Beverly, MA-based Hamilton Thorne, which makes laser equipment used in stem-cell research labs and fertility clinics, has raised $2.2 million in a private stock placement and debt conversion deal, according to an announcement released last week. A the same time, the company, which recently completed a merger with Ottawa, Ontario-based Calotto Capital, will soon be [...]
Wabash River PH Test Back in the chemistry class days, we had pH strips that changed colour according to whether a liquid was an acid or base. Now scientists at Hamilton, Ontario's McMaster University have come up with a cheap and fast way of finding out if there are pesticides in your food and drinks, by using an inkjet printer to build up layers of "bio-ink". You just dip the strip and...
Hamilton, Ontario (AHN) – A researcher from the McMaster University has developed a dipstick that could test pesticide content, even in trace amount, in food and beverage. Among the fatal bacteria the strip tests are capable of detecting are E. coli, listeria or salmonella. Although Canadian food is generally considered safe since it uses only pesticide [...]
H igh fives all around, folks. The City of Toronto has won the 2015 Pan Am Games, beating out Bogota, Colombia, and Lima, Peru by a 33 of 52 vote on the first ballot. After losing out to world-class cities in its five attempts to attract two Olympic Games, two Commonwealth Games and one attempt to get a World’s Fair, Toronto relegated itself to the minor leagues and finally got the international...
Pink Originally uploaded by Ontario Wanderer In 1981 I led my first Naturalists' Club walk looking for wild flowers in late October. Today Eglantine and I will lead another late fall wild flower hike. This is number 28 for me. If you are in the Hamilton area, meet us at 1:30 p.m. at the large parking lot at Princess Point to see what flowers are still blooming. You do not have to be in the club to...
CANADIAN ANARCHIST MOVEMENT-ONTARIO: LINCHPIN ONLINE: The folks at the Ontario Platformist organization Common Cause have decided to turn their journal Linchpin into a monthly online effort. It's probable that they will continue to produce print editions in the future for special events, but the new format gives them a much wider readership at a considerably lower cost. It also allows for a much more...
Prince Charles returns to Toronto later in the day for the presentation of new colours to the Royal Regiment of Canada and the Toronto Scottish Regiment.
Ontario hardly seems like the world capital of electro-pop, but this Lee's Palace double bill sure makes a case for it. Toronto's Woodhands up the energy whether they bust out original dance tunes or covers songs like "I Kissed a Girl" and "Electric Avenue". Junior Boys tend to prefer things a little less frenzied and a little more subtle (an easy task when compared to Woodhands),...
Charles, Prince of Wales, and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, are facing a packed schedule as their 11-day tour of the country rolls into Ontario. The royals have planned several stops in Toronto, Hamilton and Niagara-on-the-Lake during their three-day stay in the province. Here's their itinerary:
A speech by HRH The Prince of Wales on Their Royal Highnesses’ official arrival to Canada, Mile One Stadium, St John’s, Newfoundland, Canada 2nd November 2009 Your Excellencies, Prime Minister and Mrs. Harper, Ladies and Gentlemen, can I just begin by saying, Prime Minister; Premier, how deeply touched my wife and I are by your most generous words of welcome to Canada and, more specifically,...
Horia Hangan considers it the ultimate toy, a project that will literally blow away the competition. The federal and provincial governments will contribute $19 million toward building the world's first hexagonal wind tunnel, called the WindEEE Dome, at the University of Western Ontario.
A Hamilton, Ontario-based electronic pop group, Junior Boys is influenced by a number of music sectors — including arty synth pop, minimal techno, U.K. garage, and contemporary hip-hop. On January 16, the duo announced in an official press release that their third full length album would be title Begone Dull Care, and released on March 24 [...]
Free, to a good home. ( QUICK NOTE: Once or twice a year we offer the paper we sell outside games for free during a GDT. This is one of those nights. So e-mail me at gtbradleeATgmail.com and you'll get an e-mail with the paper in pdf form. We offer subscriptions for just $2 an issue, so if you're interested, drop us a line. We probably won't have a sneak peak like this again for awhile, so enjoy it...