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Catherine Bell speaks on climate

North Island MP Catherine Bell says she is turning up the heat on climate change in Ottawa. While speaking in the House of Commons on the need for urgent action on climate change, Bell cited specific examples from her Vancouver Island North riding. Bell pointed to a longer forest fire season, the impact on fish habitat and the shrinking Comox Glacier when speaking Monday in favour of a Bill introduced by NDP leader Jack Layton. The Private Member’s Bill “lays out a plan to ensure that Canada meets its global climate change obligations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and creates an accountability measure to make sure that we follow through and meet those targets,” Bell told the House.

Catherine Bell said ordinary Canadians are far ahead of the Canadian government in recognizing the need for action on climate change. She said Canadians “have been calling upon the government for years to act, to clean up our air and our water, and to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.” Catherine Bell said the impacts of climate change can be seen around the country, as well as in Vancouver Island North. “Because the forest is drying out more quickly, there is more likelihood of forest fires,” Catherine Bell said. “While forest fires are nothing new in British Columbia, they usually happen in July and August, but last year we had our first fire on Vancouver Island in May, not very far from where I live.” But “the most startling example of climate change on the coast is in our oceans,” she noted. “Fish migration patterns are changing. "This will have an impact for years to come. Couple (warmer waters) with the increasing acidity of our oceans due to carbon dioxide, and the impact on the fish habitat is enormous.” Catherine Bell challenged the government to support Layton’s Bill and get started on immediate action to reduce greenhouse gas emission. “If we are going to make real changes quickly, the government needs to make a stronger commitment to the people of Canada and the environment,” Catherine Bell said.

Catherine Bella and Jubilee are pie of cherries

Catherine Bell said the dance group has been part of the festivities for all eight of the jubilees. "We love coming to Dumfries," said Bell, noting that in addition to colonial dancers, the members provide living history demonstrations, period events and SOL-based school programs. Catherine Bell even coached nine people attending the Jubilee to join with them in a dance routine. All of the dancers had made their colorful period costumes.

Debbie Ward, president of Historic Dumfries Virginia Inc., said that attendance at the event "had been down from previous years."he weather, plus the group's inability to send fliers home through students because of the closing of school, played a factor in the turnout, she said. She said that in past years upwards of 200 people showed up and the organization raised at least $400 to benefit the Weems-Botts Museum.

Kim Delaney & Catherine Bell To Star in 'Army Wives'

Lifetime Television has ordered production of 13 episodes of "Army Wives," starring Kim Delaney and Catherine Bell. The new ensemble drama series is about the struggles, dreams and friendships of a diverse group of women -- and one man -- living with their spouses and families on an active army post and the pressures and traditions of the military on those who are left behind while their partners serve their country.

In "Army Wives," an unlikely tribe is formed when four women and one man create a bond based on one common theme: they all love a soldier who could die at any moment. Yet, they are all isolated by secrets that buck the armed forces system.

"Army Wives" premieres in June on Lifetime Television.

Catherine Bell is a big fan of Windows Vista

Just a little bit of fun for the geeks among us. Hey, while you’re here, are you actually planning to upgrade (if you could call it that) to Windows Vista? Show of hands.

Catherine Bell in “Army Wives” Series

Everytime hottie Catherine Bell tries to leave the army, they keep pulling her back in! “Threshold”, the best sci-fi show on TV this year, may have been cancelled, but Catherine Bell, who was supposed to join the cast and did for a few episodes before cancellation, has moved on to the Lifetime Channel’s new series “Army Wives”. Described as such: “About a woman who marries a soldier and moves her family onto an Army base, where she becomes friends with other women whose husbands are in the military.” It’s supposed to be a drama.