Jun 29, 2009
The Guardian
http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/index.cfm?sid=265154&sc=98
June 29, 2009
Kathryn May
Ottawa Citizen
http://www.montrealgazette.com/High+tech+lobby+urges+test+beds+with+government/1744928/story.html
As Nortel crumbles, analysts consider the fate of high-tech sector in capital
June 29, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/26/t-tech-silicon-valley-north-ottawa.html
Greenhouse-gas vision is missing in Canada
Jun 30, 2009
Jeffrey Simpson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/obamas-willing-to-spend-political-capital-on-climate-change-why-isnt-harper/article1201317/

Nuclear tennis match

Jun 30, 2009
editorial
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/658528

A taste not worth dying for

Canadians are dying for their salt
Jun 30, 2009
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/a-taste-not-worth-dying-for/article1199427/
Gift will fund new CAMH facility to help youth who suffer from addictions and mental illnesses
Jun 29, 2009
Jill Colvin
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/toronto/mental-health-advocates-hail-5-million-thomson-donation/article1200683/
Jun 29, 2009
Sheryl Ubelacker
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5iAOqQfPUs2AxzGS0-f3VzOdb7dYg
June 30, 2009
Gordon Hamilton
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Scientists+genomic+research+tackle+mountain+pine+beetle/1745355/story.html
Monday, June 29, 2009

AIDS breakthrough a reason for pride, pain

June 28, 2009
The Gazette
http://www2.canada.com/montrealgazette/features/viewpoints/story.html?id=8e49e702-0ede-433d-a22f-f900719024a6
Prof gets $1.4M to boost diesel fuel efficiency
June 29, 2009
Dave Hall
The Windsor Star
http://www2.canada.com/windsorstar/news/story.html?id=98aadab4-513a-4773-b456-6f490bc5db78
June 26, 2009
Derrick Penner
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Western+provinces+need+improve+productivity+conference+board/1737503/story.html
Key drug in fight against H1N1 virus still reliable, world health officials say after isolated case in Denmark
Jun 29, 2009
Mike Stobbe
The Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/swine-flu-shows-first-sign-of-resistance-to-tamiflu/article1201110/
June 29, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/29/onatario-nuclear.html
Announcement marks a huge shift in policy for the McGuinty government, which had planned to spend $26-billion expanding and refurbishing its fleet of reactors
Jun 29, 2009
Karen Howlett
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/ontario-suspends-nuclear-power-plans/article1200469/
June 29, 2009
Megan O'Toole
National Post
http://www.canada.com/Technology/nullifies+nuclear+power+plant+plans/1744589/story.html
Feature speeds up rate of atomic reactions in event of a coolant leak; regulators say they misjudged size of the problem
Jun 29, 2009
Martin Mittelstaedt
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/reactor-design-puts-safety-into-question/article1200130/
Remnants of Cold War are a regional and global threat, delegates from four ex-Soviet states urge at summit in Geneva
Jun 29, 2009
Robert Evans
Reuters
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/central-asian-leaders-plead-for-help-in-cleaning-nuclear-waste/article1201134/

A public tarring in Saudi Canada

Jun 28, 2009
Andrew Nikiforuk
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/657518
June 26, 2009
AFP
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/China+taking+climate+change+seriously+Barroso/1736832/story.html
President, reluctant to speculate about when senators might pass energy law, rolls out new standards for energy conservation in lighting systems
Jun 29, 2009
Jeff Mason
Reuters
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/obama-gears-up-for-climate-bills-test-in-us-senate/article1201191/
America's bill is a bundle of compromises
June 27, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/world/unitedstates/displayStory.cfm?story_id=13933204
Legislation a major victory for Obama
Jun 27, 2009
Richard Cowan
Reuters
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/us-house-passes-landmark-climate-bill/article1199364/
Jun 29, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5gfLJWw0PL6f2mcy97Q4l_IURTdSg
June 29, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/29/swine-flu-research.html
U.S. energy secretary would have learned a lot from CAPP event
June 27, 2009
Deborah Yedlin
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Business/Oilsands+progress+missed+lesson/1739145/story.html
June 29, 2009
Sharon Kirkey
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Health/Chief+health+officer+warns+pregnant+women+risk/1744628/story.html
Half-tonne load of steel at facility falls 20 metres from crane
Jun 29, 2009
Robert Cribb
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/ontario/article/658118

Minister touts arctic strength

Lawrence Cannon
June 29, 2009
Randy Boswell
Canwest News Service
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/story.html?id=1743165
June 26, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/26/uk-brown-fund-climate-change-developing-countries.html
June 29, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/29/ottawa-hawkesbury-solar-farm.html

Can we 'milk' oil from algae?

Jun 29, 2009
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/sciencetech/article/658052
June 29, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/29/wheelchair-thought-brain-control-toyota.html
Water commission persuaded by demonstration with old smoke-eater
June 29, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/29/ns-halifax-water-ozone.html
Jun 29, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/world/international/displayStory.cfm?story_id=13936868
New technology lets B.C. research team study exotic creatures, in hopes of affecting policy protecting them
Jun 27, 2009
WENDY STUECK
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/deep-sea-coral-emerges-from-the-darkness/article1199528/
June 26, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/26/nwt-plants.html
June 26, 2009
John Weidlich
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/26/black-footed-ferret.html
June 26, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/26/tech-stephen-hawking-perimeter-institute.html
Friday, June 26, 2009

A math, science future

June 26, 2009
Ross Rosier
Special to The Windsor Star
http://www2.canada.com/windsorstar/news/editorial/story.html?id=fbb76076-dd71-4d85-94d7-22d38c01f760

New leaders, rather than salvage

The federal government's provision of $300-million to facilitate the foreign takeover of two Nortel divisions would have been better spent to encourage research and development in Canada
Jun 24, 2009
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/new-leaders-rather-thansalvage/article1192903/

MS research gets boost

June 25, 2009
Sneh Duggal
Edmonton Journal
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/Health/research+gets+boost/1731006/story.html
June 26, 2009
Jason Warick
Saskatchewan News Network
http://www.thestarphoenix.com/News/FNUC+being+picked+faculty+member/1734293/story.html
It's behind Man. and Sask., and even trails N.S. and N.L.
June 24, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/saskatchewan/story/2009/06/24/fraser-institute-energy-report-alberta.html
June 25, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/25/swine-flu-who.html
Jun 25, 2009
Helen Branswell
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5iffwOhWwMBdDmLx4epOs_TVYVP3w
H1N1 Spread
June 25, 2009
Meagan Fitzpatrick
Canwest News Service
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/story.html?id=1731268
Proponents say changing world conditions have created an international demand for the gene-altered wheat
Jun 26, 2009
Patrick White
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/return-of-wheat-wars-surprises-farmers/article1197945/
June 24, 2009
David Akin
Canwest News Service
http://www2.canada.com/topics/technology/science/story.html?id=1728850
Jun 25,2009
Sheryl Ubelacker
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5gpAppgKjd71wEbeo2_Is5rJsiQrw
June 25, 2009
Allan Dowd
Reuters
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Canada+still+unsure+isotope+reactor+repair+plan/1731845/story.html
Jun 25, 2009
MICHAEL H. McCAIN
Chronicle-Herald
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Opinion/1129166.html
Jun 25, 2009
JENNIFER GRAHAM
Chronicle-Herald
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Opinion/1129133.html

The safety of herbicides

June 25, 2009
Gerald Filipski
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/safety+herbicides/1731676/story.html

Cap and tax

The proposed Waxman-Markey cap-and-trade legislation is more tax grab than carbon-dioxide reducer
June 25, 2009
Martin Feldstein
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/06/25/cap-and-tax.aspx
Details of 'innovation' not disclosed
June 24, 2009
Shaun Polczer
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/Sonic+Shell+team+oilsands+patent/1727121/story.html
June 25, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/25/tech-sharks-overfishing-sharks.html
June 24, 2009
THE CANADIAN PRESS
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5iz3yq1IRtJdn_-f_bKo2yWwlH_Cg
Town hasn't tested sewage outflow site for contamination in ten to 15 years
June 25, 2009
Sarah Douziech
Westerly News
http://www.canada.com/Tofino+under+pressure+build+secondary+sewage+treatment+facility/1730192/story.html
June 26, 2009
Nick Lewis
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Life/Research+defends+city+wily+coyotes/1735081/story.html
Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Canada's $580M in New Grants Include Numerous 'Omics Programs

June 22, 2009
GenomeWeb News
http://www.genomeweb.com/canadas-580m-new-grants-include-numerous-omics-programs
Province funnels $42M toward 15 projects, from medical plastics to early cancer detection
June 24, 2009
Megan Ogilvie
Toronto Star
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/article/655635
June 22, 2009
David Akin
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/fp/Clement+vows+boost+high+tech+sector/1721923/story.html
Jun 22, 2009
ALTHIA RAJ
Winnipeg Sun
http://www.winnipegsun.com/news/canada/2009/06/22/9892966-sun.html
June 22, 2009
OWEN ROBERTS
Guelph Mercury
http://news.guelphmercury.com/Opinions/article/498647
The return on investment in early childhood programs has been pegged at 8:1, compared to a 3:1 return for primary and secondary education
Jun 23, 2009
Don Drummond and Veronica Lacey
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/the-payback-on-early-learning-makes-it-a-dollars-and-sense-proposition/article1194161/
Jun 22, 2009
Carol Goar
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/653899
Research shows home-schooled kids outperform their public-school peers. So why so is there little or no financial encouragement for parents to take it on?
Jun 18, 2009
Amira Elghawaby
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/not-so-fast-home-schooling-trumps-full-day-kindergarten/article1187946/
Ontario needs to invest in the shortcomings of the entire system, not focus on one year at the expense of the other 12
Jun 24, 2009
Anne Kothawala
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/full-day-kindergarten-first-fix-whats-broken/article1194127/
June 23, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/23/energy-green-loans.html
June 24, 2009
The StarPhoenix
http://www.thestarphoenix.com/Technology/True+public+will+must+decide+call+build+reactor/1726456/story.html
The massive Plan It Calgary proposal would set a framework for the city's growth for the next 60 years
Jun 24, 2009
Jeffrey Simpson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/heres-the-plan-calgary-leads-us-all-to-a-greener-future/article1192584/
Some might think the threat posed by the H1N1 flu virus has been overblown, but we're still in the early days of the pandemic.
June 23, 2009
The Leader-Post
http://www.leaderpost.com/Health/Preparing+round+H1N1+virus/1723545/story.html
June 22, 2009
Tom Blackwell
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=1722027
Jun 24, 2009
Carol Goar
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/655420
Jun 22, 2009
Alison Auld
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5ih6koiUkDpmCMq0M-DjvzOG6y04A
Jun 23, 2009
Helen Branswell
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5irZe07hyuMtE2LVFM4Lz_K0huWFg
June 23, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/23/first-nations-swine-flu.html
June 23, 2009
Jeremy Warren
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Nuclear+plant+workers+face+elevated+cancer+risk+report/1724362/story.html
Jun 22, 2009
THE CANADIAN PRESS
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5ivXc_bgLJdjwjDH15xU6TfLnJlnA
June 23, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/23/nb-johnsons-mills-nature-109.html
June 23, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/23/vision-loss-cost.html
Massive particle accelerator has been down since September
June 22, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/22/lhc-large-hadron-collider-october.html
June 22, 2009
Tom Blackwell
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=1722004
The new study underscores a seismic shift regarding what used to be considered a disease of middle-aged men
Jun 23, 2009
André Picard
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/heart-disease-now-kills-more-women-than-men/article1192571/
June 22, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/22/heart-disease-deaths.html
University of Montreal scientists identify ‘hiding places' for AIDS virus in human body, say it is the first clue about how to eradicate HIV
Jun 21, 2009
Anne McIlroy
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/discovery-by-canadian-led-team-could-lead-to-aids-cure/article1191121/
Jun 23, 2009
Chris Turner
Walrus Magazine
http://www.walrusmagazine.com/articles/2009.06-energy-an-inconvenient-talk//?ref=2009.07-environment-an-inconvenient-talk&page=
June 23, 2009
Dina O'Meara
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/seeks+level+playing+field+Mackenzie+project/1723401/story.html
NWT first nations, Inuit seek federal loan to gain majority stake on $16.2-billion Mackenzie gas project
Jun 23, 2009
NATHAN VANDERKLIPPE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/aboriginal-group-turns-to-ottawa-on-pipeline/article1193094/
Phthalates are found everywhere -- bug sprays, children’s glow sticks, dentures, clothing, automobiles -- making it difficult to avoid
Jun 23, 2009
Martin Mittelstaedt
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/clamping-down-on-the-rubber-duck-chemical/article1192616/
As Canadians consume about 3,100 milligrams of sodium a day -- more than double the recommended intake -- food manufacturers are looking to slash the salt from their products. But with no good alternative to the irreplaceable flavour of salt, the food industry faces a challenge that's far from simple
Jun 23, 2009
Carly Weeks
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/special-reports/hard-to-shake/the-taste-of-things-to-come/article1192703/
Researchers at the University of Ottawa’s Heart Institute hope an ambitious study will help unlock the mystery of why some ethnic groups are highly sensitive to salt and suffer from high blood pressure, a disease that is the leading cause of heart disease and stroke.
Jun 23, 2009
Marina Jiménez
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/special-reports/hard-to-shake/hunting-for-the-salt-gene/article1191288/

Profiting from green hysteria

June 24, 2009
Peter Foster
Financial Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/columnists/story.html?id=8e47d655-9207-4301-bc9e-576f70947f10

Destroying life for science

June 22, 2009
Margaret Somerville
Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Technology/Destroying+life+science/1719495/story.html
June 20, 2009
James Turk
Georgia Straight
http://www.straight.com/article-235050/james-turk-why-we-are-calling-science-minister-gary-goodyear-resign

In search of better balance

On June 9, the University of Toronto conferred on Michael Bliss the degree of L. L. D. (honoris causa). The following is an edited excerpt of the speech he delivered to PhD and MA graduates at the Convocation ceremony.
June 22, 2009
Michael Bliss
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/06/22/michael-bliss-in-search-of-better-balance.aspx
Jun 21, 2009
Jennifer Ditchburn
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jcWrGafGnDyJNHvaDJqk5GCrBHGg

Drug 'reports' found to be faked

Firms misrepresented some research results, slew of cases suggest
June 22, 2009
Stuart Laidlaw
Toronto Star
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/article/654423
Larger, better-run foreign players will have increasing say in how much technology research is done by Canadians
Jun 22, 2009
Simon Avery
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/nortel-breakup-signals-rd-power-shift/article1191282/
Ottawa spends millions to remove asbestos from Parliament Buildings, but dumps 200,000 tonnes of it per year in Third World countries.
June 22, 2009
Harris MacLeod
The Hill Times
http://www.thehilltimes.ca/html/index.php?display=story&full_path=2009/june/22/asbestos_issue/&c=2
Jun 22, 2009
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/sciencetech/article/654444
June 22, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/22/hpv-vaccination-catholilc-bishop-henry-girls-cancer.html
June 22, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/22/ns-biomass-power.html

Strange move on wind farms

Jun 22, 2009
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/654436
Scientists warn that if Canada gets out of the medical isotope business, an exodus of researchers and doctors will follow
Jun 20, 2009
Anna Mehler Paperny
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/nuclear-inaction-puts-half-century-of-innovation-at-risk/article1190413/
Sale of AECL could bring six decades of high-tech achievement to an inglorious end
Jun 22, 2009
Michael Ivanco
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/653897

The pandemic is here

Those who dismiss H1N1 as a panic-fest are profoundly wrong – even the mild version in a country like Canada could kill thousands. And the nightmare scenario? That would be really scary
Jun 20, 2009
Vivienne Parry
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/the-pandemic-is-here/article1187501/
June 22, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/22/mb-fluplan.html
June 22, 2009
AFP
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/ministers+leave+open+possibility+clone+food/1721318/story.html

Fisheries: Avoiding catastrophes

It is easy to destroy an ecosystem but difficult to rebuild it
Jun 22, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/world/international/displayStory.cfm?story_id=13891210
June 19, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/06/04/f-phthalates.html

Salt, Part 1: Under pressure

We think of hypertension and the accompanying risk of heart attack as a problem of middle age or obesity. So how did this slim Quebec teen get high blood pressure? The health dangers that stalk growing numbers of Canadian children begin with extreme levels of salt in our food - a lot of it in places you don't suspect
Jun 22, 2009
Carly Weeks
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/special-reports/hard-to-shake/salt-part-1-under-pressure/article1188881/
Farmers tweaking cows' diets to reduce how often the animals belch, in turn shrinking their carbon footprint
Jun 21, 2009
Lisa Rathke
The Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/saving-the-planet-one-burp-at-a-time/article1191169/
Its ancestors trace back to Chile and the woodlands of eastern North America. But the one that's hot now is as engineered as a laptop computer and maybe as well- travelled. Join the modern strawberry on its trek to your table
Jun 21, 2009
Catherine Porter
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/insight/article/654217
They share an office, the world of science, a heady intellect and a rich family life
Jun 21, 2009
Mary Ormsby
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/654245
June 22, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/22/radar-sites.html
June 22, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/22/nb-buddy-lobster-dog-618.html
June 21, 2009
Randy Boswell
Canwest News Service
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Technology/Seal+virus+spread+linked+retreating+Arctic+scientists/1718875/story.html
Jun 22, 2009
David Suzuki with Faisal Moola
Tillsonburg News
http://www.tillsonburgnews.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1623839
Jun 20, 2009
IAN ROBERTSON
Toronto Sun
http://www.torontosun.com/news/torontoandgta/2009/06/20/9868351-sun.html
June 21, 2009
Sharon Kirkey
Canwest News Service
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Health/Vaccinate+Canadians+under+natives+first+experts/1718965/story.html
June 20, 2009
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/Feds+probe+bird+kill+Alberta+base/1716946/story.html
June 19, 2009
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/06/19/the-rubber-duckies-slow-death-by-tax-free-money.aspx
June 19, 2009
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/06/19/the-rubber-duckies-baird-leads-harper-team.aspx
June 19, 2009
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/06/19/the-rubber-duckies-mcguinty-s-nanny-state.aspx
June 19, 2009
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/06/19/the-rubber-duckies-deutsche-bank-s-countdown-to-the-carbon-bubble.aspx
June 19, 2009
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/06/19/the-rubber-duckies-lifetime-achievement.aspx
June 19, 2009
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/06/19/the-rubber-duckies-still-no-retraction-from-ctv-on-port-hope.aspx
June 19, 2009
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/06/19/junk-science-week-the-rubber-duckies.aspx
Friday, June 19, 2009

The Harper government: Good for science

June 19, 2009
Paul Wells
Macleans
http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/06/19/the-harper-government-good-for-science/
June 18, 2009
Leo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/margin-notes/financial-difficulties-at-canadas-universities/
June 18, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/edmonton/story/2009/06/18/edmonton-oilsands-tailings.html
June 18, 2009
Eva Ferguson
Calgary Herald
http://www.vancouversun.com/Technology/Calgary+physicists+Nunavut+space+research+station/1710570/story.html
June 19, 2009
Meredith Macleod
The Hamilton Spectator
http://www.thespec.com/News/Local/article/585927
June 19, 2009
Grant Buckler
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/16/electric-cars-ultracapacitors-lithium-ion.html
Compliance to guidelines 'a catastrophic failure': NDP MP
June 19, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/19/trans-fat-regulation284.html
June 18, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/18/listeriosis-parliament-report061809.html

Report calls for listeria inquiry

Panel blames 'turf wars' for time lost in warning public about meat crisis
Jun 19, 2009
Robert Cribb
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/653396
June 19, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/19/phthalate-ban-aglukkaq268.html
June 19, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/19/health-programs-un.html
Farmers and ranchers across a vast section of Alberta and Saskatchewan are staring down the same ominous fields of parched soil and brown crops
Jun 19, 2009
Nathan Vanderklippe and Patrick White
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/alarm-bells-ring-on-drought-disaster/article1188142/
As a small nation, our ability to compete hinges on skill and innovation. That starts with early-childhood education
Jun 17, 2009
Margaret Norrie McCain and Paul Martin
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/early-learning-is-the-path-to-prosperity/article1186133/
June 18, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/18/medical-isotopes-raitt.html
June 18, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/18/swine-flu-cdc.html
June 18, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/18/swine-flu-risk-factors.html
Historic number of hungry due to high food prices, economic crisis
June 19, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/19/un-world-hunger-report.html

Playing chicken with antibiotics

Antibiotics injected into chicken eggs is making Canadians resistant to meds
June 17, 2009
Cathy Gulli
Macleans
http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/06/17/playing-chicken-with-antibiotics/
June 18, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/18/dna-funding-report-0618.html
University of Toronto's $50-million supercomputer – the fastest such machine in Canada – goes online to improve research potential
Jun 18, 2009
Omar El Akkad
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/canadas-monster-computer-roars-to-life/article1186431/
June 18, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/18/tech-tornado-wind-tunnel-university-of-western-ontario.html
June 17, 2009
Randy Boswell
Canwest News Service
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Technology/Feds+step+protect+endangered+right+whales/1706266/story.html
June 17, 2009
Georgia Straight
http://www.straight.com/article-232999/conference-board-canada-admits-plagiarism-will-redo-reports
Organization recalls three reports deemed to be too one-sided
June 18, 2009
Sarah Schmidt
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Copyright+report+lacked+balance+Conference+Board/1708671/story.html
Federal aid for 'greener future' to counter massive U.S. subsidies
June 17, 2009
Gordon Hamilton
Canwest News Service
http://www.timescolonist.com/Business/billion+lifeline+forestry+industry/1703857/story.html
Ottawa's funding announcement to help scientists find alternatives does nothing to alleviate crisis, critics contend
Jun 18, 2009
Anna Mehler Paperny and Gloria Galloway
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/government-isotope-response-inadequate-doctors-say/article1184861/
Jun 18, 2009
Jatin Nathwani
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/652576
One Maples reactor powered at 50 per cent could produce enough isotopes to replace production from the ailing Chalk River reactor
Stephen P. DeFalco
Jun 18, 2009
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/the-maple-reactors-can-keep-canadas-isotope-industry-alive/article1186181/
Steve Milloy’s new book shines a harsh light on greenwashers
June 18, 2009
Peter Foster
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/06/18/peter-foster-for-junk-science-week-breaking-out-of-green-hell.aspx
Nothing prevents malaria better than DDT application
June 18, 2009
Diane Katz
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/06/18/junk-science-week-ddt-banned-lifesaver.aspx
The integrity of Ottawa's Chemicals Management Plan hangs in the balance
June 18, 2009
Howard Mains
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/06/18/junk-science-week-base-chemical-rules-on-science-not-fear.aspx
June 17, 2009
Terence Corcoran
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/06/17/terence-corcoran-for-junk-science-week-no-death-by-bisphenol-a.aspx
The movement to ban Bisphenol A has no scientific basis. But that hasn’t been an obstacle
June 17, 2009
S. Robert Lichter and Trevor Butterworth
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/06/17/junk-science-week-case-of-chemophobia.aspx
Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Chemistry down the tubes

June 16, 2009
Louise Brown
Toronto Star
http://www.parentcentral.ca/parent/article/651341
June 16, 2009
Jason Fekete
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Business/urges+cleaner+Alberta+oilsands/1699392/story.html
Permanent damage has been done, but it's not too late to do something about it, White House says
Jun 17, 2009
Seth Borenstein
Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/us-climate-report-dire-but-offers-hope/article1184876/
June 16, 2009
Julian Beltrame
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5iDckWe5181KXc5kaIJyQfOMZjPfg
Cooperation crucial to developing booming sector, industry says
Jun 16, 2009
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/651252
June 17, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/17/space-shuttle.html
Manitoba cases now at 226 after 74 new ones confirmed Tuesday
June 16, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/16/mb-swine-flu-death-manitoba.html
June 16, 2009
United Press International
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/06/16/Canadas-isotope-failure-felt-worldwide/UPI-21861245161554/
June 16, 2009
Krista Erickson
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/16/nuclear-chalk-isotope-adviser-0616.html
June 16, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/16/medical-isotopes.html

Small comfort in isotope crisis

Jun 17, 2009
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/651739
June 17, 2009
Keith Martin
The Daily News
http://www.canada.com/Abandoning+production+isotopes+tragedy/1703396/story.html
Jun 16, 2009
Steve Rennie
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5hrbzMklV-xnrkM8Uv-t2oyD01XKw
The last thing Atomic Energy Canada, or the country, needs is the black eye from the isotope crisis - to say nothing of the anguish for patients
Jun 16, 2009
Jeffrey Simpson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/the-chalk-river-mess-has-left-aecls-reputation-in-meltdown-mode/article1184592/
June 16, 2009
Michael Geist
Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Business/search+Canadian+digital+action+strategy/1700173/story.html
June 16, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/16/north-contaminants.html
Evidence supports Pascal's blueprint for an integrated approach for children under 6
Jun 16, 2009
Jim Grieve & Bill Hogarth
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/651249
Jun 16, 2009
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/651218

Early is not everything

Jun 17, 2009
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/early-is-not-everything/article1183389/
The benefits of early childhood education are less than advocates claim
Jun 15, 2009
Margaret Wente
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/all-day-kindergarten-is-not-the-magic-bullet/article1182946/
A new film imagines lesbians conceiving with sperm derived from each other's stem cells – and the science may not be far-fetched
Jun 16, 2009
Sheryl Ubelacker
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/will-women-one-day-father-children/article1182938/
June 16, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/16/hormone-aging-ama.html
June 16, 2009
Don Butler
Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Health/Most+Canadians+ignore+quality+advisories+Report/1702560/story.html
June 16, 2009
Hanneke Brooymans
Edmonton Journal
http://www.canada.com/Technology/More+mercury+flowing+into+Arctic+Ocean+than+thought+Research/1702589/story.html
June 16, 2009
United Press International
http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2009/06/16/Aquatic-microbiota-threatened-by-pollution/UPI-87731245174083/
Canadian patients 'starting to die,' drug firm says
June 15, 2009
Tom Blackwell
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=1696051
June 16, 2009
AFP
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/German+firms+huge+African+solar+project+report/1701455/story.html
Scientists must overcome local suspicions and difficult conditions to conduct the largest, most advanced experiment yet
Jun 16, 2009
Zoe Alsop
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/malaria-vaccine-trials-put-researchers-to-the-test/article1184851/
Study finds autistic subjects finish reasoning exam 40 per cent faster than volunteers without the disorder
Jun 16, 2009
Anne McIlroy
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/people-with-autism-ace-intelligence-test/article1184701/
June 16, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/16/shaw-prize-coleman534.html
Husky renews its support of school
June 16, 2009
Nick Lewis
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Business/boost+asphalt+research/1699411/story.html

U of S adds research chair

Pharmaceutical companies contribute to new position
June 16, 2009
Jeanette Stewart
The StarPhoenix
http://www.thestarphoenix.com/Health/adds+research+chair/1700433/story.html
Decision-based evidence making isn’t a joke. It’s part of the plan, the policy, the way things are done
June 16, 2009
Terence Corcoran
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/06/16/junk-science-week-terence-corcoran-decision-based-evidence-making.aspx
New climate projections are based on a lot of things, just not on scientific data
June 16, 2009
Peter Foster
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/06/16/junk-science-week-peter-foster-300-000-non-deaths.aspx
The MIT modellers violated 49 principles of forecasting
June 16, 2009
Kesten C. Green and J. Scott Armstrong
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/06/16/junk-science-week-mit-s-unscientific-catastrophic-climate-forecast.aspx
In the buildup to the financial crisis, the science of risk management was turned into junk science that was overlooked by all players, including regulators
June 15, 2009
Terence Corcoran
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/06/15/terence-corcoran-the-models-behind-the-financial-crisis.aspx
June 15, 2009
Nick Taylor-Vaisey
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/goodyear-says-two-thirds-knowledge-infrastructure-funds-distributed.aspx
Also, how one protein could produce the Schwarzenegger effect
Jun 12, 2009
Anne McIlroy
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/a-celebration-of-science-with-guest-star-stephen-hawking/article1180871/
June 12, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/12/tech-ottawa-stem-cell-regulome-genome-project-ontario-funding-rudnicki.html

Youth and tobacco

Jun 15, 2009
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/650710

Tory baby steps on carbon gases

Jun 15, 2009
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/650713

Made-in-Canada caps and offsets

Canada is finally on its way toward doing its part to deal with carbon emissions.
Jun 15, 2009
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/made-in-canada-caps-and-offsets/article1180976/

Anger builds over carbon trading

Farmers have 'serious issues' with scheme
June 13, 2009
Kelly Cryderman; With Files From Renata D'Aliesio
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Technology/Anger+builds+over+carbon+trading/1692423/story.html
June 12, 2009
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Business/trade+plan+forced+union/1688970/story.html
June 15, 2009
Anne Kershaw
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/u-of-t-switches-to-controversial-flat-fee-tuition.aspx
Will Power Hold? City intervening in commercial transaction
June 15, 2009
Shannon Kari
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/most-popular/story.html?id=1696140
Proposal blends early learning system into seamless program
Jun 15, 2009
JOE FRIESEN
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/education-report-calls-for-all-day-kindergarten-sweeping-reforms/article1181958/
Health officials in Quebec announced two new deaths from H1N1 in the province over the weekend, bringing the Canadian death toll to six
Jun 15, 2009
ANDRÉ PICARD
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/flu-hits-all-provinces-as-nfld-reports-its-first-case/article1181943/
Society of Nuclear Medicine annual meeting usually discusses research breakthroughs, but this year it will focus on how to solve the crisis following Chalk River shutdown
Jun 15, 2009
Anna Mehler-Paperny
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/isotope-crisis-to-dominate-conference/article1182199/
Jun 15, 2009
Carol Goar
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/650185
June 12, 2009
Amory Lovins
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/06/12/the-wind-debate-green-and-cost-competitive.aspx
June 12, 2009
Michael J. Trebilcock
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/06/12/the-wind-debate-an-expensive-job-killer.aspx
June 14, 2009
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Clinton+Cannon+pledge+renew+Great+Lakes+water+pact/1694890/story.html
June 14, 2009
Jason Fekete
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/Business/Premiers+governors+promote+Canada+energy+corridor/1695862/story.html
June 14, 2009
Larry Pynn
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/grizzly+hunt+being+shot+down+critics/1694864/story.html
Energy expert and former CIBC economist Jeff Rubin says he's doesn't give a hoot if politicians read his book. When oil prices soar, 'the folk' will force the political players to do the right thing.
June 15, 2009
Kate Malloy
The Hill Times
http://www.thehilltimes.ca/html/index.php?display=story&full_path=2009/june/15/qa_rubin/&c=2
June 12, 2009
Richard Ingham
AFP
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Little+progress+seen+climate+talks+head+wrap/1689716/story.html
Jun 15, 2009
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/sciencetech/article/650726
Payette to join Thirsk at space station and she will be operating the Canadarm as it strains to reach the farthest end of the orbital complex.
Jun 13, 2009
Tu Thanh Ha
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/two-generations-of-canadian-astronauts-meet-in-space/article1178365/
June 14, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/14/nasa-endeavour.html
June 14, 2009
Sarah Schmidt
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/Health/campaign+promotes+healthy+treats+encourage+kids/1695350/story.html
June 12, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/12/tobacco-fda-cigarettes-youth.html
The way a superbug tries to survive might provide a treatment
Jun 11, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13815133
A new solar-powered aircraft attempts to fly around the world with zero emissions
Jun 11, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13815125
Friday, June 12, 2009

Physics is beauty

Sometimes I wonder whether my research is useful to anyone. But I do know that I'm in awe
Jun 11, 2009
Lindsay LeBlanc
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/physics-is-beauty/article1177308/
June 11, 2009
Meagan Fitzpatrick
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/news/national/Minister+resignation+demanded+after+reviewing+funding+Israel+Palestine+conference/1686615/story.html
June 11, 2009
Gary Lamphier
Edmonton Journal
http://www.canada.com/Business/innovation+deliver/1685687/story.html
Province kicks in $3.8-million over four years on international effort to map how genes work as embryonic stem cells develop
Jun 12, 2009
ANNE McILROY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/ontario-funding-keeps-canada-in-stem-cell-project/article1179054/
June 11, 2009
Pauline Tam
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Health/Province+sends+Ottawa+stem+cell+research/1686324/story.html
June 11, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/06/11/swine-flu-virus-who-pandemic.html

Blowing up a storm

Lawmakers are finally acknowledging concerns about the esthetic and health impacts of wind turbines, but that hasn't stopped plans for massive investment in the new source of energy
Jun 10, 2009
Dakshana Bascaramurty, Dawn Walton and Rhéal Séguin
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/blowing-up-a-storm/article1177125/
Ontario panel recommends world's strictest limits for the amount of cancer-causing tritium considered safe
Jun 11, 2009
Martin Mittelstaedt
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/tough-drinking-water-standard-proposed/article1175482/
June 11, 2009
MARKUS ERMISCH
SUN MEDIA
http://www.edmontonsun.com/news/alberta/2009/06/11/9760741-sun.html
Federal regulation doesn't inspire confidence
June 11, 2009
Don Braid
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Technology/Braid+Carbon+offsets+disaster+making/1684734/story.html
June 11, 2009
Kelly Cryderman And Renata D'aliesio
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Technology/Alberta+satisfied+with+Ottawa+carbon+market+strategy/1684723/story.html
June 11, 2009
RICK BELL
Edmonton Sun
http://www.edmontonsun.com/news/alberta/2009/06/11/9760746-sun.html

What is Macleans' thinking!?

Jun 10, 2009
Vito Pilieci
Ottawa Citizen
http://communities.canada.com/ottawacitizen/blogs/bitsandbytes/archive/2009/06/10/what-is-macleans-thinking.aspx

You can’t buy that here

Why Canadians have to wait for the coolest new gadgets
June 9, 2009
Colin Campbell
Macleans
http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/06/09/you-can%E2%80%99t-buy-that-here/
June 12, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/12/swine-flu-vaccine-morocco012.html
Jun 11, 2009
Chinta Puxley
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5htAgQ3MOn5RVhBYvt_aQ78LJbvYQ
Ducks Unlimited buys land from Catalyst for $3M
June 11, 2009
Robert Barron
Daily News
http://www.canada.com/Environmentalists+purchase+Chemainus+estuary+victory/1685199/story.html
Jun 12, 2009
MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/arctic-researchers-leave-tremendous-footprint/article1179036/
June 11, 2009
Randy Boswell
Canwest News Service
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Technology/Caribou+herds+worldwide+experiencing+serious+decline+Study/1686758/story.html
June 11, 2009
AFP
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/sketches+countries+with+climate+risk+profile/1685917/story.html
But move will only take place if 'justified': Records
June 11, 2009
Sarah Schmidt
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Feds+reduce+safety+standards/1685210/story.html

Many kids aren't fully protected

Low child vaccination rate worries officials
June 11, 2009
Danielle Bell
Daily News
http://www.canada.com/Many+kids+aren+fully+protected/1685160/story.html
June 12, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/12/mcmaster-isotopes.html
June 11, 2009
Krista Erickson
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/11/chalk-river-isotope-0611.html
Ottawa urged not to abandon medical isotope business it pioneered a half-century ago
Jun 12, 2009
Gloria Galloway and Anna Mehler Paperny
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/mds-industry-want-to-revisit-mothballed-maple-reactors/article1179058/
June 10, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/10/isotope-harper.html
Secret briefing notes suggest the federal government believes AECL has been picked to build Ontario's new reactor, but that the province considers the price too high
Jun 11, 2009
Shawn McCarthy and Karen Howlett
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/ontario-and-ottawa-at-odds-over-reactor/article1176875/
June 11, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/saskatchewan/story/2009/06/11/medical-isotopes-saskatchewan.html
June 10, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/10/f-isotope-shortage-options-cyclotron.html
June 10, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/06/10/f-asbestos-safety.html
June 11, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/11/biofuel-shell-wheat-straw.html
Institute says a lot of health care depends on strategies that used to work
June 12, 2009
ADAM BOWIE
Daily Gleaner
http://dailygleaner.canadaeast.com/cityregion/article/697238
Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Goodyear questions Mideast forum funds

Science Minister draws ire of academics for intervening on controversial conference
Jun 10, 2009
ANNE McILROY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/goodyear-questions-mideast-forum-funds/article1175909/
June 10, 2009
Karen Birchard
The Chronnicle of Higher Education
http://chronicle.com/news/article/6618/canadas-science-minister-is-accused-of-interfering-with-academic-conference
June 10, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/10/tech-carbon-cap-and-trade-canada-prentice-draft.html
Jun 10, 2009
Steve Rennie
THE CANADIAN PRESS
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/648691
June 10, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/10/ontario-wind-turbines.html
Jun 9, 2009
Judy Creighton
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jwo67tItYxLbZ69GszB4TZ07Y0Jg
Canadians 'cannot count' on Raitt's reassurances over medical isotopes supply: Ignatieff
June 10, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/10/raitt-statement-isotopes061009.html
Government can't avoid having a continuing role even if nuclear Crown corporation is sold off, C.D. Howe Institute says
Jun 10, 2009
Shawn McCarthy
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/taxpayers-still-on-hook-despite-aecl-privatization-report/article1174933/
June 9, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2009/06/09/food-production.html
MLAs take aim at their federal counterparts
Jun 10, 2009
BRIAN LAGHI
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/alberta-tories-take-aim-at-brethren/article1174091/
June 10, 2009
Tobi Cohen
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jwPwNbKXiA5gVq30_NEzFGB8h6Kg
Jun 10, 2009
Noor Javed
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/648335
Jun 10, 2009
Allan Woods
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/648348
Jun 10, 2009
Seth Borenstein
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
http://www.thestar.com/sciencetech/article/648631
June 10, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/09/mb-swine-flu-first-nations.html
June 10, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/10/swine-flu-who.html
Jun 10, 2009
Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-SwineFlu/idUSTRE5544NQ20090610
June 10, 2009
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/World+very+close+pandemic/1681262/story.html
June 9, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/calgary/story/2009/06/09/calgary-research-lab-mount-royal-college-.html
Budget woes pushing space agency toward significant shift
Jun 9, 2009
Alicia Chang
Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/nasa-considering-joint-exploration-to-mars-with-europe/article1175481/
June 9, 2009
Laurence Chabert
AFP
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Nuclear+fusion+power+project+start+slimmed+down+version/1678135/story.html
‘Large swaths of land that people live on and rely on for their livelihoods are going to become partially or entirely uninhabitable'
Jun 10, 2009
Martin Mittelstaedt
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/world-faces-daunting-refugee-crisis-because-of-climate-change/article1175616/
Researchers cite climate change in rapid and devastating decline
Jun 10, 2009
Mark Hume
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/reefs-collapse-across-caribbean-study-says/article1175531/
Fearful of roots undermining flood barriers, engineering corps launches nationwide effort to clear away trees; critics say the roots are stabilizing levees, not weakening them
Jun 9, 2009
Cain Burdeau
The Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/us-armys-war-on-trees-has-environmentalist-worried/article1175552/
Prime Minister, with an election due within months, had to balance fighting climate change with the needs of industry and voters amid the nation's worst recession since World War II
Jun 10, 2009
Risa Maeda and Chisa Fujioka
Reuters
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/japan-emissions-targets-fail-to-impress/article1176128/
Whether it's something in the air (such as greenhouse gases) or something in the economy (such as oil and food prices), the only field where there currently seems to be a boom is in gloom. But it's not just ranters wearing bathrobes on street corners: Some of the most respected thinkers about science and society are issuing alarming prognostications about humanity coming to an end, with a bang or with a whimper.
Jun 9, 2009
Martin Mittelstaedt
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/brace-yourselves-for-apocalypse-now/article1172056/

Canada in the driver's seat

June 10, 2009
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/business/fp/Canada+driver+seat/1679833/story.html
June 8, 2009
BRUCE JOHNSTONE
Leader-Post
http://www.leaderpost.com/Business/Gerry+Ritz+happy+support+Canada+agriculture+sector/1673055/story.html
June 10, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/10/infectious-diseases-shortage-610.html
June 10, 2009
Chuck Howitt
WATERLOO RECORD
http://news.therecord.com/Business/article/550956
Monday, June 8, 2009

Ottawa ponies up to teach scientists management skills

June 7, 2009
Tom Spears
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Ottawa+ponies+teach+scientists+management+skills/1672692/story.html
June 8, 2009
Carolyn Steele
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/career-sense/a-cold-reality-check-can-be-the-greatest-gift

Fraud in science: Liar! Liar!

Scientists are not quite as honest as might be hoped
Jun 4, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13776974
June 8, 2009
Juliet O'Neill
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Canada+bullying+developing+countries+over+Kyoto+environmentalists/1674007/story.html
June 5, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/05/elsevier-journal-sponsorship.html
Ignatieff doing more for oil sands: memo
June 8, 2009
Jason Fekete
Canwest News Service
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=1675635
Jun 7, 2009
Jennifer Graham
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5g1sTby8vqtu8x9MyPUV5MSGZK7dA
Canada 3.0 conference seeks to help make digital media a part of the country's economic plan
Jun 8, 2009
Elizabeth Church
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/digital-nation-key-to-recovery-academics/article1172651/
Jun 8, 2009
LISA PRIEST
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/h1n1-spreading-across-canada-doctors-warn/article1172090/
June 8, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/08/mb-influenza-winnipeg.html
June 8, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/08/lyme-disease-canada.html

Get out of the nuclear business

June 8, 2009
The Vancouver Sun
http://www2.canada.com/windsorstar/news/editorial/story.html?id=d6085f40-4acd-4ad0-9280-c7446651bf0b
Jun 7, 2009
Steve Rennie
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jOsssWIxDNjFHZdZ1jTZqq11EmLw
June 8, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/08/raitt-injunction.html
June 8, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/08/alternative-medicine.html
Jun 8, 2009
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/sciencetech/article/647034
June 6, 2009
Jan Ravensbergen
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/fp/Wood+stoves+blamed+poor+quality/1670602/story.html
Crew will sail through the Arctic to document phenomenon's toll on northern residents
Jun 8, 2009
Joseph Hall
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/647085
June 8, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/08/nb-canada-geese-invasion-1149.html
Canada on the right track: Minister
June 8, 2009
Steven Edwards
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/Technology/Global+garbage+swamping+world+oceans+report/1675356/story.html
Kevin McMahon, in talking about his documentary Waterlife: ‘I was surprised how bad things are'
Jun 8, 2009
Jennie Punter
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/filmmaker-fears-for-the-great-lakes/article1172520/
Jun 7, 2009
David Suzuki with Faisal Moola
Special to LondonTopic.ca
http://www.londontopic.ca/article.php?artid=14625
June 7, 2009
Rebecca Tebrake
Canwest News Service
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Technology/Expedition+study+forests+coral/1672499/story.html
June 5, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/05/cancer-tests.html
People are altruistic because they are militaristic, and cultured because they are common. At least that is the message of a couple of new studies
Jun 4, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13776964
Friday, June 5, 2009

UN recognizes climate change as possible security threat

Non-binding resolution a symbolic victory that may push climate change onto Security Council's agenda
Jun 4, 2009
Claudia Parsons
Reuters
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/un-recognizes-climate-change-as-possible-security-threat/article1169251/
June 5, 2009
Hanneke Brooymans
Edmonton Journal
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Life/Science+looks+forest+Alberta+oilsands/1666369/story.html
June 4, 2009
MICHAEL BURNHAM
The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/06/04/04greenwire-us-canadian-groups-gear-up-to-halt-oil-sands-d-53217.html
Minister acknowledges what critics have said all along: Technology has limited use in bitumen mining
Jun 5, 2009
SHAWN McCARTHY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/carbon-capture-no-silver-bullet/article1170007/
'I don't care,' Keir says about early debate
June 5, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/05/nb-nuclear-waste-unb-520.html
June 4, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/04/ontario-flu.html
June 5, 2009
THE CANADIAN PRESS
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5iebwUcoU-MqSUpUUY4lLukUKSxZA
June 5, 2009
Canwest News Service
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=1666597
June 5, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/05/pei-nitrates-rivers.html
June 5, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/04/isotopes-reactor-shutdown060409.html
June 5, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/05/beetle-research.html
June 4, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/04/pei-education-infrastructure.html
June 3, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/03/nunavut-research-station.html
June 4, 2009
Alexander Panetta
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5hewptQHTBRsfHlPy3woJJRWo93rA
June 5, 2009
Brendan Kennedy
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Diesel+spill+from+derailment+affect+Ottawa+water+supply+officials/1666269/story.html

UdeM gets $24M to expand

Total of $178M in gov't money announced for N.B. post-secondary institutions
June 5, 2009
Stephanie Kukkonen
Times & Transcript
http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/front/article/690149

ABU gets $12M for expansion

Officials say funding will help turn dream into a reality
June 5, 2009
ALAN COCHRANE
TIMES & TRANSCRIPT
http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/front/article/690154
June 5, 2009
Alexandra Morton
Courier-Islander
http://www.canada.com/Norway+shows+Pacific+salmon+peril/1664485/story.html
June 4, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/04/f-lyme-disease-ticks.html
Thursday, June 4, 2009

Vanoc reaches deal to help stage carbon-neutral Games

June 3, 2009
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/Vanoc+reaches+deal+help+stage+carbon+neutral+Games/1659349/story.html
VANOC enlists first sponsor of its kind to invest in technologies that offset greenhouse gas emissions
Jun 4, 2009
ROD MICKLEBURGH
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/deal-signed-to-stage-greenest-games-in-history/article1168031/
Ontario's Pickering plant chastised for lack of preparedness to deal with serious accidents or emergencies
Jun 4, 2009
MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/staff-shortage-at-nuclear-station-concerns-regulator/article1168096/
June 4, 2009
John Geddes
Macleans
http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/06/04/an-interview-with-finance-minister-jim-flaherty/
June 2, 2009
Maggie Fox
Reuters
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Girls+worse+math+analysis+shows/1654917/story.html

Isotope supply OK, say feds

Jun 3, 2009
PETER ZIMONJIC
Edmonton Sun
http://www.edmontonsun.com/news/canada/2009/06/03/9658691-sun.html

Megadeal goes to historic vote

June 3, 2009
Shaun Polczer
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Business/Megadeal+goes+historic+vote/1660070/story.html

Canada not yet ready for China

June 3, 2009
Claudia Cattaneo
Financial Post
http://www.financialpost.com/story.html?id=1656706

Ethics and the oilsands

June 4, 2009
Father Raymond J. de Souza
National Post
http://www.financialpost.com/related/links/story.html?id=1660287
Programs help put our industry on a level playing field
June 3, 2009
CLAUDE LAJEUNESSE
Montreal Gazette
http://www2.canada.com/montrealgazette/features/viewpoints/story.html?id=1415c6e1-8638-4d63-9818-b312b1e2bf10
But Sun Life says medical journal has wildly overstated value of its cigarette stocks
Jun 4, 2009
Joseph Hall
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/645344
June 3, 2009
AFP
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Livestock+industry+fuelling+destruction+Amazonia/1658650/story.html

Company hopes wind's at its back

If approved, B.C. project would become first ocean-based wind farm in North America
Jun 4, 2009
Wendy Stueck
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/company-hopes-winds-at-its-back/article1167899/
Animals transferred to U.S. in repopulation experiment 13 years ago
Jun 4, 2009
Bob Weber
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/canadian-wolves-thriving-in-us-cause-lawsuits-controversy/article1167630/
Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Every day is ‘science day'

There is scarcely a single issue that is not affected by the collaborative arm of science, technology and innovation
Jun 2, 2009
Preston Manning
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/every-day-is-science-day/article1165776/
June 2, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/02/magna-electric.html
But criticizes ‘unfair' demands of rich countries in UN treaty
Jun 2, 2009
Alister Doyle
Reuters
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/china-ready-to-step-up-fight-on-climate-change/article1165693/
June 2, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/02/cheese-listeria.html
June 2, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/02/fda-secrecy.html
June 3, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/03/swine-flu.html
June 2, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/02/swine-flu-who.html
U.S. subsidy puts Canadian companies at disadvantage
Jun 3, 2009
Patrick Brethour
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/forestry-sector-wants-auto-style-bailout/article1167677/
June 3, 2009
Meagan Fitzpatrick
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/business/fp/Investing+health+economic+recovery+senators/1659791/story.html
June 2, 2009
Juliet O'Neill
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Technology/Environment+hostile+business+Shipping+firms/1656095/story.html
Just 13 per cent meeting daily activity standard
June 3, 2009
Eva Ferguson
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Health/Canadians+given+youth+fitness+report+card/1657563/story.html

Outsourced side effects

Perils of foreign clinical trials
June 3, 2009
Tom Blackwell
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=1656630

We are what we breathe

June 3, 2009
JANICE HARVEY
Telegraph-Journal
http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/opinion/article/687445