I was able to get the the site and find this direct link to the article.
 
http://www.canada.com/search/story.html?id=
6c62efe4-c71c-4781-96f0-659650229a8a
 
or go to http://www.canada.com/national/ and search on "ferret".
 
The issue is that the ferrets need to be 3-4 months old, and verified
free of human flu antibodies.
 
Interesting quote from a researcher: "Poor little fellas.  They're great
little things.  We don't like using them but we have to sometimes,
unfortunately."
 
Linda Iroff
Oberlin OH
[Posted in FML issue 4414]