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Congratulations to our Senior Science Survey Winners!  The following people have won a $50 Chapters gift card from McGraw-Hill Ryerson for participating in our survey.

1. Tim McCarthy, St. Ignatius of Loyola Catholic Secondary School

2. Monica White,  Holy Cross Secondary School

3. Sue O’Donnell, Near North Schools

4. Elizabeth Goetze,  Kitchener-Waterloo Collegiate & Vocational School

Congratulations to our lucky winners of our STAO Conference Draw (November 12^th and 13^th).  The randomly selected winners below have won an iPod from McGraw-Hill Ryerson.

1. Andrew Booth,  Crestwood Secondary School   

2. Clara Baik, Weston Collegiate Institute

Technology & Science News

1. RCMP aims to halt Craigslist erotic ads - The RCMP is working with Craigslist to try to stop erotic ads that many fear are a cover for prostitution from being posted on the company's website in Canada.
2. BP spreads blame for Gulf spill - BP says a "sequence of failures" involving "multiple companies" led to the explosion and fire that killed 11 people and caused a massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
3. Purported Franklin Expedition records found - An Inuit family says a box that was hidden for over 80 years in the Arctic contains logbooks linked to the doomed Franklin Expedition.
4. Invasive species fought in P.E.I. National Park - Parks Canada is trying to kill off an invasive species called Japanese knotweed that's been growing near the Intrepretive Centre in the Greenwich adjunct to P.E.I. National Park.
5. VIDEO: 3D image used to slow drivers down - A new road safety campaign in Vancouver uses a 3D image of a young girl chasing a ball to jolt drivers into slowing down.
6. Oil industry lowballs bird deaths: study - A new study says birds are likely dying in Alberta oilsands tailings ponds at a rate that is at least 30 times higher than that suggested by the oil industry.
7. Climate change tied to bee pollination decline - A 17-year study in a pristine mountain environment has found a 50 per cent decline in bee pollination, and suggests climate change may be to blame.
8. Electric car ends coast-to-coast trip - A 21-year-old engineering student is claiming to be the first person to cross mainland Canada in an electric car.
9. HP sues former CEO - Hewlett-Packard Co. is suing former CEO Mark Hurd to stop him from taking a job at rival Oracle Corp.
10. VIDEO: New Zealand quake holds lessons for B.C. - B.C. could learn a lot from the massive earthquake that damaged 100,000 buildings in Christchurch, New Zealand, over the weekend, a local researcher says.
11. Indonesian volcano erupts again - An Indonesian volcano shot a towering cloud of black ash high into the air Tuesday, dusting villages 25 kilometres away in its most powerful eruption since awakening last week from four centuries of dormancy.
12. Sockeye fishermen call for longer season - B.C. commercial fishermen were out in full force Monday, hoping it would not be the last full day of the 2010 sockeye fishery.
13. B.C. video game designer dies in collision - A North Vancouver video game developer has died in a head-on collision in which three people were killed, police in Washington state say.
14. VIDEO: Astronauts' exercise slows aging - Hitting the gym helps slow the aging process in space, as well as on Earth, Canadian scientists have found.
15. Northern decomposition study may expand - A Yukon-based forensic study on how carcasses decompose in Canada's North has the potential to expand into further research.