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Yahoo
11 hours ago
- General
- Yahoo
Forestry audit scheduled for B.C. licence for land covering spotted owl habitat
VICTORIA — British Columbia's independent forestry watchdog says it will conduct an audit of a logging licence for more than 1,000 square kilometres of land that encompasses critical habitat for the endangered northern spotted owl. The Forest Practices Board says in a release that the licence, jointly held by the Skatin, Samahquam and Xa'xtsa First Nations as well as Lizzie Bay Logging, covers an area about 50 kilometres southeast of Pemberton, B.C. The board says the audit will begin on Aug. 25, and parties affected by the findings will have a chance to respond before the watchdog makes official recommendations to the province. The partnership acquired the licence in 2008 and currently manages an allowable annual cut of about 45,000 cubic metres on the land on the lower Lillooet River between the Lillooet and Harrison lakes. In addition to being the location of critical spotted owl habitat, the land is also described by the board as "rich in cultural, historical, ecological and recreational values." The board says the area being audited has existing management objectives on a number fronts including old growth forests, grizzly bears and tailed frog, as well as "high recreational use" for activities such as fishing, hiking, kayaking and camping. This report by The Canadian Press was first published Aug. 18, 2025. The Canadian Press Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Yahoo
5 days ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
A South Jersey legend, Pemberton's Burley reaches wrestling's grandest stage
Growing up in Pemberton, Darryl Burley spent many hours in front of a piano as a kid. But when he stepped into the wrestling room for the first time as a middle schooler, Burley knew he was ready to change his tune. That's when he ditched Bach and Beethoven for headlocks and cradles. And wrestling fans watched as Burley developed his own beautiful masterpieces on the mat. After a standout career at Pemberton High School where he won a state title as a senior in 1978, Burley went on to become a two-time NCAA national champion and four-time finalists at Lehigh University. He was also a runner-up at the 1983 World Team Trials and third at the 1984 Olympic Trials before earning a U.S. Open title in 1985. For his accomplishments, Burley was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame as a Distinguished Member during ceremony earlier this summer in Stillwater, Oklahoma. 'I had tears in my eyes,' Burley said about the induction. 'It meant so much, especially for the people in my village, my family, descendants that I didn't even know, my teammates and coaches. It meant that whatever sacrifices we went through, it wasn't in vain. It wasn't for nothing.' While his mom guided him into music at an early age, it was Pemberton head coach Milt Schisler who reversed Burley's fortunes when he introduced him to wrestling during PE class in middle school. 'I'd never heard of wrestling,' the 65-year-old Burley said with a laugh. 'But when I went out there and I was like a fish in water. I was beating kids who had been in the sport for five or six years. 'God blessed me with a special gift, but I always worked like a dog to hone my craft.' The toughest part was telling his mom that he was ditching piano keys for the pinning sounds on the mat. 'It broke her heart when I told her that I got this new thing,' Burley said. 'It took her a long, long time to get over. That piano sat in the house until I went to law school.' Burley compiled an 86-5-1 record at Pemberton, earning three district and two regional titles. The highlight came in his final scholastic bout when he knocked off defending state champion Peter Schuyler, of Bound Brook, with a 7-5 decision to win the 129-pound title at Princeton's Jadwin Gym. The performance earned him the tournament's Outstanding Wrestler award. 'Coach Schisler said that he couldn't teach me as much technique, but he was going to get me the best competition to face in the state. He promised me that and he did,' said Burley, who is a member of the South Jersey Wrestling Hall of Fame. 'And another very special person was Alan 'Butch' Campbell. He was the backbone of the Pemberton program. He was the one who gave Pemberton its persona.' Burley was part of Pemberton's glory days in the late 1970s when he said the Hornets' had a lineup similar to the New York Yankees' historic 'Murderer's Row.' Pemberton went 20-0 in 1976 and captured the Courier-Post Cup, signifying the No. 1 team in South Jersey. Burley became one of the best wrestlers to don the Brown and White at Lehigh, under head coach Tadd Turner, whom he considers a major influence in his life. He went 94-5-1, including national titles as a freshman and senior while finishing runner-up in each of the other two seasons. Burley went on to earn his bachelor's degree and master's degree at Lehigh and graduated with his juris doctorate from the Hofstra School of Law. He currently coaches wrestling at the Cannon School in North Carolina. 'What I love about wrestling is that I was able to translate so many of the skills that I learned from the sport to everything else in my life,' Burley said. 'Perseverance, fortitude, never giving up. Wrestling taught me all of those things.' Burley says he keeps it simple when giving advice to young wrestlers. 'A strong house always has a strong foundation,' he said. 'Fundamentals and hard work can take a wrestler to great heights.' Tom McGurk is a regional sports editor for the Courier-Post, The Daily Journal and Burlington County Times, covering South Jersey sports for over 35 years. If you have a sports story that needs to be told, contact him by email tmcgurk@ Follow him on Twitter at @McGurkSports. Help support local journalism with a digital subscription. This article originally appeared on Cherry Hill Courier-Post: Pemberton's Darryl Burley inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame
CTV News
6 days ago
- Climate
- CTV News
Heat event ends in B.C., cloudy skies and drop in temperatures in store
Clouds and lower temperatures are expected to roll into Metro Vancouver from Wednesday, following a multi-day heat event that spanned much of B.C. A heat event that has affected southern B.C. for multiple days has ended. On Monday, nine daily temperature records were broken across the province as numbers soared well into the 30s. Environment Canada said temperatures broke marks set in 1977 in Pemberton, Abbotsford and White Rock, with the mercury reaching 37.4 C, 35.8 C and 32.2 C, respectively. The heat persisted Tuesday, as a dominant ridge of high pressure kept conditions humid throughout the day and night. According to the weather agency, Wednesday will issue relief from the sweltering conditions with temperatures predicted to hit highs of just 23 C in Metro Vancouver, and lows of 14 C overnight. The forecast calls for a mix of sun and clouds with the cloudiness expected to increase come nightfall. The sharp temperature decline will continue and the cloud coverage will increase as the week reaches its end, with the weekend expected to bring showers and highs of just 18 C on Saturday, and 21 C Sunday. In the central, northern and southern regions of the Okanagan, a special weather statement is in place warning of gusty, northerly winds expected to reach up to 70 km/h. The warning is in place until mid-afternoon, or early evening, Wednesday.
The Hill
6 days ago
- Politics
- The Hill
DC attorney general: Police union chief's ‘facts are wrong' on city crime
D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb on Tuesday pushed back on claims by the city's police union head, saying his 'facts are wrong' when it comes to crime in the nation's capital.' 'Crime in the District is out of control, and something needs to be done about it. This concept that crime is down is really an old trope,' Greggory Pemberton, chair of the D.C. police union, said in a Tuesday appearance of Fox Business Network's 'Varney & Co.' 'Our rank and file officers know that we're going call to call to call for armed carjacking, stabbings, robberies, shootings, homicides, and the crime isn't going anywhere. And so, we welcome the assistance, and whether that's federal agents or the National Guard, we'll use it,' he added later. In response to Pemberton's comments, Schwalb told CNN's Kasie Hunt on her show 'The Arena' that 'with due respect to Mr. Pemberton, I think his facts are wrong.' 'I think his talking points are wrong. We know what's happening in our city. We have more work to do. We need to all work together to reduce crime to a zero number, but we are going in the right direction under local control, local policies and local leadership. And we need to stay the course,' Schwalb added. Trump announced Monday he was taking federal control of D.C.'s police department and deploying the National Guard in the city in an attempt to fight crime. 'Our capital city has been overtaken by violent gangs and bloodthirsty criminals, roving mobs of wild youth, drugged-out maniacs and homeless people, and we're not going to let it happen anymore. We're not going to take it,' the president said. Trump took over the MPD via the District of Columbia's Home Rule Act's Section 740. Congress passed the act in the 1970s to give D.C. control over its local affairs.
NBC News
7 days ago
- Politics
- NBC News
National Guard troops arrive in D.C. to execute Trump's order to address crime
WASHINGTON — National Guard troops began arriving at the D.C. Armory on Tuesday morning to report for duty to carry out President Donald Trump's directive to address crime in the nation's capital. The guardsmen, who entered the D.C. National Guard's headquarters east of the U.S. Capitol dressed in their military uniforms, are part of a mobilization of about 800 soldiers that the Army activated Monday to assist with law enforcement. While Trump's memorandum said the mobilization would end once he determines that the "conditions of law and order have been restored in the District of Columbia," the troops were notified they would be deployed until Sept. 25. 'Currently, the National Guard is being deployed to protect federal assets, provide a safe environment for law enforcement officers to make arrests, and deter violent crime with a visible law enforcement presence," a White House official said Monday. Standing alongside Trump as he announced his executive order, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said that people should expect to see the guardsmen "flowing into the streets of Washington in the coming week" and that they were prepared to bring in other specialized units. Trump's memorandum also directed Hegseth to coordinate with governors across the country and "authorize the orders of any additional members of the National Guard to active service, as he deems necessary and appropriate, to augment this mission." In an interview with NBC News, Greggory Pemberton, chairman of the D.C. Police Union, expressed support for the president's moves, which included federalizing the Metropolitan Police Department. Pemberton said crime is still "ubiquitous" in the city, adding that while the president's order could be potentially helpful in fighting crime, it would likely have only a temporary impact without making more far-reaching changes. Pemberton said one of the main reasons local law enforcement "can't get a handle on the crime" is because of a staffing shortage of more than 800 officer vacancies and because of laws the city council enacted "that really prevent us from being able to do our job and being able to hold criminals accountable." "As a short-term, stop-gap measure, if they want to give us 1,000 National Guardsmen and 500 federal agents to help us do our job, we'll take it," he said. "We'll take anything we can to try to keep these criminals from victimizing citizens." Pemberton said he is concerned that if longer-term changes aren't made, once federal agents and National Guard troops leave D.C., the Metropolitan Police Department "will be left holding the bag, which will only allow crime to again, you know, regain its foothold and start growing it again." The reactions from Washingtonians to Trump's moves to take over the city were mixed. Denise Rucker-Krept, a Democrat and longtime resident of the D.C. neighborhood near where guardsmen are mobilizing, told NBC News Tuesday that she agrees with Trump that the city has a crime problem, but she also doubted a short-term surge in law enforcement and the military presence would provide a sufficient fix. 'I say that because you can tell people not to commit crimes, you can arrest them, but if you do not prosecute them, then nothing happens,' Rucker-Krept said. She added that the city council and the U.S. Attorney's Office need to do more to prosecute those who commit crimes and hand down swift punishments that will serve as a deterrent — including holding young people, who she said are a major part of the problem, accountable. Violent crime in the district has decreased by 26% over the last year, according to Metropolitan Police Department statistics, though crime overall has gone down by only 7% during that same period. D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said Monday that the city was able to reverse a crime spike in 2023. "This year, crime isn't just down from 2023, it's also down from 2019 before the pandemic, and we're at a 30-year violent crime low," she said. But she added, "We're not satisfied. We haven't taken our foot off the gas, and we continue to look for ways to make our city safer." Bowser met Tuesday with Attorney General Pam Bondi, who is overseeing the effort, and several other top Justice Department officials. Also present at the meeting was DEA Administrator Terry Cole, whom Trump tapped to lead the police department. Speaking to reporters after the meeting, Bowser said Trump's takeover of the police department will not change the force's organizational chart or 'how we do business.' She emphasized that the city wanted to ensure it was using the new resources, saying she was focused on 'the federal surge and how to make the most of the additional officer support that we have.' 'How we got here, or what we think about the circumstances right now, we have more police, and we want to make sure we're using them,' she said. Jim Lardner, who was in D.C. on Tuesday protesting Trump's actions, said he thinks Trump is trying to distract the public from other issues his administration is facing. 'The whole idea that there is some kind of a crisis of disorder in D.C. is a made-up phony story to distract attention from [a] deteriorating economy, from the ICE raids — which horrify even people who wanted action on immigration — and of course, from the Epstein files, it's all a game of diversion,' said Lardner, who was holding a 'Resist' sign a few blocks north of the White House, where homeless people sometimes set up encampments. 'I think this administration would like to take over, not only D.C., but any state or jurisdiction that doesn't completely bend the knee,' he added.
