One Canuck's Radio Weblog

  Saturday, 12 June 2004

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Men Leading Healthy Lives

I had lunch with my old friend Peter Lux today, and he encouraged me to take a look at, and participate in, a new project he's sheppherding: MensNet.ca, a sort of "Slashdot for Canadian men's health."

Peter is arguably one of the country's leading advocates of "health promotion" -- making information about our health available to us -- and this project deserves a look. [Reinvented News]

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A bright border collie exhibits the ability to learn the meaning of words, mimicking the 'fast mapping' process seen in children as they begin to speak, researchers say. [Wired News]

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Ray Charles was one of America's greatest singers and a musician who brought the essence of soul to every style of music he touched. [New York Times: Arts]

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Tories to blend RCMP, CSIS: document

An internal party document obtained by the French-language service of CBC shows the Conservatives want to set up a U.S.-style national intelligence agency blending the Canadian Security Intelligence Service and the RCMP. FULL STORY [CBC News]

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Lasting impressions AGO's...

AGO's new exhibition of paintings by Turner, Whistler and Monet tells a riveting story of French-English intermingling — and the birth of modern art [The Globe and Mail: Arts]