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The Province
18 hours ago
- Sport
- The Province
Zeus, a prematurely born harbour seal is rescued in White Rock
Zeus was still covered in white lanugo fur, which is typically shed in utero, which indicates that he was born early. Published May 30, 2025 • Last updated 3 hours ago • 2 minute read A premature harbour seal nicknamed Zeus, seen in this handout photo, was rescued after being found alone on the shores of White Rock, B.C. on Tuesday, May 27, 2025. The Canadian Press A prematurely born harbour seal nicknamed Zeus has been rescued after being found alone on the shoreline in White Rock. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Exclusive articles by top sports columnists Patrick Johnston, Ben Kuzma, J.J. Abrams and others. Plus, Canucks Report, Sports and Headline News newsletters and events. Unlimited online access to The Province and 15 news sites with one account. The Province ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition to view on any device, share and comment on. Daily puzzles and comics, including the New York Times Crossword. Support local journalism. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Exclusive articles by top sports columnists Patrick Johnston, Ben Kuzma, J.J. Abrams and others. Plus, Canucks Report, Sports and Headline News newsletters and events. Unlimited online access to The Province and 15 news sites with one account. The Province ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition to view on any device, share and comment on. Daily puzzles and comics, including the New York Times Crossword. Support local journalism. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Lindsaye Akhurst, senior manager of the Vancouver Aquarium Marine Mammal Rescue Society, says the pup was underweight, hypothermic and hungry when he was found with remnants of his umbilical cord still attached on Tuesday. Akhurst says Zeus was likely only a day or two old when he was found, and he weighed approximately seven kilograms. A healthy, full-term newborn pup is usually about 10 kilograms. Zeus was still covered in white lanugo fur, which is typically shed in utero, which Akhurst says indicates that he was born early. She says being premature means Zeus needs specialized care and is currently being fed six times a day to maintain his glucose levels The pup will be at the rescue centre to get care for approximately two or three months and Akhurst says it's too soon to know whether he will be able to be released into the wild. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. 'Usually harbour seal pups spend four to six weeks with their moms. So for us to be able to push him through that period, get him strong and healthy to be released, is obviously the goal.' Zeus is the first harbour seal to be rescued by the society this season, Akhurst said. 'It is harbour seal pupping season right now. So between now and the next three to four months, we will see upwards of 100 harbour seal pups coming into our centre,' she said, adding that a busy season can mean as many as 200 seals. Akhurst said members of the public who spot seals that might be in trouble should keep back and call the centre so the animals can be assessed. 'Oftentimes harbour seal moms go out and forage, and they'll leave their pups on the shore while they go out and forage, just to rest and then come back and get them,' she said. 'We usually wait upwards of 24 hours or a couple tidal changes to see if we do need to intervene.' Read More BC Lions Vancouver Canucks Local News Vancouver Whitecaps Vancouver Canucks
Yahoo
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
50 People Who Spent A Tooooooon Of Money On Their Dream Home And Pretty Much Immediately Regretted It
person who might to be more careful in choosing their home's location next time: person whose pool just became an infinity pool at no cost: person who juuuuust might have a bee problem: person who should've just stayed put: person who miiight have wanted to measure those stairs one last time before putting them in: person who had the worst kind of surprise: person whose basement just got a brand new indoor pool: person whose Good Samaritan power lines saved the day: Shoutout to power lines. Always keeping us going. person who must ford this river Oregon Trail-style to get back to their home: person who got paint EVERYWHERE: person who lived their dream: person who's about to make three new friends: person who has a slight leak in their home: person who straight up fell through a suburban trap door: person whose toilet Zeus must have mistaken for frickin' Cronus: SERIOUSLY! person whose neighbors never let the party die: Related: 26 People Who Had Overwhelming Gut Instincts They Couldn't Were Right person whose oven spontaneously combusted at the worst possible moment: person whose roofer was kind enough to say hello: person who must immediately vacate the premises: person who just got a brand-new below ground pool installed: person who might just want to paper over that hole: person who has their couch riiiiight where they want it: person whose trash committed some, frankly, trash behavior: person whose kitchen said NO: person who was kind enough to let the world peak into their house: Related: 51 People Who Quickly Discovered Why Their Hilariously Clueless Partner Was Single Before Meeting Them person whose neighbor pulled this wildly perplexing yet frustrating move: person whose stairs just got a visit from the ghost of Jackson Pollock: person who has clearly learned the value of a good pivot: person who turned their garage into a winter wonderland: person whose bathroom is completely frozen solid: person who gave their carpet a very cool, modern makeover: person with a very delicious floor: person who had this Looney Toons-esque series of events happen to them: person who will never whack weeds so haphazardly ever again: person whose toilet was kind enough to make them a new indoor pool: person who angered the wrong Norse god: person whose iron is currently burning a hole to the center of the Earth: person whose beanbag chair went absolutely nuclear: person who picked the absolute worst place to park that day: person who was betrayed by the very fish tank they loved so: person who was betrayed by the porch they love the most: person who should never have investigated that sound: person whose oven is doubled over in pain: person who just made a friend for life: person whose house got the Nosferatu stake-through-the-heart treatment: person who went Kool Aid Man-mode on their door: person who airmailed their neighbors a very special gift: person whose fan fell ferociously from up high: person whose railing blew way up: the person whose home is apparently being attacked by a 14th-century king: Folks, I'm serious! Also in Internet Finds: 15 Facebook Marketplace Items You'll Wish, From The Depths Of Your Soul, You Could Unsee Also in Internet Finds: People Are Confessing Their Absolute Pettiest "Revenge Served Cold" Stories, And It's Deliciously Entertaining Also in Internet Finds: 19 Things Society Glorifies That Are Actually Straight-Up Terrible, And We Need To Stop Pretending Otherwise
Buzz Feed
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Buzz Feed
50 People Who Spent A Tooooooon Of Money On Their Dream Home And Pretty Much Immediately Regretted It
The person who might to be more careful in choosing their home's location next time: The person whose pool just became an infinity pool at no cost: The person who juuuuust might have a bee problem: The person who should've just stayed put: The person who miiight have wanted to measure those stairs one last time before putting them in: The person who had the worst kind of surprise: The person whose basement just got a brand new indoor pool: The person whose Good Samaritan power lines saved the day: Shoutout to power lines. Always keeping us going. The person who must ford this river Oregon Trail-style to get back to their home: The person who got paint EVERYWHERE: The person who lived their dream: The person who's about to make three new friends: The person who has a slight leak in their home: The person who straight up fell through a suburban trap door: The person whose toilet Zeus must have mistaken for frickin' Cronus: SERIOUSLY! The person whose neighbors never let the party die: The person whose oven spontaneously combusted at the worst possible moment: The person whose roofer was kind enough to say hello: The person who must immediately vacate the premises: The person who just got a brand-new below ground pool installed: The person who might just want to paper over that hole: The person who has their couch riiiiight where they want it: The person whose trash committed some, frankly, trash behavior: The person whose kitchen said NO: The person who was kind enough to let the world peak into their house: The person whose neighbor pulled this wildly perplexing yet frustrating move: The person whose stairs just got a visit from the ghost of Jackson Pollock: The person who has clearly learned the value of a good pivot: The person who turned their garage into a winter wonderland: The person whose bathroom is completely frozen solid: The person who gave their carpet a very cool, modern makeover: The person with a very delicious floor: The person who had this Looney Toons-esque series of events happen to them: The person who will never whack weeds so haphazardly ever again: The person whose toilet was kind enough to make them a new indoor pool: The person who angered the wrong Norse god: The person whose iron is currently burning a hole to the center of the Earth: The person whose beanbag chair went absolutely nuclear: The person who picked the absolute worst place to park that day: The person who was betrayed by the very fish tank they loved so: The person who was betrayed by the porch they love the most: The person who should never have investigated that sound: The person whose oven is doubled over in pain: The person who just made a friend for life: The person whose house got the Nosferatu stake-through-the-heart treatment: The person who went Kool Aid Man-mode on their door: The person who airmailed their neighbors a very special gift: The person whose fan fell ferociously from up high: The person whose railing blew way up: And the person whose home is apparently being attacked by a 14th-century king: Folks, I'm serious!
Epoch Times
4 days ago
- General
- Epoch Times
‘Gods, Heroes, and Us': Ancient Stories for Modern Lives
Most people think that myths are just stories. In addition to thinking myths are factually untrue, they are also old and irrelevant. This is evident in the everyday use of the word: 'That's just a myth.' We are taught that it is bad to 'perpetuate' myths, but a cause for celebration to 'debunk' them. James Sale, one of The Epoch Times contributing writers, doesn't agree with this assessment. He thinks the entire modern world has gone down a wrong path, precisely because it has forgotten the lessons that myths can teach us. In ' The Gods and Divine Order Sale begins at the top with Zeus, the king of the Greek gods. The author points out that while Zeus rules Mount Olympus, he doesn't rule arbitrarily. He's not a tyrant, but subject to the laws of the cosmic order. This is an important point. In the modern age, we're taught that 'equity' is the solution to everything, while order and hierarchy are bad. The irony here is that forced equity destroys order, and this can result in chaos, anarchy, and the very opposite of what is intended by utopian schemes. In addition to neglecting Zeus, Sale says, we also neglect Apollo and Athene. Apollo is the god of light, beauty, and poetry, while Athene represents wisdom. Hermes, the winged messenger of the Greek pantheon, was heralded for his swiftness. Soenke Rahn/CC BY 3.0 There is one god, however, that our modern world elevates above others. Hermes, the messenger god, symbolizes the collective hubris today. In the ancient world, hubris was seen as the worst sin, outrageous arrogance against the gods, and a defiance of the divine order. As Sale writes, 'Hermes is the god that the modern Western world—and possibly all the world—now excessively worships.' Today, modern people value speed, instant messaging, digital secrecy, and a world without borders. However, this approach neglects other gods. Without heed to wisdom (Athene) and beauty (Aphrodite), we pursue a technological utopia that is, in fact, creating a dystopia. Related Stories 5/3/2025 4/30/2025 Throughout the book, Sale makes incisive analogies between the ancient world of myths and the modern world of technology. He compares social media to 'a Roman Ampitheatre where thumbs-up or thumbs-down determines outcomes' in a way that neglects real justice. As an example of hubris, he points out that the ocean liner Titanic suffered the same fate as the Titans of old, from which it took its name. That 'unsinkable' ship sank into the depths of the earth, never to rise again, just as the Titans did when Zeus overthrew them. Heroic Struggles The modern world sees never-ending progress as a good, and even inevitable, state. Greek mythology came to the opposite conclusion. It presents a world in decline from an initial, ideal condition. In this sense, it has much in common with the Bible, where life becomes brutal, nasty, and short after the Fall from Eden. After his chapters on gods, Sale moves to mortals. The story of the hero Perseus is a struggle of overcoming paralyzing fear, as represented by Medusa, who turns men to stone with her gaze. 'Perseus on Pegasus Hastening to the Rescue of Andromeda,' 1895-96, by Frederic Leighton. New Walk Museum and Art Gallery, UK. Perseus carries the Medusa's decapitated head. PD-US Herakles's fight with the many-headed Hydra becomes an allegory for the problem of evil. Just like Herakles, who lops off a head only to watch two grow in its place, technology has run away with itself. In using science to solve old problems, we create new ones: harmful inventions, like DDT, or secondary problems, like vaccine side effects. Herakles defeated the hydra by burying it under rocks, but it can never be totally destroyed. Sale believes we need to be more than just problem-solvers to overcome the issues we face today. We must have spiritual support and moral grounding. 'Hercules and the Hydra,' circa 1475, by Antonio del Pollaiuolo. Tempera on wood. Uffizi Gallery, Florence. Public Domain From heroes, Sale moves to discussing weak, flawed humans—people who are 'more like 'Us'.' Midas's golden touch is a cautionary tale on the consequences of avarice and the modern world's love of money. Even more than Midas, the story of Narcissus falling in love with his own reflection and wasting away represents a common character trait today. From people addicted to social media to those who buy into political ideologies that praise gender fluidity, millions of people echo Narcissus's self-idolatry. Sale also uses myths to delve into fascinating topics like truth versus falsehood, poetry as the way to preserve a civilization's memory, and viewing time not as an oppressive force, but as an opportunity to seize the right moment. There is one chapter, though, that deserves to be discussed in detail. Seeing Your Life as an Epic In Chapter 11, readers come to the most famous of all the Greek heroes: Odysseus. Homer's 'Odyssey' isn't just a great story, but a timeless allegory for the soul's journey towards spiritual wholeness. Odysseus's return to Ithaca symbolizes a return to our true selves. Even more than this, Sale sees life itself as an epic. To fail to view it in such terms is to diminish our potential. 'If we have not conceived of ourselves as epic heroes,' he writes, "then our lives are likely to be drab and stuffed-full of underachievement.' While the 'Odyssey' isn't explicitly allegorical, the universality of its characters easily lends itself to such an interpretation. Its undiminished popularity over nearly 3,000 years is, in part, due to its relatability. Sale presents nine dangers that threaten the man or woman who would see their life in epic terms, represented by nine obstacles Odysseus faces on his journey home. The one-eyed Cyclops represents 'monovision' and rigid thinking; the Sirens, the temptation that steers us away from our true path; Scylla and Charybdis, the extremes on either side of the middle course. After presenting nine dangers, Sale describes nine powers that can help us combat them on our soul's journey home. There is no space to list them all here, but I will just mention two. The climax to the 'Odyssey' is one of the most famous scenes in world literature. Odysseus, disguised as a beggar, participates in a challenge announced by Penelope. It involves stringing her husband's old hunting bow and shooting an arrow through 12 axe-heads. The contest's victor would win her hand and become king of Ithaca. Try as they might, none of the suitors can string the bow. Then the beggar steps forward as everyone jeers him: Odysseus gathered his wits As he eyed his bow closely and hefted it, getting the feel— Then quick, like a minstrel, a master of playing the lyre Who easily stretches his sheep-gut up over the crossbar And wraps it around in a fresh roll of oxhide to hold it, So did Odysseus string the great bow, with effortless ease. Shifting the grip to his right hand he tested the string With a pluck: it twanged, shrill, like a twittering swallow. ( As Odysseus triumphed at his own homecoming. 'Bending the bow' is the test of every man and woman who would see their lives in epic terms. Every person, at some point in their lives, must embrace their own strength and claim what is theirs. Sale writes that when we bend the bow, 'we show our inner and outer strength and courage, and we reveal our destiny to be that person.' 'Odysseus Kills the Suitors' Slobodna Dalmacija. After Odysseus strings his bow, he cleans the kingdom of the pestilent suitors. Public Domain After Odysseus strings the bow, he shoots through the arrowheads and reveals his true identity to the suitors. For Sale, this leads to our next power: 'transformation.' In claiming what is ours, we must be more than we appear. In the final chapter, Sale maps Odysseus's journey onto the Enneagram, a system of nine core personality types. Odysseus's encounters on his homeward journey also mirror humanity's confrontation with each type's defining vice or 'deadly sin.' The Power of Three The number nine doesn't occur accidentally in these final chapters. Numbers are highly significant in this book, which is structured in groups of threes. Three is a divine number: the holy trinity, the three fates. For Plato, the soul was composed of three parts: reason, spirit, and appetite. According to Carl Jung, the number three indicates spiritual transcendence. Jung is, in fact, an important influence on this book. Sale quotes him several times, citing his view that we have internalized the Greek myths in the form of neuroses, and that what we ignore outwardly will manifest inwardly. The author structures his book around this number in elaborate ways. After the introduction and opening chapter introducing the central thesis of the work, there are three chapters on gods, three chapters on mortals, and three chapters on abstract themes of truth, memory, and time. Several times, Sale refers to Taoism and cites the Eastern philosophical view that sees life as cyclical, rather than linear. And so, after building up his arguments in linear fashion, the final two chapters on Odysseus and the Enneagram fold back into the theme of the first chapter on Zeus. In that chapter, Sale tells readers that Zeus is subject to six pillars of the cosmos: order, law, justice, hierarchy, peace, and stability. In the last two chapters, we are treated to the number nine as a way of ordering our own lives, and in so doing, bringing ourselves in line with the divine order. This makes for a total of 12 chapters—also a multiple of three but, additionally, the number of Jesus's disciples. Sale's numerological scheme highlights the book's main theme: The invisible world is the most real. In an age that has forgotten much beyond the material, tangible reality, 'Gods, Heroes, and Us' teaches us to remember what truly matters. ' by James Sale Bruges Group, May 16, 2025 Paperback: 150 pages What arts and culture topics would you like us to cover? Please email ideas or feedback to
Press and Journal
6 days ago
- Press and Journal
Owner 'heartbroken' as sheriff orders destruction of 'friendly' XL Bully
A dog owner burst into tears and said she was 'heartbroken' after a court ordered that her unregistered XL Bully must be put down. Shannon Kane, 41, had previously admitted possessing the regulated breed without an exemption certificate at Tain Sheriff Court. But when she appeared for sentencing this week, the court heard she had still not managed to apply for an exemption for one-year-old Zeus. Since August 1 last year, it has become illegal to own the controversial breed in Scotland without an exemption certificate. Fiscal depute Martina Eastwood told the court that on October 17 last year, police called at Kane's Abbotshaven home in Balintore after receiving information that she had an unregistered XL Bully. Ms Eastwood told the court that Zeus 'presented as friendly' but was so 'boisterous' that officers were unable to accurately measure it. She said it took Kane five minutes to put the dog on a lead, and the owner did not have a muzzle for Zeus, despite one being required to walk the dog. The dog was taken to an Easter Ross vet and the breed was confirmed, after which Zeus was left in Kane's care and given advice about muzzling and exemption. Solicitor Molly Gallagher, for Kane, told the court that her client had inherited the dog from her son when it was just a puppy. She said: 'She cares a lot for the dog.' Ms Gallagher told the court that, since the police intervention, Kane had ensured Zeus was microchipped and neutered as well as putting insurance in place for him, but confirmed her client had not managed to apply for an exemption. The Scottish Government's window for applying for exemptions closed in July last year – several months before the initial police visit – and new ones can only be granted with a court order. Sheriff Neil Wilson told Kane: 'You inherited this dog from your son – it is a dog that you are incapable of doing the appropriate things for. 'What does cause me considerable concern is that the difficulty with your XL Bully dog was brought to your attention in October – you have not done, and I have no confidence you will do, the registration.' Noting that 'the dog was described as boisterous and difficult to control', the sheriff said: 'In all the circumstances, I see no alternative but to order the destruction of the dog.' Kane interjected from the dock, crying: 'Oh no! Please don't do that your honour – he has not done anything wrong.' She then fled the courtroom in tears. Speaking after the conclusion of the case, she told the Press and Journal she was 'absolutely heartbroken' at the sentence and said that it was impossible for her to obtain an exception certificate because the deadline to do so had passed before the legal proceedings even started. She said: 'There was no way of obtaining an exemption without a court order. 'I was going to hit a brick wall, there was no getting around it.' She added that she hoped to appeal the sentence.
