Thursday, May 28, 2009

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
May 27, 2009
Gillian Shaw
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Canada+failure+protect+intellectual+property+hinders+innovation+Conference+Board/1636134/story.html
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
May 27, 2009
Hanneke Brooymans
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Business/Oilsands+companies+must+report+contents+waste+ponds/1636791/story.html
May 27, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/05/27/breast-cancer-quebec-hormone-tests.html
‘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/
May 28, 2009
KEVIN DOUGHERTY
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/Breast+cancer+study+very+worrying+Quebec+health+minister/1639383/story.html
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
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
May 27, 2009
Pamela Fayerman
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/Health/Loophole+lets+drug+companies+advertise+Canada+study/1636615/story.html
May 27, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/05/27/swine-flu-h1n1.html
May 27, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/27/isotopes-reactor-shutdown.html
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/
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/
May 26, 2009
Tim Naumetz
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5g4Mn1zqhAPsjTQR0xmwiZXbhmztA
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/
May 27, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/27/greece-corn-monsanto-987.html
May 27, 2009
Andrew Low and Kelly Louiseize
Sudbury Northern Life
http://www.northernlife.ca/News/LocalNews/2009/innovation260509005.asp?NLStory=innovation260509005
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
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
Playing video games can make you a better person
May 28, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13726738
A machine for testing nuclear weapons opens for business
May 28, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13726730
May 27, 2009
AFP
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/wants+paint+world+white+save+energy/1635588/story.html
May 27, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/27/parasite-selection-wild.html
May 28, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/28/monkeys-genes-transgenetic-glowing-marmoset.html
May 26, 2009
Jerome Cartillier
AFP
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Climate+change+World+destiny+stake/1631925/story.html
May 25, 2009
Guy Newey
AFP
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Voyage+centre+Plastic+Vortex/1628237/story.html
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/
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