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Newspapers:

NOW Magazine - April 29, 2004
The Sound and the Fury
-NoiseWatch quoted

Time Magazine  - April 5, 2004
Just Too Loud

The Moscow Times - Aug 5, 2003
Excessive Noise Levels Afflict 70% of Moscow  

L.A. Times Calendar Alive  Jul 11, 2003
Pop music, Broadway and even opera have succumbed to over-amplification 

The Seattle Times - May 21, 2003
"Noise can elevate stress hormones" 

USA Today - Mar 12, 2003
Quiet, please! This is a bar

CBC TV Marketplace Feb 4, 2003
Loud Movies

NewScientist - Mar 28, 2002
"Silence machine" zaps unwanted noise

National Post - April 25, 2000
"Urban noise a growing problem, new report claims"
New health report cites dangers of noise pollution

National Post - April 25, 2000
"The sounds of silence are music to the ears of city noise activist"
Former NoiseWatch president is quoted in this article

National Post - March 23, 2000
"Cruel, unusual and loud"
We do torture our prisoners

Detroit Free Press - Mar. 22, 2000
Light Rock, hard time

BBC News - Aug. 3, 1999
 Loud music threat to the young


L.A. Times - Environment Section, March 27, 1999
"With the end of the cold war, Europe now faces wall of noise"
-Alarming health and financial costs of noise are detailed in this article.

BBC News - Jan. 19, 1999
Deafness risk from personal stereos

Ottawa Citizen - December 14, 1998
"Loud music as addictive as drugs, study says"
Researchers find those who need high-decibel fix, experience the same symptoms as substance abusers.

Toronto Star - December 13, 1998
"What you can't quite hear ... is what hurts"
-Baby boomers losing hearing in record numbers!

BBC News - Aug. 20, 1998
"Shhh! Noisy offices are bad for you"

Time Magazine - Jul 27, 1998
Mad About The Noise
-Excellent Cover Story on Noise

Toronto Star - August 26, 1997
"Forbidden night flights tested secretly at Pearson"
-GTAA Chair, Louis Turpen hides night test flights from public and would do it again!

Toronto Star - Jul 22, 1997
"Pardon? Speak Up! I've just been to the movies", pg. E7
- Movie theatres pump up the volume to painful levels, especially for the trailers.

Globe & Mail - July 7, 1997
"Ontario to protect farmers' right to work in smelly, noisy settings"
- Ontario government believes farmers should be above the law with regards to noise pollution.

Toronto Star - June 30, 1997
"Protect environment, readers urge" (Business section)
- Ken Burford, president of Citizens' Coalition Against Noise is quoted in this article, warning readers that noise is out of control.

Globe and Mail - May 23, 1997
"Noises off" (Social studies section)
- Sound levels at the movies.

Globe and Mail - May 21, 1997
"The Silent Treatment", pg. D1
- There is a little-known Ontario retreat where one can escape to, and find quiet isolation.

Toronto Star - April 24, 1997
"Shhhhh...we want peace and quiet", pg. C5
- The Citizens' Coalition Against Noise is featured in an article that's promoting International Noise Awareness Day.

Globe and Mail - April 12, 1997
"Earphones that neutralize the noise"
- Several portable headsets are discussed that cancel ambient noise.

The Vancouver Province - January 21, 1997
"For folks who like to shop, not bop"
- "Noisy stores, with loud, so-called 'background' music, are an irritation and we're going to try and do something about it," says the coalition's acting president, Ken Burford.

Toronto Star - January 20, 1997
"Group Fights Noisy Stores", pg. A6
- The Citizens' Coalition Against Noise takes to the streets in their battle against noisy businesses. They developed "gripe" cards to be handed out to noisy stores and restaurants and "quiet" cards to be handed to those that have a quiet ambiance.

Globe and Mail - November 5, 1996
"Vacuuming up tranquillity" (Facts & Arguments section)
- Colourful prose are used to bemoan the aural assault that awaits Torontonians each autumn.

Toronto Star - October 27, 1996
"Rash of noise complaints requires action by board" pg. LL4
- Tells how to deal with noise in your condominium.

Toronto Star - October 23, 1996
"Noise a serious health issue" (Editorial section)
- Ken Burford, president of Citizens' Coalition Against Noise cuts up the editor with style in this brief letter concerning jets at the Toronto island airport.

Toronto Star - September 8, 1996
"A Desperate Need for Some Peace and Quiet"
- The Brits take initiative in war against noise pollution.

Globe and Mail - May 16, 1996
"The machines that no one needs"
- Personal watercraft and leaf blowers are dealt a well-deserved blow in this piece by Michael Valpy.

Toronto Star - November 30, 1995
"Let's Hear Some Noise about Noise"
- Columnist Frank Jones. The Citizens' Coalition Against  Noise is mentioned.

Toronto Star - November 21, 1995
"It's Getting Too Noisy Out There"
- Article on the recent British Columbia Worker's Compensation study, 1/3 of young adults have hear- ing loss.

Vancouver Times Colonist - November 14, 1995
"Sound Off"
- Noise Pollution in Vancouver area

Toronto Star - July 10, 1995
"Aaargh! Please Stop That Noise"
- Article on the Citizens' Coalition Against Noise   and the social and health issues of noise, including the  inconsistency of municipal noise enforcement.

Ottawa Citizen - December 31, 1994
"Policing Party Animals" - Article about the assertive efforts of City of Ottawa  police responding to noise complaints.

Toronto Sun - November 27, 1994
"Acoustical Vandalism Is On the Increase"
- Editorial comment about lack of consideration for others  and the physical and mental torture of noise.

Globe and Mail - November 19, 1994
"Sound Breeds Fury as Noise Pollution Grows"
- Increase in noise, social and health problems and fighting back by being an anti-noise activist.

Montreal Gazette - January 31, 1993
"Quiet Please, Our Health Suffers From That Noise"
- Article on noise and health.

Toronto Star - February 1, 1992
"Hey! Can You Turn It Down"
- Metro Toronto noise problems, health and how to handle a problem neighbour.

Winnipeg Free Press - October 16, 1991
"Toronto Leads in Noise Control"
- Promoting need for municipal noise control.

Toronto Star - July 14, 1991
"Paradise Lost: Cottagers Crave A Little Quiet"
- Editorial/article on the growing noise problem in Ontario's cottage country.

Toronto Star - June 30, 1991
"Noise Turns Metro Into Din of Iniquity"
- Metro Toronto's growing noise problem.

Montreal Gazette - May 23, 1991
"Noise, Modern Life Takes Toll"
- Noise and our health.

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