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The situation in the South China Sea became a little more tense this week An international court in the Hague has condemned China’s activities there and flatly rejected all territorial claims.
For the past few years, China has said it has claims over almost the entire South China Sea, denying and overlapping the territorial claims of six neighbouring states. China has also embarked on a massive dredging operation to create artificial islands on top of reefs in the sea in an apparent effort to reinforce territorial claims.
It would also appear that it is to extend its military reach and control over the entire region in spite of assurances in the early 2000’s that China would not militarize the islands.
Although there have been several incidents and even deaths by Chinese intimidation tactics in the sea, what is concerning is Chinese stated reaction that the court ruling is “a piece of trash” and it will pay no attention to it.
Chinese officials say they are willing to negotiate, but no-one should dare threaten China’s interests in the area.
Marc spoke to professor Robert Adamson of Simon Fraser University, a former member of an international negotiating and discussion group on South Asian issues.
Many people pay big money to go out into the sea on Canada’s east coast and watch whales.
Usually they are in sizeable boats, and a safe distance, indeed there are rules to keep whale watching boats at a distance
None of this was a concern for a Newfoundland man, his daughter and dog as they set out in his little boat to do some leisurely cod fishing.
Instead they had a far far too close encounter with whales, and the killer whale variety
Terry spoke to Norm Strickland about his scary experience.
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The world of chocolate is a huge one, and although to us, it might not seem like it, it is a very competitive one.
What most people don’t realize is that cocoa bean fields are like vinyards, some produce great beans, some superb, some ok, and all producers products are slightly different.
A tiny firm on Ontario has just won some of the world’s top prizes for chocolate.
Using equipment like a roaster modified from an old chicken rotisserie and other such equipment, but with a very keen taste for the best beans, Hummingbird Chocolates entered five of their chocolates into the international competition at London England’s Academy of Chocolate awards this winter. They were up against some 580 other competitors from around the world.
They ended up winning one gold, three silvers and a bronze, and the gold also won the “golden bean” overall top award.
Lynn spoke with Erica Gilmour, co-owner of the Hummingbird Chocolate Maker company in Almonte, Ontario
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