| City council recently approved a plan to facilitate the construction of more environmentally friendly buildings in the city.
A pilot program to create a sustainable building policy was approved for a one-year trial. The policy will enable construction of buildings that use less energy, are more efficient and cause less burden on the environment. The policy will also examine the feasibility of retrofitting existing buildings using similar principles. Dozens of other cities in Canada have already adopted such policies.
It’s all in the size of the halfpipe, and Canada Olympic Park will be hosting its first national snowboard championship because they super-sized it, according to the Canadian Snowboard Federation.
Snowboarders will be strapping in to compete at the 2003 National Snowboarding Championships taking place from March 23 to 30 at COP and Nakiska Ski Resort. Events include superpipe, snowboardcross, parallel giant slalom, and parallel slalom.
North America’s first in-city superpipe, which is sanctioned by the Federation Internationale de Ski, was opened in December at COP as part of the Calgary Olympic Development Association’s plans to create a Canadian Centre of Sport Excellence.
A whirlwind tour of Canada will bring the new leader of Canada’s Green Party to Calgary on March 1 and 2. Jim Harris is trying to gather support from the many Canadians who don’t vote for mainstream parties or who don’t vote at all.
"Once people know what we are all about, they will see the Greens as a viable political choice," states Harris in a media release.
Following a three-month leadership race, more than 80 per cent of voting party members chose Harris on February 19. The party has functioned without a leader for almost two years.
Some of Calgary’s best DJs will be pulling out the beats at Sky Bar on March 2 in support of the worldwide effort to eliminate the use of landmines.
The Beats Against Bombs fund-raiser will feature the donated talents of DJs Cary Chang, Jon Delerious, Mikey Da Roza and Mel Reyes. Proceeds will go to the Canadian Red Cross Landmine Survivors Fund.
The 2002 Landmine Monitor report estimates that 20,000 people become victims of landmines every year. Lynn Dickson, event organizer and Youth Mine Action Ambassador for Alberta, states that supporting Canadian efforts that ban the use, production, transfer and stockpile of landmines saves lives and brings hope to the millions of civilians worldwide who live in fear of losing their life or limbs to landmines. |
