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Mentions 'Sitting Pretty: The History of the Toilet,' an exhibit at the West Parry Sound District Museum in Northern Ontario. Debate concerning how to hang toilet paper; Popularity of the exhibit.

At this peak a couple of years ago, Josef Penninger was one of the hottest, most charming scientists in the world. From his lab on Toronto's hospital row, Penninger, a fearless anarchist, loved to demolish accepted wisdom as he swooped over a stunningly broad scientific landscape--bone, pain, cancer, heart disease and the immune system.He churned out so many papers in the world's most prestigious scientific journals that for two years running, in 1999 and 2000, the trend-tracker 'Science Watch' said Penninger was among the world's most quoted scientific researchers. Penninger's boss was Tak Mak, the wiry, hard-driven 56-year-old Hong Kong immigrant who has won nearly every scientific prize, except for the Nobel, for his discovery of the holy grail of the immune system.

Cybéle Young, a Toronto sculptor who makes small Japanese paper constructions of everyday urban symbols, including T-shirts, fire hydrants, shoes, chairs and handbags--has come up with some playful titles for her pieces. In her solo show, "Toys that Linger," opening at Toronto's Prime Gallery on May 29, the artist (who makes most of her income from art fairs in the United States) is displaying these paper constructions as well as some small bronze sculptures that use the same iconography. Her fascination for all things little started as a child when she would build miniature farms with tiny tools. Today, her seven-year-old daughter Calder remains a huge inspiration. In fact, Young and her husband David named their child after the American sculptor Alexander Calder "more for his philosophy than his art," she explains.

Discusses the role of the Hamilton, Ontario weekly newspaper `Stoney Creek News,' in the controversy surrounding an industrial waste dump run by Philip Environmental Inc. The reason the paper became one of the five nominees for the Michener Award for public service journalism.

Focuses on Toronto, Ontario's Clay and Paper Theatre. Role of founder and artistic director David Anderson; Success of 'The Ballad of Garrison Creek'; Background on the play 'Gold.'

Focuses on government spending of the Medical Equipment Fund in Ottawa, Ontario. Designation of the fund for expensive medical equipment for hospitals, such as magnetic resonance imaging equipment; Way that money was spent on items such as a tractor and paper shredders; Defense of the spending by Health Minister Elvy Robichaud.