Betty Kowall
Digital Journalist based in Guelph, ON, Canada.
Joined on Nov 21, 2009
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New Haven -
Quandria Bailey really needed a ride from a New Haven nightclub back to her Meriden home. She needed one so badly that she called six times requesting car service. When she finally got it, it landed her in front of a judge.
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One man is dead after a lethal mine collapse in the Yukon this morning. A mine shaft collapsed on him and two other workers at Yukon Zinc Corp's Wolverine mine site in central Yukon.
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Sydney -
Three-quarters of a century after the invasive and toxic cane toad arrived in Australia scientists are still battling to control its impact. Introduced to control another pest, a beetle, the toads have become an invasive ecosystemic disaster
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The number of prisoners in England and Wales has broken through the 85,000 barrier and is now at an all-time record high. The need for more prisons and the increasing costs of incarceration have made the situation a key election issue.
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A spokesperson from Vall d'Hebron University Hospital in Barcelona, Spain announced a man injured in a shooting accident had received the entire facial skin and muscles - including cheekbones, nose, lips and teeth - of a donor.
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Michael Henry is the lead author of Ontario's Old-Growth Forests, co-authored with Peter Quinby. He spoke on April 21at 7:30pm at the Arboretum Centre, University of Guelph.
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The message to "South Park" creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone warned that they could face violent retribution for depicting the prophet Muhammad in a bear suit during last week's episode.
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Wauconda, Washington is on the western slope of the CascadeMountains, 3 kilometers west-north-west of Old Wauconda, in the midst of the Okanagan National Forest. The four acre town has been auctioned on eBay, twice.
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Recently identified microbes, which constitute 50 to 90 percent of the oceans' total biomass, that can join together to create some of the largest masses of life on the planet have recently been identified
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Attacks against climate change science have grown in recent months in the media. In the boardrooms of the world however the game is betting on climate change by figuring out how to profit from it. Big business is taking climate change seriously.
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This morning the Bank of Canada kept interest rates steady but announced that rising inflation, the growing value of the Canadian dollar and an unexpectedly quick and healthy recovery would soon spell an end to historically low rates.
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Toronto -
A man is dead after he was shot by Toronto Police during an early morning traffic stop. Police sources say the deceased drove at officers, injuring one who was attempting to stop his car before they opened fire.
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Solar power's growing acceptance is leading to larger, more complex and more expensive panel arrays. A parallel black market in stolen panels is fed by a growing network of panel thieves.
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Sea Shepherd founder Captain Paul Watson is proud that this year' s anti-whaling campaign was so successful. "Our objective is to sink the Japanese whaling fleet economically, to bankrupt them, and we are doing that."
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Robert Holloway, was 69 in January 2009 when he innocently ventured to the Pet Smart in Newport News, Virginia to get some bird seed and dog food. Before he left he was severely and multiply injured.
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Guelph -
Winters can be relentless and spring frustrating on the northern edge of the carolinian forest in south-central Ontario. All is forgiven when the wildflowers of spring begin to bloom.
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Across the United States today students remained silent to raise awareness about hate speech toward, and charter rights violations of, Lesbian/Gay/Trans/Bi (LGBT) students.
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One of the latest diet crazes in Hong Kong, the practice of eating the giant intestinal Ascaris worms has become so popular that the nation's Department of Health decided to make a public statement in opposition to it.
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On both sides of the 49th Parallel and across the Pacific Ocean in Vietnam, victims and the children of victims of the military use of the dioxin based herbicide, Agent Orange, continue to demand recognition and compensation.
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Two species of sea turtles are in the news as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is about to make critical decisions about their futures.
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