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Reports on Metro Toronto's provision of processing and marketing services of recyclable materials collected by its area municipalities in Ontario with arrangements with Quno, a deinking paper mill and CRInc. for the operation of materials recovery facilities. Quno's renegotiation of its contract with prices reflecting monthly market prices for newspapers; Base price per metric ton of newspapers under the new contract.

Focuses on the biofiltration technique developed by researchers from the University of Toronto in Ontario that uses bacteria to eat odorous sulfur pollutants from paper mills. Materials used.

When Innovative Steam Technologies takes on a project, employees generate hundreds of drawings and documents associated with the job. Of course, storing and tracking these paper and electronic files cost time and money. To help, the company, based in Cambridge, Ontario, recently purchased an electronic document management system and in the process, reduced the work associated with dealing with these documents by 30 percent, said Glenda Martin-Barnes, the company's process coordinator. The new document management system finds, manages and tracks revisions of AutoCAD drawing files.

Reports on Quebecor Inc.'s agreement to spin off to Torstar Corp. four of Sun Media's Ontario broadsheets. Amount that Torstar agreed to pay for the newspapers; Canada's largest newspaper group; Plan by the two companies to work together on future deals.

An interview with Special Libraries Association (SLA) member, Sarah Shujah is presented. When asked about what inspired her to write her paper on Library Hackfest she said that the topic would help in computer science, engineering librarians, and integration of information literacy. Shujah spoke about her interest in libraries from childhood and how she realized her long term goal of becoming a librarian. She discussed about her plans for 2015 and her interests in information literacy.

The article discusses the organics recycling program in Canada, which is designed to divert 70 percent of waste from disposal by 2016, from 45 percent. The said program will start on April 2, 2007 and it will involve the residents in the Region of Peel - Caledon, Brampton, and Mississauga, Ontario in setting out kitchen waste and soiled paper at the curbside for weekly collection. It has been noted that between February and March, 2007, almost 285,000 Peel households received 12-gallon green bins which were manufactured by Norseman Plastics Ltd., mainly for organic materials. Accordingly, this project is the largest simultaneous rollout of an organics recycling program in Canada to date.

Reports on the expansion program of manufacturers of newsprint in Ontario. Spruce Falls Inc.'s additional production capacity for pulp; Rainy River Forest Products Inc.'s production of high-gloss groundwood paper.

Focuses on the nominations submitted by engineering societies for the 1990 to 1999 engineering accomplishments that have had the greatest impact on society, at the 2000 North American Power Symposium in Ontario. Overview of the most important nomination selected; List of the final four papers submitted; Importance of the nominations.

Reports the business competition among the newspapers industry in Toronto, Ontario. Launch of various free commuter paper; Merger of GTA Today and Metro; Number of copies distributed daily.

Reports the installation of a Venturi scrubber to the facility of Domtar Papers in Ontario. Principles used in eliminating plume and reducing particulate discharge from a recovery boiler; Advantages of the Venturi designed by AirPol Inc.; Impact of the corrosiveness and stickiness of particles in the recovery boiler on the efficacy of the scrubber.

Reports on the 5th International Symposium on Mine Mechanization and Automation in Sudbury, Ontario. Economic conditions of Sudbury; Quality technical papers on tele-remote mining; Keynote speakers; Development and implementation of in-situ assay; Question of universal applicability.

States that the Ontario's Labor Relations Board has found the Communications Energy and Paper-workers union violated two sections of the province's Labor Act when its struck Abitibi-Consolidated. Background on the union's strike.