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