Your hosts this week, Carmel Kilkenny, Levon, and Marc
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The Canadian-based forestry giant Resolute Forest Products Inc. says the environmental group Greenpeace is engaged in a smear campaign against it.
The world’s largest newsprint producer has just filed a lawsuit against Greenpeace and other environmental association. Resolute says Greenpeace is a global fraud out to line its pockets with money from donors.
But though the boreal forest is in Canada and Resolute is based here, the company has filed the suit in a U.S. court.
Another unusual aspect is that the suit involves the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act. known as RICO. Levon spoke with Michael Bowe, a New York-based lawyer for Resolute.
Curling is a world-wide sport with millions of fans. It’s also an internationally competitive game.
Although requiring great skill, the necessities to play are basically simple, involving standardized granite rocks, and a standardized ice sheet. What is not standarized however, are the brooms used to sweep the ice and help influence the rock as it slides down the ice.
High-tech has come to the brooms which enables them to very significantly direct the rock’s speed and trajectory. Many players are crying foul saying the brooms can turn a terrible shot into a winner and the teams using the brooms have an unfair advantage over others.
The World Curling Federation asked Canada’s National Research Council to perform a detailed analysis of the brooms with a view to making new regulations at its September meeting in Stockholm
Marc spoke to Christa Homenick, one of the lead researchers at the NRC.
- Canadian song this week, Terry Tufts- Fire Station Fireball
It’s an unusual commercial, very very low key.
It’s also unusual because it’s from the Dairy Farmers of Canada, and as an “advert” doesn’t really try to sell anything, certainly not dairy products.
The advert is showing what appears to be farmers, telling people to go to sleep.
Some of the adverts have a gentle lullaby as background music
Carmel wanted to find out more about these adverts. She spoke to Victoria Cruz, director of marketing and retail with the Dairy Farmers of Canada
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