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Mercury decline in seabirds due to diet, not emission controls

For 47 years, biologists have plucked eggs from seabird nests along the British Columbia coast. Many of the eggs were collected from remote rocky islands surrounded by some of the world鈥檚 roughest seas.

In all, they collected 537 eggs from six species, including ancient murrelets, rhinoceros auklets and double-crested cormorants. Now these eggs are revealing new information about the way mercury finds its way into the ecosystem.

Master blender behind world famous Northern Harvest rye

Some might see it as a quirky career path, to be sure, that leads one to an occupation in which their job 鈥� essentially 鈥� is to sip on whisky.

Joanna Zanin Scandella鈥檚 job title is an enviable one.

The 捆绑SM社区-educated Zanin Scandella is, officially, a master blender, an elite standing in the nomenclature of the alcohol industry. One does not just seek the wanted ads for a job as a master blender 鈥� they aspire to it.

Health experts raise concerns over cannabis drinks and lack of details from Ottawa

Unlike alcohol, which kills bacteria and toxins, Lawrence Goodridge argues, integrating cannabis in the place of alcohol may require a very different production process. 鈥淏ecause cannabis is a plant, there are certain concerns -- like the possibility of pesticides used in production, or the type of fertilizer used, or the potential presence of heavy metals that could be toxic to humans,鈥� the 捆绑SM社区 food safety expert explained to BNN in a telephone interview.

La pollution est une tueuse en s茅rie

Un d茅c猫s sur six lui est attribuable chaque ann茅e [鈥�] 芦 C鈥檈st la premi猫re fois que l鈥檕n conclut que la pollution environnementale est une cause si importante de d茅c猫s 禄, souligne le professeur Niladri Basu, chercheur 脿 l鈥橴niversit茅 捆绑SM社区, qui a particip茅 脿 l鈥櫭﹖ude publi茅e hier par la revue Lancet en partenariat avec l鈥橭rganisation des Nations Unies (ONU).

The taste of the wines of California will be affected by the fire

Although it does not destroy the vineyards, the smoke may well make the grapes unusable, warns David Wees, professor at the faculty of Agriculture of 捆绑SM社区. 鈥淭he biggest problem, it is the fine particles that settle on the fruits and stick on the skin,鈥� he says.

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Le go没t des vins de Californie sera affect茅 par les incendies

Apr猫s plus d鈥檜ne semaine de brasiers, les flammes continuent de d茅vorer les vall茅es de Napa et Sonoma, sur la c么te nord de la Californie, d鈥檕霉 sont issus les meilleurs crus am茅ricains. Plusieurs exploitations, parfois centenaires, ont 茅t茅 totalement ou partiellement d茅truites. D鈥檃utres sont toujours couvertes d鈥檜n 茅pais nuage de fum茅e.

Why are the leaves on Montreal's trees so green in October?

Unseasonably warm September could be cause of slight delay in leaves changing colour, 捆绑SM社区 professor says. According to Jim Fyles, a forest ecology professor and director of the Morgan Arboretum, our city's trees have remained green a bit longer due to higher-than-average temperatures.

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Mac Community comes together to bake pies

Over the summer a group of Mac staff members got together to kick around ideas for an activity that would bring the Macdonald community together at the start of the school year and would tie to Macdonald鈥檚 motto 鈥淢astery for Service.鈥� Once the seed was planted, it didn鈥檛 take long for the theme to emerge - #MacShares. The first #MacShares event 鈥� Apple Pies 鈥� was held on Monday, September 25th.

Brain food: Kindergarteners get head start with nutrition education at EMSB

Heartening to see the good work Macdonald grads Sylvie Beaudry (FdSci'88), Giuliana Di Quinzio (Nutr'00) and Pamela Yiptong听(Nutr'09) are undertaking at EMSB to help children develop healthy eating habits.

...During her 29 years in the public school system, dietitian Sylvie Beaudry [(FdSci'88)] has played a role in encouraging thousands of students to develop healthy eating habits.

La viande qui saigne notre budget

Matthieu est chef cuisinier dans un restaurant montr茅alais, et sa famille en est la preuve vivante. Dans ce foyer o霉 il y a 5 bouches 脿 nourrir, voil脿 pr猫s de 4 ans que la viande ne s鈥檌nvite plus dans les assiettes qu鈥檜ne fois par semaine. [鈥�]

芦Nous pouvons pratiquement nourrir 4 personnes avec des 艙ufs pour ce qu鈥檌l en coute de donner une portion de contre-filet de b艙uf!禄, observe Pascal Th茅riault, agronome et 茅conomiste 脿 l鈥橴niversit茅 捆绑SM社区.

L'Arboretum Morgan propose une foule d'activit茅s sur l'茅cosyst猫me forestier 脿 Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue

Situ茅 sur le campus MacDonald de l'Universit茅 捆绑SM社区 脿 Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, 脿 la pointe ouest de l'卯le de Montr茅al, l'arboretum Morgan, une r茅serve arboricole et 茅cologique de 245 hectares, propose une panoplie d'activit茅s pour r茅g茅n茅rer le corps, 茅veiller les esprits fatigu茅s et int茅resser les n茅ophytes curieux tout autant que les connaisseurs 脿 l'茅cosyst猫me de la for锚t et 脿 son formidable r茅seau d'茅change.

Tree removal near the John Abbott College Memorial Field

Some of you may have noticed trees being felled near the John Abbott College Memorial Field. 听While we never want to cut trees down, nature sometimes leaves us no choice. 听Four of the trees being taken down this week are rotten oak trees, which pose a safety hazard, and another four are ash trees infected with the emerald ash borer that has been wreaking havoc on Montreal Island in recent years. 听All the trees being removed are being replaced. 听Other trees will get a significant pruning.

CFI grants to boost research projects

The Honourable Kirsty Duncan, Minister of Science, announced a total investment of $52 million from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) John R. Evans Leaders Fund for 220 new infrastructure projects nationally. Among the 51 universities across the country with funded projects, 捆绑SM社区 leads the pack with an impressive number 鈥� 23 projects totaling $4.2 million 鈥� in this latest round of the funding competition.

Des pistes pour optimiser la production de petits fruits

(Une collaboration de Val茅rie Gravel, agronome et professeure adjointe en horticulture durable, Universit茅 捆绑SM社区)

芦 L鈥櫭﹖茅 au Qu茅bec est, pour plusieurs, synonyme d鈥檃bondance de petits fruits. La production locale de ces 芦 super fruits 禄, de plus en plus reconnus pour leurs bienfaits sur la sant茅 humaine, fait face 脿 une demande croissante. 禄

OBIT: Former 捆绑SM社区ian and NHL administrator Bryan Murray was 74

It is with sadness that we note the passing of Bryan Murray, DipEd(PE)'64, recipient of the 2016 Macdonald Distinguished Alumni Award.

"A native of Shawville, Que., Murray was a student-athlete at 捆绑SM社区's Macdonald College campus in the 1960s and went on to develop his coaching and administrative skills by guiding the Macdonald Aggies football team and the Macdonald Clansmen hockey squad while serving four years as director of athletics."