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Content Fall 2011
Loud TV-ads to tone down
Broadcasting regulatory policy CRTC 2011-584
Marketing with seductive video, audio and scents
The sound of music
Amplified noise from boats-update
Ox surprises holiday-makers after plunge into Atlantic
Royal noise annoys
Documenting the sound of fallen trees(and planes)
Noise pollution hard on heart as well as ears
Hospitals drowning in noise
Legal action over propane cannon noise
An encouraging improvement
Why do people play music in public through a phone
Content Spring 2011
Leaf blower blues
Aircraft noise study
Noise complaints prompt city to look at changing bylaw
Fish are being threatened by rising levels of man-made noise pollution
Whistling Caterpillars
Scientists tune in to the Voices of the Landscape
Fraser's Penguins
Amplified entertainment noise from boats
How malls can save both the Earth and your ears 2
Musical Brains
Shhhh! Quiet!
WHO book on noise
Noise protection wall under protection
Click to see Spring 2011 issue
Content Winter 2011
Buenos Aires noisiest city, according to study
Noise Information Seminar dates for 2011 at YVR
Province readers' objections to noise
Loud workplaces - increases health risk
Quiet asphalt tested in Europe
Whales must shout over marine noise, says study
Elephant communication
Music on pigs' menu
Most cellphones are in Chile
Request for quiet on B.C. Ferries
Ear-witness report on New Year's noise
Quest for quiet restaurants, storesClick to see Winter 2011 issue
Content Fall 2010
Three books on noise reviewed
Wind turbines
Province readers' objections to noise
Edmonton muffles motorcycles!
Protecting children from noise pollution — study
Cell phones and distracted vehicle-drivers
Why others' cell phone coversations annoy us
Teen proves hard rock is rots your brain— research
Study to develop "musical prescriptions" for patients
Noise dispute results in stabbing murder in Surrrey, BC
Editorial opinions by Hans Schmid, others: The accousic nightmare is only getting worse despite efforts to turn it aroundOlympic spoof medals for noisemakers
Successful court cases
MP3 player: noise limits coming
Headphones + loud music = fatalities
Accoustics week in Canada: Symposium in Victoria, Oct. 13-15
Deterring birds with disco balls
Electric cars too quiet?
Sound-sensitive woman finds a way to cope with noise
Sound-potpourriClick to see Spring 2010 issue
World's quietest science lab
Music as punishment– Arizona prison
Noise as therapy or Noise Therapy (music group's name)
Skin and hair help to hear
Night noise guidelines– WHO report
Howling "hailers" at Olympics?
Hospitals exceed noise limits
Noise interferes with social cues
Germany moves to limit railway noise
Rio to quieten its beachesClick to see Winter 2010 issue
Sonic scrutiny: Decibel levels around the Vancouver region
Canada Line noise problems
Eurocities-Working Group Noise
Cleaveland's tough noise ordinance
Leed-USA has few refernences to noise
"One Square Inch of Silence" book and CD donated to the B.C. Public Libraries System
Mega noise in the mega-mall
The Mosquito loiterer-repellant
Skunks sensitive to noise
RTQ at Vancouver Wellness Show
Noise imperils ocean creatures
"Acoustic City" in Austria: imposed noise bannedClick to see Spring 2009 issue
Distress call from New Zealand
Letter to campaigning Vancouver politicians
Goats as lawn mowers in Los Angeles
Noise-reduction suggestions and strategies
TinnitusClick to see Winter 2009 issue
Human noise altering Earth's ecology (the "biphony")
Urban noise stresses out songbirds
British law to muzzle complaints re construction noise
Silent rave: group dancing to one's own headphones
TV noise as background distracts, hurts child development
Louder music manipulates drinking habits
Cloak of silence coming, to insulate your house from noisePolice indifference to noise complaint: contributed to fatality?
Noise and detrimental stress responses
Kindergarten teachers wear hearing protection
Frustration in getting municipal action on noise
-- a personal experience in Istanbul
Upcoming eventsClick to see Spring 2008 issue
A siren call to turn down the incessant wail
Silence is hard to take for some, but necessay to percieve and
understand things
Noise and blood pressure
Agricultural noise—bird-scare cannons
Hush motorbikes for a Civil City
Sound and moodClick to see Winter 2008 issue
Air traffic noise causes illness
Spanish mayor faces jail for not enforcing noice laws
Britain no longer at peace with itself
Anti-noise lobbying successful in Ashcroft, BCRight to Quiet 25th Anniversary
International Noise Awareness Day
Search for tranquility
Roots of why some noises annoy
Real estate info should include noise info
Noise control in building design
Samples of queries to Right to Quiet Society
Legal Assistance FundClick to see Spring 2007 issue
Hockey noise a hazard
Don't moan—take action
Want to reduce stress? Keep quiet!
How much sound is too much?
Construction noise—on Sundays?
Aircraft noise issues—air shows; helicopters
Noise used in toughinterrogation techniques
Right to Quiet turns 25 this yearClick to see Winter 2007 issue
Noise and violent reactions
New, interesting books
Noise effects on adaptive mating calls and mate location
Monitoring sounds using artificial eggs in nests
Noise Awareness day observed
Letter to Members of Parliament, Ottawa
Noise issues get media attention
New allies debut
Click to see Fall 2006 issue
Content Spring 2006
Oasis of silence
Three examples of bad noise management
Sudden death from noise
Silencing cell-phones
Vancouver emergency phone numbers
Acoustic scarecrow menace
Noisy alternatives
Monster stereos are hot tickets for clamp down
Quiet option for car-access noise
Activists want to curb noise pollution
Australian law limits noise
Opinion poll on "muzak" in GermanyClick to see Spring 2006 issue
Content Winter 2006
Noise may increase risk of heart attack
Monza gears up for formula hush
Noise through the ages
Noise from heat pump resolved
Justice served after animals died
First "silent" airliner
Creative search for quiet residential places
Noise by-law enforcement in a U.S. town
Woman arrested for blasting rock music
Court backs city's right to regulate noise
Just Dance sound-levels
Sound-warning!Click to see Winter 2006 issue
Content Winter 2005
Quebec judge ruled to close "snowmobile highway"
Loud toys, music damaging kids' ears
Leaf blowers banned in Vancouver's West End
Car-alarm Update
"TV-zapper reality" at last
Cell-phone jamming in France
Rising noise at night keeps Britain awake
Background noises cause brain activity to slow
Financial compensation after pop concertClick to see Winter 2005 issue
Content Fall 2005
Noise victim wins in court
Babies show signs of crying in the womb
Norway bans babies from most cinemas, fearing exposure to violence
Noise as election issue
Aircraft noise may affect children's reading and memory
Lowering the boom on boom-cars
Ooh La Loud
Content Spring 2005
For April 2005: A Quiet Diet
Classrooms too noisy
Noisy daycare reduces retiree to tears
Wagner tops the road hazard hit parade
Unhealthy noise on the rise in hospitals, care facilities
Omnipresent "muzak"
Best of Vancouver - Quietest haircut
Only male fin whales sing loud songs
Noises of war form daily sound-track for Baghdadis
Cell-phone shushing gets creative
Noise and addiction
SoundwalksClick to see Spring 2005 issue
Winter 2004
Click to see Winter 2004 issue
Season soured by stentorian songs
Overseas Visitors to Vancouver
Fun-couver fall-out
Legal Assistance Fund
"Quiet Commotion" in Colorado
Noisy Apple?
Fall 2004
Float-plane noise petition
Revved-up traffic noise plagues U.S. cities
Leaf blower ban blown with the wind
Imposed sound on German busses
Music on the telephone
Movie sound and sound that moves the mood
Noisy workplace causes women to overdo snacking, study finds
Second-hand snoring
Ssssh! We can't hear
British ducks have accents, study finds
Spring 2004
Postal stamps for noise awareness
Does your computer have to be so loud?
New York City Council dealing with noisy car alarms
Proposed car-alarm ban in Vancouver
Noisy Moscow - Excessive noise levels afflict 70 percent of Moscow
Change to decibel-based noise bylaw in Victoria
Noisy wards harm patients
Thai karaoke taxi
Click to see Spring 2004 issue
Fall 2003
West Vancouver Noise By-law "Bogus" Addendum
Update on Leaf Blower Restrictions in Vancouver
Noise By-law Amendments re. Construction Noise - Vancouver
"Considerate Contractor" scheme in the U.K.
"Whistle tips" banned in California
Effects of Infrasound
Stillness: Daily Gifts of Solitude by Richard Mahler—Book Review
Spring 2003
West Vancouver Noise By-law Bogus
Massive Noise Assault by US Navy Sonar
Reducing Computer Fan Noise
Automakers Feed Boom Car Frenzy
Noise Contributes to Pharmacy Errors
Sound Scrutiny - Mozart's Music Measured
Grey Whales Not To Be Tracked By Sonar
Parks Canada Tackles Camper Noise
Calgary Outlaws Excessive Engine Idling
Noise Rage Fatality in San Francisco
Tips for Reducing Household Noise
Operation Silent Night
Love Parade Noise Gave Zoo Animals Diarrhoea
Another Toy for the Noise AddictedClick to see Spring 2003 issue
Fall 2002
Vancouver Council Rescinds Future Ban on Leaf Blowers - BC Fraser Valley
Victoria Adopts Decibel-Based Noise Bylaw
Noise Quiz
Pill Trumpeted as Hearing Saver
Enforcement is Key
Spring 2002
Our 20th Anniversary Year!
Right to Quiet Legal Fund
Quiet Gardening Grows
Leaf Blower Ban Rescinded
'Stealth Campaign"
Loud Toys Can Damage Hearing
Airport Noise Jettisons Property Values
Update on Jericho Volleyball Courts
Commercial Drive Goes Downhill
Conspicuous Parallels - Perfumes
Concert Organizers Held Liable for Hearing Damage
The Cost Of Sleeplessness
The Highly Sensitive Person by Elaine N. Aron, Ph.D., 1996 - Book ReviewClick to see Spring 2002 issue
The presiding judge of the high court in Hamburg once wrote: "When two persons have a right and each of them can exercise his right ONLY by infringing on that of the other person, then the one has to yield who would encroach on the other person more than would be the case in reverse... That means that the imposition of having to hear something encroaches more on the personality than would the deprivation of being denied to hear something. Subsequently, the right not having to hear imposed audio is to prevail." - Fall 2004 Noiseletter
