The sudden unexplained loss of millions of bees in the Niagara region -- up to 90 per cent in some commercial colonies -- has prompted Ontario beekeepers to ask experts at the University of Guelph to investigate. In Canada, the problem seems to be confined so far to the Niagara region but it's still early days for beekeepers in the West, who won't know the extent of the damage until they unwrap their hives later this month. That has some Niagara region fruit growers worried in the weeks...

Over the centuries, strange lights were seen in the woods along Mary Dunn Road, so named for a former slave who lived along this route and who was burned to death in 1850 in her little cottage half-way between Hyannis and Barnstable on the Indian Trail according to historian Donald G. A manservant to a wealthy physician, Robert was implicated when the doctor turned up dead and the dead mans wealth in the form of gems and jewelry turned up missing. Over the centuries, strange lights were...

Excelsior to Develop an Essential Component for Samsung's New Software Platform Samsung Electronics has contracted Excelsior to use its expertise in the development of high performance Java(tm) Virtual Machines to aid in the development of the new generation of Samsung's home embedded systems/appliances. Excelsior to Develop an Essential Component for Samsung's New Software Platform Samsung Electronics has contracted Excelsior to use its expertise in the development of high performance...