A British Columbia outreach program aims at preventing sexually transmitted infections and HIV.

After the fall of Roman in uence in the British Isles at the beginning of the 5 Century A.D., two West Germanic tribes began pouring into Britain in increasing numbers. Originally recruited as mercenaries against the Picts in modernday Scotland, the Angles and Saxons stayed and eventually overwhelmed the Celts and other inhabitants of modern-day England and Wales who had invited them (Wikipedia...

Yet there is no agreement among historians or archaeologists on the meaning of the words "Celtic" or "Anglo-Saxon." What is more, new evidence from genetic analysis (see note below) indicates that the Anglo-Saxons and Celts, to the extent that they can be defined genetically, were both small immigrant minorities. Neither group had much more impact on the British Isles gene pool than the Vikings...

The current recession is international in scope but affects different places with varying severity. According to the World Bank, poor nations are (and will) bear the brunt of the economic, social, and health fallout from the current recession. As well, it is quite likely that rural regions of developed nations such as Canada, will be disproportionately affected by the current recession, relativ...

Armillaria altimontana, previously considered North American biological species (NABS) X, is described as new. To date, it appears that A. altimontana prefers higher-elevation, mesic sites within the dry, conifer forest zone of western interior North America. This species has been found on hardwoods and conifers and is associated most commonly with Abies-dominated forest types in southern Briti...

INTRODUCTION Over the last decade considerable interest has been expressed in diarreme breccias ofpc~ssible kimberlitic affinity in British Columbia (Fipke, 1983; Fipk.: and Capell, 1983; Grieve, 1981 and 1982; Roberts, et a/., 1980; Woodcock, 1978; etc.). This interest has been heightened by the reported recent discovery of diamonds in pipes north of Golden (Durnmet, rr a / . . 1985; Northcote...

The world's marine and coastal ecosystems are under threat and single-sector management efforts have failed to address those threats. Scientific consensus suggests that management should evolve to focus on ecosystems and their human, ecological, and physical components. Estuaries are recognized globally as one of the world's most productive and most threatened ecosystems and many estuarine area...