The Ottawa Police Service is looking for feedback on a new initiative to track racial data during traffic stops, slated to begin in April 2013, in an effort to ensure “bias-free policing." Police will track the race of people subjected to traffic stops over a period of two years and a team of researchers from 91ɫ will analyze the data, reported Metro Ottawa Dec. 13. .
Will the world end Dec. 21, as the infamous Mayan calendar supposedly predicts? 91ɫ Professor Paul Delaney draws a deep breath and bellows a hearty guffaw. “Rest assured, I have dinner plans for the 22nd,” the University’s Department of Physics & Astronomy director said in the Aurora Banner Dec. 13. “And, I will most definitely be there.” .