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Reveals that Weyerhaeuser Co. purchased a paper mill in Dryden, Ontario and other assets from Bowater Inc. Significance of the company's purchase of the paper mill.

Reports that University of Ottawa business professor Jimming Lin was found guilty of plagiarizing a graduate student's paper. The university found liable; Amount of compensation to be paid to the student.

Reports on efforts to sell newspapers in Toronto, Ontario. Fierce competition between the 'Globe and Mail,' 'The National Post,' 'The Toronto Sun' and 'The Toronto Star'; Beginnings of the competition when Conrad Black could not acquire the 'Globe and Mail' in 1998; Financial problems with all four newspapers, which have slashed prices and increased staff in attempts to compete.

Reports the creation of a grassroots organization for residential students in Ontario. Efforts of First Nation resident Alvin Tolley and former federal bureaucrat Walter Rudnicki in pursuing the goal; Paper analyzing the legal tactics employed by the government on the claims of former students; Proposed name for the organization.

Reports that high levels of contaminants were found in the wild meat and fish consumed by Grassy Narrows and Wabauskang First Nations in Ontario. Identification of otters to have the highest levels of mercury; Consideration of paper mills near the reserves as the one responsible for contamination of traditional foods; Statement of Judy Da Silva, project manager for the Grassy Narrows study, on the need for further studies on the effect of industry on human health.

Presents the results of a student procrastination study,conducted by Fuschia M. Sirois, a doctoral candidate in psychology at Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario and Timothy A. Pychyl, an associate professor of psychology in the university. Tendency of procrastinators to have unhealthy patterns of sleep; Link of procrastination with avoidant coping styles; Rates of smoking and alcoholic drinking among procrastinators.

Reports that professor Jimming Lin and the University of Ottawa was ordered to pay Paul Boudreau money in damages and reimbursement after Lin had plagiarized a Master of Business Administration (MBA) student's paper. Comments from spokeswoman Helen Carty on the case; Decision taken by the court judge; Views of Boudreau on the case.

Presents news briefs on higher education as of September 3, 2004. Action taken by the University of Newcastle in New South Wales to fight propaganda campaigns being waged against its minority and international students; Information on a solar-car accident involving killed Andrew Ford, a student of the University of Toronto in Ontario; Dismissal of professor Huang Zongying from Peking University in Beijing, China for extensive plagiarism.

The article reports on the decision of Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne to include the Sikhs in the province's helmet policy, in which they will not be allowed to only wear turbans while driving a motorcycle.

Provides international news briefs on colleges and universities as of February 8, 2002. Accusations of the leaders of School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Carleton University in Ottawa that the country's leading media conglomerate is practicing censorship; Plan of the governments of Newfoundland and Canada to quintuple the number of foreign college students in Newfoundland and Labrador; Fines given by a Tokyo court on Waseda University.

Provides news on some universities around the world as of November 17, 2000. Challenge posed by British Broadcasting Corp. to the Open University in Great Britain; Affirmative action issue among Swedish state universities; Goal of Robert Birgeneau, president of the University of Toronto in Canada, for a fund raising campaign.

Presents the author's account of his travel experiences during a visit to Ontario. Various sites and people he met on the way to the destination.