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LONDON, Ont. -- Ontario's health ministry failed to correctly track which hospitals are most overcrowded, missing red flags and allowing patients to suffer, experts warn. The province missed critical errors in its data until the problems were found by QMI Agency. What the ministry claimed...

From a February 13 article, “Who owns organics now?”, at the Cornucopia Institute: “In 1995 there were 81 independent organic processing companies in the United States. A decade later, Big Food had gobbled up all but 15 of them.” At Cornucopia, you can view Philip H Howard’s monster chart...

Hanoi — Rescuers from several nations mounted an air and sea search Saturday for a Malaysia Airlines jet that has gone missing over Southeast Asia, with grave fears for the 239 people on board. Vietnam authorities said contact with Flight MH370 was lost near its airspace, but its exact...

Neurodevelopmental disabilities, including autism, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, dyslexia, and other cognitive impairments, affect millions of children worldwide, and some diagnoses seem to be increasing in frequency. Industrial chemicals that injure the developing brain are...

And yes, it's one of those scrolly things: A tediously accurate map of the solar system

And I used the wrong friggin' text color too. Hmmm...wonder what that other blue means then?

It might just be me but I think we're being had.

OTTAWA - The National Energy Board (NEB) has given the go-ahead to Enbridge Pipelines to reverse the flow along the full length of the existing Line 9 pipeline to send crude eastward from Sarnia, Ont., to Montreal and the Quebec City area. In the decision released Thursday, the NEB says it...

COLD SHOULDER: ABC, CBS Exclude Scientists Critical of Global Warming for More Than 1,300 Days | CNS News Well surely there isn't some sort of agenda at the root of this. Surely. :lol:

It's probably nothing though. Probably. The growing risk of default by Shanghai Chaori Solar Energy Science & Technology Co. may become China’s “Bear Stearns moment,” prompting investors to reassess credit risks as they did after the U.S. securities firm was rescued in 2008, according to Bank...

Censor boards in Qatar, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates have informed Paramount they will not release the Biblical epic, which begins its global rollout later this month. Darren Aronofsky's Noah -- inspired by the Biblical story of Noah's ark -- is starting...

"Wind has less than 1/10th the energy density of wood, wood half the density of coal and coal half the density of octane."* The largest coal generation plant in the UK is transforming itself by converting half of its coal burning generation units into biomass (wood pellets) by 2016. By...

The gay rights advocate and former member of the San Francisco Human Right Commission who pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography was sentenced Wednesday and will be required to register as a sex offender for life, according to the District Attorney's Office. Larry Brinkin, 67...

The Ontario government was blindsided by Chrysler’s stunning U-turn on demanding up to $700 million in federal and provincial handouts, says Premier Kathleen Wynne. Wynne said Wednesday she was “very taken aback” when Chrysler Group LLC chairman and chief executive officer Sergio Marchionne...

A modest levy on the oil-and-gas sector might help secure Washington's support for the Keystone XL pipeline, Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall said during a trip to the U.S. capital Wednesday. But he stressed that any such penalty had better be small. Wall pointed to Alberta's initial...

Helicopter carrier built by the French for Russian navy gets first test run via bcf The Vladivostok helicopter carrier A French-built warship designed to strengthen Russia's ability to deploy helicopter gunships, troops and tanks is preparing for its first test run today. The test of...

via sda Tears, go with the tears, because, saps.Redford, who became emotional at times, said it was about trying to balance the demands of parenthood with premiership. "I'm the premier of Alberta, but I'm also the mother to a daughter who I love to spend time with," she said. "I think many...

A second baby born with the AIDS virus may have had her infection put into remission and possibly cured by very early treatment - in this instance, four hours after birth. Doctors revealed the case Wednesday at an AIDS conference in Boston. The girl was born in suburban Los Angeles last...

The Marine Corps' new amphibious transport prototype is like "three dozen flip-flops zip-tied to a fan" :lol:

After a pregnant woman drove herself and her three children into the ocean in Daytona Beach, Florida, rescuers sprang into action. Not only did they have to get four people out, they had to do it with the minivan bucking and swaying in the waves. This is both heartbreaking, and astonishing...