Yo-Yo Ma and Perlman pre-recorded music on Inauguration Day

Yo-Yo Ma, Itzhak Perlman, Gabriella Montero and Anthony McGill played a lovely original song for new President Barack Obama on his Inauguration Day, however it has now been revealed that what most of the people...

Canada's first sex-ed grad school opens at U of T

The University of Toronto will offer Canada's first grad program in sexual diversity studies this fall. Up until now, Canadian universities have only offered undergraduate programs in the discipline, but U of T...

Men kind of suck at relationships, study says

Unfortunately this is a story that will likely confirm the stereotype that men are swine when it comes to love. According to a new study, men are more likely than women to develop negative feelings toward their...

Students fight ban on gay blood donors

Men who have had sex with another man at least once since 1977 are not allowed by Canadian Blood Services to donate blood, but many student groups are trying to change that.It would appear gay cooties are still an...

North American Report: Hundreds of Sleeper Cells Among us!

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorBefore you head to your "Dale Gribble" (King of the Hill)  style underground bunker and don a flak jacket while you peer suspiciously at your next door...

Juvenille Diabetes Gene Discovered

A fourth gene linked to Juvenille Diabetes has been discovered by a North American team, hailing from McGill University in Montreal and The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.  In Canada, over 2 million...

Green Machine: Why cities need parks to be liveable

It's not easy being green, especially if you're an urban monstrosity in the 21st century. But new studies are showing that urban planning movements from 150 years ago may have possessed more foresight than...

Baby Blindness Gene Discovered

Leber Congenital Amaurosis (LCA), the most common form of blindness in infants and children affects approximately 1 out of 35 000 births [source], accounting for 5% of all hereditary retinal degenerations...

The Red Poppy

"     The Red Poppy  On and around 11 November each year, the RSL sells millions of red cloth poppies for Australians to pin on their lapels. Proceeds go to the RSL welfare work. Why a red poppy?  Colonel John McCrae, who was Professor of Medicine at...

The Red Poppy

"     The Red Poppy  On and around 11 November each year, the RSL sells millions of red cloth poppies for Australians to pin on their lapels. Proceeds go to the RSL welfare work. Why a red poppy?  Colonel John McCrae, who was Professor of Medicine at...

World university rankings

"Canada beats Germany, France, but not Australia. Queen's (which I once attended) must be rotting its socks. Montreal's McGill University, the University of Toronto and the University of British Columbia in Vancouver each cracked the top 50 of an annual list compiled by The...

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