Doctors : Curb cellphone to avoid collisions

Ontario's doctors are the latest to weigh in on the risks of chatting on a cellphone while driving, saying it significantly increases the chance of an accident.

Mobile-phone use affects a driver's cognitive function, visual concentration, speed of information processing and reaction time, the Ontario Medical Association said Sunday.

'There have been studies that show when cellphones are banned, that accident rates decrease.'— OMA president Dr. Ken Arnold

The group compiled studies from around the world pointing to the dangers in a bid to get action from the Ontario government.

Who owns ideas now?

When you download music or text from the web, you may be innocently breaking the law. Jim Lebans, a producer with CBC Radio’s Quirks and Quarks, looks at the tangled world of intellectual property and how the digital age is challenging ideas about who owns our culture. These legal rights were established over hundreds of years to reward creators of ideas, but at the same time preserve and protect the public's right to access and make use of the expression of ideas.

Click through to listen to a formal discussion about the new reality of intellectual property and copyright.

Lindros: Checking out the competition?

Then there’s this Lindros story :

The bathroom was relatively crowded — seeing Lindros in person, he was taller (and skinnier) than I expected.

As I did my thing, I felt someone bearing down on me from an unobstructed perspective. It was Lindros, and, yes, he was sneaking a peek.

Lindros : 9th most generous star - Oprah tops

Retired hockey player Eric Lindros is among the world's top 10 most generous celebrities.

Lindros made No. 9 on the list, which is compiled annually by The Giving Back Fund, after contributing $5 million to the London Health Sciences Centre, a London, Ont.-based hospital where he was treated.

He tied in generosity with other sports stars — basketball player Michael Jordan, who gave to a Chicago school, and cyclist Lance Armstrong, who gave to cancer research.

Lindros played in the National Hockey League for 16 years, most notably with the Philadelphia Flyers.