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Yesterday | National Post

Low Aboriginal transplant rates blamed on 'bias and racism'

Peter Nakogee knows the chances are not good for aboriginals seeking transplants in Canada, but the gregarious father of four has reason to celebrate.

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Related Topix: North America, Canada, World News, Diabetes, Health, Medicine

Sat Nov 07, 2009

City of Kingston

11/04: Traffic Update: Stop Sign Controls Now Operational

Travellers should be advised that all stop sign controls are now operational at the following intersections: Safari Drive at Heron Court Sierra Avenue at Birchwood Drive Sierra Avenue at Hanover Drive Hudson Drive at Downing Street - 30 - Media contact information: Cindie Ashton, Communications Officer, 613-546-4291, extension 3116 .

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Related Topix: Canada,

Thu Nov 05, 2009

Dose

Maclean's rankings just one way to rate schools, say university officials

Jon Driver was pleased Thursday when he heard Simon Fraser University had ranked first in the comprehensive category of the annual Maclean's magazine university rankings, but he still took the news with a grain of salt.

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Related Topix: Canada, North America, World News

PanArmenian Network

Ontario hosted religious seminar

Rev. Fr. Karnig Koyounian, Sourp Hagop Armenian Apostolic Church Pastor and Prelacy Religious Council member gave the first lecture of the seminar on 'Reforming Rituals.' Archbishop Hagopian followed with 'Contemporary Social, Moral and Religious Issues,' and His Grace, Bishop Anoushavan Tanielian, Vicar of the Eastern Prelacy of the United States, ...

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Related Topix: Canada,

Tue Nov 03, 2009

Regina Leader Post

Veteran Mountie says Canadian officers not fully protected in overseas missions

A handout photo of RCMP Inspector Joe McAllister meeting earlier this year with Afghan police and an American army police mentor at a Canadian forces base in the provincial capital.

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Related Topix: Canada, Life, Veteran Affairs

CBC

School absenteeism acts as flu barometer

Two weeks ago at Bellmoore School in Hamilton, dozens of students were home sick with flu.

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Related Topix: Canada, North America, World News, Family, Kids, Illinois, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Sun Nov 01, 2009

CTV.ca

Environment ministers call for better packaging rules

Home : Canada : Environment ministers call for better packaging rules Environment ministers call for better packaging rules Date: Friday Oct.

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Related Topix: Canada,

Fri Oct 30, 2009

The Victoria Star

Are you afraid to get a flu shot?

As Canadians roll up their sleeves for the H1N1 vaccination, there will likely be a few faces in the long lineups cringing at the thought of what's to come -- perhaps not the vaccine itself, but the delivery method.

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Related Topix: North America, Canada, H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, World News, Health,

Thu Oct 29, 2009

CBC

Germophobia spawns new products

Parents who want to protect their children from the germy world have no shortage of products to choose from.

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Related Topix: Kids, Family, Canada,

Tue Oct 27, 2009

Cousinconnect.com

Genealogy Query - LAVEQUE : NIELSEN

I am looking for any siblings born to a Sharon Paulette Laveque I was born in 1971 Kingston Ontario Canada.

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Related Topix: Life, Hobbies, Genealogy, Canada, World News,

Sun Oct 25, 2009

Canada.com

If it itches do more than just scratch it

It started as an itch, and it didn't seem right. Brynessa Gradley was 19 years old and in the midst of writing university essays and exams when an unusual itch on her leg prompted her to go see a doctor.

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Related Topix: Canada, North America, World News

Fri Oct 23, 2009

Barnstable Patriot

Safer sailing, shorelines with new HFD fire boat

MAIN FORCE Up to 1,250 gallons per minute can blow through the Hyannis Fire Department's new Fire Boat 808's bow monitor nozzle.

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Related Topix: Boat Disaster, Fire, Hyannis, MA, Canada, Providence Metro

Thu Oct 22, 2009

EurekAlert!

Queen's scientists on international team discover 'ecologically unique' changes in Arctic lake

The adjacent foothills hold lakes that were not scoured by glaciers during late Quaternary glaciations, and thus preserve exceptionally long sedimentary records of climate change.

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Related Topix: Biology, Science, Canada, Entomology

Wed Oct 21, 2009

US News & World Report

Arctic Lake Sediment Record Shows Warming in Recent Decades

An analysis of sediment cores indicates that biological and chemical changes occurring at a remote Arctic lake are unprecedented over the past 200,000 years and likely are the result of human-caused climate change, according to a new study led by the University of Colorado at Boulder.

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Related Topix: University of Colorado Boulder, Entomology, Science, Chemistry, New York, SUNY Buffalo, Canada,

Tue Oct 20, 2009

Regina Leader Post

Farmer takes province to court over wind turbine health risks

The wind turbines on Wolfe Island near Kingston, Ont., standing prominently and giving a futuristic look on the flat landscape.

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Related Topix: Canada, Prince Edward County, VA

PhysOrg Weblog

Arctic lake sediments show warming, unique ecological changes in recent decades

A University of Colorado at Boulder-led analysis of a 200,000 year-old sediment core from a Baffin Island lake indicates warming temperatures in the Arctic due to human activity are overriding a natural cooling trend in the region.

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Related Topix: University of Colorado Boulder, SUNY Buffalo, Entomology, New York, Canada,

Mon Oct 19, 2009

Canada.com

Sunken car deaths an accident, says girls' mother

Rescue workers look over the bodies of four people pulled from a submerged car in the locks northeast of Kingston, Ont., June 30, 2009.

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Related Topix: Canada,

Sun Oct 18, 2009

Canada.com

Dozens arrested in Kingston, Ont., during unofficial homecoming weekend

Kingston Police officers on horseback patrol Aberdeen Street in Kingston, Ont., on the evening of Sept.

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Related Topix: Canada,

Sat Oct 17, 2009

The Victoria Star

Rich history of Canadian maple commemorated as national historic event

Canada's rich history of producing products from maple, that sticky sweet substance known to flow from Canadian trees, has been commemorated as an event of national historic significance.

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Related Topix: Canada,

Thu Oct 15, 2009

Kelowna Capital News

Impact of coffee on pregnant moms being flushed out in new studies

Researchers at Queen's University in Kingston Ontario and McMaster University in Hamilton have found that high caffeine ingestion during pregnancy is associated with a greater risk of lower birth weight and intrauterine growth restriction in addition to a decreased mean birth weight.

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Related Topix: Drink, Coffee, Canada, Opinion

 

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