Your hair has the power to help to stop the nastiest oil spill in U.S. history from spreading. That fact gave two Barrie residents the hair-brained idea to help mop up the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Chris Kitchen and Cheryl Lago are collecting human and animal...
Two zebra-patterned brooms sit in the corner of Marcie Hartung’s Wink Salon in Jeannette, ready to sweep up clippings for a can labeled “Hair for oil project — no garbage.”The specially marked trash can has been propped on a stool for two weeks, ever...
Linda McLean knows she can’t go down to Louisiana to personally help save the Gulf. She can’t help save the dying dolphins she’s seen on CNN. She can’t help clean the oil off the birds, although she wishes she could. After suffering three strokes, she is disabled,...
Grant Wittevrongel recently travelled all the way from his home in Transcona to Portage Avenue just to get his hair cut at Lyla’s Family Affair hair salon. Wittevrongel’s hair will soon be traveling even further than he did — all the way to the Gulf of Mexico, in...
AS THE Gulf of Mexico oil spill continues, frantic attempts are being made to protect the coast. One of the ideas floated by San Francisco charity Matter of Trust was the use of human hair stuffed into stockings. The fibre-recycling organisation uses these natural...
