29 October 2013

Bedbugs in library books make news once again

Public Libraries in Toronto, Oshawa, University of Arizona Main Library, and so many made news then with bed-bugs, but now it is the turn of Utah University Library... (see news archives, below)
  • Bed Bugs Cause Closures at U of U LibraryUniversity of Utah`s Marriott Library, OCTOBER 28, 2013
From News Archives (Bugs ready for check-out / check-in):


19 October 2013

Canada grant's her honorary citizenship, Malala's emerging impact in East and West


Canada to grant honorary citizenship to Malala Yousafzai, Reuters Canada, Sat Oct 19, 2013
Extract: OTTAWA (Reuters) - Pakistani teenage activist Malala Yousafzai, who was shot in the head by the Taliban for campaigning for girls' education, will be granted honorary Canadian citizenship, the Canadian government announced on Wednesday. ... She will join an elite group of foreign honorees who include South Africa's Nelson Mandela and Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi."
 On the same shelf:

10 October 2013

New specialist physicians can’t find jobs in Canada, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons


Why Margaret Atwood wants to change the lyrics of O Canada

The Globe and Mail
 ANN HUI  Oct. 01 2013,  

"A group of prominent Canadian women are campaigning once again to change the lyrics of O Canada to be more “gender-neutral.” At issue is the line: “True patriot love in all thy sons command."

"At issue is the line: “True patriot love in all thy sons command.” According to Restore Our Anthem, a group that includes writer Margaret Atwood and former prime minister Kim Campbell, these lyrics are exclusionary of women, and do not reflect the original intent of Robert Stanley Weir, who wrote the English words for O Canada in 1908."

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