Evan Grant demonstrates the science and art of cymatics, a process for making soundwaves visible. Useful for analyzing complex sounds (like dolphin calls), it also makes complex and beautiful designs.
Statscan - The increase was led by part-time work and among private sector employees. The unemployment rate edged up 0.1 percentage points to 8.7% as more people participated in the labour market.
KITCHENER-WATERLOO – Driven by the sale of condos, residential properties in Kitchener-Waterloo and area increased 26 percent last month over August 2008.
Waterloo - This fall, a new pilot project will provide the residents of Kitchener and Waterloo with an exclusive chance to save money, conserve energy and help the environment all at the same time.
LONDON (Reuters) - The G20 will promise this weekend to keep economic support packages in place until recovery is certain and seek to reassure financial markets they have credible plans to withdraw the stimulus when appropriate.
Toronto – Acting on behalf of its members, the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) is calling for a third party review of the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB), amid growing signs of financial mismanagement at 200 Front Street. The recently announced $3.34 billion in losses has pushed the WSIB’s unfunded liability (UFL) to approximately $12 billion, up from $5.6 billion in 2001.
OTTAWA - The unemployment rate for students aged 15-24 reached 16.4% in August, up 5.0 percentage points compared with the same month last year, according to a report released today by Statistics Canada. "The reality is more students will be in need of student financial assistance this fall," said Arati Sharma, National Director of the Canadian Alliance of Student Associations.
Waterloo Region – To celebrate the 2nd Anniversary of Bearskin Airlines’ Ottawa service, the airline will increase service from three flights to four flights each business day. Sunday service will also be increased from one flight to two flights. In addition to the extra frequency, flight times have been enhanced to better meet customer preferences and facilitate improved connections to Northeastern Ontario via Ottawa and improve reliability.
TORONTO - Ken Neumann, National Director of the United Steelworkers is demanding that Ministers Kenney and Finley insure that Vale Inco will not be permitted to bring in temporary foreign workers during the strike in Sudbury, Port Colborne and Voisey's Bay.
Guelph - In the past twelve months, International Certification has purchased the Canadian assets of the TUV SUD Registration practice and launched some of the most innovative programs and services in the industry.
Stascan - On the whole, the average age of Canada's education infrastructure (its elementary and secondary schools, universities and colleges) has fallen slightly since the early 2000s after nearly doubling during the previous three decades.
Ontario - Energy Minister George Smitherman announced that 2 of the 8 coal units at the Nanticoke Generating Station and 2 of the 4 units at the Lambton coal plant will be permanently shut down by October 2010. Minister Smitherman also said that he hopes the Atikokan coal plant will be converted to biomass by 2012.
VINELAND - Ontario highways will soon look greener thanks to research conducted at the Vineland Research and Innovation Centre in partnership with Landscape Ontario, local nurseries and horticultural suppliers. Yesterday's Open House introduced plans for a new environmental vision along Ontario highways.
Kingston - An international team of astronomers, including Queen’s University physicist Larry Widrow, have uncovered evidence of a nearby cosmic encounter. Their study indicates that the Andromeda and Triangulum galaxies, the two galaxies closest to our own, collided about two to three billion years ago.
OTTAWA - As the Harper government continues to delay the launch of the Southern Ontario Development Program, it's clear that they are completely out of touch with the depth of the economic crisis in that region, Liberal MP Frank Valeriote said yesterday.
Kingston - Imagine having your children explore ancient Rome, enter a microorganism to study it from the inside, or perform in one of Shakespeare’s plays in the Globe Theatre, and all without leaving the classroom. It’s possible in the virtual world “Second Life”, and the Faculty of Education at Queen’s University is at the forefront in preparing teachers for the virtual learning environment.
"Melting Himalayan glaciers and other climate change impacts pose a direct threat to the water and food security of more than 1.6 billion people in South Asia, according to initial findings of an Asian Development Bank (ADB) study.
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