John Malkovich faces "Disgrace" Sep 19, 2009
"), spat gobs of imitation-grape-flavored goo on the dirty tile floor and occasionally smoked cigarette ends in their cupped hands while the aged Middle Eastern gentleman behind the counter pointedly ignored them. Andrew O'Hehir Friday, Aug. 28, 2009 11:29 EDT Eco-pirates of the Antarctic Image from "At the Edge of the World" A bizarre and breathtaking high-seas adventure set in the remote, spectacular Ross Sea off Antarctica, is the summer season's most surprising and thought-provoking... (Salon)
Who's to blame for the mortgage crisis? Sep 3, 2009
Sea Shepherd's two oceangoing vessels, the Farley Mowat and the Robert Hunter, were denied national registry (by Belize and the United Kingdom, respectively) before their 2006 Antarctic campaign began; they sailed illegally from ports in South Africa and Chile, flying a self-designed pirate flag bearing a trident and shepherd's crook as its crossbones. Andrew O'Hehir. (Salon)
Activist claims government holds anti-sealing trial evidence Apr 28, 2009
Paul Watson of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society said the Fisheries Department seized the log books and global positioning system from the Farley Mowat, the 54-metre vessel at the centre of a high-seas tussle with the coast guard a year ago ... Farley Mowat's Captain Alexander Cornelissen (L) and Paul Watson, Head of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, leave the Cape Breton correctional facility, after Cornelissen was released on bail, in Reserve Mines, Nova Scotia, April 14, 2008 ...... (Globe and Mail -- National)
Fish Health Claims May Cause More Environmental Harm Than Good, Researchers Say Mar 24, 2009
In an innovative collaboration, medical scientists from St. Michael s Hospital and the University of Toronto have teamed up with researchers from the University of British Columbia s Fisheries Centre and author Farley Mowat to closely examine the effects of health claims with regard to seafood ... Farley Mowat, co-author on this study, adds: In the immediate future, human beings are going to have to find better ways to live. (Science Daily)
Health benefits of fish overblown, researchers say Mar 18, 2009
Farley Mowat joins in CMAJ call to limit seafood consumption ... The well-known Canadian nature writer Farley Mowat reviewed the analysis and decided to lend his imprimatur to the call against seafood. (Globe and Mail)
Give up seafood, save the planet? Mar 17, 2009
The well known Canadian nature writer Farley Mowat reviewed the analysis and decided to lend his imprimatur to the call against seafood. I'm just desperately worried about what's happening to the life in the ocean, as everybody should be who thinks about it at all, Mr. Mowat said in an interview. (Globe and Mail -- Business)