Is an app a match for a moose?
Newfoundland
Drivers in Newfoundland and Labrador can now use a new mobile app to track moose sightings on the province’s roadways.
Moose Watch NL is the brainchild of Levin Mejia and Matthew Hann, who came up with the idea for an app that uses interactive mapping systems to let users report moose sightings after listening to moose-related complaints on the province’s popular call-in radio shows.
The free app allows users to relay posts on their Twitter accounts under hashtag #moosewatchnl. A location-based tweet will then appear on the a map included with the program. Nearly 300 people downloaded the app on the day it was unveiled and another 1,000 visited the website moosewatchnl.com.
However, the program isn’t without its critics, who contend that the hashtag #moosewatchnl is too long and confusing and have suggested #moosenl instead, the St. John’s Telegram , Adventurer Owner Ltd. of Nassau, Bahamas, asked for $15-million in damages after its MV Clipper Adventurer ran aground last August on an uncharted rock shelf in Coronation Gulf, near Kugluktuk, Nunavut.
There were no injuries, but the ship’s 128 passengers were stuck on the boat for days waiting for a Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker. The boat was operating on behalf of Adventure Canada, a tour operator that had chartered the ship for an Arctic cruise. The boat was towed to Poland, where repairs took two weeks before the boat was put back into service, the statement of claim alleged.
The company’s statement of claim alleged the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans had known about the rock shelf since 2007, but had reported to the ship’s captain that the water was 29 meters deep in the area, when it was only three meters deep.
No statement of defense has been filed.
Halifax
Halifax is witnessing an alarming rise in syphilis cases among men, a sexually transmitted disease that was virtually unknown in the city just a few years ago.
So far this year the city has already reported about 18 cases of the disease , which can be transmitted through oral, genital or anal sex, as many as doctors saw all of last year, Dr. Todd Hatchette, a specialist in infectious diseases at the QEII Health Sciences Centre, told the CBC .
The resurgence in syphilis represents part of a national trend, with outbreaks reported in Alberta and New Brunswick. Doctors attribute the rise to a drop in condom use and the mistaken belief that sexually transmitted diseases can’t be passed on during oral sex.
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Trucks make their way past a sign warning of moose crossing on Highway 1 in St. John's Newfoundland, Tuesday April 13, 2010 The Post compiles what's making headlines (and conversation) in Canada's East. Below, what they're talking about in…
While collisions with deer are usually just a costly nuisance, collisions with moose in Newfoundland are downright fatal. Given Newfoundland's small population, it is staggering to think there are about 700 car-moose collisions every year.
Newfoundland this past weekend for a four-month trip along the Atlantic coast and into the Arctic Ocean. Its mission: to help map and survey the continental shelf, with the goal of bolstering Canada's claim over the Arctic Ocean's rich resources.
The company has rare earth element (REE) properties in Labrador - Pope's Hill, Pope's Hill JV (with Great West Minerals Group), MRT, RWM and the Straits and gold/silver projects (Big Easy, Rambler S.) on the island of Newfoundland.
As shown in Figure 2, a compilation map of historical exploration data, only about 50% of the Property was previously covered by soil geochemical sampling leaving significant room for further gold-in-soil anomaly discoveries. There is a significant gap
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By Shelley Cameron-McCarron
ST. JOHN’S, NEWFOUNDLAND — I came to St. John’s to eat. And sitting here in Bacalao Restaurant, a modern bistro in a century-old home in one of North America’s oldest cities, I can’t help but congratulate myself as I bite into a sophisticated crispy fritter of salt cod and potato.
“We call it the Bacalao fritter. So, it’s a fancy fish cake, seasoned with garlic and Newfoundland savoury,” explains owner Andrea Maunder.
Tonight’s tasting menu is all about nouvelle Newfoundland cuisine. Tender medallions of Labrador caribou; cod pod cod fresh from Fogo Island; and an upscale Jiggs Dinner, rolled in a cabbage leaf, steamed and served with a pot-liquor shooter.
Familiar flavours all, but in new presentations, what I quickly learn is Bacalao’s stock in trade. Tucking into dish after dish, it’s clear this is a culinary experience not found elsewhere.
St. John’s, the lively port known for music and saucy good humour, is emerging as a destination for foodies as passionate, innovative, and in some cases newly proud locals put Newfoundland cuisine on the world map.
Take Bacalao, already turning heads for its hyper-local cuisine. The restaurant opened four years ago and was the first on the scene to promote local. From the art on the walls to the Quidi Vidi beer on tap, everything is sourced as local as possible. “We’ve always been proud of Newfoundland tradition in home cooking, but nobody was doing that,” says Maunder, who moved back to her hometown with husband, and chef, Toronto-born Mike Barsky.
They hit at the right time.
“We’re on a growth curve,” says Nancy Brace, executive director of the Restaurant Association of Newfoundland.
Once, many Newfoundlanders scoffed at the thought of others wanting to try the food served in the homes, she says. “Oh, I got nothing fancy for you,” might once have been the refrain in a province that has relied on sustenance from the sea, game from the land, and native berries such as bakeapples, partridgeberries and blueberries. But there’s a new attitude blowing through town.
“Things have changed dramatically,” Brace says. “Visitors are astounded by the calibre and quality of food here. It’s really exciting to finally see our food be considered a class of food and to have people from all over the world come to eat Newfoundland food.
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