Positive news from Quebec
Canada will no longer oppose global fight against asbestosThe days of Canadian asbestos exports appear to be numbered, and anti-asbestos activists couldn’t be happier.
"We are very pleased to see that the government recognizes that all form of asbestos, including chysotile, cause cancer. The Canadian Cancer Society believes that all efforts must be made to eliminate exposure to asbestos and to eliminate asbestos-related diseases."
- Paul Lapierre, Vice President, Public Affairs and Cancer Control, Canadian Cancer Society Read more: http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/884750#ixzz26UGDMhrm |
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More positive news from Quebec
Canada will no longer oppose global fight against asbestosThe days of Canadian asbestos exports appear to be numbered, and anti-asbestos activists couldn’t be happier. |
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Quebecers cut plastic bag use in halfQuebecers cut their plastic bag use by more than half in three years, Environment Minister Pierre Arcand said on Monday. |
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‘Fox News North’ has dropped their bid for forced access to cable fees
Source: The Spec, Thu October 14, 2010 |
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Canadian helps disabled speak through musicChildren immured within their severely disabled bodies may soon be able to communicate thanks to a newly unveiled device that translates physiological signals into music. |
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Record Attendance at Montréal’s Nature Museums’ “Butterflies Go Free”Butterflies Go Free, presented by Montréal’s Nature Museums, has never been so popular in all its 12 years! |
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Skies to be swept for alien lifeHat Creek, California - The switch has been thrown on a telescope specifically designed to seek out alien life. |
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Al Gore & IPCC Share Nobel Peace Prize For 2007Oslo, Norway - The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2007 is to be shared, in two equal parts, between the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Albert Arnold (Al) Gore Jr. for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change. |
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Deal reached on cutting ozone-damaging emissionsMonrteal, Quebec, Canada - Delegates from almost 200 countries agreed late on Friday to eliminate ozone-depleting substances faster than originally planned, the United Nations said. |
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China closes ozone depleting chemical plants as part of UN initiativeChiangshou, Jiangsu, China - China, the world's largest producer of chlorofluorocarbons (CFC) and halon, has shut down five of its six remaining plants as part of international efforts to phase-out the two ozone depleting chemicals, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) said. |
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Politicians sign new climate pactWashington, D.C., USA - Leading international politicians have reached a new agreement on tackling climate change, at a Washington summit. |
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National news
- Canada introduces new rules to curb future vehicle emissions
- Another city in BC bans shark fins
- Vancouver council makes ‘historic’ move toward shark fin ban
- Nanaimo latest B.C. municipality to ban shark fin
- Quebecers cut plastic bag use in half
- City council votes 13-2 to ban sale, possession of shark fins
- Shark fin ban gains momentum in Metro cities
- Toronto joins growing list of municipalities to ban plastic bags
- Cancer deaths on the decline in Canada
- Broadcasters ordered to dial down TV ad volume
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