Month: February 2015

  • Out on a Limb

    Out on a Limb

    Tree farms are not something you’d ordinarily find in elementary schools. But for 16 London schools, they’re part of the curriculum. Students are participating in the School Community Tree Challenge. It’s part of ReForest London’s campaign to plant one million trees in the city. Emily Carr Public School planted 300 hundred trees in early February.…

  • No cure for bats dying of fungal disease

    No cure for bats dying of fungal disease

    Long considered scary and carriers of diseases by many, bats are falling victim to a disease they can’t battle. Their populations are being decimated in North America since a disease called white-nose syndrome arrived in New York in 2006 from Europe. It made its way to eastern Canada in 2010, and since then it has…

  • Bringing up baby: dads seek parental leave

    Bringing up baby:  dads seek parental leave

    In the morning, Mylon Ollila spends time with his newborn son Sébastien, who sleeps against his chest while he watches television. Being a father is something Ollila finds hard to put into words. “I feel like I’m finally a man,” he said. Ollila, 27, who lives in Timmins and works as a policy analyst at the…

  • Transit key to urban development in 21st century

    Transit key to urban development in 21st century

    The car was central to urban planning for the baby boom generation. Now, many North American cities are beginning to see public transportation as the key to attracting a young workforce and, with it, economic growth. That’s the view of many transit experts, including three who spoke about the benefits of rapid transit at the…