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Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Expands into Canada

Green Mountain Coffee Roasters is expanding into Canada. The Vermont-based company announced recently that it has acquired Timothy's Coffees of the World for $157 million (USD), according to a company press release.
Nov 17, 2009 by  Martin Laine in Business

Remastered Beatles catalog to be released on USB device

Set to debut Dec. 8 in North America, the green, apple-shaped USB device will contain 16 GB of the band's digitally remastered music, short documentaries, album art, photos and liner notes.
Nov 5, 2009 by  Heidi Lowry in Entertainment

Iranians ready for tomorrow's protest

Iranian authorities as well as reformers are gearing up for tomorrow's marches and demonstrations in Iran according to buzz building on social media websites such as Twitter, Facebook, Flickr and YouTube.
Nov 3, 2009 by  Maciej Lewandowski in World - 1 comment

Ontario Government serves up green plates

The votes are in and now select Ontarians will have a new option when choosing a style of license plate for their vehicle.
Nov 3, 2009 by  Brian Lidster in Environment

Students in Iran prepared for new street protests

Massive demonstrations are expected in Iran on the 30th anniversary of the seizure of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran (Wednesday, Nov. 4). Opposition leaders are urging their supporters to take part in street rallies.
Nov 1, 2009 by  Maciej Lewandowski in World

'Right to Dry' movement aims to cut carbon emissions

A growing 'right to dry' movement aims to overturn clothesline bans in communities across America. They say that the adoption of green laundry habits could cut the country's carbon emissions by over 7 percent by 2019.
Oct 29, 2009 by  Kevin Jess in Environment - 4 comments

Polar Bears: Obama administration designates 'critical habitat'

As a result of a lawsuit brought by environmental groups, the Obama administration has designated a large portion of the Alaskan coastline as a "critical habitat" for polar bears. Oil and gas drilling will be restricted; yet, Shell Oil given green light.
Oct 22, 2009 by  Kay Mathews in Environment - 2 comments

Drilling Shell in Alaska

Shell Offshore, Inc. has green light to drill for oil and natural gas deposits, off the northern coastline of Alaska, in the "environmentally sensitive" Beaufort Sea.
Oct 22, 2009 by  Ryan Edward Fritz in Environment

Television theme composer Vic Mizzy Dead at 93

While the name Vic Mizzy may not have been widely known his theme songs were. The theme for The Addams Family and Green Acres are parts of many people's memory. Muzzy, composer of those tunes, died Saturday at the age of 93.
Oct 20, 2009 by  KJ Mullins in Entertainment

Deadly snake may hold key in heart treatments

The green mamba is one of the world's deadliest snakes but research shows that it could be a lifesaver. The mamba's venom could be the key to saving people with heart failure.
Oct 20, 2009 by  KJ Mullins in Health

FDA approves another seasonal flu vaccine for children under 17

A seasonal flu vaccine previously only approved for use in persons aged 18 and older has now been given the green light for use in children aged between three and 17, the FDA announced on Monday.
Oct 20, 2009 by  Salim Jiwa in Health

Iran News Roundup, October 14, 2009

Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei may be in a coma. The regime launched a probe into opposition cleric Mahdi Karroubi. A top Ahmadinejad official's daughter applies for asylum in Germany. Russia balks, China talks, and AMPAS wraps an Iran film seminar series.
Oct 14, 2009 by  Johnny Simpson in World - 2 comments

Blacklisted Iranian Actress to Appear with AMPAS in Los Angeles

AMPAS is launching a week-long series on Iranian film to be hosted at UCLA and the Academy's Linwood Dunn Theater. Guests include ten Iranian film artists now in L.A. Among them is actress Fatemeh Motamed-Aria, who was reported to be blacklisted in Iran
Oct 9, 2009 by  Johnny Simpson in Entertainment - 1 comment

HSBC Chairman Speaks of Banks Owing 'Real World' an Apology

Stephen Green, Chairman of one of the world's largest banking groups HSBC, has spoken of how the banking world owes what he calls the "real world" an apology.
Oct 7, 2009 by  Chris Dade in Business

Opinion: Green Shoots or Root Rot?

The American people are being told by Ben Bernanke, Barack Obama, and Tim Geithner the economy is starting to see green shoots. In truth however, green shoots are trying to grow, but a disease keeps causing the roots to turn black and die.
Oct 6, 2009 by  Aaron Jefferson in Business - 1 comment

Green Light on Facebook movie: David Fincher ready to roll

Not a very long time back, Hollywood announced the idea of making a Facebook movie, The Social Network. After the hiring of superstar writer Aaron Sorkin for the script, David Fincher is now the official man who will direct this already infamous movie.

Prisoner facing second execution attempt next week

This week was to be Romell Broom's last as he walked down the long green mile to lay on a gurney and die. The attempt failed. If a new execution takes place next week, he will be only the second man in US modern history to have been executed twice.
Sep 17, 2009 by  KJ Mullins in Crime - 2 comments

Nobel Prize Recipient Norman Borlaug Dies at 95

Norman Borlaug, the agricultural scientist and Nobel Prize winner commonly referred to as the father of the "green revolution", died Saturday in Texas.
Sep 13, 2009 by  John Louie S. Ramos in Science

Opinion: Glenn Beck, Political Gladiator

Love him or hate him, FOX pundit Glenn Beck is fast becoming a political force. In just five days, he has brought down NEA Communications Director Yosi Sergant, 'green jobs' Czar Van Jones and four corrupt ACORN workers. Now that's power.
Sep 11, 2009 by  Johnny Simpson in Politics - 1 comment

Elizabeth May: Canada's carbon emission intensity targets a fraud Special

Green Party leader Elizabeth May spoke to University of Guelph students last night about how Canada used to be a leader on climate change. The university event was called 'Make Your Mark on the World.'
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