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BGCOLOR=#000000 > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 1876 WIDTH="715"><div> Giant Dwarf date: Tuesday, October 23rd, 2001.</div> <div> <B>POSTED AT 1:58 AM EDT</B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><B>Monday, October 22              </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" >By ANDRÉ PICARD  From Monday's Globe and Mail</FONT></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="4193c69b0.jpg" border=0 width="198" height="155" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="4194d79b0.jpg" border=0 width="215" height="155" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="4195eb9b0.jpg" border=0 width="235" height="155" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>HIGH ANXIETY - A Globe / CTV / Ipsos-Reid poll </B><B>(Part 1)</B></div> <div> Although the front line is half a world away and the enemy hidden, life during wartime is taking a toll on the health of Canadians, according to a new national poll.</div> <div> One in four Canadians report being always or often stressed and overwhelmed since the September 11th terrorist attack.</div> <div> An even larger number, one in three, report they are "more anxious and irritable" because of the continuing uncertainty caused by the war in Afghanistan, anthrax attacks and threats of further terrorism.</div> <bR> <div> "We're trying to pin our fingernails against the cliff to find a level of normalness, but that stability is proving elusive," said John Wright, senior vice-president of public affairs for polling firm Ipsos-Reid.</div> <div> The survey done by Ipsos-Reid for The Globe and Mail and CTV is the first to gauge the mood of Canadians since the world inexorably changed Sept. 11th.  It found that this level of anxiety is creeping into offices and homes across the country. </div> <div> The stress is affecting not only the nation's mental health, but is also causing physical problems and significant health costs.</div> <div> At least 4 per cent of adults say they have visited a health professional to help cope with the fallout of terrorism.  And at least 13 per cent of respondents said world events have left them so worried they have trouble sleeping.</div> <div> The poll, conducted between Oct.16th and Oct.18th, surveyed 1,000 adult Canadians.  With a sample of this size, the results are considered accurate to within 3.1 percentage points, 19 times out of 20.</div> <div> Respondents told Ipsos-Reid that they were stressed and overwhelmed by unfolding world events all of the time (6 per cent), often (19 per cent), or occasionally (58 per cent).  Only 16 per cent of Canadians said they were never bothered by what is going on.</div> <div> "It's a society caught in waves of post-trauma, so we see everything from people who are coping well to those who are completely unhinged," Mr. Wright said.</div> <div> The poll revealed that responses to the terrorist threat also varied significantly around the country, and in different subgroups.</div> <div> Quebeckers appear to feel the most affected by the rise of Osama Bin Laden and the Taliban regime, with 30 per cent of them saying they are always or often overwhelmed.  By contrast, at 15 per cent, residents of Saskatchewan and Manitoba appear to be the least overwhelmed.</div> <div> Mr. Wright said this is probably explained by the fact that the "Quebec population tends to be more worldly in its world view." Quebeckers are also more likely to have sought help, with 7 per cent having visited a health professional for assistance in coping with the terrorist threat.  Women, at 28 per cent, are more likely than men, at 22 per cent, to say that they are overwhelmed.</div> <div> Canadians aged 55 and older are slightly more likely than those aged 18-54 to feel overwhelmed by the continuing events — at 29 per cent, compared with 24 per cent.</div> <div> Similarly, Canadians in the middle-income households are more likely to feel overwhelmed than individuals in the highest income bracket, at 28 per cent, compared with 21 per cent. </div> <div> People living in households with incomes of less than $30,000 annually are more than twice as likely to be experiencing trouble sleeping due to worry over the war than those with household incomes of more than $60,000, according to the survey.</div> <div> Women are also more than twice as likely as men to be experiencing sleep disturbances because of terrorist fears — 17 per cent, compared with 8 per cent.</div> <div> In addition, women are more likely than men to have sought help coping from a health professional.</div> <div> Polling conducted in the United States shows that the impact of the terror campaign is even more profound there. </div> <div> One month after the Sept. 11th attack, more than 40 per cent of Americans reported being depressed, down from 70 per cent in the days after the initial attack.</div> <div> According to a poll by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press, just over 25 per cent of Americans report they are still having trouble concentrating at work, and 17 per cent are still having trouble sleeping.  Those numbers are about half what they were in the days after the terrorist attack.</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="#choose_a_topic" TITLE="Evil 02 That Man Does"><U><IMG SRC="414d3f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <B>=======================</B></div> <div> <B>POSTED AT 8:36 AM EDT</B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><B>Monday, October 22</B></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>HIGH ANXIETY - A Globe / CTV / Ipsos-Reid poll </B><B>(Part 2)</B></div> <div> Thiry-five per cent of Canadians are more anxious and irritable, specifically because of the uncertainty caused by the threat of terrorism and the war on terrorism. </div> <div> <B>How Canadians are being affected</B></div> <div> 1,000 adult Canadians were asked to repond to the following questions and statements:</div> <div> Different people find that different aspects of the lives can be overwhelming or stressful.</div> <div> Do you find the demands of world events stressful and overwhelming almost all of the time, often, occasionally, or never? </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a73007700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">All of the time 6% </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a73007700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Often 19% </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a73007700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Occasionally 58% </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a73007700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Never 16% </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a73007700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Don't know 0 </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a73007700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Often 25% </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a73007700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Seldom 75%</div> <div> I am going to read you a list of statements, and I want you to tell me if you strongly agree, somewhat agree or strongly disagree as to how they apply to you personally, based on your reaction and feelings toward the terrorist and military issues that we're dealing with today: </div> <div> I have visited my doctor or a professional counsellor to help me cope with how I feel about the threat of terrorism and the current war, which includes physical or anxiety symptoms </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a73007700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Strongly agree 2% </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a73007700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Somewhat agree 2% </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a73007700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Somewhat disagree 13% </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a73007700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Strongly disagree 81% </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a73007700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Don't know 1% </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a73007700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Agree 4% </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a73007700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Disagree 95%</div> <div> I am more anxious and irritable specifically because of the uncertainty caused by the threat of terrorism and the war on terrorism. </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a73007700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Strongly agree 12% </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a73007700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Somewhat agree 23% </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a73007700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Somewhat disagree 24% </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a73007700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Strongly disagree 40% </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a73007700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Don't know 2% </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a73007700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Agree 35% </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a73007700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Disagree 63%</div> <div> I am having trouble sleeping at night because I am worried about this conflict </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a73007700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Strongly agree 3% </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a73007700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Somewhat Agree 9% </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a73007700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Somewhat disagree 20% </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a73007700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Strongly disagree 66% </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a73007700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Don't know 1% </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a73007700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Agree 13% </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a73007700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Disagree 86%</div> <div> <I>Percentages may not total 100 due to rounding</I></div> <div> <I>Source: Ipsos-Reid</I></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div>  <A NAME="anchor"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#00FF00" FACE="Times New Roman" ><A HREF="#choose_a_topic" TITLE="Evil 02 That Man Does"><U><IMG SRC="414d3f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></FONT></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="1" CELLPADDING="5" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="729" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#00FF00" BORDERCOLORDARK="#00FF00" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#000000 > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 694 WIDTH="715"><div> Giant Dwarf date: Tuesday, October 31st, 2000.</div> <div> <I><B>Health Canada poised to counter biological threat</B></I></div> <div>     <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" > TORONTO (CP) _ Health Canada is preparing for what it calls the "growing likelihood" the country will face threats of biological terrorism, hoaxes or an actual event, the Toronto Star reported today.</FONT></div> <bR> <div>      Health Canada officials believe the public health and broader medical community are ill_prepared to cope with such an emergency, the paper said in a report from Ottawa quoting documents obtained under the Access to Information Act.</div> <bR> <div>      "In an atmosphere of international tension and increasing risk of biological/chemical terrorism by state_sponsored groups or troubled individuals, there is a growing likelihood that Canada may face real biological events, threats of events, or hoaxes," the documents say.</div> <bR> <div> <I><B>'Probability very low'</B></I></div> <div> The department is working with the solicitors general offices, the provinces and the cities, including Toronto and Ottawa to expand emergency planning to include biological threats, confirmed Ron St. John, director of global surveillance and field epidemiology for Health Canada.</div> <bR> <div> "The probability, I would stress, is very low," St. John said in an interview. "But because the consequences could be so disastrous, we have to take it seriously."</div> <bR> <div> "What we need to do is target and think of what are the most likely scenarios, where might a doctor be involved and work on those kinds of scenarios rather than try to educate every doctor in Canada," St. John added. "We're already having discussions with various cities about how we would go about that."</div> <bR> <div> Examples of biological agents include infectious disease such as anthrax, a bacteria that can be found in animals, or the release of the smallpox virus, botulism or plague.</div> <bR> <div> Hoaxes and threats likely</div> <bR> <div> Officials believe hoaxes and threats are likely, given the experience in the United States, and real incidents are possible.</div> <bR> <div> Four "possible biological terrorism incidents" have already occurred in Canada and required the expertise of Health Canada's Laboratory Centre for Disease Control, the documents reveal.</div> <bR> <div> Details of the incidents were censored before the access request was released.</div> <bR> <div> St. John refused to comment on the incidents but said he didn't know of any biological agents released in Canada.</div> <bR> <div> He implied the "incidents" were likely hoaxes that might have involved packages or some physical threat that had to be assessed.</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> North Bay Nugget                                                                      CANADA / WORLD                                                  Monday, January 17th, 2000</div> <div>  <A NAME="strong"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#00FF00" FACE="Times New Roman" ><A HREF="#choose_a_topic" TITLE="Evil 02 That Man Does"><U><IMG SRC="414d3f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></FONT></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="1" CELLPADDING="5" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="728" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#00FF00" BORDERCOLORDARK="#00FF00" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#000000 > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 905 WIDTH="714"><div> Giant Dwarf date: Wednesday, October 25th, 2000.</div> <div> <U>Update on the state of the ozone over the Northern mid- and polar latitudes</U>:</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><B>Strong ozone deficiency persists pole ward of 60</B></I><I><B>°</B></I><I><B>N from Northern Scandinavia </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>over the Russian Arctic and Northern Siberia!</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Summary:</B></I></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Ozone deviations of -10 to -15% had already appeared in upper middle latitudes during January, and by the beginning of February over Europe and the Canadian and Russian Arctic. With increasing solar light in the second half of February until mid-March (with stratospheric temperatures continuing to be much below normal) the ozone decline has accelerated and negative deviations of 20% appeared, for a short time, over the Canadian Arctic, and nearly continuously over Northern Siberia where, in early March, they exceeded 30%. The ozone deviations, averaged for the 20 February - 10 March period, were strongest (-20 to -30%) pole ward from 65<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" >0</FONT>N, stretching from Northern Scandinavia eastward over the Russian Arctic up to the river Lena in Northern Siberia (~130<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" >0</FONT>E). Over Europe, from Spain to Ukraine the deviations were -10 to -12%; Over North America they were -6 to -10%. The Ozone Mass Deficiencies (O<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" >3</FONT>MD) from the pre-1976 averages, integrated for the same period from 50<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" >0</FONT> to 80<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" >0</FONT>N, show O<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" >3</FONT>MD was about four times greater than in the late 1970s- early 1980s. However, this year the O<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" >3</FONT>MD is about a fifth less than in the record setting springs of 1993,1995 or 1996.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><B>Additional information:</B></I></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Significant reductions in the column ozone content over the mid- and polar latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere have been observed during the winter-spring seasons of seven of the last eleven years. These reductions usually reached 20 to 30% of the pre-1976 averages. They appeared within and/or at the boundary of the polar stratospheric vortex, and last continuously over the same region usually for a few weeks. By contrast, over the Antarctica even greater reductions last continuously for nearly three months. In the Northern Hemisphere the regions with major deficiency may migrate with the rotation of the polar vortex, appearing where the stratospheric temperatures are lower than minus 76<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" >0</FONT>C (e.g. Siberia, Northern Scandinavia, Canadian Arctic), and in association with sunlight. These cold temperatures are necessary for the formation of the polar stratospheric clouds (PSC) which facilitate production of chemically active forms of chlorine and bromine capable of destroying the ozone molecules.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">In the Arctic lower stratosphere (~10-22km) the temperatures starting in early December 1999 until mid-March 2000 were consistently more than 4-5 degrees lower than the average of the last 30 years. Of particular interest to the ozone destruction was that, in the polar region, the number of days with 50 hPa temperatures lower than -76<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" >0</FONT>C (PSC appearances) was the greatest (more than 90 days!) compared with any of the last eleven years. The polar vortex however did not migrate as frequently as in some of the previous years toward the upper-middle-latitudes where the solar radiation necessary for ozone destruction is stronger. The ozone deficiency therefore, although strong, did not break any of the records set in the 1990s.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">To complete this update developments during November and December 1999 need mentioning. In the beginning of the cold season in November, as well in December, the ozone levels over the middle and polar latitudes were about 4-5% less than the pre-1976 averages. This was to be expected considering that the ozone has been declining for more than two decades. In the middle and toward the end of November - beginning of December extremely low ozone values (less than 200 matm-cm) have been registered for a few days by ground stations and satellites, mainly over the North Atlantic and north-western part of Europe. It seems that these extremely low ozone values were associated with the transport of ozone-poor air from the subtropical Atlantic region - pole ward, and probably were not the result of chemical destruction. During these low-ozone episodes the average ozone amount in the zonal belt from 40<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" >0</FONT> to 60<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" >0</FONT>N was slightly below the long-term average for the season and was never less than 305-325 matm-cm.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">This update is based on provisional data from more than 80 WMO GAW-GO<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" >3</FONT>OS stations located in the Northern Hemisphere middle and polar latitudes provided to the WMO Northern Hemisphere Ozone Mapping Center, operated by the Laboratory for Atmospheric Physics of the University of Thessaloniki, and augmented by satellite data provided by the NOAA – TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder (TOVS), SBUV/2 and by NASA – Total Ozone Mapping Spectrophotometer (TOMS) on Earth Probe. The stratospheric temperature data were provided by the NOAA–Climate Prediction Center. If quoted due credit should be given.</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div>  <A NAME="22"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#00FF00" FACE="Times New Roman" ><A HREF="#choose_a_topic" TITLE="Evil 02 That Man Does"><U><IMG SRC="414d3f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></FONT></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="1" CELLPADDING="5" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="728" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#00FF00" BORDERCOLORDARK="#00FF00" FRAME="BOX" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#000000 > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 41 WIDTH="704"><div> Giant Dwarf date: Wednesday, October 25th, 2000</div> <div> <I><B>Hole in ozone layer may hit record size!</B></I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 441 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="418d66980.png" border=0 width="358" height="408" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="351"><div> Reuters News Agency:</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a73007700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Geneva — The hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica is growing at an unprecedented rate and could reach a record depth this year, United Nations meteorologists said Friday.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a73007700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">- The findings of the World Meteorological Organization come two weeks after the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration said the widest hole ever seen had opened up over Antarctica, a sign that greenhouse gases are taking their toll on Earth's protective layer.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a73007700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">- "The rapid and early development of the ozone hole ... continues, as sunlight reached the South Pole after the total darkness of winter," the Geneva-based WMO said. "If the losses persist as is now expected, we will have the deepest ozone hole on record."</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">- The report of the Geneva-based WMO comes two months before ministers gather at The Hague to discuss progress on implementing a UN framework convention on climate change.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">- Governments are under pressure to comply with pledges made in Kyoto, Japan, in 1997 to curb emissions of greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide that are blamed for global warming and other extreme weather patterns.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">- Meteorological conditions in the stratosphere will significantly affect the size of the hole, its depth and persistence, according to the UN forecasters.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 276 WIDTH="704"><div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">- "It is as strong as we've ever seen one," Dr. Michael Proffitt, the UN agency's senior scientific officer, said in an interview. "I've been looking at all previous history of the ozone hole and we've never seen one any more intense at its peak. Historically, we would expect two or three more weeks of intensive ozone loss."</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">- For more than a decade, the annual hole in Earth's protective layer has appeared over Antarctica in late August or early September, with the phenomenon peaking in the first week or two of October.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">- During the last two weeks, all 12 monitoring stations around the rim of the Antarctic have reported measurements of ozone that are 50 to 70 per cent below the norms in the years 1964-1976, before the ozone hole was detected, the WMO said.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">- "For some of the stations, these represent the lowest measured values in their records," it said.  Since last Monday, the edge of the hole has been over the Argentine town of Ushuaia, the WMO said.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">- An image released by the NASA on Sept. 8 showed a hole appearing as a giant blue blob, totally covering Antarctica and stretching to the southern tip of South America.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">- NASA said at the time that the hole spread over 28.3 million square kilometres, an area almost three times as large as Canada.</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> POSTED AT 9:33 AM EDT<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#00FF00" FACE="Arial" > Friday, September 22</FONT></div> <div> <B> <A NAME="misled"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B> </B><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#00FF00" FACE="Times New Roman" ><A HREF="#choose_a_topic" TITLE="Evil 02 That Man Does"><U><IMG SRC="414d3f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></FONT></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="1" CELLPADDING="5" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="728" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#00FF00" BORDERCOLORDARK="#00FF00" FRAME="BOX" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#000000 > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=3 HEIGHT= 49 ><NOBR><div> <I><B>North misled about MOX-Aspin</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>'What else is Ottawa hiding?’ councilor asks in wake of secret plutonium shipmen</B></I><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#00FF00" FACE="Times New Roman" ><I><B>t.</B></I></FONT></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 504 WIDTH="345"><div>   Northerners have been “doubled duped and deceived” by Ottawa after an unexpected helicopter-delivery of weapons-grade plutonium Friday, says a city councilor who serves on the group representing Northern Ontario towns and communities.</div> <bR> <div>   “The federation is extremely disappointed in the federation government,” Jay Aspin, past president of the Federation of Northern Ontario Municipalities ( FONOM), said Sunday.</div> <bR> <div>   “It undermines the confidence in the federal government.  If they have deceived us on this, what else are they doing?” he asked.</div> <bR> <div>   FONOM’s board of directors discussed the issue during a meeting in Sudbury over the weekend.</div> <bR> <div>   “It is felt that we have been double duped and deceive”, Aspin said of FONOM and the public, explaining the government did not advise the public of their original plans to truck plutonium across Northern Ontario to the Chalk River nuclear facility.</div> <bR> <div>   He said the public was deceived a second time after the Canadians government finally came clean and held information sessions across the North, only to fly the controversial cargo by air at the last minute.</div> <bR> <div>   “It insults the public's intelligence,” Aspin said.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="5"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="504" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="5" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="344"><div>   During a meeting with representative from four federal department involved last September, Mayor Jack Burrows and eight of the city's 10 councilors were told civil aviation laws in both Canada and The United States prohibit air transportation of nuclear fuel.</div> <bR> <div>   While the military is exempt, U.S. and Canada forces didn't support the idea that they handled shipment, one federal representative told the audience during the session.</div> <bR> <div>   “At that meeting we were given a lot of good reasons why it could not be flown,” Aspin said.</div> <bR> <div>     In December, FONOM was told by two members of Ontario Hydro’s nuclear department that the utility isn't interested in testing or using plutonium in any way, he added.</div> <bR> <div>   “It's very difficult to understand (why the tests are taking place).  There doesn't seem to be a market for it and no one wants it,” he said.  “What's the point?”</div> <bR> <div>    Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. in Chalk River is to test-burn the small sample of mixed oxide-or MOX- fuel in it's research at Chalk River alongside a similar quantity from Russia</div> <bR> <div>  The Mox will remain in the reactor core for more than two years to determine the fuel suitability for use in Canada nuclear reactors. </div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > <A NAME="mayor_1"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></FONT><A HREF="#choose_a_topic" TITLE="Evil 02 That Man Does"><U><IMG SRC="414d3f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="1" CELLPADDING="5" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="729" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#00FF00" BORDERCOLORDARK="#00FF00" FRAME="BOX" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#000000 > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=3 HEIGHT= 26 WIDTH="695"><div> <I><B>Soo mayor demands answers about airlift . . !</B></I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 168 WIDTH="345"><div>   SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont (CP)- The mayor is calling for a post-morden on the secret airlift last week of weapons-grade plutonium from the city's airport to government laboratories in Chalk River, Ont.</div> <bR> <div>   “I think it's probably appropriate that the mayor of the community know what is happening in his community,” Steve Butland said Sunday in an interview. “I was in the dark.”</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="5"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="168" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="5" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="345"><div>   In a surprise move Friday, plutonium was shipped by helicopter from the Sault to Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. labs 150 kilometers northwest of Ottawa after being transport by truck from New Mexico.</div> <bR> <div>   It was sent to Canada as part of an agreement by the federal government to conduct tests on burning the fuel at Chalk River to help the United States dispose of waste from dismantled nuclear weapons.</div> <div>  <A NAME="furtive"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#00FF00" FACE="Times New Roman" ><A HREF="#choose_a_topic" TITLE="Evil 02 That Man Does"><U><IMG SRC="414d3f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></FONT></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="1" CELLPADDING="5" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="729" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#00FF00" BORDERCOLORDARK="#00FF00" FRAME="BOX" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#000000 > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=3 HEIGHT= 26 WIDTH="695"><div> <I><B>‘Furtive change’</B></I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 178 WIDTH="345"><div>   The air shipment pre-empted a plan announced last fall to truck the plutonium east along the Trans-Canada Highway.</div> <bR> <div>   Angry environmental groups, residents and First Nations along the route had promised to protest the shipment by truck because of safety fears.</div> <bR> <div>   But many in the community are equal outraged at the furtive change of plans, which was announced only after the airlift was successfully completed.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="5"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="178" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="5" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="345"><div>   Officials said the trucking plan was scrapped after meetings with residents who were worried that plutonium could be released into the environment if the truck carrying it got an accident.</div> <bR> <div>   If inhaled, plutonium can cause cancer.</div> <bR> <div>   For the air shipment, the fuel was sealed inside a metal container that met stringent standards, the AECL said.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div>  <A NAME="butland"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#00FF00" FACE="Times New Roman" ><A HREF="#choose_a_topic" TITLE="Evil 02 That Man Does"><U><IMG SRC="414d3f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></FONT></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="1" CELLPADDING="5" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="729" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#00FF00" BORDERCOLORDARK="#00FF00" FRAME="BOX" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#000000 > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=3 HEIGHT= 26 WIDTH="695"><div> <I><B>Butland in dark about ‘completely clandestine’ airlift</B></I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 506 WIDTH="345"><div>   It was transported across the Sault Ste. Marie International Bridge about 4 a.m. Friday.  Accompanied by the city and provincial police, it was taken to the airport, loaded on a government helicopter and flow to the Chalk River facility.</div> <bR> <div>   “Somebody told the police,” Butland said.  “What did they tell the police? ‘Don't tell the mayor, don't tell anybody and we'll just get it through’?...It was completely clandestine.”</div> <bR> <div>   Airport officials say “it was just sort of dropped on them at the last minute,” he said.</div> <bR> <div>   Meanwhile Tony Martin, New Democratic Party MPP for the Sault area, said Saturday the airlift may have broken federal laws.</div> <bR> <div>   Martin said he wants to find out if federal transportation laws were ignored when the plutonium was shipped by helicopter.</div> <bR> <div>  He said that he and environmental group Northwatch determined there was likely a violation of the requirements for shipping hazardous substances.</div> <bR> <div>   “I'm going to be making some specific inquiries of the provincial Ministry (of the Attorney General) that participated in this, asking who authorized it and why?” said Martin.</div> <bR> <div>   “And in the end, if it turns out that this is a contravention of federal law, why they didn't look into that before they did participate.” </div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="5"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="506" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="5" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="345"><div>   He plans to write Ontario Attorney General Jim Flaherty, and to inquire about the involvement of provincial police, who fall under the jurisdiction of attorney General.</div> <bR> <div>   Carmen Provenzano, the Liberal MP for the Sault, said no laws were violated as far as he is aware but in this case, safety played a more important issue than whether, “some technical violation or breach may have occurred.”</div> <bR> <div>   “It obviously arrived here safety and left safely,” Provenzano said Friday.</div> <bR> <div>   “The whole exercise has been a nonevent, as we were told it would be... I'm happy it's here and gone.”</div> <bR> <div>   On Saturday about 25 demonstrators stood outside Provenzano’s office in the Sault to protest the shipment.</div> <bR> <div>   Kathy Brosemer, who organized the protest, said the AECL and the federal government have compromised Canadians’ trust in the nuclear industry.</div> <bR> <div>   When people will do this it's to it's citizens can we believe them?” asked Brosemer, a spokeswomen for Northwach.</div> <bR> <div>   “Can we believe them that there will be no more shipments?  Frankly, I don't believe them.”</div> <bR> <div>   A second plutonium shipment is expected to arrived by ship from Russia and be trucked from Cornwall, Ont. to Chalk River.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=3 HEIGHT= 18 WIDTH="695"><div> <A HREF="#choose_a_topic" TITLE="Evil 02 That Man Does"><U><IMG SRC="414d3f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>