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Pakistan Flood Aid Response 'Overwhelming' in Wales

Aid organizations say there has been an overwhelming response from people in Wales to the floods in Pakistan, which have affected 20 million citizens there.

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Help Save a Rainforest the Size of Wales

An area the size of Wales' is frequently used to measure the rate of forest destruction. Welsh-born comedian Dan Mitchell is bringing people together to help protect an area of rainforest at least this size and is assembling Welsh tribes from all over the country to do it.

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11 New Animal, Plant Species Found in Vietnam

Eleven new animal and plant species have been discovered in a remote area of central Vietnam, conservation group WWF announced Wednesday.

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Salmon in East Vancouver? Miraculous Reappearance After 80 Years

Chum salmon are spawning again at an urban creek in the heart of East Vancouver. The salmon returned this week to Still Creek, which sits in a ravine surrounded by warehouses and was once thoroughly polluted by urban garbage, sewage and toxic chemicals. Much of the credit goes to people who have painstakingly restored their habitat.

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1st Grey Whale in 100 Years Spotted in Vancouver's Howe Sound

A gray whale spotted feeding in Howe Sound north of Vancouver -- for the first time in more than a 100 years -- is a sign that efforts to restore the area's natural ecosystem are working.

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Love at First Ride - Vancouver Couple Weds Aboard Transit Bus

Vancouver's downtown bus drivers - and their passengers - are quite a friendly bunch. One woman even met her true love and the pair asked the transit officials if they could get married on bus No.3.

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Vancouver Launches World's First Cigarette-butt Recycling Program

The City of Vancouver, B.C. has launched the world's first cigarette butt recycling program in its bid to become the greenest city. The pilot project began last Tuesday with the installation of 110 receptacles in four downtown areas where discarded butts are a messy problem. Fortunately, cigarette filters are made of cellulose acetate, which can be recycled into building materials.

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Vancouver Takes Toy Donations to Clear Unpaid Parking Tickets

Vancouver's parking enforcement agency awakened the spirit of Christmas early in a one-day toy drive yesterday for residents with unpaid tickets. To benefit children served by The Salvation Army's Belkin House, violators were invited to trade new toys in exchange for forgiveness of all their parking fines.