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