Alberta royalty review report released

Dr. Frank Atkins
Department of Economics
Cell: 617-3252

Dr. Bob Schulz
Haskayne School of Business
To arrange an interview call: Judy McDonald at 220-3373

Dr. Jack Mintz
(Unavailable today but is available tomorrow - Wednesday - he is in Edmonton)
Chair of the University of Calgary’s School of Public Policy Studies
To arrange an interview call: Donna Leitch, at 416-978-2451 or by email: donna.leitch@rotman.utoronto.ca

Bears in Calgary

Dr. Steve Herrero
Faculty of Environmental Design
Email: herrero@ucalgary.ca
Or to arrange an interview call: Meghan Sired, 220-4756   

Oil prices rise push up the Canadian dollar near a 30-year high.

Dr. Frank Atkins
Department of Economics
Phone: 220-5864
Email: atkins@ucalgary.ca

People in rich countries should limit how much eat they eat,  according to a study published by the Lancet - released online as part of a seminar by the British medical weekly. Eating may slow global warming.

More Animals and plants than ever before are on the brink of extinction or are threatened with catastrophic population crashes, a survey of endangered species shows.

Dr. Robert Barclay
Faculty of Science
barclay@ucalgary.ca
Phone: 220-3564
Email: barclay@ucalgary.ca

  

Statistics Canada report to be released tomorrow provides a family portrait of the Canadian population tomorrow.

Can talk about the modern day family and how they are different from ones in the past:
Dr. Jenny Godley
Faculty of Sociology
Phone: 220-7566
Email: jgodley@ucalgary.ca

Dr. Jim Frideres
Faculty of Sociology
Phone: 220-5521
Email: frideres@ucalgary.ca

Buffalo Bills Kevin Everett has a very slim chance of regaining full body motion

Dr J. DuPlessis, neurosurgical spine surgeon
Faculty of Medicine
Phone: 944-4776

People who take vitamin D supplements appear to have a lower risk of death from any cause, according to researchers at the International Agency for Research on Cancer and the European Institute of Oncology.

Dr. David Hanley, clinical researcher and professor in the Faculty of Medicine
Phone: 220-3037
Email: dahanley@ucalgary.ca

Muslim women wearing face-covering niqabs or burkas will be allowed to vote in federal elections

Dr. Michele Hardy
Faculty of Communication and Culture
Areas of expertise: Islam, women’s issues, Muslim women, tradition and change, culture
Phone: 403-220-4137
Email: mhardy@ucalgary.ca   

Canadian military's focus on Afghanistan is shifting attention from vital needs here at home, according to a report.

U.S. President George W. Bush spoke of troop cuts in Iraq...

Rob Huebert
Department of Political Science
Centre for Military and Strategic Studies
rhuebert@ucalgary.ca
403-220-3995
403-237-0443

George Melnyk
Professor of Canadian Students
Co-chair, Consortium for Peace Studies
gmelnyk@ucalgary.ca
220-7562

Carleton University boosts security after sexually assault in lab

Lanny Fritz
Campus Security
lfritz@ucalgary.ca
220-4108

Overweight toddlers have high rate of iron deficiency, a new study finds. Hispanic preschoolers more affected than other groups

Cynthia Mannion
Faculty of Nursing
cmannion@ucalgary.ca
210-3848