Category Archives: Cities

What would happen if . . . we banned medical research on animals?

Posted on December 21, 1997 by Other News Sources

(December 21, 1997) We would consider abandoning the animal model of human disease. Although the public gives researchers the onerous task of curing us, we rarely allow them to use our bodies for research. Continue reading →

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Discussion Group, Our tower of babel

Posted on December 21, 1997 by urbanrenaissanceinst

(December 21, 1997) The poor and the immigrant have ruined this country. Forty years ago, Canada was the apotheosis of community spirit. Folks liked one another, they knew one another, they looked after one another. Continue reading →

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Planners from hell – Urban Jungle Portrait of the rat

Posted on December 21, 1997 by urbanrenaissanceinst

(December 21, 1997) For most of the year, city rats dine out in garbage cans and composters, washing down their repasts with sips from swimming pools and puddles. But in winter, rats often seek warmth and food in homes. Continue reading →

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Planners from hell – The little bank that couldn’t

Posted on December 21, 1997 by urbanrenaissanceinst

(December 21, 1997) By all accounts, microcredit — tiny loans that help poor entrepreneurs buy a $75 cow or a $200 sewing machine — is an overwhelming success. Continue reading →

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Black Magic

Posted on October 11, 1997 by Other News Sources

(October 11, 1997) In “Maude and Conrad: Behind Every Successful Man There’s A Good Woman, “he describes how Maude Barlow, chair of the Council of Canadians, has, through her cultural nationalism, helped Conrad Black assume control of most of this country’s, English language newspapers. Continue reading →

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