On Friday's Show

        You might dream of the ideal get-together during the holidays, but many things can keep family & friends apart during the holidays : the weather, work schedules & sheer distance.
That's why we hold Maritime Noon's Annual Christmas Card of the Air - your opportunity to call in with greetings for loved ones in New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island & Nova Scotia whom you might not get to see this season.
That's the Maritime Noon Christmas Card of the Air - Friday from 12 until 2.

AND...to nominate the Newsmaker of the Year in your province, click here.

Links To Information On Recent Topics 

Heather Chase is originally from Morrisdale, New Brunswick. She now lives in Bangkok, Thailand with her family, where she publishes a food blog entitled "The Culinary Chase".

To report a sighting of "didemnum" (aka "The Blob") in the marine environment, call 1-866-759-6600

If you're a retiree in Southwest Nova Scotia who'd like to volunteer as a mentor for small businesses, or if you run a business in that area & could use advice on anything from marketing & accounting to expansion planning, contact The Human Biosphere Project.

  To read Dr Kevin Patterson's article "Talk To Me Like My Father : Frontline Medicine in Afghanistan" from the July/August issue of "Mother Jones" magazine, click here .

To read some of Jim Lindner's papers on issues that relate to preserving and accessing audio and visual material, click here.

If you're looking for a useful online guide to help you identify things you see in the night sky, click here.

To calculate the difference between what you're paying for a litre of gas & what economist Hugh MacKenzie says you should be paying, run your local price through his Gas Gouge Meter . And for his latest article ("Gas Price Gouge : The Sequel"), click here .

For the text of a speech by Ray Anderson ("The Greenest CEO in America") about the decision to make his corporation a model of environmental sustainability, click here.

To see Trinity Anglican Church from Blackville, New Brunswick in its new incarnation as Tom Lee's Old Trinity Gallery in Oklahoma City, click here.

  For information about anything pertaining to colorectal cancer, click here.

To calculate how much carbon dioxide you're generating, click here.



Chinstrap Penguins


Feeding Time



Exploring By Zodiac


John Nowlan interviews a penguin


Lemaire Sunset


To read Barry Wellar's White Paper for Transport 2000, entitled "Sustainable Transport Practices in Canada : Exhortation Overwhelms Demonstration". click here and scroll down to the description of the report.

Read about Bryn Ferris's experiences in Ghana (and see some great photos) by clicking here.


  To contact the Tetra Society of Metro Halifax for information on adapted products, click here . You can also write to : Tetra Society, c/o PO Box 9505, Halifax NS, B3K 5S3 or phone(902) 860-1995.

You, too, can can contribute to Jim Leff's website, Chowhound.com


For answers to questions about Dementia & Alzheimer's Disease and to find out how to record symptoms.


  For information on Natalie MacLean's "Red,White & Drunk All Over"  and information on how to receive her free newletter on wine.


To find out more about the Project for Public Spaces and what your community can do to revitalize or create inviting parks, squares, streets, markets & waterfronts.

In case you DO need a climatologist to tell which way the wind blows, here's a site recommended by Dr Mary Anne White to answer a phone-in question about prevailing winds.


To read "The Student Aid Time Bomb", published by the Educational Policy Institute, click here.


Information on Nursing Homes In Your Province

  To get information on the Automobile Protection Association and its research, click here


Some of the sites Doug Bethune mentioned on Maritime Noon
Car Care Canada
Driving Television
Mile Per Gallon
Fuel Economy

To see Pvt. William Hickey's original Military Attestation Paper , which he signed in order to serve in World War I. Further information can be found on the Veterans Affairs Canada site, compliments of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. To listen to the interview with Joe Dodd of Manchester England who has adopted Pvt. Hickey's grave (runs 5.58)


You're not alone ! Pictures & explanations of those spikes that grow in your ice cube tray : The Experimental Nonlinear Physics Group, Dept. of Physics, University of Toronto: Got Spikes on your Ice Cubes?