Derrick Penner

UBC bestows doctorate on 'whacked-out nature worshipper' Tzeporah Berman

vancouversun.com — Tzeporah Berman, the eco-activist who gained notoriety a generation ago as a "whacked-out nature worshipper" for blockading logging roads during British Columbia's divisive War in the Woods, was honoured Thursday at the University of B.C. with a doctorate. Berman's evolution, from tree hugger to joining forest industry icons H.R.

I-5 Skagit River Bridge collapses in Washington State; cars and people seen in water

vancouversun.com — A shy and reclusive heiress who lived alone for 20 years in a rambling mansion on Southwest Marine Drive left the bulk of an estate worth $40 million to the Vancouver Foundation, it was revealed Thursday. Judith Jardine was 82 when she died seven years ago in her home - the WilMar Estate at 2050 SW Marine Drive.

Aussie Dollar Is Villain as Ford Ends Mad-Max Land Output

bloomberg.com — Ford Motor Co. (F) Falcons, driven by Mel Gibson in Australia 's 1979 movie "Mad Max," have rolled off a Melbourne production line for 53 years. Now, like Max's "last of the V-8s," their days are numbered. Ford, in Australia since 1925, said yesterday it will close its local manufacturing plants in October 2016, resulting in 1,200 job losses.

Google, like Facebook, in talks to buy Waze for about $1 billion: report

reuters.com — Credit: Reuters/Nir Elias Waze, an Israeli mobile satellite navigation application, is seen on a smartphone in this photo illustration taken in Tel Aviv May 9, 2013. Waze is seeking more than $1 billion and is fielding expressions of interest from multiple parties, said Bloomberg, citing a source.