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U of T gets room to grow, ROM gets out of a jam
Globe and Mail – 26 Jan 2009 It's no more newsworthy to report the death of yet another condominium project in Toronto today than it is to note that dog bites man. U of T, ROM agree on purchase of Queen's Park property Exchange Morning Post Night Falls Torontoist CityNews all 4 news articles |
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Shelter opens in Fort St. John
Alberta Daily Herald Tribune – 28 Jan 2009 FORT ST. JOHN, BC – A so-called extreme weather shelter has opened in Fort St. John so homeless people have a place to go when it’s dangerously cold to sleep outside. Winter program for homeless wraps up Nanaimo Daily News Cold weather fills Salvation Army shelter KSWO all 3 news articles |
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Cleaner diesel engines are gaining popularity
Kamloops This Week – 27 Jan 2009 Historically, lower costs and reduced fuel consumption couldn’t offset the inferior output, odour and harshness posed by their operation. First Drive: 2009 BMW X5 xDrive35d CanadianDriver BMW makes 10 best engines list in US Carbon News all 4 news articles |
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Budget commits million to quantum computing centre
IT World Canada Blogs – 2 hours ago Canada will become home to the largest concentration of quantum computing talent in the world, thanks to 0 million in funding from government and the founder of Research in Motion Ltd. Canada commits million to quantum computing center Nanowerk LLC 50 million federal dollars for IQC Exchange Morning Post all 4 news articles |
 Ottawa Business Journal |
Mitel and IBM cross-license tech
Ottawa Business Journal – 28 Jan 2009 By Ottawa Business Journal Staff Mitel has signed a cross-licensing agreement with IBM (NYSE:IBM) that will allow both companies to use patents covering unified communications technology. Mitel Announces Patent Cross License Agreement with IBM MSNBC BMS Tops List of Patent Approvals PharmExec.com Xconomy – MacNewsWorld all 9 news articles |
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CTV goes HD
Calgary Herald – 15 hours ago Television – Calgarians will now be able to pick up CTV in HD off the airwaves, the station announced Wednesday. The station has completed installation of an over-the-air high definition transmitter in Calgary, which joins two other HD transmitters at … CTV in Calgary goes High Definition Digital Home Calgary, CA gets first over-the-air HD HD-Report all 6 news articles |
An anonymous reader writes “The Swedish newspaper DN reports that the Israeli company Nemesysco has sent letters to researchers at the University of Stockholm, threatening legal action if they do not stop publishing findings (Google translation). An article called ‘Charlatanry in forensic speech science: A problem to be taken seriously’ was pulled by the publisher after threats of a libel lawsuit.” Online translations can be a little wonky; if your Swedish is as bad as mine, this English-language article describes the situation well.
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Greg Huang writes “In early January, the One Laptop Per Child Foundation laid off half its staff and shed work on the Sugar graphical interface. Now, OLPC founder Nicholas Negroponte and president Chuck Kane for the first time detail the foundation’s new plans, describe how the XO laptop will do what netbooks can’t do, and share their hope to keep working with Sugar developer Walter Bender, who left OLPC last year.”
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‘Strange’ January weather surprises climatologist
Liberal – 4 hours ago No matter where you live across the country, one of the great Canadian traditions this time of year for more than 30 million of us is complaining about the weather. There's no thaw in sight for sufferers Toronto Sun A winter we won't soon forget Mississauga 680 News – Toronto Star – The Kingston Whig-Standard – Guelph Mercury all 13 news articles |
 Calgary Herald |
Study urges special help for mountain caribou
Globe and Mail – 10 hours ago Calgary — A new study suggests the declining mountain caribou that roam Canada's southern Rockies are genetically unique and might need special conservation efforts to survive. Caribou study to help herds Canoe.ca Migratory instincts protect caribou herds Calgary Herald The Canadian Press – Science Daily (press release) all 35 news articles |
