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Weekly roundup March 4 - 10

10 March 2013

Articles

Camel fossils discovered in Canada’s arctic shed light on animal’s evolution [The Star]

In praise of Lego [National Post]

New university presidents at Toronto and McGill [Maclean’s]

Healthy kids report more about the pitiful excuses for children not getting exercise [National Post]

Does sugar cause diabetes? Is a calorie a calorie? [Food Politics]

Extremely Bad Advice: Crushed [National Post]

Forget Fair Dealing: National Post wants $150 to license short excerpts [Michael Geist]

Government’s plan to harmonize Alberta’s post-secondary institutions put academic autonomy at risk [Edmonton Journal]

The worst chart about Canadian drinking [The Washington Post]

Tweets

Screenshot from Twitter. 2013-03-02T14:40:35.000Z. Jeff Speck (@JeffSpeckFAICP). Most cities tell me that their weather makes it somehow less capable of supporting pedestrian life than the rest of planet Earth..

[tweet https://twitter.com/scott_gilmore/status/310439305199886337]

Screenshot from Twitter. 2013-03-08T15:32:27.000Z. Shaamini Yogaretnam (@shaaminiwhy). It's not like Mother's Day RT @TorontoStar: Happy International Women's Day! Who are the important women in your life you celebrate today?.

[tweet https://twitter.com/benjaminboles/status/310258476603564032]