Bigger is better
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
By Allan Britnell
It seems we can add smaller birds to the growing list of impacts climate change is already having on the planet’s flora, fauna and habitats. A joint Swiss–U.S. study of nearly half-a-million birds, from more than 100 species, has found that birds are becoming lighter and developing smaller wings.
Back on track
By Conor Mihell
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
A 300-kilometre-long rail line linking the northern Ontario cities of Sudbury and Sault Ste. Marie was raised from the dead when provincial and federal budgets in late March promised $30 million for long-needed track upgrades. While the antiquated Huron Central Railway is currently only used for transporting freight, rail activists in Sault Ste. Marie are hoping new investment in the line is a harbinger of passenger service in the future. According to Linda Savory-Gordon, an associate professor of social studies at Algoma University in Sault Ste. Marie and co-chair of the Coalition for Algoma Passenger Trains (CAPT), the governmental promises were “essential because otherwise the tracks would’ve likely been torn up and lifted.”
