Environment
- Learn more about the eco-fee – It’s not a tax, it’s run by an arms length organization, no money to government – [Globe]
- New rules threaten future of US wood waste biomass power industry – [NYTimes]
- Arid Australia turns to desalination plants for water supply, despite costs - environmentalists often seem to omit desalination from their brains when it comes to the “water crisis”- [NYTimes]
- NYC launches a large tap water promotion campaign – [NYTimes]
Food
- How to make béarnaise sauce – Everyone has their own tricks w french sauces – [Globe]
- Take a (food) day trip to Beamsville – [TasteTO]
- Servers can now type in orders to the kitchen on their iPhones – [TorontoLife]
- David Lee from Nota Bené discusses ‘terroir’ for vegetables – [Globe]
- Linking the farmers to the foodies – [Globe]
News/Politics
- Learn more about your new DJ Governor General – I bet lots of Waterlooians have stories, I’ve had many solid interactions with him as a semi-official UW apologist (aka student ambassador) – [Globe]
- Learn more about why Harper deserves credit for making his Governor General search non-partisan – Canada 1 – [Globe]
- Don’t mess with the census, statisticians tell Tories – [Globe]
- The federal government is senseless on the census - [Globe ed.]
- Huffington Post’s advice to American jobless – move to Canada – [Globe]
- Tim Hudak cops out – [Globe]
- Kabul rocked by guitars – [Globe]
Life
- The true cost of living in the city vs. the suburbs – [NYTimes]
- Wedding expenses that aren’t worth it – [NYTimes]
- The paradox of parenting – parents are less happy than non-married peers – [NYT Freakonomics Blog]
- Gen-Y’s tough choice between entrepreneurship and corporate world - [Globe]
- You can be too rich – [Globe]
Toronto
- TTC Stations could get cell service – [CBC]
- City of Toronto makes an excellent road construction (interruption) map
- Bellevue Cafe – 3 guys who make crazy, disparate, but tasty sandwiches - [NOW]
- Susur Lee’s new Toronto restaurant - [Toronto Life]
- Toronto road tolls go from abhorrent to approved: how’d that happen? - [Toronto Life]
- Ideas for Toronto: Personal Rapid Transit – [Spacing]
Science
- Laws of hurricane power discovered – [New Scientist]
- Mass transit encourages exercise and weight loss – [New Scientist aka Duh! Aficionado magazine]
- Prozac prawns, cocaine crabs, trace elements of drugs in our waste water - [New Scientist]
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