Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Canada's $580M in New Grants Include Numerous 'Omics Programs

June 22, 2009
GenomeWeb News
http://www.genomeweb.com/canadas-580m-new-grants-include-numerous-omics-programs
Province funnels $42M toward 15 projects, from medical plastics to early cancer detection
June 24, 2009
Megan Ogilvie
Toronto Star
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/article/655635
June 22, 2009
David Akin
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/fp/Clement+vows+boost+high+tech+sector/1721923/story.html
Jun 22, 2009
ALTHIA RAJ
Winnipeg Sun
http://www.winnipegsun.com/news/canada/2009/06/22/9892966-sun.html
June 22, 2009
OWEN ROBERTS
Guelph Mercury
http://news.guelphmercury.com/Opinions/article/498647
The return on investment in early childhood programs has been pegged at 8:1, compared to a 3:1 return for primary and secondary education
Jun 23, 2009
Don Drummond and Veronica Lacey
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/the-payback-on-early-learning-makes-it-a-dollars-and-sense-proposition/article1194161/
Jun 22, 2009
Carol Goar
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/653899
Research shows home-schooled kids outperform their public-school peers. So why so is there little or no financial encouragement for parents to take it on?
Jun 18, 2009
Amira Elghawaby
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/not-so-fast-home-schooling-trumps-full-day-kindergarten/article1187946/
Ontario needs to invest in the shortcomings of the entire system, not focus on one year at the expense of the other 12
Jun 24, 2009
Anne Kothawala
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/full-day-kindergarten-first-fix-whats-broken/article1194127/
June 23, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/23/energy-green-loans.html
June 24, 2009
The StarPhoenix
http://www.thestarphoenix.com/Technology/True+public+will+must+decide+call+build+reactor/1726456/story.html
The massive Plan It Calgary proposal would set a framework for the city's growth for the next 60 years
Jun 24, 2009
Jeffrey Simpson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/heres-the-plan-calgary-leads-us-all-to-a-greener-future/article1192584/
Some might think the threat posed by the H1N1 flu virus has been overblown, but we're still in the early days of the pandemic.
June 23, 2009
The Leader-Post
http://www.leaderpost.com/Health/Preparing+round+H1N1+virus/1723545/story.html
June 22, 2009
Tom Blackwell
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=1722027
Jun 24, 2009
Carol Goar
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/655420
Jun 22, 2009
Alison Auld
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5ih6koiUkDpmCMq0M-DjvzOG6y04A
Jun 23, 2009
Helen Branswell
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5irZe07hyuMtE2LVFM4Lz_K0huWFg
June 23, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/23/first-nations-swine-flu.html
June 23, 2009
Jeremy Warren
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Nuclear+plant+workers+face+elevated+cancer+risk+report/1724362/story.html
Jun 22, 2009
THE CANADIAN PRESS
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5ivXc_bgLJdjwjDH15xU6TfLnJlnA
June 23, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/23/nb-johnsons-mills-nature-109.html
June 23, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/23/vision-loss-cost.html
Massive particle accelerator has been down since September
June 22, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/22/lhc-large-hadron-collider-october.html
June 22, 2009
Tom Blackwell
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=1722004
The new study underscores a seismic shift regarding what used to be considered a disease of middle-aged men
Jun 23, 2009
André Picard
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/heart-disease-now-kills-more-women-than-men/article1192571/
June 22, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/22/heart-disease-deaths.html
University of Montreal scientists identify ‘hiding places' for AIDS virus in human body, say it is the first clue about how to eradicate HIV
Jun 21, 2009
Anne McIlroy
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/discovery-by-canadian-led-team-could-lead-to-aids-cure/article1191121/
Jun 23, 2009
Chris Turner
Walrus Magazine
http://www.walrusmagazine.com/articles/2009.06-energy-an-inconvenient-talk//?ref=2009.07-environment-an-inconvenient-talk&page=
June 23, 2009
Dina O'Meara
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/seeks+level+playing+field+Mackenzie+project/1723401/story.html
NWT first nations, Inuit seek federal loan to gain majority stake on $16.2-billion Mackenzie gas project
Jun 23, 2009
NATHAN VANDERKLIPPE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/aboriginal-group-turns-to-ottawa-on-pipeline/article1193094/
Phthalates are found everywhere -- bug sprays, children’s glow sticks, dentures, clothing, automobiles -- making it difficult to avoid
Jun 23, 2009
Martin Mittelstaedt
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/clamping-down-on-the-rubber-duck-chemical/article1192616/
As Canadians consume about 3,100 milligrams of sodium a day -- more than double the recommended intake -- food manufacturers are looking to slash the salt from their products. But with no good alternative to the irreplaceable flavour of salt, the food industry faces a challenge that's far from simple
Jun 23, 2009
Carly Weeks
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/special-reports/hard-to-shake/the-taste-of-things-to-come/article1192703/
Researchers at the University of Ottawa’s Heart Institute hope an ambitious study will help unlock the mystery of why some ethnic groups are highly sensitive to salt and suffer from high blood pressure, a disease that is the leading cause of heart disease and stroke.
Jun 23, 2009
Marina Jiménez
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/special-reports/hard-to-shake/hunting-for-the-salt-gene/article1191288/

Profiting from green hysteria

June 24, 2009
Peter Foster
Financial Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/columnists/story.html?id=8e47d655-9207-4301-bc9e-576f70947f10

Destroying life for science

June 22, 2009
Margaret Somerville
Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Technology/Destroying+life+science/1719495/story.html