Dec 24, 2004 — Canadians have now endured more than three months without professional hockey. Team owners in the National Hockey League have shut the league down. They want the players to agree to a cap on their salaries. The players have refused. At this point, it looks like there may not be a hockey season at all. Karen Kelly talked to people on Bank Street in Ottawa to find out how they're coping.  Go to full article

Dec 22, 2004 — Martha Foley and horticulturist Amy Ivy have some great gift suggestions for the gardener on your Holiday list.  Go to full article

Dec 20, 2004 — The Associated Press reported on Friday that more than 100 miles of snowmobile trails will be opened on International Paper land over the next five years. The plan is part of a conservation deal unveiled earlier this year that will offer the public recreation access on more than a quarter-million acres of IP land. David Sommerstein talks with Adirondack bureau chief Brian Mann about the deal.  Go to full article

Dec 13, 2004 — The weekend snow has created magical winter landscapes, but what about the garden? Martha Foley and horticulturist Amy Ivy talk about the heavy, wet snow's affect on the garden.  Go to full article

Dec 03, 2004 — With the first serious snow finally hitting parts of the North Country, New York State says it will spend just under $6 million this winter maintaining snowmobile trails and aiding local law enforcement efforts. Brian Mann has that story.  Go to full article

Nov 01, 2004 — Martha Foley and horticulturist Amy Ivy talk about applying a protective winter mulch to your perennials and the garden. It offers the extra blanket that nature often doesn't provide.  Go to full article

May 14, 2004 — The Adirondack Park Agency is poised to approve a new plan for the ski area at Whiteface Mountain. The most controversial addition will be a series of rental day-use cabins. Environmental groups say the structures would violate the "forever wild" provision of the state's constitution. Chris Knight has details.  Go to full article

Mar 17, 2004 — Deep in the layering of this long winter's snow, Fortune 500 refugee-turned-writer Fred Schneider once again finds himself battling his big business inclination to improve everything, in his essay on improvement of the weather.  Go to full article

Mar 15, 2004 — For the second time this winter a skier has died after hitting a tree while skiing at Whiteface Mountain at Wilmington. Chris Knight reports.  Go to full article

Mar 15, 2004 — "Spring skiing" is a delight for cross country skiers. Warmer days and brilliant sun are hard to resist. But as commentator Betsy Kepes found, the transition from deep winter to temperate spring brings new hazards, too.  Go to full article