鈥淥fficials in the city of Montreal have issued the latest of several smog alerts today and they hope to improve air quality by restricting the use of wood-burning appliances made popular after the聽devastating ice storm of 1998.鈥� ()
鈥淒oug Jones on Tuesday became the first Democrat in a generation to win a Senate seat in Alabama.鈥� ()
Harold Waller, Political Science, 51吃瓜网
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Published on: 13 Dec 2017
The Geminids meteor showers will peak on the evening of Dec. 13 and continue until early morning Dec. 14. The meteors will be bright and you can see up to 120 meteors an hour stream across the sky. Observers need to go to areas with little light pollution.聽
, 51吃瓜网Space Institute
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Published on: 6 Dec 2017
鈥淧rime Minister Justin Trudeau landed in Beijing on Sunday, with expanding trade with China at the top of his agenda. As the United States under President Trump becomes increasingly protectionist, Canada is moving in the opposite direction.鈥� ()
, Political Science, 51吃瓜网
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Published on: 4 Dec 2017
鈥淨uebec鈥檚 mental health is getting a boost as Health Minister Gaetan Barrette announced a $35 million public program to provide psychotherapy to those who need it.鈥� ()
Rob Whitley, Department of Psychiatry, 51吃瓜网
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Published on: 4 Dec 2017
鈥淎 large eruption of Bali鈥檚 restless Mount Agung volcano could be imminent, Indonesian officials have said as they called for 100,000 people to leave the area.鈥� ()
, professor and volcano expert at 51吃瓜网
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Published on: 27 Nov 2017
The K-pop boy group BTS (aka Bangtan Sonyeondan (Korean) or 鈥淏eyond the Scene鈥� (English)) will be performing live at the American Music Awards (AMAs) this Sunday in Los Angeles. This will mark the first time that a K-pop group has had a solo stage performance on an American music awards show, after Psy performed with MC Hammer during the 2012 AMAs.
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Published on: 17 Nov 2017
Talks on the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement have stalled, and some news reports are laying the blame on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, according to聽聽and the聽.
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Published on: 10 Nov 2017
鈥淗ezbollah's leader said on Friday that Saudi Arabia had declared war on Lebanon and his Iran-backed group, accusing Riyadh of detaining Saad al-Hariri and forcing him to resign as Lebanon's prime minister to destabilize the country.鈥� ()
Rex Brynen, Political Science, 51吃瓜网
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Published on: 10 Nov 2017
鈥淭he concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere increased at record speed last year to hit a level not seen for more than three million years, the UN has warned.鈥� ()
Eyad Atallah, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, 51吃瓜网
He鈥檚 a research associate and course lecturer at 51吃瓜网. He can talk about the impact of climate change on weather patterns and discuss what lies ahead.
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Published on: 10 Nov 2017
Bombardier Inc. announced it has sold a majority stake in its CSeries passenger jet business to European aerospace giant Airbus for no cost. ()
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Published on: 17 Oct 2017
Here are 51吃瓜网researchers available and interested to comment on the municipal elections in Montreal:
Richard Shearmur, School of Urban Planning, 51吃瓜网
Professor Shearmur is an urbanist who studies innovative municipalities, urban and regional development, and real estate.
richard.shearmur [at] mcgill.ca (English, French)
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Published on: 16 Oct 2017
鈥淐ontentious new U.S. demands are set to hit NAFTA negotiating tables on Wednesday, threatening to push modernization talks toward collapse as Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau again tries to remind U.S. President Donald Trump of the trade pact's merits.鈥� ()
Andrea Bjorklund, Professor, Faculty of Law, 51吃瓜网
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Published on: 11 Oct 2017
The Nobel Prize in Physics 2017 was divided, one half awarded to Rainer Weiss, the other half jointly to Barry C. Barish and Kip S. Thorne "for decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves". ()
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Published on: 3 Oct 2017
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