Saturday, September 12, 2009

Focus on innovation

Sep 9, 2009
David Mitchell
Special to The Windsor Star
http://www2.canada.com/windsorstar/news/editorial/story.html?id=bef826ae-0ee9-4b8b-874c-db16cfd959f2
Sep 10, 2009
Leo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/margin-notes/invest-in-education-to-beat-the-recession
Sep 12, 2009
Brett Bundale
Telegraph-Journal
http://nbbusinessjournal.canadaeast.com/journal/article/789478
Unexplained absence of 510,000 cubic metres of water from resort's distribution system 'an embarrassment for Canada'
Sep 12, 2009
Dawn Walton
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/the-mystery-of-lake-louises-missing-water/article1283014/

Endless oil

Russian research has shown that the Earth doesn’t need dinosaurs to produce oil
Sep 12, 2009
Lawrence Solomon
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/09/12/lawrence-solomon-endless-oil.aspx
Sep 12, 2009
Margaret Munro
Canwest News Service
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/List+threatened+Arctic+animals+growing/1984133/story.html
If that occurs, many Canadians will not be protected since vaccine won't be rolled out for weeks
Sep 12, 2009
Caroline Alphonso
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/h1n1-could-peak-early-study-suggests/article1282910/

Premiers win climate pledge

Federal greenhouse-gas plan won't favour Alberta, environment minister assures Ontario, Quebec
Sep 11, 2009
Robert Benzie
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/694063

Dr. Kumanan Wilson on the vaccine

Canada Research Chair in Public Health Policy at the University of Ottawa and Ottawa Hospital Research Institute takes your questions on the reluctance among Canadians to receive the H1N1 pandemic vaccine
Sep 11, 2009
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/dr-kumanan-wilson-on-the-vaccine/article1282172/

Feds to follow listeriosis advice

Sep 11, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/11/listeroisis-recommendations.html
Sep 11, 2009
Pat Hewitt
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5iAQbAh_EClxA_Au8-_LRkr5Hy5Jw
Sep 11, 2009
Scott Anderson
Reuters
http://ca.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idCATRE58A4I620090911?sp=true
Canada's swine flu cases likely to peak a month before November inoculations, researchers say
Sep 11, 2009
Joseph Hall
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/newsfeatures/swineflu/article/694066
Sep 11, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/11/tech-climate-arctic-warming.html

Global warming takes a break

Sep 11, 2009
Lorne Gunter
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/09/11/lorne-gunter-global-warming-takes-a-break.aspx
Sept 11, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/11/h1n1-school-close-who.html
Studies in children not finished yet
Sep 11, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/11/h1n1-vaccine.html
Aims to shape wider policy
Sep 10, 2009
Andy Ivens
The Province
http://www.theprovince.com/Drug+czar+slams+Harper+exits+next+adventure/1978524/story.html
Wind turbines dotting argicultural areas would cost $900B over 20 years
Sep 10, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/10/energy-china-wind-power.html
Sep 10, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/10/nasa-moon-rocket-ares-test-utah.html
Sep 10, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/10/child-mortality-unicef.html
Sep 10, 2009
Bob Weber
THE CANADIAN PRESS
http://www.winnipegsun.com/news/canada/2009/09/10/10824966.html
Sep 10, 2009
Sarah Schmidt
Canwest News Service
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/health/Feds+backtrack+allowing+fortified+junk+food/1980713/story.html
Sep 10, 2009
Elise Stolte
Edmonton Journal
http://www.canada.com/technology/Arctic+needs+boots+snow+year+round+Alberta+scientist/1980798/story.html
Sep 10, 2009
Sharon Kirkey
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/health/Vaccinate+curtail+swine+study+warns/1980347/story.html
They feel invincible, but H1N1 disproportionately affects those born after 1957
Sep 10, 2009
Caroline Alphonso
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/young-people-take-pass-on-flu-shot-trials/article1282877/
Sep 10, 2009
Katie-Marie Gardner
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/tofino-a-model-for-water-conservation/article1283106/
Sep 10, 2009
Dawn Walton
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/canadians-are-water-gluttons-oecd-says/article1283105/
Sep 10, 2009
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Manitoba+government+mandating+biodiesel/1979168/story.html

City buries sewage sins

Public in dark about overflow into rivers
Sep 10, 2009
TOM BRODBECK
Winnipeg Sun
http://www.winnipegsun.com/news/columnists/tom_brodbeck/2009/09/10/10813211-sun.html

The business side to good health

Ivey Centre's goal is to aid Canadian innovation and commercialization of health technologies
Sep 10, 2009
Tanya Talaga
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/business/article/692636

UN climate fantasies

Sep 10, 2009
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/story.html?id=1977543
Sep 9, 2009
François Shalom
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/Strategic+Aerospace+Defence+Initiative+funding+announced/1976016/story.html
Sep 9, 2009
Dr. Denis Daneman & Dr. Elizabeth Lee Ford-Jones & Dr. Dina Kulik
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/692609

The H1N1 flu waiting game

Sep 9, 2009
Howard Elliott
The Hamilton Spectator
http://www.thespec.com/Opinions/article/631108
Sep 9, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/09/gardasil-men-hpv.html
Sep 9, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/09/mb-healthy-food-schools-manitoba.html
Sep 9, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2009/09/09/bc-salmon-suzuki-foundation.html
Sep 9, 2009
NASA
http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS229760+09-Sep-2009+PRN20090909
Sep 8, 2009
Peter O'Neil
Canwest News Service
http://www.nationalpost.com/related/links/story.html?id=1971686

Canadian innovation is at stake

We need more entrepreneurs, better deals and committed investors with time and money to foster new businesses
Sep 6, 2009
Kevin Talbot
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/canadian-innovation-is-at-stake/article1278331/