A study co-authored by Damon Matthews, a professor in the Department of Geography, Planning and Environment, shows that outdoor hockey rinks, a staple of Canadian identity, could disappear over the next 50 years because of global warming: The New York Times, Maclean’s, The Montreal Gazette, Radio-Canada, The Toronto Star, The Globe and Mail, The Huffington Post, Métro Montréal, RDS, The Guardian, The National Post, The Regina Leader Post, The Winnipeg Free Press, The Vancouver Sun, The Edmonton Journal, The Province, The Windsor Star, The StarPhoenix, Global B.C., The Ottawa Citizen, The Province, The Canadian Press, The National Post, Branchez-vous Matin, CP24, Nanaimo Daily News, Herald News. MSN Technologie, The Cape Breton Post, International Business Times, MSN News World, CottageCountryNow, Environmental Research Web and Newstalk 650. Matthews appeared on CTV National News on March 2.
Coverage of this study also appeares on Agence France Presse, CBC News, Global National News, TVA Nouvelles, Canoe, The Calgary Herald, City News Toronto, The Waterloo Record, The Guelph Mercury, The Hamilton Spectator, Minnesota Public Radio, The Brandon Sun, CHBC, News, Yahoo News Canada, Responding to Climate Change, International Business Times, Outcome Magazine, Green Economy, City Journal, Express.co.uk, Belfast Telegraph, CNN, The Kincardine Independent, NESN.com, Enerzine, Open File, On earth, The American Spectator and The Irish Independent. Coverage of the study appeared on City News at 6, Radio-Canada’s Le Téléjournal, CHEX’s Newswatch at 6, CHML News, AM 640 News, CHCH News, News 1130, CKGL, CJOB A.M. on March 5. Matthews appeared on CBC News Toronto, CBC Calgary’s Eyeopener, Radio-Canada International, A.M. 900’s The Bill Kelly Show on March 5. Matthews’ co-author, McGill professor Lawrence Mysak gave several interviews regarding this study.
