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Okay, so maybe not loan sharking, but disturbing none the less. Recent grads losing millions in post-secondary tax credits: group Last Updated: Thursday, September 27, 2007 | 8:34 PM ET The Canadian Press Advocates for student loan reform are crying...

Dry cleaner closes after $67 million lawsuit over lost pants By LUBNA TAKRURI Associated Press WASHINGTON — The owners of a dry cleaner who were sued for $54 million over a missing pair of pants have closed and sold the shop involved in the dispute, their...

September 26, 2007 Op-Ed Columnist Lead, Follow or Move Aside By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN China today is entering a really delicate phase on the climate-energy issue — the phase I like to call “The Wal-Mart environmental moment.” I wish the same could be said of America and President Bush...

Global Poll: All Countries Need to Take Major Steps on Climate Change September 24, 2007Full Report (PDF) Questionnaire/Methodology (PDF) Large majorities around the world believe that human activity causes global warming and that strong action must be taken, sooner rather than...

September 19, 2007 Sunny Outlook: Can Sunshine Provide All U.S. Electricity? Large amounts of solar-thermal electric supply may become a reality if steam storage technology works—and new transmission infrastructure...

The Nation Wed Sep 19, 2:23 PM ET The Nation-- Today the US Senate fell four votes short of restoring Habeas Corpus, the fundamental constitutional...

The bill which received Royal Assent on June 22nd, is nearing the end of the public consultation phase. There has so far been very little input, and without adequate input from the public, which becomes legally admissible to the process, the Government will be able to fulfill this...

Something in the 10,000 posts thread reminded me of a little problem my universities associated granting body, Dalhousie University, is having. This summer, a Facebook group surfaced which borders on defamation of the university. The creator alleges that she has been down in the labs where there...

Russia unveils its ‘vacuum bomb' Reuters September 11, 2007 at 5:21 PM EDT MOSCOW — Russia has tested the world's most...

A kilogram ain't what it used to be Last Updated: Thursday, September 13, 2007 | 8:21 AM ET The Associated Press The official kilogram, a 118-year-old cylinder that is the international prototype for the metric mass, kept tightly under lock and key outside Paris...

The Government has been holding closed door consultations to try to ease laws, making access to telephone and internet records easier. The proposed plan would give enforcement agencies access to these records without a court order or other legal justification. Just recently, a US judge ruled...

The big news coming out of the APEC summit is not the George Bush mistakes at the podium, it is the non-binding agreement which Canada helped broker in. The nations attending agreed to non-binding targets to reduce energy intensity by 25% by 2030. Canada is being attributed with the leadership...

A New Push to Regulate Power Costs By DAVID CAY JOHNSTON Published: September 4, 2007 More than a decade after the drive began to convert electricity from a regulated industry into a competitive one, many states...

This week in response to pressure from groups such as Project on Scientific Knowledge and Public Awareness, food giant ConAgra announced it will pull the chemical diacetyl from it's products. It has been used by many other companies as well as an artificial butter flavour for use in microwave...

Brits approve human-animal embryo research Cloning technique banned in Canada Last Updated: Wednesday, September 5, 2007 | 1:44 PM ET CBC News After months of consultation, British regulators have agreed in principle to allow human-animal embryos to be...

It's official now. After weeks of speculation, Harper has prorogued Parliament. With this announcement, renewed speculation of non-confidence votes and an ensuing fall election. After all the posturing in Ottawa, it seems it was all for not. Some legislation which will be dropped: C-30 Clean...

Records of troubled B.C. students can be shared: privacy commissioner Last Updated: Monday, September 3, 2007 | 12:20 PM PT CBC News Universities in British Columbia can share confidential medical records about troubled students if there's a perceived a...

Remember that big spider in Lord of The Rings? It may live in Texas... It's not the web of one spider, but the webs of many communal spiders, explained here.

Clash over oil sands inevitable: Lougheed KIRK MAKIN Globe and Mail Update...

I was wondering if any fishers out there could lend me a hand. If you don't know already, I'm studying Aquaculture at the NSAC in Truro, NS. I've been chatting with my father about aquaculture opportunities out here in Alberta. Specifically what I was interested in, is if anyone has seen...