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Entries for October 2014

Lessons learned in not being "such a scientist"

(October 30, 2014) - Some months ago, in a meeting with First Nations leaders, I was asked what the difference between a reindeer and caribou was. Pleased at this invitation to share my knowledge, I naturally launched into a concise speech about their genetics being the same even though behaviourally they were quite different. When I was politely told it was because reindeer could fly, I knew I'd been caught talking like a scientist in public again.

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Is Ontario’s Live Bait Industry Worth the Risk to our Lakes and Rivers?

(October 09, 2014) - About a year ago, I read something on a fisheries blog that piqued my curiosity: Ontario anglers were being fined on the Quebec side of the Ottawa River for fishing with live bait. I was surprised to learn that it wasn't just Quebec that placed restrictions on the use of live bait – most provinces and all territories prohibit or restrict its use. Ontario and Nova Scotia are the exceptions.

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