Stupid to the Last Drop: How Alberta Is Bringing Environmental Armageddon to Canada (and Doesn't Seem to Care)
Room 611 (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
Today's schedule is C-D-Lunch-B-A C - Introduction to Law 9/10 - Today we are going to start with your first quiz dealing with the topics we covered in Law 9/10 last week. After your quiz, we are going to spend time discussing the differences between mass and serial murder. We will look at profiling and begin to understand what a psychopath is. Dr. Robert Hare of the University of British Columbia...
Room 611 (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
Today's schedule is B-A-Lunch-D-C B - Geography 12 - Today we continue our look at the fundamentals of weather by focusing on atmospheric structure and Ozone. After looking at the ways that ozone protects us and understanding how it can be destroyed by CFCs you'll need to complete questions 8 and 9 from page 90 in your Geosystems textbook. US Environmental Protection Agency Stratospheric Ozone page...
Room 611 (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
Hello family; I am at home ill and will not be in the building for the next two days. You will have a Teacher on Call to look after you and I hope that all goes well. Thursday's schedule is A-B-Lunch-C-D Friday's schedule is D-C-Lunch-A-B A Block Social Studies 11 – On Thursday with Mr. Jones, you'll be looking at Propaganda in World War 2 and how it was used (along with the creation of a propaganda...
atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
Enjoy our golden November, with its shorts-clad joggers and kids digging in soft sandboxes, while it lasts. Environment Canada says the warm and sun is going to be pushed out by clouds, showers and flurries later this week.
Room 611 (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
Today's schedule is B-A-Lunch-D-C B- Geography 12 - Today we'll continue our look at weather, the best topic ever! We'll start by looking at the synoptic chart for North America and begin to understand weather station plots. Take some time on the following sites to learn more and to practise your weather operational analysis capabilities: WW2010 - University of Illinois Weather site National Weather...
Globe and Mail (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
‘Lack of vigorous action on collections' means about a third of late payments are overdue by more than a year
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
COPENHAGEN, DENMARK (MARKET WIRE) Canadian media representatives are advised that Canada's Environment Minister, the Honourable Jim Prentice, will hold a media availability via conference call following the Pre-COP ministerial meeting in Copenhagen on Tuesday, November 17 at 10:30 a.m. EST.
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
OTTAWA, ONTARIO (MARKET WIRE) The Honourable Jim Prentice, Minister of the Environment, today recognized an important milestone reached under the National Vehicle Scrappage Program, Retire Your Ride. The program encourages people to scrap their high-polluting vehicles and turn to environmentally-friendly transportation.
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
EDMONTON, ALBERTA (MARKET WIRE) The Honourable Jim Prentice, Minister of the Environment will deliver a luncheon speech on the need to harmonize our climate change policies with the U.S in the lead up to the UN Climate change conference in Copengagen.
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
LASALLE, ONTARIO (MARKET WIRE) On behalf of Canada's Environment Minister Jim Prentice, Jeff Watson, Member of Parliament for Essex, today announced $410,000 in funding from the Great Lakes Sustainability Fund for four projects to clean up the Detroit River Area of Concern. Thirty-seven projects throughout the Great Lakes are receiving $2.2 million in funding this year.
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
LASALLE, ONTARIO (MARKET WIRE) On behalf of Environment Minister, Jim Prentice, Jeff Watson, Member of Parliament for Essex, will announce funding for Detroit River Area of Concern clean-up projects under the Great Lakes Sustainability Fund.
TakePart Social Action Network™ (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
With the swine flu as catchy in the news media as it is in humans, Americans are trying their best to keep germs of their hands and bodies. Triclosan is one germ-killing ingredient that has been touted for its ability to do just that. The chemical is present in hundreds of antibacterial toiletries and kitchen products. It has been widely used in soaps, toothpastes and deodorants, and has even been...
HTMF: Prince Rupert's Website (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
Canada's Environment Minister Jim Prentice has announced that a comprehensive study is the most appropriate type of environmental assessment for the proposed Fairview Terminal Phase II Expansion Project. His decision today, was based on a number of reports provided to his office, as Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Environment Canada, the Canadian Transportation Agency, as well as the Prince Rupert Port...
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
KANGERLUUSUAQ, GREENLAND (MARKET WIRE) Canada's Environment Minister, Jim Prentice, Nunavut's Minister of the Environment, Daniel Shewchuk, and Greenland's Minister of Fisheries, Hunting and Agriculture, Ane Hansen, today announced the signing of an agreement between the governments of Canada, Nunavut, and Greenland to ensure the protection of shared polar bear populations.
Room 611 (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
Thursday's schedule is B-A-Lunch-D-C. B - Geography 12 - Today we will quickly review rivers and streams by watching the Brain Pop video on floods . After we will discuss floods and watch a video on the Red River flood of 1997 ("Flood of the Millennium") and then you'll need to work on the Red River flood study in your week 8 package. Some web pages to help with the causes of floods and flood...
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