Video - Queen Elizabeth Park, Vancouver, BC

Park in Profile: Queen Elizabeth Park, Vancouver, BC

Vancouver's Horticultural Jewel! Queen Elizabeth Park is the second most visited park in Vancouver and holds within its perimeters some of the most beautiful public gardens anywhere. Its recreational offerings are diverse ranging from sporty to horticultural and include golf, tennis, lawn bowling, disc golf, an extensive outdoor arboretum and the indoor Bloedel Floral Conservatory.

The seasonally changing and beautifully planted Quarry Gardens astound residents and tourists alike as viewed from the park's upper reaches or from the bottom looking up. Expertly positioned, select ornamental trees and shrubs make this Vancouver's horticultural jewel located practically city-center.

Location:     Off 33rd Avenue between Cambie and Main Streets, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Forestry sector welcomes $1-billion green energy aid package

‘Laying the groundwork for a greener, more secure future for the pulp and paper sector,’ says federal minister

By Gordon Hamilton, Vancouver Sun

Federal Natural Resources Minister Lisa Raitt made the announcement Wednesday of a $1-billion aid package to Canada’s pulp and paper industry.
Photograph by: Chris Wattie, Reuters files

Ottawa announced a $1-billion green energy aid package today for Canadian pulp and paper producers to counter a $7-billion subsidy program in the United States.

“By making a smart investment today, we are laying the groundwork for a greener, more secure future for the pulp and paper sector and the people who work in it,” Natural Resources Minister Lisa Raitt said in making the announcement in Ottawa.

The $1-billion program is set up to aid companies that invest in energy efficiency and environmental performance.

Called the green transition program, it will provide a grant of 16 cents a litre on black liquor used by the industry up to a maximum program total of $1 billion.
Black liquor is a liquid byproduct of the chemical pulping process used to generate renewable heat and power.

The program is roughly equivalent to the aid being supplied by Washington to U.S. pulp producers, who are receiving a 50-cent US-a-gallon rebate on black liquor.

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