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Number of months into development that a baby in the womb begins to show preferences for certain notes and melodies:
Average percentage of neurons in the brains of awake patients undergoing surgery for epilepsy which exhibited increased activity when the patients were played a song by Mozart:
20
Average percentage of neurons which exhibited increased activity when the patients were played the theme song for Miami Vice:
74
Percentage by which a Brunel University student found carefully selected music to enhance the endurance of exercisers:
15
Percentage, three months after a stroke, by which verbal memory had improved in stroke victims in a Finland study who listened to music daily:
60
Percentage by which verbal memory had improved by those who did not listen to music:
29
Number of months of music therapy needed to accelerate language development in some children with developmental disorders such as Asperger’s and autism by up to three years:
1
Minimum number of songs written and recorded in St. John’s during this February’s RPM Challenge:
710
Sources linked.
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Sun, Mar 15, 2009
Number of jobs lost across Canada since October:
213,000
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Minimum number of full-time employees in the Canadian media who lost their jobs in October, November and December 2008:
1,200
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Minimum percentage of Globe and Mail staff who will be laid off:
10
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Number of jobs lost in Newfoundland between December 2008 and Januaray 2009:
1,300
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Percentage of editorial staff at Halifax’s Chronicle-Herald who were laid off this February:
25
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Number of times that the Chronicle-Herald has had to lay off staff since it was founded in 1875:
0
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Number of jobs cut across North America by international printer Transcontinental Media, who owns the Telegram and the Western Star, both of which have laid off reporters recently:
1,500
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Percentage by which average newsprint consumption fell last year, according to Jean Majeau, spokesman for Kruger Incorporated:
15
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Number of workers at Kruger’s Corner Brook pulp and paper mill who will be temporarily laid off this spring in order to account for this drop:
30
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Sources linked.
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Thu, Nov 6, 2008
Amount Ontario has contributed to the equalization program over the past 50 years:
Percentage increase of charitable donations in Canada between 2005-2006:
Percentage decrease of donors:
Median donation from Newfoundland and Labrador charity donors in 2006:
…in Toronto:
…in Nunavut:
The Index
Thu, Oct 23, 2008
Estimated number of years until healthcare spending will amount more than half of total provincial revenue in…
Quebec:
86 years
New Brunswick:
11 years
Newfoundland & Labrador:
17 years
Median wait time for surgical/therapeutic treatment in 2008 in…
Ontario:
13.3 weeks
Saskatchewan:
28.8 weeks
Newfoundland & Labrador:
24.4 weeks
Sources are linked.
The Index
Thu, Oct 9, 2008
Average number of children per woman in 2006:
1.59
Average age of women giving birth in 2006:
29.3
Average age of women giving birth in 1986:
27
First births among women aged 30-34:
26%
Number of children per family needed to maintain population in Canada (before immigration):
2.1
Sources linked online at thescope.ca
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Thu, Sep 25, 2008
Average number of hours Canadians spent listening to radio in 2006: 20.5 hours per week
Average in 2007: 18.3 hours per week
Average number of hours for teenagers in 2007: 7.2 hours per week
Hours Newfoundlanders spent listening to radio in 2007: 18.6 hours per week
Number of cellphone-only homes in Canada in 2006: 5.1%
Cellphone-only homes in Canada in n 2007: 6.4%
Cellphone-only homes 34-years-old or younger: 68%
Cellphone-only homes in Newfoundland in 2007: 3.9%
Sources are linked.
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Thu, Sep 11, 2008
Average hourly wage for Canadians over 24 in August 2008: $21.13
For men: $22.90
Women: $19.27
Ages 15-24: $12.39
Average price of a resale home in Canada in July 2008: $302,298
Average hourly wage for Newfoundlanders over 24 in August 2008: $18.37
For men: $20.44
Women: $16.22
Ages 15-24: $11.34
Average price of a resale home in Newfoundland in July 2008: $181,269
Source: Statistics Canada
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Thu, Aug 28, 2008
Number of degrees colder world temperatures have been this year compared to the average for 2000-2008:
Greater than 0.1°C
2008′s ranking on the “Warmest Years Since 1850″ scale:
10th
Coldest year on record:
1862
Average temperature that year:
-0.616°C
Average world temperature so far for 2008:
+0.281°C
Warmest year on record:
1998
Average temperature that year:
+0.515°C
Sources are linked.
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Thu, Jul 31, 2008
Number of NL gynecological oncologists who submitted resignations recently:
3
Number of moose killed in vehicle collisions on the night of July 28:
4
Sources are linked.
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Thu, Jul 3, 2008
Population growth in Newfoundland and Labrador over first three months of 2008: 200 people
Population growth in the second quarter: 171 people
Population growth in Newfoundland and Labrador over first three months of 2007: -1,800 people
Total population of Newfoundland and Labrador: 508,270
Number of fish caught recreationally in Canada in 1995: 196 million
Number in 2005: 156 million
Rise in sports fishermen in Newfoundland and Labrador between 1995 and 2005: 7%
Sources are linked.
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Thu, Jun 19, 2008
Amount spent on air travel by federal MPs last year:
$26 million
Number of votes cast for Ron Ellsworth in the recent municipal byelection:
19,509
Number of votes cast Paul Sears (runner up for deputy-mayor):
7,558
Number of cod allowed to be caught per person per day in the upcoming food fishery:
5
Number of Newfoundlanders and Labradorians who qualified for this year’s Canadian Idol:
2
Number of obstetricians on call this summer in central Newfoundland :
1
Sources are linked
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Thu, Jun 5, 2008
St. John’s estimated expenditure on public transit for 2008 :
$7,855,710
Canada’s gender gap ranking for women in government according to the World Economic Forum :
36th
Sri Lanka’s ranking :
7th
Percentage of female MPs in Canada :
20
Percentage of female MHAs in Newfoundland and Labrador :
23
Estimated number of deaths caused by cyclone in Burma :
78,000
Population of St. John’s in 2006 :
100,646
Sources are linked
The Index
Thu, May 22, 2008
Canadian nurses not working overtime who reported medication error:
14%
Canadian nurses working overtime who reported medication error:
22%
Proportion of Canadian households using only land-line telephone service:
30%
Number of households in NL using only land-line telephone service:
36%
Newfoundland and Labrador GDP per capita in 2007:
$57,348
Canadian GDP per capita in 2007:
$46,441
Sources are linked.
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Thu, May 8, 2008
Number of people assisted by a food bank in NL in March 2007 :
26,746
Median after-tax family income in Newfoundland and Labrador :
$48,500
Median after-tax family income in Alberta :
$70,500
Cost of a litre of gas at the Torbay Road Irving on May 5 :
132.8 cents
Cost of a litre of gas at the same Irving in 2003 :
around 80 cents
Sources are linked.
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Thu, Apr 10, 2008
Total amount spent on pharmaceuticals in Canada in 2005 :
$24.8 billion
Total amount spent in 1985 :
$4 billion
Salary range for a pathologist (a person who analyses lab samples) in NL :
$191,600-$234,920
Salary range for a pathologist in Ontario :
$300,000-unlimited
Sources are linked.
Thu, Mar 26, 2009
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