Chemistry down the tubes

June 16, 2009
Louise Brown
Toronto Star
http://www.parentcentral.ca/parent/article/651341

U.S. urges cleaner Alberta oilsands

June 16, 2009
Jason Fekete
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Business/urges+cleaner+Alberta+oilsands/1699392/story.html

U.S. climate report dire, but offers hope

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/

Ottawa to ante up $1-billion aid to pulp and paper industry

June 16, 2009
Julian Beltrame
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5iDckWe5181KXc5kaIJyQfOMZjPfg

Canada called on to join renewable-energy agency

Cooperation crucial to developing booming sector, industry says
Jun 16, 2009
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/651252

Hydrogen gas leak delays shuttle launch again

June 17, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/17/space-shuttle.html

2 die of swine flu in Manitoba as Canadian toll hits 11

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

Canada's isotope failure felt worldwide

June 16, 2009
United Press International
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/06/16/Canadas-isotope-failure-felt-worldwide/UPI-21861245161554/

Nuclear medicine experts question appointment of isotope adviser

June 16, 2009
Krista Erickson
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/16/nuclear-chalk-isotope-adviser-0616.html

Ottawa to spend $6M seeking medical isotope alternatives

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

Abandoning production of isotopes is a tragedy

June 17, 2009
Keith Martin
The Daily News
http://www.canada.com/Abandoning+production+isotopes+tragedy/1703396/story.html

University says it can meet Canada's isotope needs

Jun 16, 2009
Steve Rennie
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5hrbzMklV-xnrkM8Uv-t2oyD01XKw

The Chalk River mess has left AECL's reputation in meltdown mode

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/

In search of a Canadian digital action strategy

June 16, 2009
Michael Geist
Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Business/search+Canadian+digital+action+strategy/1700173/story.html

Nunavut Inuit wouldn't change diet over contaminant fears: study

June 16, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/16/north-contaminants.html

Opportunity to transform early learning in Ontario

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

Full-day learning deserves support

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/

All-day kindergarten is not the magic bullet

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/

Will women one day father children?

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/

Anti-aging hormone products risky, U.S. medical group says

June 16, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/16/hormone-aging-ama.html

Most Canadians ignore air-quality advisories: Report

June 16, 2009
Don Butler
Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Health/Most+Canadians+ignore+quality+advisories+Report/1702560/story.html

More mercury flowing into Arctic Ocean than thought: Research

June 16, 2009
Hanneke Brooymans
Edmonton Journal
http://www.canada.com/Technology/More+mercury+flowing+into+Arctic+Ocean+than+thought+Research/1702589/story.html

Aquatic microbiota threatened by pollution

June 16, 2009
United Press International
http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2009/06/16/Aquatic-microbiota-threatened-by-pollution/UPI-87731245174083/

Ottawa seizing Mexican cancer drug

Canadian patients 'starting to die,' drug firm says
June 15, 2009
Tom Blackwell
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=1696051

German firms eye huge African solar project: report

June 16, 2009
AFP
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/German+firms+huge+African+solar+project+report/1701455/story.html

Malaria vaccine trials put researchers to the test

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/

People with autism ace intelligence test

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/

Canadian, U.S. scientists win $1M Shaw prize for obesity work

June 16, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/16/shaw-prize-coleman534.html

$4.4M boost for U of C's asphalt research

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

Junk Science Week: Decision-based evidence making

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

Junk Science Week: 300,000 non-deaths

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

Junk Science Week: MIT’s unscientific, catastrophic climate forecast

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

Junk Science Week: The models behind the financial crisis

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