Wednesday-Night

Andy Borowitz: Al Qaeda Disbands; Says Job of Destroying U.S. Economy Now in Congress’s Hands The Sequester Is Going to Devastate U.S. Science Research for Decades (The Atlantic) … one severe impact of the automatic spending …

UN Habitat World Bank: Sustainable Development The Economist: Liveability Ranking and Overview August 2012 Calgary: World’s Cleanest City (HuffPost) … the City of Calgary has made great strides over the years in terms of sanitation and …

Global slowdown to hit Canadian economy, stock markets in 2013, economists say (Globe & Mail) A slowing housing market and uncertainty over the shape of a deal on the U.S. “fiscal cliff” are putting a lid …

Dr. Joe Schwarcz: Within the last ten days I’ve been in New York, BC and Washington. I was there to talk about various issues in chemistry but in each instance the topic of conversation with my …

(RCI) Eye on the Arctic: Arctic Council 2013 The scramble for the Arctic is on. As Canada prepares to take up the chairmanship of the Arctic Council this year, new state and non-state actors are staking …