Canada

EB Maternity Keeping Expectant Mothers Fashionable

Niccolina Soto — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:31:42 -0500

EB Maternity, a trendy and sophisticated online maternity consignment boutique offering affordable and inexpensive casual and business apparel as well as accessories in great condition for mothers-to-be. EB Maternity was founded by Mom-preneur Amanda Barker along with her husband in September of 2009. EB in the logo are the initials of their daughter, and also the inspiration for their business name.

Canada Makes Facebook Rein In Its Freewheeling Privacy Settings

Kit Eaton — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 11:31:46 -0400

Facebook's just announced it's tweaking its privacy settings--a move to allow its users finer control over what private information is broadcast and shared across its network and to Facebook Apps. It's welcome, and arrives thanks to the Canadian government.

New Affordable Housing Celebrated in Ottawa | Canadian Funding Corp

Canadian Funding Corporation — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:52:10 -0400

July, 10 Canadian Funding Corp, CMHC - The Canadian Government, the Ontario Government and Ottawa today celebrated the start of construction of the Beaver Barracks housing project that will create 248 new affordable housing units in Ottawa. The project, developed by Centretown Citizens Ottawa Corporation (CCOC), is supported by $18.3 million in funding through the Canada – Ontario Affordable Housing Program.

Scientist Attempts to Curb Methane Emissions by Minimizing Cow Burps

Ariel Schwartz — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 09:37:58 -0400

Methane is 20 times more potent as a greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide, and cows are responsible for almost three-quarters of total methane emissions. So it makes sense that Stephen Moore, a professor of agricultural, food, and nutritional science at the University of Alberta, is trying to breed cows that burp less and hence produce 25% fewer methane emissions.

Ottawa Shell Station First to Deliver Gasoline Blended with Cellulosic Ethanol

Ariel Schwartz — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:18:41 -0400

In what is being described as the first commercial delivery of cellulosic ethanol, a Shell service station in Ottawa, Ontario is selling gasoline containing a 10% blend of biofuel made from wheat straw. The biofuel and gasoline combo will be available at Shell's Ottawa gas station for a month beginning today.

Harvest Green's Vision of Vertical Urban Farming in Mixed-Use Buildings

Ariel Schwartz — Wed, 06 May 2009 13:21:43 -0400

Romses Architects' Harvest Green Project, a winning entry in Vancouver's "The 2030 Challenge," explores urban vertical farming in mixed-use buildings.

Live in the Questions

Donna Karlin — Wed, 06 May 2009 07:58:02 -0400

“Have patience with everything that remains unsolved in your heart. Try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and like books written in a foreign language. Do not now look for the answers. They cannot now be given to you because you could not live them. It is a question of experiencing everything. At present you need to live the question.

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Conventional Crops May Get Green Fungicide Boost

Ariel Schwartz — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 16:40:29 -0400

Twenty years ago,the health scare over the use of the chemical alar on apple crops effectively launched the modern organic business. Now the fungicide industry is ready to exact its revenge as a new class of green fungicides (yes, really) could potentially make expensive organic produce less attractive to money-minded shoppers.
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An All Or Nothing World

Donna Karlin — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:26:21 -0400

We don't live in an all or nothing world, even though many of our choices are black or white.

We do that often and we're not even aware that we're doing it.
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Is "Green IT" A Sham?

Ariel Schwartz — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:47:45 -0500

Green IT is all the rage these days, with companies like Apple, Dell, Oracle, and Microsoft touting the energy efficiency and low carbon footprints of their data centers. But is IT ever really environmentally friendly?
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Should RIM's CEOs Go to Jail?

Chris Dannen — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 16:46:24 -0500

This week four of RIM's [RIMM] top executives settled options backdating cases with the SEC and the OSC, Canada's securities regulation agency. The Ontario-based cronies have agreed to pay almost $100 million CN in penalties, costs and compensation in Canada, and $2.2 million USD in penalties and reimbursements in the U.S. But their actual out-of-pocket cost will end up being closer to 1/10 of that. Should these guys be in jail?

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Where in the World to Find a Job

Saabira Chaudhuri — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:00:00 -0500

The national unemployment rate may be at its worst in over a decade, but there's a world of opportunity out there beyond Wall Street. Some regions are holding up better than others--Montreal is proving to be a hot bed for the video game industry, while the UAE is fertile ground for the airline industry.
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