Ontario adds to post-secondary spending spree

May 29, 2009
THE CANADIAN PRESS
http://www.thestar.com/news/ontario/article/642620

Greenhouse gas enforcement could take 6 years: Prentice

May 28, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/28/prentice-greenhouse.html

Canada hedges on 2010 start for emissions rules

May 28, 2009
Allan Dowd
Reuters
http://ca.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idCATRE54R6XB20090528?sp=true

Biggest polluters closer to climate deal: Canada

May 28, 2009
Peter Griffiths
Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE54R51U20090528

$22M for upgrades to McMaster University's nuclear reactor

May 29, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/29/mcmaster-reactor-clement-funding029.html

Energy reserves north of Arctic Circle mapped in detail for first time

May 28, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/28/oil-gas-arctic.html

Arctic holds 13 per cent of world's undiscovered oil

Figures come as Canada and its polar neighbours pursue competing claims to vast areas of continental shelf
May 29, 2009
Shawn McCarthy
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/arctic-holds-13-per-cent-of-worlds-undiscovered-oil/article1158726/

Conference Board recalls controversial copyright reports

May 28, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/28/conference-board-copyright-geist.html

Canada eyes sale of stake in AECL reactor business

May 28, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/28/aecl-future-sale.html

Ottawa sanctions Atomic Energy overhaul

Employees fear partial privatization of Candu could wipe out years of Canadian innovation
May 29, 2009
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/business/article/642209

Ottawa can sell the CANDU

May 29, 2009
Terence Corcoran
Financial Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/columnists/story.html?id=e77fa89c-b477-4950-b56d-355015eec4c0

Manager sought for troubled reactor

Ottawa looks for private firm to run Chalk River nuclear research facility
May 29, 2009
Joanna Smith
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/642328

Follow Canada's lead on cigarette warnings, says WHO

May 29, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/05/29/who-smoking-warning549.html

Alarming uncertainty

May 29, 2009
editorial
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/alarming-uncertainty/article1159005/

U.S. urged to shed energy-wasting image

‘We have to get in the race now – and win it,' top environment official says
May 28, 2009
Angela Charlton
Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/us-urged-to-shed-energy-wasting-image/article1158743/

Ont. health agency scrutinized for contract tendering practices

'Taxpayers are really getting ripped off': PC leader
May 27, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/05/27/ehealth-ontario.html

British scientists closer to swine flu vaccine

Development called ‘crucial step' toward large-scale production of vaccine
May 28, 2009
Kate Kelland
Reuters
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/british-scientists-closer-to-swine-flu-vaccine/article1158794/

Nunavut confirms 1st swine flu case

May 29, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/05/29/nunavut-swine-flu.html

Provincial, national gas emissions climbing higher

May 29, 2009
Winnipeg Free Press
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/breakingnews/Gas-emissions-climbing-higher-46480147.html

Kingston's innovation hub

May 28, 2009
DON CURTIS
Whig-Standard
http://www.thewhig.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1587015

Youth smoking rate has flatlined

May 29, 2009
Johanna Weidner
WATERLOO RECORD
http://news.therecord.com/News/Local/article/543332

In search of a `green plastic' solution

May 29, 2009
Shelagh McNally
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/news/national/search+green+plastic+solution/1641996/story.html

Boys not making cut at national science fair

May 28, 2009
Don Crosby
The Sun Times
http://www.owensoundsuntimes.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1588552

Payette to join fellow Canadian Thirsk in space on 'historic' mission

May 28, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/28/payette-space-astronaut.html

Aspirin's risks outweigh benefits for healthy people: review

May 28, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/05/28/aspirin-heart.html

Manning to Harper: Clarify how government divvies up research cash

May 27, 2009
Susan Lunn
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/27/science-funding-preston-manning-federal-government.html

Canada's failure to protect intellectual property hinders innovation: Conference Board

May 27, 2009
Gillian Shaw
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Canada+failure+protect+intellectual+property+hinders+innovation+Conference+Board/1636134/story.html

Canada 'very close' to inking nuclear deal with India, Day says

May 27, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/27/canada-india-nuclear052709.html

Zealots can't dominate debate

May 28, 2009
Gerry Klein
The StarPhoenix
http://www2.canada.com/saskatoonstarphoenix/columnists/story.html?id=6bf73957-e7ec-4fca-8b20-6ab75c3b4b60

Oilsands companies must report contents of waste ponds

May 27, 2009
Hanneke Brooymans
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Business/Oilsands+companies+must+report+contents+waste+ponds/1636791/story.html

1 in 5 breast cancer hormone tests wrong, Quebec pathologists fear

May 27, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/05/27/breast-cancer-quebec-hormone-tests.html

Breast cancer testing in Quebec ‘botched'

‘To put it bluntly this could be an explosive situation,' says president of the Quebec pathologist association as study finds treatment of hundreds of women in question
May 28, 2009
Rhéal Séguin
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/breast-cancer-testing-in-quebec-botched/article1156500/

Breast cancer study "very worrying": Quebec health minister

May 28, 2009
KEVIN DOUGHERTY
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/Breast+cancer+study+very+worrying+Quebec+health+minister/1639383/story.html

Electronic health records: potholes on the road to eHealth

May 27, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/05/27/f-electronic-health-records.html

Cap-trade on the way

Ontario, Alberta look for deal on environment
May 28, 2009
JONATHAN JENKINS
Toronto Sun
http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2009/05/28/9594776-sun.html

Ontario emissions plan faces 2-year delay

Law gives province power in 2012 to apply cap-and-trade system
May 28, 2009
Rob Ferguson
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/ontario/article/641632

Cap, trade charade

Canada unfazed by fact that scheme is a costly failure in Europe
May 28, 2009
LORRIE GOLDSTEIN
Edmonton Sun
http://www.edmontonsun.com/comment/columnists/lorrie_goldstein/2009/05/28/9595706-sun.html

Loophole lets drug companies advertise in Canada, but not in the U.S.: UBC study

May 27, 2009
Pamela Fayerman
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/Health/Loophole+lets+drug+companies+advertise+Canada+study/1636615/story.html

Canada's swine flu cases exceed 1,000

May 27, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/05/27/swine-flu-h1n1.html

Chalk River reactor shutdown to last at least 3 months: AECL

May 27, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/27/isotopes-reactor-shutdown.html

Ottawa vows to ban cigarillo 'kiddie packs'

Federal Health Minister promises to ban candy-flavoured cigarillos and tighten restrictions on advertising
May 28, 2009
André Picard
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/ottawa-vows-to-ban-cigarillo-kiddie-packs/article1154737/

Recession benefit: Alberta can pause and rethink the oil sands

Any new approach should be based on the simple premise that reducing emissions is the cost of doing business
May 26, 2009
Jeffrey Simpson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/recession-benefit-alberta-can-pause-and-rethink-the-oil-sands/article1154307/

Cabinet tweaks medical marijuana rules after losing court case

May 26, 2009
Tim Naumetz
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5g4Mn1zqhAPsjTQR0xmwiZXbhmztA

Northeast U.S. coast at risk from sea-level rise, report warns

Researchers' findings suggest melting ice from Greenland mean oceans could rise as much as 20 inches by 2100
May 27, 2009
Randolph E. Schmid
The Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/northeast-us-coast-at-risk-from-sea-level-rise-report-warns/article1156117/

Greece extends ban on genetically modified corn

May 27, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/27/greece-corn-monsanto-987.html

The North loses mining innovation to Toronto

May 27, 2009
Andrew Low and Kelly Louiseize
Sudbury Northern Life
http://www.northernlife.ca/News/LocalNews/2009/innovation260509005.asp?NLStory=innovation260509005

Students, Thirsk's friends turn out to marvel at launch

Calgary Astronaut Begins Six-month Space Odyssey
May 28, 2009
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Technology/Students+Thirsk+friends+turn+marvel+launch/1638402/story.html

The origin of swine flu: Putting the pieces together

A better understanding of how the new strain of influenza arose
May 28, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13726722

The behavioural effects of video games: Good game?

Playing video games can make you a better person
May 28, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13726738

The National Ignition Facility: On target, finally

A machine for testing nuclear weapons opens for business
May 28, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13726730

U.S. wants to paint the world white to save energy

May 27, 2009
AFP
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/wants+paint+world+white+save+energy/1635588/story.html

International connections could boost parasites, study suggests

May 27, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/27/parasite-selection-wild.html

Glowing monkeys promise to further medical research: scientists

May 28, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/28/monkeys-genes-transgenetic-glowing-marmoset.html

Climate change: "World's destiny at stake"

May 26, 2009
Jerome Cartillier
AFP
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Climate+change+World+destiny+stake/1631925/story.html

Voyage to the centre of the 'Plastic Vortex'

May 25, 2009
Guy Newey
AFP
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Voyage+centre+Plastic+Vortex/1628237/story.html

Carbon offsets: It really isn't easy being green

B.C. learns that it's hard to navigate the murky world of offsets
May 20, 2009
Gary Mason
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/carbon-offsets-it-really-isnt-easy-being-green/article1147597/

As it quietly melts away, Struzik charts the North

Most of us ignore the largest part of Canada
May 2, 2009
Todd Babiak
The Edmonton Journal
http://www.canada.com/technology/science/quietly+melts+away+Struzik+charts+North/1557027/story.html

Moving Forward: A Greenhouse Gas Cap and Trade System for Ontario

May 27, 2009
Government of Ontario
http://www.ene.gov.on.ca/envision/env_reg/er/documents/2009/010-6740.pdf

Hope lies in the scientific method

May 27, 2009
John Polanyi
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/hope-lies-in-the-scientific-method/article1152473/

Don't expand universities: upgrade, demographer says

David Foot questions wisdom on spending stimulus money on bricks-and-mortar projects
May 26, 2009
Elizabeth Church
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/dont-expand-universities-upgrade-demographer-says/article1154472/

Congress ’09 – the looming decline in university enrolment

May 27, 2009
Leo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/margin-notes/congress-09-the-looming-decline-in-university-enrolment

Policy Briefing: Innovation

Apr 6, 2009
The Hill Times
http://www.thehilltimes.ca/policy_briefings/040609_pb.pdf

The Bioeconomy to 2030: Designing a Policy Agenda - Main Findings and Policy Conclusions

Apr 15, 2009
OECD
http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/5/24/42837897.pdf

Ontario to move on cap-and-trade emissions plan: McGuinty

May 27, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/27/cap-trade.html

CEMI still not part of federal plans

May 27, 2009
HAROLD CARMICHAEL
THE SUDBURY STAR
http://www.thesudburystar.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1585652

Mac, Mohawk await funding news

More coming Friday after $1.2b given out yesterday to colleges, universities
May 26, 2009
Wade Hemsworth
The Hamilton Spectator
http://www.thespec.com/News/Local/article/571999

Communities in NWT call for slowing of oil sands development

May 27, 2009
MARK HUME
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/communities-in-nwt-call-for-slowing-of-oil-sands-development/article1154761/

Canada: petro-state or rich nation?

May 27, 2009
David Suzuki and Faisal Moola
Special to The Citizen
http://www.canada.com/Canada+petro+state+rich+nation/1635053/story.html

No end in sight to isotope crisis

Shutdown of reactor could lead to worse shortage than in 2007, says former head of nuclear watchdog
May 27, 2009
Joanna Smith
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/640991

650,000 cancer deaths avoided over 15 years: U.S. report

May 27, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/05/27/cancer-deaths-us.html

New FDA chiefs stress science, better food safety

May 26, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/05/26/fda-food-safety.html

More research needed to develop successful swine flu vaccine: WHO

May 26, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/05/26/swine-flu-vaccine.html

Transport Canada agrees to release results of child car seat tests

May 26, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/05/26/child-car-seat-safety987.html

No-smoking signs a toothless threat

City has no jurisdiction to enforce bylaw at federal buildings
May 27, 2009
Hugh Adami
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Health/Public+Citizen+smoking+signs+toothless+threat/1633316/story.html

Aklavik residents, scientists hopeful antibiotics curb cancer-causing bacteria

May 26, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/05/26/aklavik-pylori.html

Bee population feels sting of cold, parasites as N.B. population drops

May 27, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/27/nb-bee-population-614.html

Conservation groups look to get Atlantic salmon into Petitcodiac River

May 27, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/27/nb-peticodiac-atlantic-salmon-1142.html

Whooping cough risks higher among unvaccinated children: study

May 26, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/05/26/whooping-cough-vaccination.html

Cormorant debate: Which part of the ecosystem to protect?

May 27, 2009
Sharon Oosthoek
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/25/f-cormorants-environment-lake-erie-cull.html

Bad news, and good news, in our emptying oceans

Global study finds dramatic drops in marine life over the centuries, but it also finds hope that some depleted populations can recover
May 25, 2009
Anne McIlroy
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/bad-news-and-good-news-in-our-emptying-oceans/article1150951/

Canadian astronaut Thirsk starts 6-month mission in space

May 27, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/27/thirsk-soyuz-space-mission338.html

Congress ’09 - Scholarship of teaching and learning ‘not good enough’

May 26, 2009
Leo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/margin-notes/congress-09-scholarship-of-teaching-and-learning-not-good-enough/

Congress ’09 - educational leaders as activists

May 25, 2009
Leo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/margin-notes/congress-09-educational-leaders-as-activists/

Science North gets kudos for promoting science in Canada

May 27, 2009
SUDBURY STAR
http://www.saultstar.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1585532

Genome research takes next step for blood test to replace transplant biopsy

May 26, 2009
Terri Theodore
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5hFnjppsVAUM91dHwfCfVwVpFGYOA

Sixties radical Bill Ayers denied entry to Canada

May 21, 2009
Joanne Laucius
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Technology/Sixties+radical+Bill+Ayers+denied+entry+Canada/1616544/story.html

Bird-killing pesticide facing a ban in Canada

U.S. regulator announces crackdown on carbofuran, and Canadian health authorities are considering whether to follow suit
May 20, 2009
Mark Hume
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/bird-killing-pesticide-facing-a-ban-in-canada/article1145925/

Animal activists win small battles, but not the war

Sealing industry will continue, foie gras is still on store shelves
May 10, 2009
Richard Foot
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/Animal+activists+small+battles/1584261/story.html

Research funds to flow again from Ottawa, scientists told

Minister says he has received overwhelming support for the recent budget, which included cuts to three funding bodies, as well as billions in new investments in infrastructure
May 26, 2009
Daniel Leblanc
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/research-funds-to-flow-again-from-ottawa-scientists-told/article1152683/

Leading Canadian research organization accused of plagiarism

May 25, 2009
Vito Pilieci
Ottawa Citizen
http://communities.canada.com/ottawacitizen/blogs/bitsandbytes/archive/2009/05/25/leading-canadian-researcher-accused-of-plagiarism.aspx

BDC launches venture fund for technology

May 25, 2009
John Greenwood
Financial Post
http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/fp/launches+venture+fund+technology/1629117/story.html

Flat tuition raises students’ concerns

Queen’s would need to evaluate pros and cons before following the University of Toronto’s lead, Vice-Principal Deane says
May 26, 2009
Jamie Lincoln
The Journal
http://www.queensjournal.ca/story/2009-05-26/news/flat-tuition-raises-students-concerns/

U of W given $40M boost

Engineering scores bigMay 26, 2009
Sonja Puzic
The Windsor Star
http://www2.canada.com/windsorstar/news/story.html?id=a6287033-fe7b-4702-8b8f-74389881dc3d

May urges public inquiry into AECL over Chalk River reactor shutdown

May 26, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/05/26/may-chalkriver-reactor-inquiry052609.html

Growth spurs air quality concerns

May 26, 2009
Kelly Cryderman
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Health/Growth+spurs+quality+concerns/1630636/story.html

Greenhouse-gas estimates off by half: commissioner

May 26, 2009
THE CANADIAN PRESS
http://www.winnipegsun.com/news/canada/2009/05/26/9574241.html

New medical marijuana rules too strict, users say

May 26, 2009
Canwest News Service
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=1631865

Two clicks and you're out, panel rules

Operating method patents face rough ride under Canadian statute
May 25, 2009
Michael Geist
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/sciencetech/article/639694

More food inspectors might have prevented listeriosis outbreak, union says

May 26, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/05/26/food-inspectors-listeriosis594.html

Residents not surprised after CN fined for oil spill

Company pleads guilty to three charges related to 2005 derailment that fouled lake
May 26, 2009
Hanneke Brooymans
The Edmonton Journal
http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/Residents+surprised+after+fined+spill/1631292/story.html

Scientists propose helping wildlife relocate due to climate change

May 25, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/25/assistedmigration-wildlife.html

China unfairly targeted as fake drug centre, says national watchdog

May 26, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/05/26/china-drugs-watchdog.html

Former judge to mediate breast cancer testing lawsuit

May 26, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/05/26/cancer-suit-mediate-526.html

Climatologists alarmed at Amazon's fatal flooding

Thousands homeless, dozens dead, crops destroyed as unusual climate swings wreak havoc in Brazil
May 25, 2009
Alan Clendenning
The Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/climatologists-alarmed-at-amazons-fatal-flooding/article1152685/

Science writers hold conference in Greater Sudbury

May 24, 2009
Sudbury Star
http://www.thesudburystar.com/Community/NewsDisplay.aspx?c=16756

Canadians don't trust food firm safety: Poll

Many will believe government more than businesses
May 19, 2009
Sarah Schmidt
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/Canadians+trust+food+firm+safety+Poll/1611911/story.html

Social scientists to press Ottawa for more funding

Thousands of scholars descend on Ottawa for the largest annual gathering of academics in the country
May 25, 2009
ELIZABETH CHURCH
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/social-scientists-to-press-ottawa-for-more-funding/article1151350/

Canada must make better use of its scientists, group says

May 25, 2009
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/fp/Canada+must+make+better+scientists+group+says/1621206/story.html

Nation behind in innovation

Research investment In the last three decades Canada has consistently received a D for innovation
May 23, 2009
John Shmuel
TELEGRAPH-JOURNAL
http://nbbusinessjournal.canadaeast.com/front/article/676333

Obama's fuel plan: Nice idea, but let's get real

May 25, 2009
Eric Reguly
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/commentary/obamas-fuel-plan-nice-idea-but-lets-get-real/article1151406/

Elevated BPA levels in people drinking out of plastic bottles, study finds

Study first to measure urine concentrations
May 25, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/05/25/bpa-levels-bottles.html

Still not enough federal meat inspectors on job: union

May 25, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/05/25/union-meat-inspectors326.html

Businesses can create clean energy jobs, study says

May 25, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/25/clean-energy-jobs.html

It's time to venture ahead on technology

May 25, 2009
Barry Reiter
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/its-time-to-venture-ahead-on-technology/article1151398/

We can't keep offering cheap calories to consumers

Higher prices become investments in food industries, local and global, that sorely need redevelopment
May 25, 2009
Sylvain Charlebois
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/we-cant-keep-offering-cheap-calories/article1150168/

Meet Canada's climate point man

Michael Martin must convince the world Ottawa is willing to cut emissions
May 25, 2009
Allan Woods
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/639731

Studies track fishing industry's history over 1,000 years

A long decline measured in oceans' abundance
May 25, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/25/marine-census-life.html

French nuclear reactor maker offers Canada help

May 25, 2009
David Akin
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Technology/French+nuclear+reactor+maker+offers+Canada+help/1628459/story.html

Is man-made global warming real?

May 23, 2009
Nigel Hannaford
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/made+global+warming+real/1623981/story.html

Scientists continue battle for fate of polar bears

May 25, 2009
Randy Boswell
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Scientists+continue+battle+fate+polar+bears/1628434/story.html

WHO to consider severity of flu before declaring pandemic

May 22, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/05/22/swine-flu-who.html

U.S. court upholds ruling that tobacco companies deceived public

May 22, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/05/22/tobacco-lawsuit.html

Chalk River reactor checked for source of water leak

May 22, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/05/22/isotopes-medical.html

Alberta a 'leader' on climate change

Ottawa set to adapt parts of province's carbon-offset system for national program
May 22, 2009
Dave Cooper
The Edmonton Journal
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Technology/Alberta+leader+climate+change/1619859/story.html

Carbon tax beats cap-and-trade for curbing emissions

May 22, 2009
Greg Ebel
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/638469

Get ready for hurricanes, Environment Canada warns

May 21, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/21/tech-hurricanes-tropical-storms-united-states-forecast.html

'Green' benefits of nuclear power touted, rejected

May 22, 2009
Jeremy Warren
The StarPhoenix
http://www.thestarphoenix.com/Technology/Green+benefits+nuclear+power+touted+rejected/1619627/story.html

GTA gets year's first smog advisory

May 21, 2009
Jasmeet Sidhu
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/637685

Manufacturing sector 'undergoing a metamorphosis'

Annual general meeting Industry conference will focus on the harnessing of innovation
May 21, 2009
John Shmuel
TELEGRAPH-JOURNAL
http://nbbusinessjournal.canadaeast.com/front/article/675310

Japan, San Marino top WHO's life expectancy report

May 21, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/05/21/life-expectancy-who.html

Swine flu immunity higher in older adults: CDC

May 21, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/05/21/swine-flu-who-cdc.html

Thaliaceans and the carbon cycle: The jelly cycle

A hitherto unknown way of burying carbon at the bottom of the sea
May 21, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13688170

Satellites and global health: Remote diagnosis

Satellite data can suggest when and where epidemics will strike next
May 21, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13688152

Ideal dose of sunshine vitamin?

New dosage recommendation doubles Cancer Society guidelines
May 22, 2009
Martin Mittelstaedt
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/ideal-dose-of-sunshine-vitamin/article1148068/

High school project a master's stroke

Teens bring home major science award for independent research into cancerous cells
May 22, 2009
Sarah O'Donnell
The Edmonton Journal
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/Health/High+school+project+master+stroke/1618554/story.html

Mac study to explore mysteries of aging

May 22, 2009
Wade Hemsworth
The Hamilton Spectator
http://www.thespec.com/News/Local/article/570202

Vaccine could lower RSV infections among Inuit children: researcher

May 21, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/05/21/nunavut-rsv-study.html

Chalk River reactor could face prolonged shutdown

May 21, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/21/chalk-river-reactor.html

Ontario's attractive prospect

Investment may stem looming brain drain in Ontario
May 20, 2009
Hannah Hoag
Nature
http://www.nature.com/naturejobs/2009/090521/full/nj7245-467a.html

Flat Fees Pass at U of T

May 20, 2009
David Topping
Torontoist
http://torontoist.com/2009/05/flat_fees_pass_at_university_of_toronto.php

Students angered by university's decision to charge flat fee

May 21, 2009
Louise Brown
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/637342

U of T's 'flat' fees

May 19, 2009
editorial
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/article/635954

Canada risks missing out on bioeconomy opportunity

May 19, 2009
DAVID CRANE
Chronicle-Herald
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Business/1122780.html

Tech job losses need political intervention: MP

May 21, 2009
TRACEY TONG
METRO OTTAWA
http://www.metronews.ca/ottawa/local/article/231969--laid-off-nortel-workers-urge-canadian-tech-revival

Canada to match U.S. car fuel rules

Tailpipe-emissions curbs aim for same goal as Obama’s new standards, Prentice says
BRIAN LAGHI AND SHAWN McCARTHY
May 21, 2009
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/canada-to-match-us-car-fuel-rules/article1143281/

Miller raising the (green) bar

Mayor announces that Lower Don Lands site will try to achieve zero greenhouse gas emissions
May 21, 2009
Paul Moloney
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/637374

Faster, cheaper cell testing proposed to pinpoint toxic effects on humans

May 21, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/20/toxicology-tests-human.html

Study commissioned by plastics industry says reusable grocery bags dangerous

May 20, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5hW5XMd3OeyD4BnYk9fNnPYTdQykQ

Soiled, reusable shopping bags pose health risk: Study

May 20, 2009
Denise Ryan
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/travel/Soiled+reusable+shopping+bags+pose+health+risk+Study/1613682/story.html

Back to plastic? Reusable grocery bags may cause food poisoning

May 20, 2009
Karen Hawthorne
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/theappetizer/archive/2009/05/20/back-to-plastic-reusable-grocery-bags-may-pose-public-health-risk.aspx

Arctic research still 'business as usual' after polar year

May 20, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2009/05/20/arctic-research-ipy.html

Research could allow us to understand soil without getting our hands dirty

May 21, 2009
Kyle MulLin
The Daily Gleaner
http://nbbusinessjournal.canadaeast.com/gleaner/article/673598

Is it food, natural health product or a drug?

May 20, 2009
Misty Harris
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/Health/food+natural+health+product+drug/1613931/story.html

Another isotope crisis

May 21, 2009
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/637198

Latest leak could be end of isotope reactor: Engineers

May 21, 2009
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Latest+leak+could+isotope+reactor+Engineers/1615616/story.html

'Slow Death by Rubber Duck'

May 21, 2009
Colleen Kimmett
TheTyee.ca
http://thetyee.ca/Books/2009/05/21/SlowDeathByRubberDuck/

10,000 cases of swine flu reported worldwide: WHO

May 20, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/20/swine-flu-who.html

Scientists debunk "Angels and Demons" antimatter

May 20, 2009
Julie Steenhuysen
Reuters
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Scientists+debunk+Angels+Demons+antimatter/1612716/story.html

Return to exploration's glory days voted down

Former sponsor of grand adventurers, Royal Geographical Society charts new course
May 20, 2009
Randy Boswell
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/news/national/Return+exploration+glory+days+voted+down/1611712/story.html

Scientists need more money

May 19, 2009
James L. Turk
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/05/19/james-l-turk-scientists-need-more-money.aspx

The art of research

If Canada wants to be a leader in R&D, the solution isn’t more government money; it’s a smarter approach
May 19, 2009
Jack Mintz
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/05/19/jack-mintz-the-art-of-research.aspx

It's not just the economy - our manufacturers lag behind

May 19, 2009
JAMES BROX
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090515.wcomanu19/BNStory/specialComment/home

Nothing ventured, nothing gained

May 19, 2009
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/Business/Nothing+ventured+nothing+gained/1607896/story.html

Meet - and eat - the modified Atlantic salmon

FDA to approve Aqua Bounty's new fish tweaked with genetic material from chinook salmon and eel-like species called ocean pout
May 20, 2009
OLIVER MOORE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090520.wfish20islart2249/BNStory/Science/home?cid=al_gam_mostemail

Details announced for federal Clean Energy Fund

May 19, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/19/edmonton-clean-energy-fund.html

'Patients will suffer' from Chalk River shutdown: medical imaging industry

4 out of 5 medical isotope reactors in the world currently out of service
May 19, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/19/tech-nuclear-chalk-river-medical-isotopes-shortage-shut-down.html

Obama unveils 'historic' car efficiency standards

May 19, 2009
AFP
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5i-7wC-radTtoREZBhXL6SsxeKD3g

Obama's nationwide auto emissions standards gives Canada what it wanted

May 20, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/20/emissions.html

Canada to fall in line with U.S. car fuel rules

May 20, 2009
Paul Vieira and Carrie Tait
Financial Post
http://www.canada.com/Cars/Canada+fall+line+with+fuel+rules/1612340/story.html

Canada to match U.S. car fuel rules

Tailpipe-emissions curbs aim for same goal as Obama's new standards, Prentice says
May 20, 2009
BRIAN LAGHI AND SHAWN MCCARTHY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090520.FUEL120ART22102/TPStory/Environment

North American roads will never be the same thanks to fuel-efficient fleets

May 20, 2009
JEFFREY SIMPSON
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com//servlet/story/LAC.20090520.COSIMP20ART2009/TPStory/Comment/

Obama's fuel home run

May 20, 2009
Diane Francis
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/francis/archive/2009/05/20/obama-s-fuel-home-run.aspx

Fuelish policy

The fuel saved by new mileage standards won’t improve energy security or affect the Earth’s climate
May 19, 2009
Peter Foster
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/05/19/peter-foster-fuelish-policy.aspx

Mileage standards: Deadlier than Iraq

Obama’s new mpg standard will cost $35-million per day in human lives to save $1-million in gas
May 19, 2009
Steve Milloy
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/05/19/mileage-standards-deadlier-than-iraq.aspx

Renner downplays impact of cuts on Alberta well monitoring

May 20, 2009
Kelly Cryderman
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/News/Renner+downplays+impact+cuts+Alberta+well+monitoring/1612077/story.html

Greenpeace fails to convince Statoil to cancel oilsands project

May 19, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/calgary/story/2009/05/19/calgary-statoil-greenpeace.html

Oilsands the wrong whipping boy

May 20, 2009
Deborah Yedlin
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Business/Oilsands+wrong+whipping/1612119/story.html

Keeping an eye out for alien invaders

May 20, 2009
David Suzuki With Faisal Moola
The Citizen
http://www.canada.com/Keeping+alien+invaders/1610697/story.html

Look out 'cause this stuff is TOXIC

Beware the rubber duck: According to a new book, our bodies are soaking in harmful chemicals every day
May 19, 2009
ZOSIA BIELSKI
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090519.wltoxic19art1832/BNStory/Front/home?cid=al_gam_mostview

Green gadget promises savings for the power hungry

Spanish invention offers relief for the environment and the wallet by cutting down on standby power use
May 19, 2009
CONNIE FAN
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090519.wgtgreen0519/BNStory/Technology/home?cid=al_gam_mostview

Don't panic, prepare

Employers have obligation to protect workers
May 19, 2009
Jim Middlemiss
Financial Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/columnists/story.html?id=ab787da5-115a-46f5-a50d-ad09a874ebb8

47 million-year-old skeleton may shed light on primate evolution

May 19, 2009
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
http://www.thestar.com/sciencetech/science/article/636360

47-million-year-old fossil may provide link to human ancestors -- or not

Scientists differ on significance of new find
May 19, 2009
MICHELLE NICHOLS
Reuters
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090519.wmonkey19/BNStory/International/home

High-tech hunting expedition makes no sense

CT scans might find all kinds of things lurking in our bodies, but most will never go on to hurt us
May 18, 2009
Alan Cassels
The Edmonton Journal
http://www.canada.com/Health/High+tech+hunting+expedition+makes+sense/1606027/story.html

Addiction: Could it be a big lie?

A Harvard psychologist's new book argues that addiction isn't really an illness, infuriating the medical establishment. We examine his incendiary hypothesis
May 16, 2009
Daniel Dale
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/insight/article/635237

The myth of the Danish green energy ‘miracle’

May 11, 2009
Michael Trebilcock
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/05/11/the-myth-of-the-danish-green-energy-miracle.aspx

Collaboration = innovation

Canada must stimulate R&D spending, universities argue
May 19, 2009
Karen Mazurkewich
Financial Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/blogs/story.html?id=1607262

Researching and developing ways to save Canada's R&D

New brain drain to U.S. could start sapping us of our brightest minds and our innovative potential
May 17, 2009
David Olive
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/business/article/635522

Feds to spend $1B on clean energy

May 19, 2009
Dave Cooper
Edmonton Journal
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Business/Feds+spend+clean+energy/1609464/story.html

Conservatives still don't have draft regulations for environment plan three years later

The Tories have been in power for more than three years, and still don't have a plan
May 18, 2009
Bea Vongdouangchanh
The Hill Times
http://www.thehilltimes.ca/html/index.php?display=story&full_path=2009/may/18/legislation/&c=2

Ontario's Chalk River reactor shut down

May 19, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090518.wchalk19/BNStory/National/home?cid=al_gam_mostview

Ignatieff and Asbestos

How he really can get on the right side of this long overdue debate
May 19, 2009
Murray Dobbin
TheTyee.ca
http://thetyee.ca/Views/2009/05/19/IgnatieffAsbestos/

'Still in danger zone,' for swine flu: UN chief

May 19, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/05/19/swine-flu-vaccine465.html

Worst of flu outbreak 'over' in Canada

Advisory against travel to Mexico lifted; Canada's chief public health officer says second spike still possible
May 19, 2009
CAROLINE ALPHONSO
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090519.wflu19art02250/BNStory/National/?page=rss&id=RTGAM.20090519.wflu19art02250

Doctors brace for a new wave of vaccine hysteria

Star Jenny McCarthy's Oprah turn could spark fears
May 18, 2009
Emily Senger
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/most-popular/story.html?id=1606853

Obama to announce national emission standards for cars, trucks

May 18, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/18/obama-emissions.html

Abandoned research station a 'toxic ghost town'

'It's a travesty'
May 19, 2009
Margaret Munro
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/Technology/Abandoned+research+station+toxic+ghost+town+scientists/1609143/story.html

N.S. Power must cut dependence on coal

As the world punishes polluters with carbon taxes, the price of power produced from fossil fuels can only go up, URB chairman says
May 19, 2009
JUDY MYRDEN
Chronicle-Herald
http://thechronicleherald.ca/News/1122715.html

Oil sands face green investor microscope

May 19, 2009
NATHAN VANDERKLIPPE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090519.wroilsands19art1940/BNStory/energy/home

Canada oil sands emit more CO2 than average-report

May 18, 2009
Timothy Gardner
Reuters
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/feedarticle/8513912

Oh, dear - caribou plan draws criticism

Draft from province contains little in the way of action or clear policy, environment groups say
May 19, 2009
Tanya Talaga
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/Ontario/article/636025

Winnipeg trees to be injected with trial vaccine for Dutch elm disease

May 19, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/manitoba/story/2009/05/19/mb-dutch-elm-vaccine.html

Canadian scientists create powerful new lithium battery material

May 18, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/18/tech-lithium-battery-sulphur-cathode-material.html

Lower-tar cigarettes may boost cancer risk, research suggests

May 18, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/18/health-cigarette-us-cancer-risk.html

As swine flu wanes, Canada lifts travel advisory for Mexico

May 18, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/05/18/canada-swine-flu.html

Angels or demons: Physics in the movies

May 19, 2009
Nigel S. Lockyer
Georgia Straight
http://www.straight.com/article-222146/angels-or-demons-physics-movies

Two B.C. teens win coveted prize at national science fair

May 19, 2009
Cheryl Chan
The Province
http://www.theprovince.com/Health/teens+coveted+prize+national+science+fair/1607662/story.html

Utilities energized by the possibilities

May 18, 2009
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/columnists/article/635746

Scientist honoured for stem-cell coup

Genetic discovery vaults researcher onto list with Obama, Gates
May 18, 2009
Joseph Hall
Toronto Star
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/article/635760

The cap-and-trade con game

The closer the United States gets to adopting a cap-and-trade system to control greenhouse gas emissions, the more frightening it gets
May 17, 2009
National Post editorial board
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/05/17/national-post-editorial-board-the-cap-and-trade-con-game.aspx

At the science fair, girls dominate the class

May 15, 2009
HAYLEY MICK
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090515.wlfair15/BNStory/lifeMain/home

Government gets power to set energy standards for turned-off devices

May 15, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/15/tech-090515-energy-standards-electronic-devices-standby-power-off.html

Libel: Court behind

“Evidence”: a scientific word—or a legal one?
May 14, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13643973

Quebec keen to sue big tobacco for health care costs

May 14, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/05/14/quebec-tobacco-healthcare-costs-law.html

Sea level rise from Antarctic ice sheet collapse overestimated, scientists say

May 14, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/14/sea-levels-rise-overestimate-antartic-ice-sheet-collapse.html

Network of multiple sclerosis research centres launches in Canada

May 14, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/14/multiple-sclerosis-research-centres.html

For and against wind power

Utility-scale wind energy, critics insist, is neither as green as supporters say, nor as economical
May 12, 2009
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/business/article/632642

30% emission reduction by 2016

May 11, 2009
Mike De Souza
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/emission+reduction+2016/1585281/story.html

An open, honest nuclear debate

Alberta's 'public consultation' on nuclear power seems designed to quash any opposition to the plan
May 6, 2009
Douglas Roche
The Edmonton Journal
http://www.canada.com/Business/open+honest+nuclear+debate/1568305/story.html

Anti-Harper campaign politicizes research to the detriment of science

The government of Canada and elements of our scientific community are embroiled in a nasty little struggle about the future of research support, which seems likely to produce only losers
May 14, 2009
Michael Bliss
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/05/14/michael-bliss-anti-harper-campaign-politicizes-research-to-the-detriment-of-science.aspx

'Could do better'

Canada's research and innovation sectors are not living up to their full potential, report card says
HEATHER MUNROE-BLUM
May 14, 2009
The Gazette
http://www2.canada.com/montrealgazette/features/viewpoints/story.html?id=e2ca01cf-89af-4f93-83de-e827d346b292

Economy, not environment, is Canadians' top priority

May 13, 2009
Larry Pynn
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/Technology/Economy+environment+Canadians+priority/1592288/story.html

Health effects of climate change will affect billions: report

May 14, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/13/climate-change-health.html

Canadian consumers 2nd-worst in environmental impact survey

May 13, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/13/canada-greendex-impact786.html

Canada's environment minister calls U.S. green tariff plan 'discrimination'

May 13, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/13/tech-090613-prentice-greenhouse-carbon-tariffs-emissions-us-imports.html

New Quebec law will legislate greenhouse gas cuts, carbon trade

May 13, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/13/quebec-climatechangelaw-western-climate-initiative.html

N.B. premier defends broadband industry award, ties to corporate sponsors

May 14, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/14/nb-graham-intelligent-community-556.html

Canadians decent recyclers, but use a lot of fuel: National Geographic

May 13, 2009
Tiffany Crawford
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Canadians+decent+recyclers+fuel+National+Geographic/1592492/story.html

Inspection of gadgets predicts global power surge

Computers, iPods, TVs will suck up too much energy unless drastic cuts made, study warns
May 14, 2009
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/634138

Cottagers fume as Lake Huron sinks

Water level plunges but no action needed, says Great Lakes study
May 14, 2009
Catherine Porter
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/634093

2 Canadians picked to launch new careers as astronauts

May 13, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/13/new-canadian-astronauts-.html

Feds to pay for military vets medical marijuana

May 13, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5gPc16heqZO5_1km1eFnUMO2y5kfA

Innovate and prosper

May 13, 2009
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Health/Innovate+prosper/1590102/story.html

Province has 'momentum' in early childhood development

May 13, 2009
Matt McCann
TELEGRAPH-JOURNAL
http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/front/article/665393

Pharma freebies sway med students

Even trivial handouts influence the brand of drugs favoured by students, says new research paper
May 12, 2009
MARINA JIMÉNEZ
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090512.wlfreebies12art1832/BNStory/specialScienceandHealth

WHO, flu experts looking into claim swine flu evolved in lab

5,251 cases of flu worldwide, 358 in Canada
May 12, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/05/12/swine-flu-evolution.html

Canada's environment minister to speak against U.S. green tariff proposal

May 13, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/13/tech-090613-prentice-greenhouse-carbon-tariffs-emissions-us-imports.html

Venture capital crunch stunts rising tech firms, group says

May 12, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/12/tech-090612-venture-capital-start-ups.html

Alberta royalty regime collecting less than 50 cents per barrel, Liberals charge

May 12, 2009
Jason Fekete
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Business/Alberta+royalty+regime+collecting+less+than+cents+barrel+Liberals/1589266/story.html

Government's green plan too rosy, audit finds

May 12, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5g_ZBZXvgTK4YLsydst0KtYshInUg

Climate change commitment unmeasured, environment commissioner says

May 12, 2009
Janice Tibbetts
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Climate+change+commitment+unmeasured+environment+commissioner+says/1588959/story.html

Federal predictions of greenhouse gas reductions are exaggerated: watchdog

May 12, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/05/12/tech-kyoto-greenhouse-gas-reductions-environment-commissioner-vaughan-fish.html

Canada scolded over greenhouse gas estimates

May 12, 2009
Allan Dowd
Reuters
http://ca.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idCATRE54B7BG20090512?sp=true

Cheese puffs, with added vitamin D

Canada inches closer to a decision on whether to allow companies to add vitamins and minerals to packaged or processed food
May 13, 2009
CARLY WEEKS
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090513.wljunk13art1833/BNStory/specialScienceandHealth/home

Health Canada weighs fortifying junk foods

May 13, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2009/05/12/junk-food-fortify.html

Food industry calls on government to update regulations on fortifying foods

May 12, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5gHorTC64zcHgTR_0dhBLTjQTW3yg

Health Canada rules: Red tape or healthy caution?

Healthy eating is becoming a preoccupation with consumers – and a multi-billion-dollar industry. But Canada's confusing and outdated food regulations are obstacles to getting products out into the market in a timely fashion, critics warn
May 13, 2009
Dana Flavelle
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/633386

Food rules need update: Watchdog

Companies working around standard process for approval
May 13, 2009
Sarah Schmidt
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Food+rules+need+update+Watchdog/1591512/story.html

Winnipeg researcher charged with smuggling biological material into U.S.

May 13, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/05/13/border-biological-agents.html

Reel life situation

Commissioner makes waves over lack of protection for fish
May 13, 2009
GREG WESTON
Winnipeg Sun
http://www.winnipegsun.com/comment/columnists/greg_weston/2009/05/13/9439251-sun.html

Scientists call for increased protection of boreal forest

May 12, 2009
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Scientists+call+increased+protection+boreal+forest/1588550/story.html

U.S. sets pace on endangered species

May 13, 2009
David Suzuki and Faisal Moola
Special to The Citizen
http://www.canada.com/sets+pace+endangered+species/1590542/story.html

Smokes: First you'll feel green, and then you'll die

Cigarette company touts environmental package
May 13, 2009
Moira Welsh
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/633388

Cheerios boxes, website carried unapproved drug claims: FDA

May 12, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/05/12/cheerios-fda-warning-cholesterol.html

Science, not pandering

May 13, 2009
BRIDGET CURRAN
Chronicle-Herald
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Opinion/1121743.html

Junk science has a new cover girl

May 12, 2009
Arthur Allen
Slate.com
http://www.nationalpost.com/most-popular/story.html?id=1586402

Energy industry embraces Alberta's native prairie grass

Rough fescue in demand to restore drilling sites
May 12, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/12/calgary-fescue-carbon-storage.html

Canada's newest astronauts to be introduced Wednesday

May 13, 2009
Tom Spears
Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Canada+newest+astronauts+introduced+Wednesday/1592038/story.html

Biologist sees golden age of cancer research

May 12, 2009
Megan Ogilvie
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/newsfeatures/research/article/633309

Thousands of Canadians sign up for cancer study

31,000 volunteers have already been enlisted to participate in the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer's decades-long investigation
May 8, 2009
LISA PRIEST
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090508.wlcancer08art01625/BNStory/specialScienceandHealth

Social, cultural innovation vital facet of growth

May 12, 2009
The StarPhoenix
http://www.thestarphoenix.com/Business/Social+cultural+innovation+vital+facet+growth/1587206/story.html

Venture capital at crisis point, industry group warns

May 12, 2009
Eric Lam
Financial Post
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/Business/Venture+capital+crisis+point+industry+group+warns/1588145/story.html

Uncertainty over feds' green plan wards off energy investments: report

May 11, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/11/tech-090611-energy-investments-greenhouse-gas-plan.html

B.C.'s New Democrats picked the wrong fight with carbon tax

May 12, 2009
GARY MASON
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090512.wbcmason12gtaart2250/BNStory/National/home?cid=al_gam_mostview

Simulated acupuncture helped reduce chronic low back pain: study

May 11, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/05/11/acupuncture-back-pain.html

Natives demand protection of rivers near oilsands

MPs tour Fort McMurray, Fort Chipewyan developments
May 12, 2009
Hanneke Brooymans
The Edmonton Journal
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/Business/Natives+demand+protection+rivers+near+oilsands/1587653/story.html

U.S. polar bear decisions frustrate Nunavut Inuit group

May 11, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/11/us-pbear-inuit-reax.html

Noise protesters howling about windfarms

Group calls giant turbines a threat to health, but early studies suggest fears are overblown
May 11, 2009
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/business/article/632161

Green oil would cost US$105 a barrel: CERI

Oil sands can meet environmental challenge, but at a cost, study says
May 12, 2009
Claudia Cattaneo
Financial Post
http://www.financialpost.com/news-sectors/story.html?id=1586363

Alberta may join billion-dollar tobacco lawsuit

Bill also seeks health costs from criminals
May 12, 2009
Jason Fekete And Michelle Lang
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Health/Alberta+join+billion+dollar+tobacco+lawsuit/1587409/story.html

Canada gets an 'A' in Pandemic-ology

May 11, 2009
Peter Singer
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/05/11/peter-singer-canada-gets-an-a-in-pandemic-ology.aspx

Online tool helps consumers track source of food

May 11, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/11/food-importing.html

Educated, tech-savvy young adults most likely to be high-risk drinkers: study

May 12, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/05/12/binge-drinking-young-adults.html

Beware of sales pitch for unnecessary CT scans

May 12, 2009
Alan Cassels
Special to Times Colonist
http://www.timescolonist.com/Health/Comment+Beware+sales+pitch+unnecessary+scans/1587993/story.html

Canada could be short 60,000 nurses in 15 years: study

May 11, 2009
ANDRÉ PICARD
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090511.wnurseshortage0511/BNStory/National/home

Health care faces U.S. attack ads

May 12, 2009
The Edmonton Journal
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/Health/Health+care+faces+attack/1587738/story.html

Jane Goodall joins campaign to end B.C. bear hunts

May 11, 2009
Larry Pynn
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Jane+Goodall+joins+campaign+bear+hunts/1585962/story.html

Merck Frosst Canada Ltd. given time to consider appeal in Ontario Vioxx suit

May 11, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5j_43kvvJJo1TPj6e2KTSm_ZG79BA

Big feat for Smol

May 12, 2009
GLORIA ER-CHUA
Whig-Standard
http://www.thewhig.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1563416

Great thinkers meet in Ottawa thru May

May 12, 2009
TRACEY TONG
METRO OTTAWA
http://www.metronews.ca/ottawa/local/article/227384--great-thinkers-meet-in-ottawa-thru-may

Truscott case can teach scientists

Opinions change, courts want finality
May 11, 2009
Scott Tracey
Guelph Mercury
http://news.guelphmercury.com/News/article/479693

INNOVATION IN CANADA: Move beyond warnings

May 11, 2009
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090511.EINNOVATION11ART1716/TPStory/Comment

The basic vs. applied research debate

May 11, 2009
Leo Charbonneau
University Afairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/margin-notes/the-basic-vs-applied-research-debate

R&D: It doesn't get any better than this

May 11, 2009
GWYN MORGAN
Globe and Mail
http://business.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090508.wagendamorgan0511/BNStory/robColumnsBlogs/home

Global warming critics appointed to science boards

Harper government's actions are 'dreadful' and undercut public pledges to tackle climate change, leading glaciologist says
May 11, 2009
BILL CURRY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090511.SCIENCEOTT11ART2225/TPStory/National

Ottawa to push ethanol, despite concerns

As Prentice prepares bio-fuel regulation, controversy grows in the U.S. over indirect land-use emissions
May 11, 2009
SHAWN MCCARTHY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090511.RETHANOL11ART1927/TPStory/Business

Better water management 'imperative'

'Vital resource' threatened, report says
May 11, 2009
Margaret Munro
Canwest News Service
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/story.html?id=1583292

Oil and gas industry looking for clear leadership on carbon emissions

And commissioner of environment Scott Vaughan to release first audit of climate change plans under Kyoto Implementation Act.
May 11, 2009
Bea Vongdouangchanh
The Hill Times
http://www.hilltimes.com/html/index.php?display=story&full_path=2009/may/11/legislation/&c=2

First Vanier scholars hail mostly from home

More international students expected to win the prestigious scholarship in coming years
May 11, 2009
Nick Taylor-Vaisey
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/first-vanier-scholars-hail-mostly-from-home.aspx

Universities face 'staggering' pension fund losses

May 11, 2009
Rosanna Tamburri
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/the-pain-of-pension-fund-losses.aspx

Nunavut grants first graduate degrees

May 11, 2009
Pauline Anderson
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/a-master-of-education-in-nunavut.aspx

Tories drop ball on lab upgrade

A few theories why expansion on shelf
May 11, 2009
Dan Lett
Winnipeg Free Press
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/columnists/tories-drop-ball-on-lab-upgrade-44702517.html

Pigs culled at quarantined Alberta farm

Worker who had been in Mexico in April somehow transmitted virus to hogs when changing barn vents
May 11, 2009
DAWN WALTON
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com//servlet/story/LAC.20090511.FLU11ART2204/TPStory/National/

EU's seal product ban is backed up by science

May 11, 2009
Marcie Gauntlett
The Daily News
http://www.canada.com/seal+product+backed+science/1584281/story.html

Do small victories affect big picture in animal rights debate?

May 10, 2009
Richard Foot
Canwest News Service
http://www.montrealgazette.com/Life/small+victories+affect+picture+animal+rights+debate/1582327/story.html

Munger: Obama's cap and trade plan "monstrously stupid"

May 11, 2009
Lawrence Solomon
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/05/11/munger-obama-s-cap-and-trade-plan-quot-monstrously-stupid-quot.aspx

New legislation in Ontario will give health-care professionals wider powers

May 11, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/05/11/ontario-health.html

Mining the moon, they hope

Canadian miners aim to regain lost ground as resourceful innovators
May 11, 2009
Peter Koven
Financial Post
http://www.financialpost.com/news-sectors/story.html?id=1583302

Protecting Your Intellectual Property With Patents

May 11, 2009
Janice Kelland
Ottawa Business Journal
http://www.ottawabusinessjournal.com/297118540914151.php

McGill, Queen's, U of T profs win $100,000 Killam Prizes

May 11, 2009
Montreal Gazette
http://www.canada.com/McGill+Queen+profs+Killam+Prizes/1584697/story.html

Mighty Marquis wheat is back

Heritage cereal grains appeal to organic food producers, artisan bakers, chefs
May 11, 2009
David Finlayson
The Edmonton Journal
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/Mighty+Marquis+wheat+back/1583031/story.html

Canada set to pick two new astronauts: candidates with the right stuff

May 11, 2009
Karen Hawthorne
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/posted/archive/2009/05/11/canada-set-to-pick-two-new-astronauts-candidates-with-the-right-stuff.aspx

Canada's budding scientists display research at U of M

May 11, 2009
Carol Sanders
Winnipeg Free Press
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/canadas-budding-scientists-display-research-at-u-of-m-44702442.html

Federal labs in Edmonton get facelifts

May 10, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/10/edm-federal-lab-upgrades.html

Do 'fatties' cause global warming?

May 9, 2009
Peter Gorrie
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/insight/article/631583

Publisher says Australian unit didn't disclose medical journal sponsor

May 8, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/05/08/elsevier-merck-journal-sponsorship.html

Experts fear swine/bird flu mix

May 8, 2009
Margie Mason
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/article/631295

Money spent on science is money well spent

May 9, 2009
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/Health/Money+spent+science+money+well+spent/1578748/story.html

$34.7M to help upgrade city labs

May 9, 2009
Larry Kusch
Winnipeg Free Press
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/347m-to-help-upgrade-city-labs-44633727.html

North gets disproportionately fewer R&D dollars

Arm's-length funding agency counsels region on how to compete for more government funding
May 9, 2009
MICHAEL PURVIS
SAULT STAR
http://www.saultstar.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1561213

Canadians cool on carbon tax: poll

May 10, 2009
DIRK MEISSNER
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090510.wcarbontaxpoll0510/BNStory/National/home?cid=al_gam_mostview

Ottawa urged to establish forensics watchdog

Standards must be set for `science' behind evidence, activist says
May 10, 2009
Tracey Tyler
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/article/631983

Gov't. freezes national-park fees

May 10, 2009
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/freezes+national+park+fees/1582204/story.html

B.C. mother challenges safety of Wi-Fi in schools

May 9, 2009
Lena Sin
Vancouver Province
http://www.canada.com/Health/mother+challenges+safety+schools/1581224/story.html

Harcourt throws support behind provincial carbon tax

Former NDP premier joins forces with Suzuki and other environmentalists, despite fact party's current platform promises to scrap it
May 9, 2009
IAN BAILEY AND JUSTINE HUNTER
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090509.wbcelectionharcourtart2152/BNStory/National/home

Canada's reckless carbon habit

May 9, 2009
ANDREW NIKIFORUK
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090509.BKCARBON09ART1454/TPStory/Entertainment

Bridging accreditation gap

Canada-EU barriers being reduced
May 8, 2009
Derek Sankey
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Business/Bridging+accreditation/1577176/story.html

Teen scientist wins top prize for 'designer wheat'

May 9, 2009
Mark Milner
Special to CTV.ca
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20090507/designer_wheat_090509/20090509?hub=SciTech

Inventive teen wins $95,000 in scholarships

Solar energy system gains wide recognition
May 10, 2009
Sarah McGinnis
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/fp/Inventive+teen+wins+scholarships/1581554/story.html

Fickle Gods of Global Warming

May 9, 2009
REX MURPHY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090508.wcomurphy09/BNStory/specialComment/home?cid=al_gam_mostview

Canada ready for pandemic, CMAhead says

May 8, 2009
Sharon Kirkey
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Canada+ready+pandemic+CMAhead+says/1580709/story.html

'Knowledge' jobs alone are not enough

May 8, 2009
Carol Goar
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/630818

VENTURE CAPITAL BREAKDOWN

Canada's challenged system forcing entrepreneurs to turn to the U.S. for cash
May 8, 2009
MATT HARTLEY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090508.RVCFUNDING05ART1940/TPStory/Business

'Sound science' only raises more questions

May 8, 2009
K. Jean Cottam
The Daily News
http://www.canada.com/Sound+science+only+raises+more+questions/1576517/story.html

Canada can influence U.S. climate change legislation

May 7, 2009
Claudia Cattaneo
Financial Post
http://www.financialpost.com/news-sectors/energy/story.html?id=1573673

U.S. to start making plutonium again to fuel space missions

May 7, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/07/tech-plutonium-fuel-shortage-nasa.html

River protection research fails to persuade P.E.I. environment minister

May 8, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/08/pei-buffer-zone-stream.html

The wrong direction

May 7, 2009
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Technology/wrong+direction/1570792/story.html

Bioelectricity gives better mileage than ethanol: study

May 7, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/07/tech-bioelectricity-biomass-ethanol-cars.html

Honeybee colonies not declining worldwide, study says

May 7, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/07/honeybee-population-pollinator-current-biology-harden.html

Stephen Hawking's visit to Waterloo on hold

May 8, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/08/hawking-stephen-waterloo-perimeter-visit-delay-postpone.html

Oil spill on Burnaby mountain contained

May 7, 2009
Graeme Wood
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/spill+Burnaby+mountain+contained/1572740/story.html

Save the birds? Save their habitat

May 8, 2009
BRIDGET STUTCHBURY and JEFFREY WELLS AND CAROLINE SCHULTZ
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090507.wcobird08/BNStory/specialComment/home

Alberta woman who died had swine flu, health officials confirm

May 8, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/05/08/edmonton-swine-flu-death.html

Experimental swine flu vaccine expected in weeks

May 7, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/05/07/swine-flu-winnipeg-virus-lab.html

Canada says pork safe to eat despite WHO warning

May 7, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jewAnZvLTJi9A6Za8PQgUt3x6B9g

Experts fear swine/bird flu mix

May 8, 2009
Margie Mason
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/article/631295

Climate change may put northern shrimp in peril

May 8, 2009
Richard Foot
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Climate+change+northern+shrimp+peril/1576511/story.html

Shrimp like canaries in coal mine, indicating health of stocks, water temperature

May 7, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5hsTv11HlKkP-c0gnhjCax2ICUF2w

Government should support innovation in the fishing industry

May 8, 2009
Keith Vickers
Miramichi Leader
http://miramichileader.canadaeast.com/opinion/article/660341

University, Vineland research centre ink new partnership

May 8, 2009
THE STANDARD
http://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1559404

Toronto student wins NASA competition

May 7, 2009
John Goddard
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/630642

Saskatoon high school student wins national prize for research

May 7, 2009
Laura Keil
Saskatchewan News Network
http://www.leaderpost.com/Technology/Saskatoon+high+school+student+wins+national+prize+research/1570376/story.html

Green roof bylaw moves one step closer to reality

'It's just taking that quick cash grab from us'
May 7, 2009
Allison Hanes
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/related/topics/story.html?id=1570723

Don't kill Canada geese in Kelowna, group urges

May 6, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2009/05/06/bc-kelowna-shooting-geese.html

Canada's 'flu hunters' track a wily new virus

May 5, 2009
ANDRÉ PICARD
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090505.wxfluhunters05islart2241/BNStory/National/home

A Pressing Need: Revising academic apprenticeship

May 6, 2009
Trevor McKee
The Mark
http://themarknews.com/articles/170-a-pressing-need-revising-academic-apprenticeship

Education our only magic elixir

May 7, 2009
James Travers
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/canada/columnist/article/630362

Reverse Reaganism, reverse growth

May 7, 2009
William Watson
Financial Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/columnists/story.html?id=138dc53e-8bee-48d1-a83b-09df3528b562

Industry faces high cost by neglecting R&D

Internship program helps slow graduate brain drain
May 6, 2009
Marke Andrews
Canwest News Service
http://www2.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/working/story.html?id=79f41869-2ebf-4e9d-84cc-a168e410b450

Telus, Microsoft hope Canada will buy into patient-centred e-health records

May 6, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/06/tech-telus-health-space-microsoft-electronic-health-records.html

Run-of-river power projects breach environmental standards: documents

May 6, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/06/bc-environmental-inspections-private-power-projects.html

New map of Arctic could point to Canadian gas, minerals

Data could also be used to claim more Arctic waters, seabed
May 7, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/07/tech-geological-map-arctic-marc-st-onge.html

Britain to remove some DNA profiles from databases

Critics say changes don't go far enough to protect privacy
May 7, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/07/britain-dna-privacy.html

Pork industry scrambles to prove meat is safe

Politicians say Canadian pigs still a good food source, but some farmers suggest slaughtering infected Albertan herd
May 7, 2009
GLORIA GALLOWAY and DAWN WALTON AND CAROLINE ALPHONSO
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com//servlet/story/LAC.20090507.FLU07ART2257/TPStory/National/

Official says H1N1 could infect third of world

May 7, 2009
DARREN SCHUETTLER
Reuters
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090507.wflumain0507/BNStory/International/home?cid=al_gam_mostview

Swine flu is same strain in Canada and Mexico

201 confirmed cases in Canada, 1,893 worldwide
May 6, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/05/06/swine-flu-sequencing060.html

Flu virus baffles Canadian scientists

Winnipeg lab can't find reason why Mexicans are being hit the hardest
May 7, 2009
Joanna Smith
Toronto Star
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/article/630370

Green roof proposal faces withering criticism

May 7, 2009
JEFF GRAY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090507.GREEN07ART2253/TPStory/TPNational/Ontario/

Lafarge proposes test-burning biomass fuels

Company seeks public input this time around
May 7, 2009
PAUL SCHLIESMANN
Whig-Standard
http://www.thewhig.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1556811

P.E.I. ready to issue air quality warnings

May 7, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/prince-edward-island/story/2009/05/07/pei-air-quality-index.html

Animal testing: Suffering for science

Europe votes for better regulation of animal experiments
May 7, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13610079

Global health: Preparing for the worst

Vaccine makers are ill-prepared for an influenza pandemic
May 7, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13609361

Electric cars and noise: The sound of silence

Sound generators will make electric and hybrid cars safer
May 7, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13606446

Take a look inside the lab at Science Rendezvous

Robots, smart homes and a GPS-outfitted rescue dog part of daylong show-and-tell
May 7, 2009
Noor Javed
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/630394

Radiation from medical tests; important information to use

May 3, 2009
Pamela Fayerman
Vancouver Sun
http://communities.canada.com/vancouversun/blogs/medicinematters/archive/2009/05/03/radiation-from-medical-tests.aspx

What you need to read about flu pandemics

May 1, 2009
Pamela Fayerman
Vancouver Sun
http://communities.canada.com/vancouversun/blogs/medicinematters/archive/2009/05/01/what-you-need-to-read-about-flu-pandemics.aspx

Canada's progress in science, innovation mediocre, study finds

May 6, 2009
ELIZABETH CHURCH
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090506.RESEARCH06ART2119/TPStory/National

Council says Canadian businesses weak in R&D

Feds should focus more funding on priority research areas: report
May 5, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/05/tech-090505-research-funding-report.html

The state of science and innovation in Canada

May 5, 2009
Leo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/margin-notes/the-state-of-science-and-innovation-in-canada

Canada lagging in research: Tech council

May 5, 2009
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Business/Canada+lagging+research+Tech+council/1566110/story.html

Canadian innovators told to heed the circus

Ottawa's big thinkers say Cirque de Soleil a role model for others
May 6, 2009
Bruce Campion-Smith
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/sciencetech/article/629674

Canada a laggard in business R&D: report

May 5, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5grS92EJCsEgnPuHscLxjtmuBKw1A

Report Gives Canadian Research a Middling Grade but Hails Work at Universities

May 6, 2009
Karen Birchard
The Chronicle of Higher Education
http://chronicle.com/news/article/6429/report-gives-canadian-research-a-middling-grade-but-hails-work-at-universities

Canada private investment in R&D lags

May 5, 2009
Ashleigh Patterson
Reuters
http://ca.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idCATRE5444H120090505?sp=true

Ministers Welcome Report by Science, Technology and Innovation Council

May 5, 2009
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/ministers-welcome-report-science-technology/story.aspx?guid=%7BAC0E2DA3-2F20-42B2-A4D4-BB75DF82D891%7D&dist=msr_1

Rx&D Applauds STIC Report and Agrees that Canada Must "Aim Higher" to Reap the Rewards of Innovation

May 5, 2009
Rx&D
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/May2009/05/c8630.html

AUCC supports Science, Technology and Innovation Council’s call for Canada to aim higher

May 5, 2009
Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada
http://www.aucc.ca/publications/media/2009/s_t_innovation_council_05_05_e.html

Academe is a choice not a life sentence

May 6, 2009
Carolyn Steele
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/career-sense/academe-is-a-choice-not-a-life-sentence/

Scoop: Stephen Harper's assault on science isn't quite what it appears

May 5, 2009
Kelly McParland
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/05/05/scoop-stephen-harper-s-assault-on-science-funding-fails-to-ruin-science.aspx

Funding frenzy hits bottom line

May 5, 2009
Carson Jerema
Winnipeg Free Press
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/westview/Funding-frenzy-hits-bottom-line-44316557.html

Gene grant just shuffling money: Critics

May 5, 2009
JONATHAN JENKINS
Toronto Sun
http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2009/05/05/9351421-sun.html

Plugging the brain drain

May 5, 2009
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/628891

QP Tuesday: Science, the Stone Age and EI revisted

May 5, 2009
Steven Chase
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090505.WBwbureaublog20090505161905/WBStory/WBwbureaublog

Ontario gears up for 1 in 3 falling ill

Flu pandemic scenario based on 4.5 million cases
May 5, 2009
Theresa Boyle
Toronto Star
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/article/629032

Eastern Arctic bowhead whales no longer threatened: federal committee

May 5, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/05/cosewic-listings-bowhead.html

Livestock main source of E. coli: study

DNA fingerprinting shows human sewage only a tiny fraction of the problem
May 5, 2009
Tom Spears
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Technology/Livestock+main+source+coli+study/1563371/story.html

Great Lakes action plan urged

May 6, 2009
BRYN WEESE
Toronto Sun
http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2009/05/06/9366411-sun.html

Canola meal could be headed for new U of S research facility

May 6, 2009
Laura Keil
The StarPhoenix
http://www.thestarphoenix.com/News/Canola+meal+could+headed+research+facility/1567791/story.html