A Young Humpback Whale Paying for the Sins of a Fishermen
Amy Foreman, Writer
June 21, 2012
At five am Tuesday morning, a man walking his dog noticed what appeared to be a capsized ship on the shoreline, but after moving closer he realized that it was a humpback whale. The humpback whale washed up on the beach in White Rock and many residents in that area mentioned that they thought they... Read more »
Book Review: The Children of Injustice by Ruth Auguste
Winnie Amanuel, Writer
June 20, 2012
These days, English class seems to be the only place teenagers read a book, and that is only because it is assigned to us. After reading, you put the book back on the shelf to let the cover collect dust, while the story drifts out of your mind as if you never really read it at all. Then there are the... Read more »
Travelling to Kenya
Pardeep Sanghera
June 20, 2012
Tylynn Frycz and Kailie Malmberg carrying water for the Mama's kale. This April, three Frank Hurt grade 12 students went to Kenya to build a school with the organization Me to We. Me to We describe themselves as an organization that “transforms people into world changers, one action and experience... Read more »
Bill C-38
Ryley Feenie
June 19, 2012
On June 4th 2012 over 500 organizations across Canada “blacked out” their websites in support of the “Black Out, Speak Out” campaign. The campaign started off as an idea from 11 different environmentalist groups in May. Since then has spread to unions, Human Rights Advocates, ordinary citizens... Read more »
Cold Extremes
Jessica Gagnon, Writer
June 19, 2012
Can you imagine living in -49°C weather, a temprature where most electronic devises and vehicles freeze inside and out? This is an everyday experience for the people living in the Oymyakon, a town in Siberia, Russia. With a record low of -71.2°C, Oymyakon is the coldest permanently inhabited place... Read more »
The North Pacific Garbage Patch Gyre
John Brand, Staff Writer
June 19, 2012
Our earth has five major oceanic gyres, one them being the North Pacific Gyre. This gyre spins clockwise and is home to millions of species of fish and microorganisms. As of late, a ton of trash is being dumped into the ocean, and it’s affecting not only the life in the water, but the life on land... Read more »
Where did the Penny Go?
Preetpal Tumber, writer
June 19, 2012
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c5/Canadian_Penny_-_Reverse.png This will be the question that all the kids of the future will be asking us, just like we asked about the one and two dollar bills when we were younger. In 1987, the bills were replaced by the coins, and the bills were... Read more »
500 Beluga Whales
Amy Foreman, Writer
June 19, 2012
As of 2010, the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List of Threatened Species estimated that there are 17, 315 species in the world that are endangered. One of these species is the loveable beluga whale. Beluga whales are threatened because of environmental issues that are damaging... Read more »
One Stabbed, Another Burned, Who’s Next..?
Winnie Amanuel
June 13, 2012
Laura Szendrei, 15, Kimberly Proctor, 18, Daniel Nickel, 26, and Frank Hurt’s very own Devon MJ Allaire-Bell, 19. Any of these names sound familiar? They were all at one point featured on the front page of multiple BC newspapers, and their tragic deaths all took place in or near a forest. The death... Read more »
An Everlasting Genocide
Amy Foreman, Writer
June 7, 2012
“They never gave me a chance to talk to my child,” said Toona, a Sudanese women. “Some of them dragged my son away, others slaughtered my husband, and some others took me to the side, and tortured me and left me there. My newborn was snatched off my back, and was left lying on the ground.... Read more »
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