • Mon., 21 – Peachland man fights to save death row dog
     
  • Mon., 21 – Gray vows strong leadership and decisive council
     
  • Fri., 18 – Tweet Nothings?
     
  • Mon., 14 – Political Action Committees in Kelowna?
     
  • Thu., 10 – Letter from Van Diest's purported killer unnerves city of Armstrong
     
  • Wed., 9 – District looks to resurrect ghost town cemetery
     
  • Wed., 9 – "Deep flaws" withing RCMP, says retired Mountie
     
  • Wed., 9 – The man Sparwood tried to ignore
     
  • Tue., 8 – The Prosperity Mine debate: can economic growth and environmental stewardship coexist?
     
  • Tue., 8 – Researcher helps voters weed through civic candidates
     
  • Mon., 7 – Interior Health reponds to pain management complaints
     
  • Mon., 7 – Election Connection: Barrier Mayor apologizes for impaired driving
     
  • Fri., 4 – Election Connection: Columbia Valley
     
  • Fri., 4 – Mobile Juice Factory turns bad apples into liquid gold
     
  • Fri., 4 – Patients say limited pain services at Kelowna hospital hurts
     
  • Thu., 3 – B.C. Transit overcrowded, dangerous say UBCO students
     
  • Thu., 3 – Kelowna mayoral debate: Voters' views
     
  • Thu., 3 – Kelowna mayoral debate: Top issues facing the city
     
  • Thu., 3 – Kelowna mayoral debate: The cost of culture
     
  • Wed., 2 – Election Connection: conflict re-emerges between Walter Gray and Kelowna gay community
     
  • Wed., 2 – Happy 75th Birthday, CBC Radio!
     
  • Tue., 1 – Restauranteur says higher minimum wage hurts business
     
  • Tue., 1 – Cultural plan passed in Kelowna
     
• October 2011
  • Mon., 31 – Developer to demolish low-income housing in Vernon
     
  • Fri., 28 – Professor says uranium mine claim costly for government
     
  • Fri., 28 – Kelowna professor brings world of the undead to life
     
  • Fri., 28 – West Kelowna artists paints for Smithsonian
     
  • Thu., 27 – CBC Nelson reporter Bob Keating wins Webster Award
     
  • Thu., 27 – Election Connection: Fernie face-off
     
  • Thu., 27 – Kelowna man loses eye in jail attack
     
  • Wed., 26 – Election Connection: West Kelowna
     
  • Wed., 26 – Province cuts back nurse visits to new moms
     
  • Tue., 25 – Election Connection: Williams Lake and 100 Mile House
     
  • Tue., 25 – Kelowna 'occupy' protesters can't camp overnight
     
  • Mon., 24 – Finding HOPE on the streets of Kelowna
     
  • Mon., 24 – Checking in on Minor Hockey hits
     
  • Mon., 24 – Election Connection: South Okanagan
     
  • Fri., 21 – Uranium mine lawsuit costs B.C. $30M Audio
     
  • Thu., 20 – Fernie gets festive with 'Santa Pups' filming
     
  • Thu., 20 – Symbolic day for Lybian expatriates in Kelowna
     
  • Wed., 19 – Rats overrun Penticton
     
  • Tue., 18 – Tribunal hears gay rights complaint against Grand Forks Bed and Breakfast
     
  • Tue., 18 – The Kamloops municipal election: a landmine of controversy?
     
  • Mon., 17 – Reading the election tea leaves in Kelowna
     
  • Fri., 14 – Armstrong deals with tragedy
     
  • Thu., 13 – Kelowna school bans "I love boobies" bracelets
     
  • Wed., 12 – The missing women inquiry
     
  • Tue., 11 – Adam's River Sockeye make their return
     
  • Tue., 11 – Steer clear of suspicious Santa
     
  • Thu., 6 – East meets West: pairing West Kelowna wine with East Indian food
     
  • Thu., 6 – Fuming over gas prices
     
  • Wed., 5 – B.C. woman describes 49-day ordeal in Nevada
     
  • Wed., 5 – Watch your water
     
• September 2011
  • Fri., 30 – "Rainbow Falls" wins CBC Kelowna's "Our Okanagan" photo contest
     
  • Tue., 27 – Defending the Safe Streets and Communities Act
     
  • Mon., 26 – What's the dollar value of a human life?
     
  • Mon., 26 – Hard questions about getting tough on crime
     
  • Fri., 23 – Clearwater bus driver found not guilty of sexual exploitation
     
  • Thu., 22 – Crunching the numbers: the West Kelowna land swap
     
  • Thu., 22 – Thumbing it to get to class
     
  • Wed., 21 – The sockeye spawn in Skaha
     
  • Fri., 16 – Minding your P's and Q's online: social 'netiquette'
     
  • Tue., 13 – Half a century of history up in smoke
     
  • Mon., 12 – The hunt for Randall Hopley
     
  • Fri., 9 – Gray vs. Shepherd
     
  • Thu., 8 – Desperate search in Sparwood
     
  • Fri., 2 – Tomato time!
     
  • Thu., 1 – Local schools plan for labour strife
     
• August 2011
  • Wed., 31 – The REAL Dragons' Den in the Okanagan
     
  • Tue., 30 – Zelda Marathon for Kelowna Hospital!
     
  • Tue., 30 – The HST Magic Wand?
     
  • Mon., 29 – Straw House in West Kelowna
     
  • Fri., 26 – Chasing the Canadian hockey dream
     
  • Fri., 26 – Vallican Whole Hall
     
  • Thu., 25 – The Battle for Tripoli
     
  • Wed., 24 – Libya after the Gadhafi regime
     
  • Wed., 24 – China likes the taste of Okanagan wine
     
  • Tue., 23 – The political legacy of Jack Layton
     
  • Tue., 23 – Zucchini Support Group
     
  • Tue., 23 – Three Kelowna women join National Field Hockey Team
     
  • Mon., 22 – The legacy of Jack Layton
     
  • Mon., 22 – Walker on the washboard
     
  • Fri., 19 – A fresh start for Westbank history
     
  • Fri., 19 – Prohibition, Gangs and Guns
     
  • Fri., 19 – Love, choices, and the complex life of teenagers
     
  • Thu., 18 – Businesses moving to Kelowna's Bernard Avenue
     
  • Wed., 17 – Mayor Sharon Shepherd on Kelowna gang violence
     
  • Tue., 16 – Comfort food snobbery!
     
  • Thu., 11 – Crash! Bang! Boom!
     
  • Wed., 10 – Questions Over Westbank Land Swap
     
  • Wed., 10 – Vernon listener rides off with Learn to Ride prize
     
  • Wed., 3 – Open season on wolves
     
• July 2011
  • Thu., 28 – Bell overcharges Okanagan customers for calls
     
  • Thu., 28 – Portraits of honour pay tribute to the fallen
     
  • Wed., 27 – Potters Without Borders
     
  • Tue., 26 – A lichen named to your liking
     
  • Tue., 26 – The U.S. debt crisis and Canada