Wed, March 12, 2008
By MARY-JANE EGAN, SUN MEDIA
For 25 years, a London microbiologist has been trying to convince a dubious world that some bacteria are good for you.
“This is why we’re alive, because we have bugs in the gut that keep us alive,” says Gregor Reid, a professor of microbiology at the University of Western Ontario.
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Where are the good things grown in Ontario?
March 12, 2008
Wed, March 12, 2008
By HANK DANISZEWSKI, SUN MEDIA
The slogan is Good things Grow in Ontario.
But finding those good Ontario-grown products in your supermarket is getting tougher.
The rising value of the Canadian dollar means food manufacturers find it easier to go global when they buy and process products.
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Is the pursuit of higher education taking a toll?
March 6, 2008
Wed, March 5, 2008
By RANDY RICHMOND, SUN MEDIA AND NEWS SERVICES
Students attend an engineering class yesterday at the University of Western Ontario. (Morris Lamont, Sun Media)
Your kids may not be smarter than you, but chances are they have more education, or will.
In London, as in the rest of Ontario, more people aged 25 to 34 have university degrees than those over 55.
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Bars join forces to fight rowdies
January 17, 2008
Wed, January 16, 2008
New organization represents downtown watering holes
By JOE BELANGER, SUN MEDIA
London’s downtown bar owners have banded together help quell problems with rowdy customers in the core.
And the recently formed London Bar and Entertainment Association is also looking for help from police, London Transit and the city.
“We’re trying to create a safe and vibrant atmosphere for everyone in the core,” said president Mark Serre, manager at GT’s.
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Group to protest ‘homophobic’ transplant ruling
January 16, 2008
It all began when Canadian Blood Services banned gay men from donating blood.
By JOHN MINER, SUN MEDIA
Wed, January 16, 2008
A London gay activist group is ramping up its campaign against Canadian Blood Services and hospital organ transplant programs for restrictions on donations from men who have sex with men.
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Salmonella could forfeit student’s year
November 14, 2007
As the number of salmonella cases linked to a university eatery grows, one father is seeking legal advice over the effect of the illness on his daughter.
“She is no shape to go back. It knocked her for a loop,” said the Toronto father, who asked not to be identified.
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Jennifer Parks
Sun Media
June 28, 2007
Imagine never having sex again.
“When you lose something, you don’t know what it’s worth until it’s gone” Brian Chavez, paraplegic
Not because you can’t find a willing partner, or because the desire isn’t there. But because sex, due to disability or limited mobility, is too physically painful to relax and enjoy it, and each attempt is, thus, mental pummeling to your self-concept as a sexual being.
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Tougher trash laws likely
July 16, 2007
Tougher trash laws likely
Mon, July 16, 2007
By JOE BELANGER, SUN MEDIA
Chances are Londoners will be hauling less trash to the curb starting this fall — if not on their own, then by edict.
And there may be tougher rules to come as the city moves to reduce the mountain of trash sent to its landfill.
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Wild storm slams region
June 28, 2007
Thu, June 28, 2007
By PATRICK MALONEY AND JOE MATYAS, SUN MEDIA
A vicious storm hammered the region yesterday, darkening sunny skies in minutes with driving rain, lightning and a reported funnel cloud.
Rice vows to probe detention at airport
June 19, 2007
Rice vows to probe detention at airport
The case of a respected London Muslim leader, detained for hours at the Detroit airport last month, has been brought to the attention of U.S. Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice.
Dr. Munir El-Kassem, who was detained, interrogated and fingerprinted for hours in Detroit, met yesterday in Ottawa with Foreign Affairs Minister Peter MacKay.
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