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Anti-smoking lobby hails Ontario, Quebec as smokers forced to butt outToronto - Smokers in Ontario and Quebec were bracing for a blast of fresh air Tuesday as both provinces counted down to a comprehensive ban on smoking in enclosed public places intended to protect the public from the hazards of second-hand smoke. |
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Power Up With Magnetic BacteriaMontreal, Canada - A 16-year-old high school student has invented a new way of producing electricity by harnessing the brawny power of bacteria. |
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Quest for home started with big red paper clipMontreal, Quebec, Canada - Kyle MacDonald had a big red paper clip and a dream: Could he use the community power of the Internet to barter that paper clip for something better, and trade that thing for something else -- and so on and so on until he had a house? |
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Red Wine Fights Periodontal Disease that Hits Most Older PeopleLaval, Quebec - The latest medical miracle for red wine is its assist in preventing and treating inflammatory periodontal disease, which attacks about 65 percent of Americans over age 50, according to new research. |
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Two California Forests Commit to New Protocols to Protect Global ClimateMontreal, QUE - Two privately owned California forests have become the first forestlands to join the California Climate Action Registry. |
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Kyoto Protocol strengthenedWorld - Critics damn it for a long list of reasons and it has been declared dead several times, but the Kyoto Protocol emerged stronger than ever after the Montreal conference on climate change that ended on Saturday. |
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Bypassing Bush, Americans Take Local Road to KyotoMontreal, Que. - While US President George W. Bush refuses to accept the Kyoto Protocol to cut greenhouse gas emissions, at least 40 million Americans will find themselves bound to the international treaty to curb global warming. |
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Run Your Car on Cow Fuel, Canadian Company SaysVille Ste. Catherine, Que. - A C$14 million ($12 million) factory near Montreal started producing "biodiesel" fuel two weeks ago from the bones, innards and other parts of farm animals such as cattle, pigs or chickens that Canadians do not eat. |
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Allies Hope Overcome US Climate Talk RefusalMontreal, Que. - Major US allies expressed confidence on Thursday that they could persuade a reluctant Washington to consider new ways to fight global warming at a 189-nation environmental conference. |
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Canada’s Environment Minister calls for more sources of renewable energyGatineau, Quebec, Canada - Canada's Environment Minister Stephane Dion has called on hydroelectric power producers to seize the environmental and economic opportunity offered by Canada's potential to produce renewable energy in its push for a sustainable, healthier and more prosperous country. |
national news
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- Calgary team shows how to scrub CO2 from the air
- Hoteliers go green to save the planet
- Oldest Ice in North America Hints at Hardy Tundra
- Metro Vancouver to get tough on recycling
- Old-growth B.C. forests worth more standing than fallen, study says
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