Author: Robert Richardson

  • 5-year border bans: Whistleblower speaks out amid spike | CTV News

    VANCOUVER — A whistleblower has written a damning email about a recent U.S. crackdown at the border. The U.S. Customs and Border Patrol officer, who works on the front lines, wishes to remain anonymous for fear of being fired.In the email sent to immigration lawyer Len Saunders, he wrote that recent immigration policy in the Seattle field office is “not in line with the INA (Immigration and Nationality Act) or past government practice.”The insider explained what, he says, is behind the recent increase in the number of “expedited removals” – five-year bans from entering the United States – being issued at the border between British Columbia and Washington state.

    Source: 5-year border bans: Whistleblower speaks out amid spike | CTV News

  • Prospects For Harry And Meghan’s ‘Sussex Royal’ Brand

    Harry and Meghan are reimagining the role of royalty in a 21st-century way. By claiming ownership of their personal brand, separate and distinct from “Brand Britain,” but still affiliated with it, they are creating a brand extension that could elevate the entire enterprise, most especially in the U.S.

    Source: Prospects For Harry And Meghan’s ‘Sussex Royal’ Brand

  • Trump Removes Pollution Controls on Streams and Wetlands – The New York Times

    WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Thursday will finalize a rule to strip away environmental protections for streams, wetlands and other water bodies, handing a victory to farmers, fossil fuel producers and real estate developers who said Obama-era rules had shackled them with onerous and unnecessary burdens.

    Source: Trump Removes Pollution Controls on Streams and Wetlands – The New York Times

  • Interactive City Guide-multiple languages

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    Interactive City Guide- Interactive City Guide

    Stop typing and start using the power of the internet to search with over 9700 preset searches in the latest Interactive City Guide from the author, R.G.Richardson and search in over ten languages.

    No more typing, just pick and click with over 9700 quick links for greater accuracy and ease. Stop using paper guides and start using our interactive city search guides and brochures that include Google and Yahoo that never out of date!

    Use as white or yellow pages and use it even more often to keep up with what is going on and happening in your city! It also makes for a good gift or promotional item for somebody that has just moved to a new city.  Real Estate agents use it as a promotional tool and you use to check Real Estate listing, condos, or rental apartments available in the city.

    With over 230 city guides and brochures for sale on Amazon, Google, Kobo, Rakuten, Walmart, Chapters and Indigo and here at a 50% discount RG Richardson City Guides in epub, pdf format on Kindle or Google App.

    Don’t have an eReader, no problems as you can get on from Amazon and use then you are all set up with Kindle. You can also download a PDF file to your desktop and you are all set up that way too.

    Boston Interactive City Guide let you use the internet’s full power by eliminating errors with keywords. Google, Bing, Yahoo, Yandex, Duckduckgo, Facebook, Twitter, Baidu, SlideShare, YouTube or Pinterest; click on the button and you are there; just pick and click the button, no typing. Fully mobile – it works on any device with an eBook reader and that has access to the Internet WiFi anywhere. Don’t think about typing, you are good to go with better results and fewer typos. Sit back in the coffee shop and search away on their WiFi! Our guides are organized into several targeted information Guides including hotels, restaurants, pubs, historical sites, transportation, attractions, real estate and events. Stay up to date with what is happening in your city!

    Our interactive ebooks search the web and are organized into several targeted information Guides. Quick links including hotels, restaurants, transportation, maps, hostels, pubs, family attractions, historical sites and on it goes for a complete guide that tells you everything you need to know including how to pack!

    Buy Kindle City Guide at Amazon

    Buy on Walmart or Google Play

    New employment, shopping and real estate guides.

  • Greek Court Strikes Down Permits for Two Coal Plants – The Energy Mix

    Greece’s top administrative court, the Greek Council of State, has struck down the environmental permit for a proposed new coal plant, Meliti II, and cancelled the permit for a station that is already in operation, Meliti I, following a lawsuit launched by ClientEarth, WWF Greece, and Greenpeace Greece.

    Source: Greek Court Strikes Down Permits for Two Coal Plants – The Energy Mix

  • This 100-Year-Old Skier Still Hits the Slopes | Outside Online

    Klaus Obermeyer has seen the world change drastically in the last century. But he’s remained the same. The founder of Sport Obermeyer just celebrated his 100th birthday and is entering his triple digits with the vigor of a man half his age—he still goes into the office, skis as often as he can, and is perpetually stoked for fresh powder and fresh challenges. “The first hundred years are behind me,” Obermeyer says. “Now it’s onto the next century.”

    Source: This 100-Year-Old Skier Still Hits the Slopes | Outside Online

  • 36 Hours in Your Favorite North American Ski Towns | Outside Online

    For lodging in Teton Village at the base of Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, you can go bro style (get a bunk at the Hostel, from $32), eco-friendly (see rooms at Hotel Terra, from $249), or super luxe (reserve a two-bedroom suite at the year-old Caldera House, from $2,000).

    Source: 36 Hours in Your Favorite North American Ski Towns | Outside Online

  • Greece Interactive Travel Guide: Chinese, English and French by R.G.Richardson – Books on Google Play

    Greece Travel Guide – English, French and Chinese Interactive City GuideInteractive City Guides in multiple languages. Job search, interactive notes, dictionaries, shopping and real estate guides.This guide is all about 4300 preset searches including 8 search engines; point and click that’s it! You can now avoid spelling mistakes and language difficulties making this guide simple enough for everybody to use, just click the icon.These guides have extensive hotel and restaurant search; not to mention real estate, shopping, job and employment opportunities available in the guides. Sit in the coffee shop and start searching away on their WiFi and start using our interactive city search guides and brochures with 8 search engines including one Chinese! For PC, Mac, Pad, or iPhone or mobile phone enabled search tool with multi-search engine capability built right in.

    Source: Greece Interactive Travel Guide: Chinese, English and French by R.G.Richardson – Books on Google Play

  • Grouse Mountain changes hands once again after sale to Gaglardi family | Vancouver Sun

    Grouse Mountain Resort, the Lower Mainland’s top tourist attraction, has been sold. Again.Vancouver-based Northland Properties Corp., the largest, privately held hospitality group in North America, announced Thursday that it had purchased Grouse from CM (Canada) Asset Management Co. Ltd.Terms of the deal haven’t been disclosed, but the transaction is expected to close later this month, marking the second time in three years that the resort has changed hands after the McLaughlin family, who owned the resort for 40 years, sold it to CM in summer 2017.

    Source: Grouse Mountain changes hands once again after sale to Gaglardi family | Vancouver Sun

  • Vancouver Island makes CNN list of top travel destinations for 2020 – Victoria News

    Vancouver Island made CNN Travel’s list of the top travel destinations for 2020.The list of 20 destinations includes landmarks, cities and events that travellers should consider visiting as the new decade begins. Alongside the historical, exotic destinations such as the Dead Sea, Estonia, Jamaica, Tunisia and Washington, D.C., sits Vancouver Island.Writer Katia Hetter and the CNN Travel Team emphasize the natural beauty of the Island, noting that “small, artsy towns” are nestled among the “290-mile stretch of pristine forest and beaches.”

    Source: Vancouver Island makes CNN list of top travel destinations for 2020 – Victoria News