{"id":87487,"date":"2023-08-25T10:11:44","date_gmt":"2023-08-25T14:11:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=87487"},"modified":"2023-08-25T17:15:13","modified_gmt":"2023-08-25T21:15:13","slug":"in-the-news-a-forgotten-kingdom-wildfires-knicks-lawsuit-and-alcohol-limits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2023\/08\/in-the-news-a-forgotten-kingdom-wildfires-knicks-lawsuit-and-alcohol-limits\/","title":{"rendered":"IN THE NEWS: A &#8216;forgotten&#8217; kingdom, wildfires, Knicks&#8217; lawsuit and alcohol limits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In recent media appearances, Brock experts discussed the rich history of the Isle of Man, the impact of wildfires in Canada&#8217;s North, proposed alcohol guidelines in the U.S., an NBA lawsuit, the significance of Crawford Lake and mosquito populations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>New book features Isle of Man&#8217;s &#8216;forgotten&#8217; kingdom:\u00a0<\/strong>Brock University History Professor Andrew McDonald&#8217;s new book, <em>A Visitor&#8217;s Guide To The Medieval Kingdoms Of Man And The Isles, 1066-1275,\u00a0<\/em>was the focus of an article by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-isle-of-man-66588343\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BBC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Residents in the Northwest Territories and British Columbia forced to flee homes due to wildfires: <\/strong>In separate interviews with Newstalk 610 CKTB, Geography and Tourism Studies <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iheartradio.ca\/610cktb\/audio\/michael-pisaric-brock-professor-of-geography-and-tourism-studies-discussing-environmental-logistical-impacts-of-wildfires-1.20167205?mode=Article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Professor Michael Pisaric<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iheartradio.ca\/610cktb\/audio\/brock-u-professor-julia-baird-residents-in-the-northwest-territories-and-british-columbia-are-grappling-with-the-impacts-of-having-to-flee-their-homes-1.20169265?mode=Article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Associate Professor Julia Baird<\/a> in Brock&#8217;s Environmental Sustainability Research Centre spoke about the environmental and logistical impacts of wildfires in the Northwest Territories, which have caused thousands of residents to evacuate their homes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Biden&#8217;s alcohol czar warns Americans could soon be told to limit themselves to just two beers per WEEK under strict new booze guidelines:\u00a0<\/strong>Brock University Professor of Health Sciences Dan Malleck was quoted in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/health\/article-12438233\/Americans-limited-two-beers-strict-new-alcohol-guidelines-Bidens-booze-czar.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Daily Mail<\/em> article<\/a> that explored potential new alcohol guidelines in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p><strong>New York Knicks sue Toronto Raptors, allege stolen scouting reports:\u00a0<\/strong>Taylor McKee, Assistant Professor of Sport Management, gave insight into the New York Knicks lawsuit against the Toronto Raptors on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chch.com\/new-york-knicks-sue-toronto-raptors-allege-stolen-scouting-reports\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CHCH&#8217;s <em>Trending Now<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A lake paves the way for defining the Anthropocene: <\/strong>An article in <a href=\"https:\/\/eos.org\/articles\/a-lake-paves-the-way-for-defining-the-anthropocene\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eos magazine<\/a> as well as an episode of <a href=\"https:\/\/firesidechat.com\/thehumanchallenge?ulid=01H8FEDDQ8ERM3VVDNW4RVWW4T&amp;shareId=dbfb34e4-4836-4b35-91cd-957da7333e72\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Human Challenge podcast<\/a> featured Brock University Earth Sciences Professor Francine McCarthy and focused on her research at Crawford Lake and work underway to define the Anthropocene.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Frequent rainfall has some taking strong measures to keep mosquitoes away:\u00a0<\/strong>Brock Professor of Biological Sciences Fiona Hunter was quoted in an article by <a href=\"https:\/\/windsor.ctvnews.ca\/frequent-rainfall-has-some-taking-strong-measures-to-keep-mosquitoes-away-1.6531747\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CTV News Windsor<\/a> that explored the weather&#8217;s connection to the mosquito population in Windsor-Essex.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In recent media appearances, Brock experts discussed the rich history of the Isle of Man, the impact of wildfires in Canada&#8217;s North, proposed alcohol guidelines in the U.S., an NBA lawsuit, the significance of Crawford Lake and mosquito 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