to move up and down
Toronto might be getting a new green bin, but just don’t expect it to be raccoon-proof, says the city’s senior solid-waste management analyst. “We never say raccoon-proof,” said Kevin Vibert. “To make a bin that is 100% raccoon-proof, you would almost have to build a vault.”
Graphic: Banff gets four elephants worth of snow
Banff’s Sunshine Village set a new record for snowfall this winter. The National Post’s Jonathon Rivait takes a look.
Graphic: Who was released in exchange for Gilad Shalit?
An Israeli newspapers noted Friday that 280 of the prisoners exchanged in return for Gilad Shalit were responsible for the murder of 599 Israelis, which is just scratching the surface of the details of the swap.
Cheers! With caveats!
Last year, U.S. researchers published a study involving 1,824 people between the ages of 55 and 65, grouping those who enjoyed one or two drinks a day and those who completely avoided alcohol. When researchers checked on the subjects 20 years later, they found that abstainers had an increased mortality rate more than two times that of moderate drinkers.
More recently, scientists at the University of Calgary analyzed data on alcohol consumption and heart disease and determined that those who drink one to two glasses of alcohol per day are up to 25% less likely to develop heart disease.
Study after study has shown that moderate drinking is good for your health. But the question that remains is why. The perils of drink are well-known, but its positive attributes are difficult to pin down.
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Graphic Timeline: The war in Libya
In the struggle over the future of Libya, momentum has shifted multiple times, with rebels and government forces each waxing and waning in succession.
Gaddafi to stay ‘until the end’: spokesman
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi will stay in the country “until the end” to lead it to victory against its enemies, a government spokesman said on Thursday. Speaking after former Foreign Secretary Moussa Koussa defected and flew to Britain on Wednesday, the spokesman said Western air strikes against Libya had only united its top leadership against “a clear enemy”.
Christopher Hitchens: If Saddam still ruled, there would be no Arab Spring
The most heartening single image of the past month was the sight of Hoshyar Zebari arriving in Paris to call for strong action against the depraved regime of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi
Graphic: Quake devastates Japan, sparks nuclear reactor fears
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A new wave of young Irish workers head for Canada
“So you have all these young, educated, highly skilled people in Ireland who are suddenly in a situation where there are very few jobs. They’re looking around and they see how Canada has come through the recession and they see more opportunity here.”
300-km winds batter Australia
One of the most powerful cyclones on record slammed into Australia’s northeast coast on Thursday, tearing off roofs and bringing down power lines but there were no reports of deaths as first light broke.
Hatches battened: Aussies report on Yasi
Tropical cyclone Yasi has been downgraded to a category three, but not before winds up to 290 km per hour tore into the Queensland coast. The extent of the damage will be more apparent once the sun rises, but Aussies having trouble sleeping through the storm have been reporting its progress.
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Harper’s Odyssey: A look at Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s travel over the past five years
Related: Harper’s first five years of governance
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Ignatieff — A man with a plan
Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff has released a detailed itinerary for an election campaign:
Related: Kevin Libin — Tories target urban ridings
A Mexican standoff: The Mexican government’s quest to wipe out drug cartels has only spurred more violence (Graphic by Jonathon Rivait & Richard Johnson)
Part one: Iran’s stone-age justice system: The plight of a woman condemned for adultery has focused the world’s attention on a barbaric death sentence enshrined in Tehran’s penal code.
Part two: Iran’s stone-age justice system: The plight of a woman condemned for adultery has focused the world’s attention on a barbaric death sentence enshrined in Tehran’s penal code.
