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BLACKSTONE – Residents of Blackstone will head to the polls for the annual town election this Monday, April 5. The top races this year include two open seats on the Board of Selectmen. Former Selectman Ryan Chamberland is challenging Selectman Daniel Keefe for his seat, while political newcomers Ryan Barry and Tanya Polak are facing off for the unexpired term vacated by Taylor Greene earlier this year. Voters will also choose a Blackstone representative for the Blackstone-Millville Regional S...

Groundbreaking research looks into the role of summer rainfall in the Canadian High Arctic A team of researchers, including Queen’s University’s Scott Lamoureux and Melissa Lafrenière, Professors in the Department of Geography and Planning, have published a study in Nature Communications  that examines the importance of summer rainfall in High Arctic settings.  The study, "Emerging Dominance of Summer Rainfall Driving High Arctic Terrestrial-Aquatic Connectivity," presents a new analysis...

The Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association International (HSMAI) is proud to announce the members of its 2021 Americas Board of Directors and Executive Committee. The board is composed of senior travel and hospitality executives from a representative selection of HSMAI member organizations.

New York: Oil declined in New York after an industry report showed US crude stockpiles rose last week amid a spate of refinery outages from the countrys recent cold snap. The industry-funded American Petroleum Institute was said to report a 1.03 million-barrel build in domestic oil inventories, compared to expectations for a decline. At the same time, U.S. drillers have already restored about 80 per cent of crude production in parts of Texas following the polar blast. "People have been counti...

Oil Falls After Industry Report Shows Surprise U.S. Supply Rise Bloomberg 2/23/2021 Andres Guerra Luz and Alex Longley (Bloomberg) -- Oil declined in New York after an industry report showed U.S. crude stockpiles rose last week amid a spate of refinery outages from the country’s recent cold snap. The industry-funded American Petroleum Institute was said to report a 1.03 million-barrel build in domestic oil inventories, compared to expectations for a decline. At the same time...

The Life and Work of Robert Alexander Gilbert: Empowering New Insights through Digitization and Transcription of Archival Materials This post is part of a series from the Ernst Mayr Library exploring the digitization and transcription of ornithologist William Brewster’s archival materials and the insights and scholarship made possible thanks to this work. Robert A. Gilbert, far right, at William Brewster’s cabin at Pine Point, Umbagog Lake, Maine. From the collection of the Museum of Americ...

The market is pricing in a strong short-term deficit, according to oil trader Vitol Group.

Nature Conservation and William Brewster: Insights From a Lifetime of Scientific Observations This post is part of a series from the Ernst Mayr Library exploring the digitization and transcription of ornithologist William Brewster’s archival materials and the insights and scholarship made possible thanks to this work. A black and white photograph of William Brewster sitting on the front doorstep of his cabin in Concord, Ma. The small, one-story log cabin is set in a hillside and surrounded by...

Article content Reached Saturday morning at home, Nathalie Duchesne sounded like she was still having a hard time coming to grips with the fact 28-year-old actress Rosine Chouinard-Chauveau had died. There are still few details of her death available other than Chouinard-Chauveau died Thursday from an unspecified health problem and she was waiting to have surgery for the issue. The surgery had been delayed, like so many others, because resources in the health sector have been diverted to deal w...

Article content Reached Saturday morning at home, Nathalie Duchesne sounded like she was still having a hard time coming to grips with the fact 28-year-old actress Rosine Chouinard-Chauveau had died. There are still few details of her death available other than Chouinard-Chauveau died Thursday from an unspecified health problem and she was waiting to have surgery for the issue. The surgery had been delayed, like so many others, because resources in the health sector have been diverted to deal w...