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