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