"The beach there is all red and looking really bad."
Doug Hayman, a member of the North Shore Streamkeepers, describes the orange sludge that has built up near a new culvert on Lynn Creek. The substance, likely iron precipitate, can damage ecosystems and fish, according to conservationists (from an Aug. 17 news story).
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"There is no electricity; there is no water; there is no food."
Nassreen Filsoof, president of the North Shore-based Iranian Canadian Foundation, on the plight of villagers who were hit by two massive earthquakes in northwest Iran. The foundation is raising money to help the victims (from an Aug. 15 news story).
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"One of the police officers had the bike in his arms. It was folded in half and barely recognizable."
Vancouver resident Gwil Roberts describes the aftermath of a collision between a car and a bike on East Keith Road that sent a cyclist to hospital with head injuries. The incident moved Roberts to make a plea to District of North Vancouver council to put a bike lane back on the busy thoroughfare (from an August 17 news story).
