Canada: Innovate or stagnate

May 1, 2009
David Crane
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/627004

A green offshoot of recession

May 1, 2009
BRIAN MILNER
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090501.RSTERN01ART1931/TPStory/Business

Canada placed on copyright blacklist

Apr 30, 2009
PAUL KORING
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090430.wtrade0430/BNStory/Technology

Species at Risk Act lacks teeth, conservationists say

May 1, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/01/species-risk-conservation.html

Canada's pandemic plan has many unknowns

Blueprint is comprehensive, 'but these things never go smoothly, U of O health policy expert says
May 1, 2009
Andrew Mayeda
Canwest News Service
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Health/Canada+pandemic+plan+many+unknowns/1552043/story.html

Canada sees 34 swine flu cases - all mild

Toronto case reported; more are expected as results from swabs become available
May 1, 2009
Tanya Talaga & Joanna Smith
Toronto Star
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/article/627099

Scientists starting to believe swine flu outbreak won't be so bad

Apr 30, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/04/30/swine-flu-research.html

Minister of State Gary Goodyear Announces Inaugural Recipients of Canada's Highly Prestigious Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships

166 of the world's leading doctoral students from Canada and abroad awarded $50,000 annually for up to three years to pursue studies at Canadian universities
Apr 30, 2009
Industry Canada
http://ca.sys-con.com/node/943915

Work on policy, research in Canada's North, not Europe's: Green critic

Yukoner blasts federal government for opening Arctic office in Norway
Apr 30, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2009/04/30/arctic-office-reax.html

Gene discovery could help make crops resistant to heat, drought

Apr 30, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/04/30/tech-090430-abscisic-acid-drought-resistant-crops.html

Misadventure capitalism

A byzantine cross-border investment regime is killing the Canadian venture-capital and technology industries
Apr 30, 2009
Stephen A. Hurwitz
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/04/30/misadventure-capitalism.aspx

A primer for global warming deniers

Nuclear, wind and solar are uneconomic for the same reason: They are inflexible technologies that cannot be dispatched
Apr 30, 2009
Lawrence Solomon
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/04/30/lawrence-solomon-a-primer-for-global-warming-deniers.aspx

Government spending on bottled water is money down the drain, says advocacy group

Apr 30, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5hetldQWgvXNx694GnNLAA_Mahgrg

Inspection report of Maple Leaf meat plant not altered: food agency

Apr 30, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/04/30/listeria-cfia-reports043009.html

Drug effects lead seniors to the ER

Apr 29, 2009
Pauline Tam
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Drug+effects+lead+seniors/1543580/story.html

R&D spending to get a 'big' boost

Energy Umoe Solar AS tight-lipped, but excited, about deals in the works with UNB and government
May 1, 2009
REBECCA PENTY
Telegraph-Journal
http://nbbusinessjournal.canadaeast.com/front/article/653215

Ignatieff waiting on science to decide asbestos export position

Apr 30, 2009
Andrew MacLeod
The Tyee
http://thetyee.ca/Blogs/TheHook/Federal-Politics/2009/04/30/AsbestosExport/

Research play games to study pandemics

Apr 30, 2009
Vito Pilieci
Ottawa Citizen
http://www.canada.com/Life/Research+play+games+study+pandemics/1551047/story.html

Science fair will generate more than $2.5M: organizers

Volunteers, sponsors sought
May 1, 2009
BRENDAN WEDLEY
THE EXAMINER
http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1548783