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After Nearly 10 Years - Heritage Lighthouse Bill Passes
May 7, 2008.
Historic Tower
A beacon of hope for Race Rocks
Carney tries again to win protection for prize lighthouses now withering away
Stephen Harper visits Race Rocks Prime Minister Stephen Harper visits Race Rocks and Pearson College for an "ecoenergy announcement". January 19, 2007
Times Colonist The Times Colonist acknowledges the high wind speed in a devastating storm that struck Vancouver Island .. Dec 15, 2006.. This link has images of the atmospheric data as well.
Bringing MPAs Online: The Use Of Webcams For Education, Monitoring, And Other Purposes
... MPA NEWS  Vol. 8, No. 5  November 2006
"Web Cams Gone Wild "by Sandy Bauers for the Philadelphia Inquirer.Mon April 24, 2006
Below is a quote from this story which was picked up by other newspapers listed below in the following weeks..
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"Other places - like the Race Rocks islands in British Columbia, north of Washington state - are too environmentally sensitive for hordes of humans, trampling the flora and scaring the fauna. Its cameras provide minimal-impact tourism."

WFAA.com
Dallas Fort Worth, Channel 8

"Webcams offer instant fix for wildlife voyeurs "

(carried the same article as above)

San Jose
San Jose
"Witness wildlife flourishing
WEBCAMS FOSTER TOURISM MINUS HUMAN IMPACT"
Monday,May 15 by Sandy Bauers (carried the same article as above)
Calgary Herald Monday, May 15, 2006 (carried the same article as above)
Province article Pam Birley of Leicester England was interviewed by the Province newspaper
about her wildlife viewing on racerocks.com
ref: Anderson, Charlie, "Live Wildlife for your Living Room ",
The Province, Vancouver, B.C. ( Sunday, Nov.21, 2004
ENERGY magazine article
An article on Race Rocks by Kerry McArthur in the Winter 2004 edition of Energy magazine
The Danish language version of this article is published in the Journal "Geografisk Orientering" Included here is also an English Version:
February 25, 2005 .. Television and Newspaper Coverage of The Pearson College, ENCANA, CLEAN CURRENT Tidal Power Demonstration Project at Race Rocks.

..Tide Turns for Power, and for Young Minds: Pearson College, Partners Apply Current Thinking. (Times Colonist)

July 21, 2004: The Goldstream Gazette carries the announcement of the Commonwealth of Learning Award for Educational Excellence in Distance Education Materials
In June of 2002, The APPLE LEARNING INTERCHANGE OPENED THE NEW GALLERY OF FEATURED EXHIBITS . Race Rocks has been included on the ALI website as one of their exhibits.
Paul Kennedy- IDEAS
Paul Kennedy, host of the CBC program "Ideas" produced a special series on The OCEANS for the CBC program "IDEAS" that was aired in February, 2002
(en Espanol)

Usando internet para protección ecológica
Por MARTHA BURKLE
GRUPO REFORMA

EDUCATION CANADA -- Education & Technology
Case Study --racerocks.com:Education and Research in Real Time
Fall/Automne 2001
QUICKTIME CONSERVATION-- MACS AT WORK- May 2001, David Ferris
Times Colonist 13.02.2001
Race Rocks was officially announced as provincial territory,
with an expanded ecological reserve.
In this issue of Apple eNews, see item number 5,
"The Call of the Wild"

November 16, 2000 Volume 3, Issue 25

Canada to Designate MPA for Hydrothermal Vents - June 2001

MPA Enforcement: Practitioners Employ Mix of High-Tech and Community-Based Strategies - Nov. 2000

MPA Update: Race Rocks to Become Canada's First MPA- Oct. 2000

Mapping and MPAs: Practitioners Work to Define Resources, Boundaries - May 2000

Islands in the Video Stream :
A feature article on Apple's Hotnews page
- Oct. 2000
racerocks.com featured on the Apple Education-Canada web-site Sept. 12/2000
Interview by CBC reporter Loreen Pindera (PC year 3) with Garry Fletcher on the use of the internet and technology for conservation of a fragile ecosystem - Sept 16/2000
From the Victoria Times Colonist, March 5, 2000, an article by Gil Parker on Lester Pearson College and Race Rocks
From the Metchosin Muse, March, 2000, the cover story by Joan Gilbert on the MPA and the opening of racerocks.com.
Race Rocks hits the Internet -Times Colonist , March 12 2000
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