{"id":105842,"date":"2025-11-07T10:26:53","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T15:26:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=105842"},"modified":"2025-11-07T16:09:31","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T21:09:31","slug":"in-the-news-alcohol-warning-labels-mosquito-killing-fungus-and-a-potential-canada-post-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2025\/11\/in-the-news-alcohol-warning-labels-mosquito-killing-fungus-and-a-potential-canada-post-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"In the News: Alcohol warning labels, mosquito-killing fungus and a potential Canada Post deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In recent media appearances, Brock experts discussed proposals to add stronger warning labels to alcohol, a fungus that could combat mosquitoes, the potential end to the Canada Post strike, Canada joining an international singing competition and respectful costumes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Should cigarette-style warning labels be mandatory on all alcohol?<\/strong> Professor and Chair of Health Sciences Dan Malleck spoke to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.miltontoday.ca\/closer-look\/video-should-cigarette-style-warning-labels-be-mandatory-on-all-alcohol-11442763\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Village Media&#8217;s Closer Look podcast<\/a> about proposed changes to alcohol labelling and to <span id=\"mentionList_mentionCheckbox_22_checkboxHiddenLabel\" class=\"u-srOnly\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mms.tveyes.com\/MediaView\/?c3RhdGlvbj0xNDkxMCZtb2RzaGFyaW5nZW5hYmxlPXRydWUmY3VzdG9tZXJpZGVudGlmaWVyPTU1NjE5JlN0YXJ0RGF0ZVRpbWU9MTElMmYwMyUyZjIwMjUrMDclM2E0NiUzYTMzJkVuZERhdGVUaW1lPTExJTJmMDMlMmYyMDI1KzA3JTNhNTYlM2EzMyYmbW9kZWRpdG9yZW5hYmxlPWZhbHNlJnBhcnRuZXJpZD0xNjA4NyYmJmV4cGlyYXRpb249MTIlMmYwMyUyZjIwMjUrMDclM2E0NiUzYTMzLjQzMCZpbnN0YW50UGxheT1UcnVlJnNpZ25hdHVyZT0zYmIwNDlhNmRjMjBiMzU3ODYyYTJkOGFhN2YyMmYxNQ==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CBC Radio One 540AM<\/a> about the history of speakeasies and prohibition.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sweet-smelling fungus lures and kills mosquitoes, offering new disease control tool:<\/strong> Professor of Biological Sciences Michael Bidochka spoke to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ctvnews.ca\/climate-and-environment\/article\/how-this-sweet-scented-fungus-lures-mosquitos-to-their-deaths\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CTV News<\/a> about a fungus that can be used to control mosquito populations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Could Canada Post and its 53,000 workers be close to a deal?: <\/strong>Professor of Labour Studies Larry Savage spoke to<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/business\/could-canada-post-and-its-53-000-workers-be-close-to-a-deal\/article_26cdaf4d-7874-42d1-838f-f587634041bb.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em> The Toronto Star<\/em><\/a> about Canada Post and its union potentially closing in on a deal to end the longstanding strike.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Will Canada actually join Eurovision? Not without some challenges, experts say: <\/strong>Adjunct Professor Karen Fricker spoke to <a href=\"https:\/\/mms.tveyes.com\/MediaView\/?c3RhdGlvbj0yMjQ0MCZtb2RzaGFyaW5nZW5hYmxlPXRydWUmY3VzdG9tZXJpZGVudGlmaWVyPTU1NjE5JlN0YXJ0RGF0ZVRpbWU9MTElMmYwNCUyZjIwMjUrMjAlM2EzMyUzYTI2JkVuZERhdGVUaW1lPTExJTJmMDQlMmYyMDI1KzIwJTNhNDMlM2EyNiYmbW9kZWRpdG9yZW5hYmxlPWZhbHNlJnBhcnRuZXJpZD0xNjA4NyYmJmV4cGlyYXRpb249MTIlMmYwNCUyZjIwMjUrMjAlM2EzMyUzYTI2LjY5NSZpbnN0YW50UGxheT1UcnVlJnNpZ25hdHVyZT1mMzU2NmViNjhkNzM3MGRiYjkxMTIyN2U1NGI5Zjk0Mg==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hanomansing Tonight<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/mms.tveyes.com\/MediaView\/?c3RhdGlvbj0xODk3MCZtb2RzaGFyaW5nZW5hYmxlPXRydWUmY3VzdG9tZXJpZGVudGlmaWVyPTU1NjE5JlN0YXJ0RGF0ZVRpbWU9MTElMmYwNiUyZjIwMjUrMDYlM2E0NyUzYTA4JkVuZERhdGVUaW1lPTExJTJmMDYlMmYyMDI1KzA2JTNhNTclM2EwOCYmbW9kZWRpdG9yZW5hYmxlPWZhbHNlJnBhcnRuZXJpZD0xNjA4NyYmJmV4cGlyYXRpb249MTIlMmYwNiUyZjIwMjUrMDYlM2E0NyUzYTA4LjAwMCZpbnN0YW50UGxheT1UcnVlJnNpZ25hdHVyZT1kOWY5NjI1Y2VmZGQzZTdiZmM2ZTBkZDk1ODM2MDhkNQ==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CBC Radio One<\/a> about Prime Minister Mark Carney&#8217;s proposal to have Canada participate in the Eurovision Song Contest and increased collaboration and content exchanges with the European Broadcasting Union.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Culture isn\u2019t a costume: Encouraging respectful Halloween celebrations:<\/strong> Sarena Johnson (Caldwell First Nation), a Lecturer in Brock\u2019s Indigenous Educational Studies programs, spoke to <a href=\"https:\/\/mms.tveyes.com\/MediaView\/?c3RhdGlvbj0xNDU0NSZtb2RzaGFyaW5nZW5hYmxlPXRydWUmY3VzdG9tZXJpZGVudGlmaWVyPTU1NjE5JlN0YXJ0RGF0ZVRpbWU9MTAlMmYzMSUyZjIwMjUrMTUlM2ExMCUzYTQ2JkVuZERhdGVUaW1lPTEwJTJmMzElMmYyMDI1KzE1JTNhMjAlM2E0NiYmbW9kZWRpdG9yZW5hYmxlPWZhbHNlJnBhcnRuZXJpZD0xNjA4NyYmJmV4cGlyYXRpb249MTElMmYzMCUyZjIwMjUrMTUlM2ExMCUzYTQ2Ljk5MCZpbnN0YW50UGxheT1UcnVlJnNpZ25hdHVyZT1jZDYwZjc0NjhkYjQxODYwNWI1Mjk5OGIzMjgwOGYyNw==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Newstalk 610 CKTB<\/a> about appropriate Halloween costumes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In recent media appearances, Brock experts discussed proposals to add stronger warning labels to alcohol, a fungus that could combat mosquitoes, the potential end to the Canada Post strike, Canada joining an international singing competition and respectful costumes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":105856,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36,40,6,41,38],"tags":[3212,6442,8907,1696,110,109,7488,348,522,1512,10280,3166,4358,46,4814,14913],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105842"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/55"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105842"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105842\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":105874,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105842\/revisions\/105874"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/105856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}