Should detox clinics have to be smoke-free?

Canadian drug treatment centres and mental health facilities have typically held the view that patients trying to wean themselves off hard drugs shouldn't try to quit smoking at the same time. The cultural shift...

6 million pounds of trash found on world's beaches

Earth Day is coming up on April 22--hopefully this disturbing statistic will be on people's minds."WASHINGTON - The world's beaches and shores are anything but pristine. Volunteers scoured 33,000 miles of...

Man in claim over flies in water

"A man who found a dead fly in his bottled water is claiming before Canada's high court that the incident ruined his sex life, hair salon business and even made it hard for him to shower. Waddah Mustapha of Windsor, Ontario said that he and his wife saw a dead...

News doomsayers can stuff it: MediaShift

Mark Glaser is a respected digital media analyst and commentator (I first heard about him through the Online Publishers Association ) and has been one of the principle voices in exploring trends and impacts in the...

"Go Out and Kick Their Butts"

"Did it really happen? Months after Germany hosted the World Cup, the euphoria and flag-waving seem distant memories. But they're being re-awakened this week with a behind-the-scenes documentary showing the sweat...

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