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Archive for May 23rd, 2008

Insight: Can we trust Atlantic hurricane prediction?

The finding that global warming will lead to fewer Atlantic hurricanes carries weight, but it’s by no means the last word, says, (full text available to subscribers)

Insight: Can we trust Atlantic hurricane prediction?

The finding that global warming will lead to fewer Atlantic hurricanes carries weight, but it’s by no means the last word, says, (full text available to subscribers)

Naked Vaygun Is Back!

Hey everyone. I, like, couldn’t log in to the blog for some reason. Swear to god. But now I can, and just in time to let you know that there is a new episode of mine and Josh’s podcast – Naked Vaygun! Go git em.

City couple spots ‘spirit bear’

VICTORIA (CNS) — A Saskatoon couple on holiday on the West
Coast came face to face with what they say was a white “spirit bear”
in East Sooke Park last week.

City set to collect hazardous waste

Household, automotive and garden chemicals are among the
hazardous waste materials being collected by the City of Saskatoon
today.

Harvesting, tree planting down in forest near Prince Albert

REGINA — With the Prince Albert Pulp Mill continuing to sit
idle, activity has also slowed in the provincial forest where mill
owner Domtar has timber rights.

Cancer society urges pesticide ban

CALGARY (CNS) — The Canadian Cancer Society says Calgary
city council should move ahead with a ban on pesticides, arguing
exposure to chemicals in the products are linked with leukemia and
several…

The seed struggle

SAINT ANDRE D’ARGENTEUIL, Que. – Heather Meek leafs through
the seed catalogue she wrote on the family computer on winter nights
after the kids went to bed.

The green, green grass of China

BEIJING — By all accounts, Sharon Li is a private woman, but
as the world gets ready to descend on this city of air pollution and
skyscrapers, she is about to make a giant impression.

‘Farmland is like an endangered species’

LANGFORD – Farmers dream of passing their properties on to
their children. Norma Lohbrunner, 81, passed hers on to complete
strangers.