Saturday, December 27, 2008

Probe into waterfowl deaths taking too long, group says

'It's a complex issue,' spokeswoman for Environment Canada declares
Dec 26, 2008
NORVAL SCOTT AND DAWN WALTON
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20081226.DUCKS26/TPStory/Environment
Dec 26, 2008
MARK HUME
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20081226.BCHUME26/TPStory//?page=rss&id=GAM.20081226.BCHUME26
Dec 26, 2008
AFP
http://www.canada.com/topics/technology/science/story.html?id=1116307
Dec 25, 2008
The Associated Press
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20081225/genetic_engineer_081225/20081225?hub=Health
Dec 24, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/12/24/climate-passage.html
Dec 24, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/12/24/nasa-spacex.html
Dec 24, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20081224/toxictoys_barium_081224/20081224?hub=Health
Dec 24, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/12/24/smoking-pregnancy.html
Dec 24, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/12/24/seniors-drugs.html

All I want for Christmas ....

Dec 23, 2008
DAVID SUZUKI
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081223.wcogreen24/BNStory/specialComment/home
Dec 23, 2008
ROBERT PALTER AND SACHA GHAI
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081223.wcoecon24/BNStory/specialComment/home
Dec 23, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jXkRCnSTsYh1tjYMQHN05u0c1x0Q
Dec 23, 2008
The Associated Press
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20081223/sooty_air_081223/20081223?hub=Health
Dec 23, 2008
Dina O'Meara and Kelly Cryderman
Calgary Herald
http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/story.html?id=a9f85166-c697-4492-9179-931a335b37d1
Dec 23, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/12/23/nb-emo-prepared.html
Dec 23, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/12/23/doda-charge.html
Dec 23, 2008
Fabien Zamora
Reuters
http://www.canada.com/topics/technology/science/story.html?id=1108602
Dec 23, 2008
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/story.html?id=1106582
Dec 22, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/12/22/cousins-marry.html
Dec 22, 2008
The Associated Press
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20081222/GlaxoSmithKline_081222/20081222?hub=Health
Dec 22, 2008
Deborah Zabarenko
Reuters
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/world/story.html?id=1105525
Dec 22, 2008
AFP
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/081222/usa/eu_us_canada_wto_trade_dispute_1
Dec 22, 2008
Jesse J. Holland
Canadian Business
http://www.canadianbusiness.com/markets/headline_news/article.jsp?content=D957U87O0&utm_source=markets&utm_medium=rss
Dec 22, 2008
Angus Reid Global Monitor
http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/view/fewer_americans_worried_about_climate_change/
Saturday, December 20, 2008

Canada deserves 'Colossal Fossil' award

Dec 20, 2008
Dave Martin
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/556665
Dec 20, 2008
Peter Gorrie
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/Ideas/article/556069
Dec 20, 2008
HOPE YEN
Associated Press
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/O/OBAMA?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-12-20-08-02-16
Dec 20, 2008
John Miller
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Science/2008/12/20/7815111-ap.html
Dec 19, 2008
Alison Ménard
Times & Transcript
http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/opinion/article/516980
Dec 19, 2008
The Associated Press
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20081219/gas_ban_081219/20081219?hub=SciTech
Dec 19, 2008
Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE4BI5WG20081219
Canada can be a leader in tackling climate change and still experience strong economic and employment growth according to a groundbreaking study
Dec 19, 2008
Bob Ewing
DigitalJournal.com
http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/263713
Field trials continue for a less corrosive product to replace 2,000 tonnes of rock salt used yearly
Dec 19, 2008
Tess Kalinowski
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/556247
Dec 19, 2008
Lorne Hepworth
Guelph Mercury
http://news.guelphmercury.com/Opinions/article/417864
Dec 19, 2008
CARLY WEEKS
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081219.wlcold19/BNStory/specialScienceandHealth/home

How safe is our food? Don't ask

Feds withhold records on management of crisis
Dec 19, 2008
Robert Cribb
Toronto Star
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/article/556249
Dec 19, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/12/19/listeria-cfia.html
Dec 19, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/12/19/melamine-hong-kong.html
Dec 19, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/12/19/actos.html
Dec 19, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/12/19/pe-bioscience-funding.html
Dec 19, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20081219/flu_drugs_081219/20081219?hub=Health

Darwinism: Why we are, as we are

As the 150th anniversary of the publication of “On The Origin of Species” approaches, the moment has come to ask how Darwin’s insights can be used profitably by policymakers
Dec 18, 2008
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=12795581
Dec 18, 2008
Clare Baldwin
Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE4BH0GO20081218?sp=true

Eyes west

Could the United States topple Europe as the driver of international climate-change regulations?
Dec 18, 2008
Nature
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v456/n7224/
Dec 18, 2008
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/12/18/diabetes-drugs.html
Dec 18, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/12/18/pe-mrsa-surgery.html
Wednesday, December 17, 2008

EU finalizes deal to fight climate change

Dec 17, 2008
Pete Harrison and Huw Jones
Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE4BG2SH20081217
Dec 17, 2008
Deborah Charles
Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE4BG43N20081217
Dec 17, 2008
Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE4BG4EQ20081217
Dec 17, 2008
Karl Plume
Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE4BG45X20081217
Dec 17, 2008
Richard Watts
Victoria Times Colonist
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=1083823
Dec 17, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/12/17/epilepsy-warning.html

Canada falls short

Dec 16, 2008
editorial
The Whig-Standard
http://www.thewhig.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1347464

Adapting to a changing climate

Documents sent to Transport and Infrastructure Canada by federal experts warn that water resources are particularly vulnerable to changes in the climate and urge Ottawa to offer more support, guidance and leadership
Dec 16, 2008
MIKE DE SOUZA
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/story.html?id=1079893
Dec 16, 2008
Gwynne Dyer
Hamilton Spectator
http://www.thespec.com/Opinions/article/482719
Dec 16, 2008
Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE4BF58H20081216
Consumers would benefit from lower costs, says industry
Dec 16, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/12/16/generic-court.html
Dec 16, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/12/16/children-chemicals.html
Dec 16, 2008
MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20081216.BISPHENOL16/TPStory/National

The big melt

Two trillion tons of ice have melted since 2003
Dec 16, 2008
Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081216.wbigmelt1216/BNStory/Science/home
Dec 16, 2008
Robert Evans
Reuters
http://www.canada.com/topics/technology/science/story.html?id=1082827
Dec 16, 2008
Anne Harding
Reuters
http://www.nationalpost.com/life/health/story.html?id=f93ad7b5-4b41-46b6-9152-89ac63d49bee
Dec 16, 2008
AFP
http://www.canada.com/topics/technology/science/story.html?id=1082010

The million-dollar degree

Dec 16, 2008
Leo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/blog.aspx?id=4834&blogid=86
New study for Canadian Research Integrity Committee compares policies and incidence at home with eight other countries
Dec 15, 2008
Nick Taylor-Vaisey
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/canadian-research-misconduct-to-be-studied-by-health-canada-led-committee.aspx
Dec 15, 2008
Imed Lamloum
AFP
http://www.canada.com/topics/technology/science/story.html?id=1078429
Climate change top Ottawa priority despite environmentalist criticism: Prentice
Dec 15, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://www.metronews.ca/calgary/Live/article/154237
Dec 15, 2008
The Associated Press
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20081215/obama_globalwarming_081215/20081215?hub=SciTech
Dec 15, 2008
Sarah Shenker
BBC News
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7776775.stm
Dec 15, 2008
BIOTECanada
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Biotech-Essential-Economic-Recovery/story.aspx?guid=%7B51957138-8FEA-4931-9E0A-A566BDAC8011%7D
Dec 15, 2008
Stephen Leahy
Inter Press Service
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=45121
Storing compressed air below ground could provide the grid with wind power when it's needed, not just when it blows
Dec 15, 2008
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/553702
Dec 15, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/12/15/colonoscopy.html
Dec 15, 2008
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/12/15/bisphenol-fda.html
Dec 15, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/12/15/sinks-hospital.html
Health Canada; Special X-rays will scan people's bones
Dec 15, 2008
Tom Blackwell
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/story.html?id=1076803
Converting X-rays and other images to electronic format will reduce costs, aid patients, report says
Dec 15, 2008
LISA PRIEST
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20081215.DIGITAL15/TPStory/National
Dec 15, 2008
David Fogarty
Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE4BE0K520081215?sp=true
Dec 15, 2008
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/12/15/australia-climate.html
Dec 15, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/12/15/isotopes-medical.html
Dec 14, 2008
Adrian Morrow
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/553656

Cellphone health study on hold

Other nations have released their data on wireless health effects, so why hasn't Canada?
Dec 14, 2008
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/article/553500
Dec 14, 2008
The Associated Press
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20081214/breastcancer_hormones_081214/20081214?hub=Health
Dec 13, 2008
Peter Gorrie
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/Ideas/article/552438
Forget melting. The possibility of ice break-up could lead to an irreversible catastrophe
Dec 13, 2008
Daniel Tanuro
Special to the Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/article/552439
Dec 13, 2008
Paul Jay
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/12/12/prentice-maciver.html
Environment minister offers reassurance despite economic crisis
Dec 13, 2008
Joanna Smith
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/553266
Dec 13, 2008
Rod Charlton
Recorder & Times
http://www.recorder.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1345546
Dec 12, 2008
Mike De Souza
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/topics/technology/science/story.html?id=1069327
Friday, December 12, 2008

Canada mocked for its green policies

Dec 12, 2008
VIVIAN SONG
SUN MEDIA
http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2008/12/12/7720391-sun.html
North America-wide approach needed, Prentice tells summit
Dec 12, 2008
Jasmeet Sidhu
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/552592
Dec 12, 2008
Simon Sturdee
AFP
http://www.canada.com/topics/technology/science/story.html?id=1067749
Dec 12, 2008
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/12/12/eu-climate.html
Dec 12, 2008
Philip Pullella
Reuters
http://www.canada.com/topics/technology/science/story.html?id=1067731
Dec 12, 2008
Nicole Winfield
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Science/2008/12/12/7725696-ap.html
Dec 12, 2008
The Associated Press
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20081212/bioethics_vatican_081212/20081212?hub=SciTech
Dec 12, 2008
Canada Foundation for Innovation
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Canada-Foundation-Innovation-45-Million/story.aspx?guid=%7BF16BFD5B-073F-4E62-970B-0F63E3C46708%7D
Dec 12, 2008
ANNE MCILROY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081212.wldrugs12/BNStory/specialScienceandHealth/home
Dec 12, 2008
ANDRÉ PICARD
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081212.whospital12/BNStory/specialScienceandHealth/home
Dec 12, 2008
Reuters
http://www.nationalpost.com/life/health/story.html?id=e4897cd8-16fd-4939-9d01-57d0c7987491
Dec 12, 2008
Biswajyoti Das
Reuters
http://www.nationalpost.com/life/health/story.html?id=5b5340ec-abb3-4cb1-a4ee-53fdaed36bfd
Dec 11, 2008
Tony Clarke
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/551909
Dec 11, 2008
DIANA MEHTA
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081211.wImmunize12/BNStory/International/home
Dec 11, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/12/11/cata-stimulus.html
Dec 11, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/12/11/prentice-poland.html
Dec 11, 2008
Mike De Souza
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/world/story.html?id=1062783
Dec 11, 2008
MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20081211.CLIMATE11/TPStory/Environment
Dec 11, 2008
The Gazette
http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/features/viewpoints/story.html?id=0fa8f8c6-7e28-45d0-b5ff-773d01dc13fb

Safe toys

Falling behind the U.S.
Dec 11, 2008
Windsor Star
http://www.canada.com/windsorstar/news/editorial/story.html?id=c79199db-671a-488e-a604-a3edda3e5634

Sniffle season

Dec 11, 2008
Ottawa Citizen
http://www.canada.com/reginaleaderpost/news/viewpoints/story.html?id=88cd6880-c96d-4cab-a242-6522c1b60d61
Dec 11, 2008
Gail Johnson
Georgia Straight
http://www.straight.com/article-175333/tuberculosis-closer-home-you-think
Dec 11, 2008
Moira Welsh
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/Ontario/article/552008
Dec 11, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/12/11/cheap-drinks-doctors.html
Foradil, Serevent singled out
Dec 11, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/12/11/asthma-drugs.html
Dec 11, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/12/11/pe-flu-vaccine.html

Toward a Next Generation Canada?

Dec 10, 2008
ANDREA WOOD
Globe and Mail
http://business.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081209.lawwebcommentary1209/BNStory/robLawPage/home
Decrease in levels allowed in infant formula
Dec 10, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2008/12/10/melamine-canada.html
Dec 10, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jmu9Wp_ezzfOYU-n6tCD28OM1oaA
Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Scientists hope Poland treaty can mitigate climate change effects

Dec 10, 2008
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/12/10/poznan-climate.html
Dec 10, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/12/10/nanotechnology-safety.html
Decision vindictive, medical ethicist says
Dec 10, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/12/10/addicts-shoplifting.html
Dec 10, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/12/10/medical.html
Dec 10, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/12/10/ot-081210-clinic.html
Dec 10, 2008
Environment Canada
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Canadas-Minister-Environment-Jim-Prentice/story.aspx?guid=%7B738E5E0B-6287-44C3-AD98-6686B0D17608%7D
Dec 10, 2008
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
http://www.thestar.com/News/World/article/551531
Saudi Arabia ranked higher in Climate Action Network Europe survey
Dec 10, 2008
Mike De Souza
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=1058777
Dec 10, 2008
Colleen Kimmett
The Tyee
http://www.thetyee.ca/Blogs/TheHook/Federal-Politics/2008/12/10/CanadaRep/
Dec 10, 2008
THE CANADIAN PRESS
http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/World/2008/12/10/7698106.html
Dec 10, 2008
Simon Sturdee
AFP
http://www.canada.com/topics/technology/science/story.html?id=1058374
Partnership with private firm probable way to go, says longtime public servant
Dec 10, 2008
Paul Gessell
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.financialpost.com/story.html?id=1054536
Dec 10, 2008
Tim Foran
Milton Canadian Champion
http://www.miltoncanadianchampion.com/news/article/224975
Dec 10, 2008
CARLY WEEKS
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081210.wldrugs10/BNStory/specialScienceandHealth/home
Dec 10, 2008
Will Dunham
Reuters
http://www.nationalpost.com/life/health/story.html?id=3fae960c-67a9-4995-95e5-bcf0008e4b4b
Dec 10, 2008
Susan Heavey
Reuters
http://www.nationalpost.com/life/health/story.html?id=ab70263b-fbf4-4abb-b095-bff35cf876ce
One way to delay or avoid side effects of incontinence and impotence
Dec 10, 2008
Michelle Magnan
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=1058898
Dec 10, 2008
Carmel Crimmins
Reuters
http://www.canada.com/topics/bodyandhealth/story.html?id=1057163
Dec 10, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20081210/food_allergies_081210/20081210?hub=Health

The trouble with tar sands

Dec 10, 2008
David Suzuki with Faisal Moola
Canoe.ca
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Environment/Suzuki/2008/12/10/7698041-ca.html
Dec 9, 2008
SYLVAIN CHARLEBOIS
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081208.wcofood09/BNStory/specialComment/home
Dec 9, 2008
CTV.ca News
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20081209/StatsCan_households_081209/20081209?hub=SciTech
Dec 9, 2008
Reuters
http://ctv.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081209.wgttechjobs1209/tech/Technology/techBN/ctv-technology
Dec 9, 2008
Diana Zlomislic
Toronto Star
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/article/550470
Dec 9, 2008
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/12/09/who.html
Dec 9, 2008
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/12/09/hk-bird-flu.html
But governments should reconsider emissions cuts
Dec 9, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/12/09/climate-meeting.html
Dec 9, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/12/09/mcmaster-nuclear.html
Dec 9, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/12/09/math-students.html

China takes action on food safety

Dec 9, 2008
Duncan Mavin
Financial Post
http://www.financialpost.com/news/story.html?id=1051874

Caution on 'cures,' please

Dec 9, 2008
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/editorial/story.html?id=90cf39ca-e9a7-4c27-b1b7-a84f645b7ea3
Dec 9, 2008
Environment Canada
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Canada-Signs-Agreement-Safe-Management/story.aspx?guid=%7BF5B6B723-3285-4C57-887C-725D408F0F82%7D
Dec 8, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/12/08/prentice-climate.html
Dec 8, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/12/08/bc-science.html
Dec 8, 2008
ZOSIA BIELSKI
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081208.wlnag08/BNStory/specialScienceandHealth/home
Monday, December 8, 2008

Climate change - unlike the financial meltdown - is a long-haul crisis

Dec 8, 2008
James Ford, Lea Berrang Ford and Tristan Pearce
The Gazette
http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/features/viewpoints/story.html?id=900b78cb-dbb4-4e1a-ba12-fdfe8ef55dcb

Green energy our best shot

Dec 8, 2008
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/549945

Watch more streams

Dec 8, 2008
editorial
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081207.wefish08/BNStory/specialComment/home
Dec 8, 2008
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/12/08/pills.html
Dec 8, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/12/08/electric-car.html
Additive linked to reproductive harm in kids
Dec 8, 2008
Sarah Schmidt
Canwest News Service
http://www.financialpost.com/story.html?id=1046315
Dec 8, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/12/08/flu.html
Dec 8, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/12/08/inuit.html
Dec 8, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/12/08/vaccine.html
Dec 8, 2008
Richard Ingham
AFP
http://www.canada.com/topics/technology/science/story.html?id=1048002
Dec 8, 2008
The Associated Press
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20081208/tanning_laws_081208/20081208?hub=Health
Dec 8, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://toronto.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20081208/AG_foodsafety_081208/20081208?hub=Toronto
Dec 8, 2008
CTV.ca News
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20081208/heartattacks_women_081208/20081208?hub=Health
Dec 7, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5iYqQ99R0q6gEnCCIF4YJcCzwkGdA
Dec 7, 2008
CTV.ca News
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20081203/trasylol_study_081203/20081207?hub=Health
Dec 7, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20081207/nuclear_waste_081207/20081207?hub=SciTech
Dec 7, 2008
The Associated Press
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20081207/caribou_herds_081207/20081207?hub=SciTech

The war to beat the flu bug

Modern medicine has tools to fight this age-old malady. The question is, why don't they always work?
Dec 6, 2008
Diana Zlomislic
Toronto Star
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/article/547330
Dec 6, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/12/06/hiv-vaccine.html

Our smog is worse than we thought

Research behind city's new emission-reporting bylaw finds high levels of suspected carcinogens
Dec 6, 2008
Moira Welsh
Toronto Star
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/article/549457
Dec 5, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2008/12/05/melamine-who.html
Dec 5, 2008
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Natural-Resources-Canada-Minister-Raitt/story.aspx?guid=%7BDE513B82-165A-4640-8FE5-376142619260%7D
Dec 5, 2008
Government of Ontario
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Ontario-Government-Investment-Supports-RD/story.aspx?guid=%7BEC1B9304-4046-4B8F-A678-56FD3A98597D%7D

Focus on Earth

Europe is rightly pioneering the systematic appliance of science in space to societal needs
Dec 4, 2008
Editorial
Nature
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v456/n7222/full/456546a.html

The cost of silence?

Analyses of AIDS deaths attributable to misguided policies in South Africa carry lessons for scientific leaders
Dec 4, 2008
Editorial
Nature
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v456/n7222/full/456545a.html
Friday, December 5, 2008

Solving the economic and environmental crises

Dec 5, 2008
TAMARA LORINCZ, GRETCHEN FITZGERALD and CHERYL RATCHFORD
Chronicle Herald
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Opinion/1094164.html
Report urges faster emissions cuts
Dec 5, 2008
Kelly Cryderman
Calgary Herald
http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/story.html?id=592043ec-4084-4c58-a2c3-2c913dce0e82
Dec 5, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/12/05/dna-database.html
Dec 5, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/12/05/nwmb-bowhead.html
Dec 5, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/12/05/edm-cancer-study.html
Dec 5, 2008
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/12/05/asthma-laba.html
Dec 5, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/12/05/measles.html
Dec 5, 2008
Pascal Fletcher
Reuters
http://www.nationalpost.com/life/health/story.html?id=2d25195e-52c9-402c-9d20-a3a2b5903404
Dec 5, 2008
PAUL TAYLOR
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081205.wldoses05/BNStory/specialScienceandHealth/home
Dec 5, 2008
The Associated Press
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20081205/nasa_mars_081205/20081205?hub=SciTech
Procedure may soon account for two per cent of all cases
Dec 4, 2008
Reuters
http://www.canada.com/topics/bodyandhealth/story.html?id=1031449
Dec 4, 2008
Paul Harrington
AFP
http://www.canada.com/topics/technology/science/story.html?id=1032241
Dec 4, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/12/04/causes-death.html
Dec 4, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/12/04/autism-court.html
Dec 4, 2008
Edmonton Journal
http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/story.html?id=bfd88ad1-4330-4076-be53-a941127e4f09
Dec 4, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/12/04/brain-income.html
Dec 4, 2008
Reuters, special to CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/12/04/tamoxifen.html

Watching and waiting

The search for dangerous asteroids is about to begin in earnest
Dec 4, 2008
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=12719347
Dec 3, 2008
Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada
http://www.aucc.ca/publications/media/2008/infrastructure_12_03_e.html
Dec 3, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/12/03/drugs-ont.html
Dec 3, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/12/03/listeria-outcome.html
Dec 3, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/12/03/world-heritage.html
Dec 3, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/12/03/avian-cholera.html
Treatment benefits exaggerated, risks underestimated, researchers warn
Dec 3, 2008
Margaret Munro
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/topics/bodyandhealth/story.html?id=1031389
Dec 3, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/12/03/pe-needle-exchange.html
Dec 3, 2008
Malcolm Ritter
The Associated Press
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20081203/scientists_technology_081203/20081203?hub=SciTech
Dec 3, 2008
The Associated Press
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20081203/conola_water_081203/20081203?hub=SciTech
Dec 3, 2008
The Associated Press
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20081203/gge_us_081203/20081203?hub=SciTech
Snapping turtles join species at the brink
Dec 3, 2008
MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081203.wspecies03/BNStory/Science/home
Dec 2, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/12/02/generic-drugs.html
Dec 2, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/12/02/aprotinin.html
Dec 2, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/12/02/edm-birds-oilsands-report.html
Dec 2, 2008
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/12/02/tech-fuelcell.html
Dec 2, 2008
ELIZABETH CHURCH
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081202.wacademic02/BNStory/National/?page=rss&id=RTGAM.20081202.wacademic02

HIV+ and looking to conceive

When a permanent, quarantined laboratory opens at Toronto's Mount Sinai Hospital this spring, the barriers to reproductive services may start to disappear for couples living with HIV. But there's still a long way to go
Dec 1, 2008
HAYLEY MICK
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081201.wlhivaids01/BNStory/specialScienceandHealth/home
Nov 30, 2008
Public Health Agency of Canada
http://news.gc.ca/web/view/en/index.jsp?articleid=425899&categoryid=1&category=News+Releases
Monday, December 1, 2008

Canadian universities may curtail hiring, scholarships

Losses in endowment and pension funds from economic slide put pressure on universities
Dec 1, 2008
Rosanna Tamburri
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/2008/12/01/schools-may-curtail-hiring-scholarships.aspx
The awards brand Canada as a destination for top-flight students, but can they meet their potential to attract international students in short term?
Dec 1, 2008
Peggy Berkowitz
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/2008/12/01/vanier-scholarships-challenged-by-tight-deadlines.aspx
Dec 1, 2008
Stephen Strauss
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/11/25/f-strauss-pigmentproject.html
Dec 1, 2008
Simon Sturdee and Richard Ingham
AFP
http://www.canada.com/topics/technology/science/story.html?id=1017092
Dec 1, 2008
Louis Charbonneau
Reuters
http://www.canada.com/topics/bodyandhealth/story.html?id=1018054
Dec 1, 2008
Sharon Kirkey
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=1017907
Dec 1, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/12/01/fda-report.html
Dec 1, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/12/01/candu-greenpeace-report.html
Dec 1, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/12/01/peel-river.html
Dec 1, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/12/01/caribou-decline.html
Dec 1, 2008
Claudia Cattaneo
Financial Post
http://www.financialpost.com/story.html?id=1018105
Dec 1, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081201.whealth1201/BNStory/specialScienceandHealth/home
Dec 1, 2008
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/546219
Dec 1, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/12/01/stroke-care.html
Dec 1, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/12/01/ovarian-cancer.html
Dec 1, 2008
The Associated Press
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20081201/food_crunch_081201/20081201?hub=SciTech
Dec 1, 2008
The Associated Press
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20081201/aids_crisis_081201/20081201?hub=Health
Dec 1, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20081201/flu_shots_081201/20081201?hub=Health
Nov 30, 2008
The Associated Press
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20081130/swiss_heroin_081130/20081130?hub=Health
Nov 30, 2008
Mike De Souza
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=1014479
Nov 29, 2008
The Associated Press
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20081129/fda_melamine_081129/20081129?hub=Health
Nov 29, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/11/29/man-agriculture.html
Nov 29, 2008
CTV.ca News
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20081129/Antarctic_Collapse_081129/20081129?hub=SciTech
Nov 29, 2008
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=1012947
Nobel laureate sees leadership role for Alberta
Nov 29, 2008
Dina O'Meara
Calgary Herald
http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/calgarybusiness/story.html?id=446322de-f1e3-480a-b1e4-f8ed09acdad0

Success: effort plus situation

Nov 29, 2008
Is genius born or made? Tim Adams asks the author of The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell, about his new book and what it takes to be successful.
Sydney Morning Herald
http://www.smh.com.au/news/entertainment/books/success-effort-plus-situation/2008/11/28/1227491826879.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap2
Nov 29, 2008
Rod Charlton
The Recorder & Times
http://www.recorder.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1322798
Nov 28, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/11/28/cold-medicine-children.html
Nov 28, 2008
BILL CURRY and MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081128.wPOLprentice1129/BNStory/politics/home

Dubious tradition

Nov 28, 2008
editorial
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081128.webears29/BNStory/specialComment/home

Absence of evidence

Do drug firms suppress unfavourable information about new products?
Nov 27, 2008
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=12675892

The ideal and the good

Deploying the drugs used to treat AIDS may be the way to limit its spread
Nov 27, 2008
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=12675884

Tuna in trouble

Anger that the catch will still be too big
Nov 27, 2008
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=12675910

STDs on rise among youth: study

Chlamydia cases double between 1997 and 2004
Nov 26, 2008
AARON DERFEL
The Gazette
http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=c116c73c-2a33-40a7-bf9a-056c01fb2b88
Friday, November 28, 2008

Canada contributes $16M to keep foothold in European space plan

Nov 28, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/11/28/space-europe.html
Nov 28, 2008
Adrian Dix
Special to the Vancouver Sun
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/editorial/story.html?id=bce9afed-4237-490a-bc2a-44013a5a7b8e
Nov 28, 2008
DAVID CRANE
Chronicle Herald
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Business/1092982.html
Nov 28, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/11/28/bc-great-bear-online.html
Nov 28, 2008
Anne Harding
Reuters
http://www.nationalpost.com/life/health/story.html?id=abd5a68c-5bab-45b6-8c36-9e4f7aebd962
Nov 28, 2008
Stephanie Nebehay
Reuters
http://www.nationalpost.com/life/health/story.html?id=a072ca51-ec2e-4ac6-8ca6-003a0c5c05ca
Nov 28, 2008
The Associated Press
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20081128/prescription_heroin_081128/20081128?hub=Health
Nov 27, 2008
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=543e9b45-2945-4e9a-b5f1-e55ede157038
Nov 27, 2008
Ken Meaney
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/topics/technology/science/story.html?id=1005321
Nov 27, 2008
The Associated Press
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20081127/hurricane_season_081127/20081127?hub=SciTech
Nov 27, 2008
AFP
http://www.canada.com/topics/technology/science/story.html?id=1000501
Nov 27, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/11/27/melamine-formula.html
Nov 27, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/11/27/calcium-lakes.html
Refusal to safeguard habitat putting species at risk, groups charge
Nov 27, 2008
Judith Lavoie
Times Colonist
http://www.financialpost.com/story.html?id=999491
Nov 27, 2008
Adam Huras
Telegraph-Journal
http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/rss/article/493943
Nov 27, 2008
HEATHER MCLAUGHLIN
Daily Gleaner
http://dailygleaner.canadaeast.com/rss/article/494056
Nov 26, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/saskatchewan/story/2008/11/26/potato-potential.html?ref=rss
Nov 26, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2008/11/26/pbear-meeting.html?ref=rss
Advocates welcome reduction in 'onerous' paperwork; others uncertain of implications
Nov 26, 2008
Peter Kovessy
Ottawa Business Journal
http://www.ottawabusinessjournal.com/293186486890605.php
Nov 26, 2008
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/11/26/formula-recall.html

Schools cut back on sex education

Enhanced programs not available in all schools due to cost
Nov 26, 2008
Paul Walton
The Nanaimo Daily News
http://www.canada.com/nanaimodailynews/story.html?id=d6447e71-daad-4ec1-b19a-41dee089e926
Nov 26, 2008
AFP
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/081127/usa/un_climate_warming_us_1
Nov 26, 2008
Tom Blackwell
National Post
http://www.globaltv.com/globaltv/national/story.html?id=993467
Nov 26, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2008/11/26/mothers-mental-health.html?ref=rss
Nov 26, 2008
Canadian Business
http://www.canadianbusiness.com/markets/market_news/article.jsp?content=D94MN8I80&utm_source=markets&utm_medium=rss
Nov 25, 2008
The Associated Press
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/081125/business/us_cda_keystone_pipeline_1
Nov 25, 2008
DONNA CASEY
SUN MEDIA
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2008/11/25/7524121-sun.html
Nov 25, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/081125/national/may_climate_change_1
'History shows that technology revolutions occur about every 50 years . . . Clean tech is at the beginning of a high-growth period'
Nov 24, 2008
John Morrissy
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=f13ee042-1bb7-4d8f-b1da-8c5a2b15dbe1
Nov 24, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2008/11/24/nti-health.html?ref=rss

'An electric vehicle revolution'

Task force sets ambitious clean-car goal
Nov 24, 2008
Mike De Souza
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/reginaleaderpost/story.html?id=c5973cf4-701f-4d9f-b531-ada74c37549c
Nov 24, 2008
The Associated Press
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20081124/stemcell_foes_081124/20081124?hub=Health&s_name=
Nov 23, 2008
Mike De Souza
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/story.html?id=6f7c2ae8-0d1f-4f1e-aaf1-e513cb211765
Nov 22, 2008
Hanneke Brooymans
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/story.html?id=c71125fe-0b67-419c-93f7-4aca837f5541
Nov 21, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/prince-edward-island/story/2008/11/21/pe-energy-plan.html?ref=rss
Nov 21, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/new-brunswick/story/2008/11/21/nb-irving-raid.html?ref=rss
Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Garneau's next mission: bring science to politics

Nov 26, 2008
Paul Jay
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/11/25/f-garneau-qa.html
Nov 26, 2008
Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSLQ52014720081126
Nov 26, 2008
CTV.ca News http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20081126/climate_change_081126/20081126?hub=SciTech
Nov 26, 2008
JEFFREY SIMPSON
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081125.wcosimp26/BNStory/specialComment/home
Nov 26, 2008
The Associated Press
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20081126/patient_study_081126/20081126?hub=Health
Nov 26, 2008
The Associated Press
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20081126/hiv_study_081126/20081126?hub=Health
Nov 26, 2008
AFP
http://www.canada.com/topics/technology/science/story.html?id=997111
Nov 26, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/11/26/melamine-formula.html
Nov 26, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/11/26/toys-lead.html
Nov 26, 2008
STEVE RENNIE
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081125.wcosimp26/BNStory/specialComment/home
Nov 25, 2008
David Suzuki and Faisal Moola
Georgia Straight
http://www.straight.com/article-172271/david-suzuki-leadership-crucial-forestall-looming-crises
Nov 25, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/11/25/wind-farm.html
Investment by federal government to help move discoveries out of the lab and into the global marketplace
Nov 25, 2008
NETWORKS OF CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE OF CANADA
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/November2008/25/c4042.html
Nov 25, 2008
JEFFREY SIMPSON
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20081125.COSIMP25/TPStory/Environment
Nov 25, 2008
CARLY WEEKS
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081125.wldrug25/BNStory/specialScienceandHealth/home
Nov 25, 2008
JEFF BARNARD
Associated Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gOIl4eHuVn0GmiY4YGDokffLbpEgD94LSA4O0
Nov 25, 2008
Reuters, special to CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/11/25/cancer-rates.html
Nov 25, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/11/25/generic-drugs.html
Nov 25, 2008
ELIANE ENGELER
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
http://www.thestar.com/News/World/article/542963
Nov 24, 2008
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/542152

The rankings that rankle

Nov 24, 2008
Leo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/blog.aspx?id=4762&blogid=86
Nov 24, 2008
The Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada
http://afmc.ca/news-whats-new-details-e.php?id=84
Gwynne Dyer says if the world hasn't reached zero GHGs by 2050, it's not going to be pretty
Nov 24, 2008
Kate Malloy
The Hill Times
http://www.thehilltimes.ca/html/index.php?display=story&full_path=2008/november/24/qa_gwynne_dyer/&c=2
Nov 24, 2008
Steve Mertl
THE CANADIAN PRESS
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/article/542377
Nov 24, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/11/24/breastcancer-study.html
Nov 24, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/11/24/diabetes-drugs.html
Nov 24, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/11/24/wind-farm.html
Briefing document is pessimistic on carbon storage and capture
Nov 24, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/11/24/sands-trap.html
Some scientists want Canada to protect at least 50 per cent of its boreal forest and argue other countries should follow suit
Nov 24, 2008
MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20081124.BOREAL24/TPStory/Environment

Computing gender differences

Nov 24, 2008
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/editorials/story.html?id=39aa820f-0dfb-4c92-a597-216d8528101c
Nov 23, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/11/22/listeria-prisons.html
Nov 21, 2008
Margaret Munro
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=3aae70ed-59c7-4892-a8f8-a9703be9ae2d

Good riddance to Green Shift

Nov 20, 2008
editorial
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/story.html?id=974740
Nov 20, 2008
MICHAEL PERRY
Reuters
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081120.wdisease1120/BNStory/Science/home
Friday, November 21, 2008

Science in the meltdown

The research enterprise faces many uncertainties in the looming global recession — but it also has many strengths that may help it weather the storm.
Nov 12, 2008
M. Mitchell Waldrop
Nature
http://www.nature.com/news/2008/081112/full/456155a.html

Danger and opportunity

The response to the financial crisis needs to go beyond the immediate pressures. Policy-makers must seize this moment to solidify the science and innovation required for sustained economic growth.
Nov 12, 2008
Editorial
Nature
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v456/n7219/full/456141a.html
Nov 19, 2008
BIOTECanada
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Throne-Speech-Recognizes-Role-Research/story.aspx?guid=%7BB0FBFFC6-E1D5-4892-BBC5-1C39D78A8429%7D
Thursday, November 20, 2008

Science, technology funding to drop in 2008-09: StatsCan

Nov 20, 2008
Paul Jay
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/11/20/science-funding.html
Nov 20, 2008
Reuters, special to CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/11/20/electric-car.html
Nov 20, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/11/20/alberta-health-services-board-named.html
Nov 20, 2008
Reuters, special to CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/11/20/fast-food-ads.html
Nov 20, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/11/20/nb-copd-day.html
Nov 20, 2008
Ana Maria De La Fuente
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/11/19/iunit-drinkboxes.html
Nov 20, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/11/20/hiv-infants.html
Nov 20, 2008
MATT HARTLEY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20081120.IBOBAMA20/TPStory/Business
A clash between environmentalists and Inuit rights
Nov 20, 2008
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/world/americas/displaystory.cfm?story_id=12652176
Nov 20, 2008
THE CANADIAN PRESS
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/article/540490
Independent probe of listeria outbreak listed among priorities
Nov 20, 2008
Kevin Donovan
Toronto Star
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/article/540220
Nuclear power, Arctic energy also touted
Nov 20, 2008
Tonda Maccharles
http://www.thestar.com/Article/540222
Nov 20, 2008
ANDRE PICARD
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081120.wpicard20/BNStory/specialScienceandHealth/home
Small doses of marijuana improve the function of aging brains, scientists find
Nov 20, 2008
HEATHER SOKOLOFF AND JOSH WINGROVE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081120.wdope20/BNStory/specialScienceandHealth/home
Nov 20, 2008
Stephanie Nebehay
Reuters
http://www.nationalpost.com/life/health/story.html?id=b9122592-7706-435f-a678-f5cdcce7acd8
Nov 20, 2008
Janice Tibbetts
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=0826ef18-35a7-4bc6-9122-168361b62a39
B.C. joins initiative to cut greenhouse gases
Nov 20, 2008
John Bermingham
The Province
http://www.canada.com/theprovince/story.html?id=b00f5459-b65b-4dd0-81d2-0619f97610e8
Nov 19, 2008
AFP
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/081119/world/africa_environment_climate_1
Nov 19, 2008
Robert Cribb
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/article/539478
Nov 19, 2008
Juliet O'Neill
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=ad7d56c4-8eae-42ec-b374-7259afd86312
Nov 19, 2008
AFP
http://www.canada.com/topics/technology/science/story.html?id=976858
Governments can save the economy and the planet, they say, by spending on mass transit, renewable energy and fuel-efficient cars
Nov 19, 2008
MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081119.wgreen19/BNStory/National/home
Nov 19, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/11/19/avandia.html
Nov 19, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/11/19/lead-blood.html
Nov 19, 2008
David Ljunggren
Reuters
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/081119/canada/canada_us_politics_environment_2
Nov 18, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/081118/health/health_telus_health_1
Nov 18, 2008
Reuters
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081118.wsuperbug1118/BNStory/Science/home
Nov 18, 2008
AFP
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/081118/world/britain_politics_climate_environment_1
Nov 17, 2008
Mike De Souza
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/story.html?id=ee1bba83-f3c4-4c37-94fb-89eb781b3e08
Nov 14, 2008
Europa
http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/08/1711&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en
Nov 19, 2008
Deborah Zabarenko
Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE4AI5IZ20081119
Nov 19, 2008
THE CANADIAN PRESS
http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/539933
Eco Justice
Nov 19, 2008
Helen Burnett-Nichols
Financial Post
http://www.financialpost.com/reports/legal/story.html?id=970810

Shots All Around!

The case for immunizing everyone against the flu
Nov 19, 2008
Sydney Spiesel
Slate
http://www.slate.com/id/2204818/

As in town, so in country

Nov 17, 2008
editorial
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081117.wePesticide17/BNStory/specialComment/home
Nov 16, 2008
Rod Charlton
The Recorder & Times
http://www.recorder.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1299167
Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Liberals, NDP name science and technology critics

Nov 18, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/11/17/tech-politicians.html
Nov 18, 2008
Colin Perkel
The Canadian Press
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/081118/health/health_raw_milk_2
Nov 18, 2008
DAVID CRANE
Herald Chronicle
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Business/1091011.html
Nov 18, 2008
CARLY WEEKS
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081118.wldrugs18/BNStory/specialScienceandHealth/home
Nov 18, 2008
Paul Taylor
Reuters
http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/538583
Nov 18, 2008
Liz Sidoti
The Associated Press
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/081118/world/obama_climate_change_1
Nov 18, 2008
AFP
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/081118/world/us_politics_obama_climate_1
Nov 18, 2008
Jonathan Fowlie
Vancouver Sun
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/westcoastnews/story.html?id=8d388139-a378-488c-9afa-40704cc60386&k=96213
Obama: U.S. will be major player in UN treaty negotiations
Nov 18, 2008
The Associated Press
http://www.thespec.com/News/article/468576
Nov 18, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/11/18/dental-children.html
Licensing body's criticism of MD will make others fearful to treat disease, he says
Nov 18, 2008
Kathy Tomlinson
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/11/17/bc-doctorretired.html
People get enough from toothpaste, he argues
Nov 18, 2008
Joseph Hall
Toronto Star
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/article/538700
Nov 18, 2008
Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada
http://www.aucc.ca/publications/media/2008/india_11_18_e.html
Nov 17, 2008
Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada
http://www.aucc.ca/publications/media/2008/iew_11_17_e.html
New study finds them less happy with level of institutional support for family life
Nov 17, 2008
Bronwyn Chester
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/2008/11/17/quebec-faculty-satisfied-with-jobs-but-not-entirely.aspx

The “baby gap” in academia

Nov 17, 2008
Leo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/blog.aspx?blogid=86
Nov 17, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20081117/alberta_syringes_081117/20081117?hub=Health
Nov 17, 2008
The Associated Press
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/081117/world/germany_climate_change_1
Nov 17, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20081117/insite_costs_081117/20081117?hub=Health
Nov 17, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20081117/statscan_industry_081117/20081117?hub=SciTech
As much as 10 per cent of plastics produced end up inside giant marine vortexes
Nov 17, 2008
Alex Roslin
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/topics/technology/science/story.html?id=30fae34a-c866-4f54-aed5-a0bf85810e26
Nov 17, 2008
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/538018
Nov 17, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/11/17/yk-tb.html
Nov 17, 2008
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/11/17/fda-china.html
Nov 17, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/11/17/doda-opium.html
Nov 17, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/11/17/surgery-infection.html
Nov 17, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/11/17/cancer-rates.html
Nov 17, 2008
Canada News Centre
http://news.gc.ca/web/view/en/index.jsp?articleid=424099&categoryid=16

An innovation nation?

Editorial
November 24, 2008 issue of Canadian Business magazine
http://www.canadianbusiness.com/after_hours/opinions/article.jsp?content=20081124_10022_10022

Policy Briefing: Innovation

Nov 17, 2008
The Hill Times
http://www.thehilltimes.ca/policy_briefings/111708_pb.pdf
If not, Canada will be on the outs with Obama
Nov 17, 2008
Aaron Freeman
The Hill Times
http://www.thehilltimes.ca/html/cover_index.php?display=story&full_path=/2008/november/17/pm_climate/&c=1

The high cost of carbon capture

Everybody wants to curb emissions, but are consumers willing to pay the price?
Nov 17, 2008
Renata D'Aliesio
Calgary Herald
http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/story.html?id=175d7399-957a-4282-8571-b8be43bc5c17
Tests took place in Vancouver, Calgary, Winnipeg, Ottawa, Montreal and Halifax
Nov 17, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/11/17/asthma-misdiagnose.html
Nov 16, 2008
David Suzuki with Faisal Moola
Special to LondonTopic.ca
http://www.londontopic.ca/article.php?artid=11678
Nov 16, 2008
WILL DUNHAM
Reuters
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081116.wcancervitamins1116/BNStory/specialScienceandHealth/home
Nov 16, 2008
AFP
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/081116/usa/us_politics_obama_abortion_health_1
ENERGY POLICY: Canadian policy may be forced by the new president's choices
Nov 16, 2008
GREG WESTON
London Free Press
http://lfpress.ca/newsstand/News/Columnists/Weston_Greg/2008/11/16/7426751-sun.html
Nov 15, 2008
Herald Leader
http://www.portagedailygraphic.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1297851
Nov 15, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20081115/plant_dna_081115/20081115?hub=SciTech

Got a spare Earth anywhere?

We're using the planet's resources way faster than nature can possibly replace them
Nov 15, 2008
VIVIAN SONG
Toronto Sun
http://www.torontosun.com/life/greenplanet/2008/11/15/7421526-sun.html
Nov 15, 2008
Michael Tutton
The Canadian Press
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/081115/business/wind_challenged_1
Nov 15, 2008
Craig Pearson
Windsor Star
http://www.canada.com/windsorstar/news/story.html?id=7051df15-ca80-42c1-b0e5-e1d2d3a86372&k=71291
Nov 14, 2008
Lorrie Goldstein
The Recorder & Times
http://beta.recorder.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1297688
Nov 14, 2008
Reuters
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/081115/us/usreport_us_california_sealevel_1
Study could change the way science thinks about mental illness
Nov 14, 2008
Amy O'Brian
Vancouver Sun
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=21cf5e5b-2a83-4d1f-892d-dc35b12cc5c8&k=95319

Norovirus outbreak hits Edmonton

Nov 14, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/11/14/edm-norovirus.html
Nov 14, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/11/14/water-prentice.html
Nov 14, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2008/11/14/pbear-survey.html?ref=rss
Friday, November 14, 2008

Panel picks clean energy as innovation opportunity

Nov 14, 2008
Business Edge
http://www.businessedge.ca/article.cfm/newsID/18990.cfm
Fundraiser for new Cellular Therapy Centre
Nov 14, 2008
The Gazette
http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=4ac710a1-864c-4a46-bfb4-e7e0cca37b4d
‘Structural distortion’ kills jobs by linking loonie to oil: author
Nov 14, 2008
Richard Leitner
Mountain News
http://www.hamiltonmountainnews.com/news/article/151579

Students protest debt load

Nov 14, 2008
QUENTIN CASEY
TELEGRAPH-JOURNAL
http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/rss/article/481068
If world astronomy was a Star Trek movie, Canada would be co-pilot of the Enterprise
Nov 14, 2008
Don Martin
CanWest News Service
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/travel/story.html?id=21b0bdd8-030f-4f65-bbe9-b78fc8899463

Stewards of the Arctic?

Nov 14, 2008
GERALD BUTTS
Special to Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081113.wcopolar14/BNStory/specialComment/home
Group says oilsands production is leaving a trail of destruction
Nov 14, 2008
Saul Chernos
Business Edge
http://www.businessedge.ca/article.cfm/newsID/18956.cfm
Nov 14, 2008
Ben Hirschler
Reuters
http://www.nationalpost.com/life/health/story.html?id=7d1683fb-40d4-4586-aa16-ff29d66a5ab6
Nov 14, 2008
HAMILTON SPECTATOR
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/article/536763
Nov 13, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/11/13/harper-water.html
Nov 13, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/11/13/brown-clouds.html

Nuclear curbing alternatives?

Environmental groups say Ontario's atomic focus detracts from efforts to develop greener electricity
Nov 13, 2008
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/535898
Nov 13, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/11/13/traffic-pollution.html
Nov 13, 2008
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/11/13/great-lakes.html
Nov 13, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/11/13/health-spending.html

Newborns test positive for MRSA

Nov 13, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/11/13/pe-mrsa-newborns.html
Officials from around the world to discuss how to cut rates in half by 2015
Nov 13, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/11/13/tuberculosis-meeting.html#Scene_1
About 40 countries have approved vaccination for males
Nov 13, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/11/13/hpv-vaccine-men.html

A new age of statins?

Nov 13, 2008
Matthew Herper and Robert Langreth
Forbes.com
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/11/13/f-forbes-statins.html
Nov 13, 2008
The Associated Press
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20081113/melamine_hold_081113/20081113?hub=Health
Nov 13, 2008
Shannon Proudfoot
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/reginaleaderpost/story.html?id=e80f40d1-9bd2-4396-ae39-e833c6c82328
But link can't be ruled out without further testing
Nov 12, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/11/12/pesticides-cancer.html
Nov 12, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/081112/business/genenews_1
Nov 12, 2008
Reuters, special to CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/11/12/nanomaterials.html
Nov 12, 2008
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/11/12/ocean-acid.html
Nov 12, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/11/12/ot-snow-081112.html
Nov 12, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/11/12/tech-companies.html
Nov 12, 2008
AFP
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jyGeD4x6xxyooCI8A_gn-LLBF_3g
Agency holding conference with leading scientists on hotly contested issue of restricting agricultural bug and weed killers
Nov 12, 2008
MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081112.wpesticides12/BNStory/specialScienceandHealth/?page=rss&id=RTGAM.20081112.wpesticides12
Nov 12, 2008
James Vicini
Reuters
http://www.canada.com/topics/technology/science/story.html?id=1a5f0912-c56c-449a-9405-eff71a38fdb7

More growers turn to coal

Greenhouse operators battered by fuel costs forced to pick cheapest and dirtiest alternative
Nov 11, 2008
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/534346

Misunderstood oil sands

Nov 11, 2008
editoria
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081111.webranding12/BNStory/specialComment/home
Nov 11, 2008
AFP
http://www.canada.com/topics/technology/science/story.html?id=ee8e376b-ea55-4c15-a94d-4c1b68c7e4e8

Tories warned of biofuel risks

Internal documents show downsides of ethanol boost
Nov 11, 2008
Mike De Souza
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/reginaleaderpost/story.html?id=c4e2bb6b-4aac-415b-bf93-4ad380ff7e60