Friday, September 18, 2009

Universities and the ‘knowledge economy’

Sep 17, 2009
David Turpin and Eric Sager
Special to the Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Comment+Universities+knowledge+economy/2005477/story.html

Reality check for a big idea

What the provinces think of the Big Five’s revolutionary ideas for university reform
Sep 17, 2009
Katie Engelhart
Macleans
http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/09/17/reality-check-for-a-big-idea/

Small but smart

Why some schools don’t want a Big Five monopoly on research
Sep 3, 2009
Colin Campbell
Macleans
http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/09/03/small-but-smart/
Sep 18, 2009
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/697415
Lack of support from Ottawa ended plans for a foreign-owned, Toronto-based technology giant, sources say
Sep 18, 2009
Andrew Willis
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/how-a-made-in-canada-nortel-solution-died/article1291924/

Nortel sale gets all-clear

Ericsson's $1.13B acquisition will protect Canadian jobs, intellectual property: Clement
Sep 17, 2009
Iain Marlow
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/business/article/696887
Virus infects more than 100 at AFN chief's first nation
Sep 18, 2009
CAROLINE ALPHONSO
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/bc-reserve-hit-by-first-outbreak-of-the-fall-flu-season-experts-say/article1292296/
Health official says only six people had H1N1 virus in communities journal said has pandemic outbreak
Sep 18, 2009
Petti Fong
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/newsfeatures/swineflu/article/697581
Congressional politics and a coherent stand on greenhouse-gas emissions
Sep 18, 2009
Jeffrey Simpson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/twiddling-our-thumbs-while-waiting-for-a-us-climate-change-bill/article1291916/
Sep 18, 2009
Alexandra Morton
Courier-Islander
http://www.canada.com/Judicial+binding+review+needed/2007813/story.html

Playing catch-up with H1N1

Sep 18, 2009
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/playing-catch-up-with-h1n1/article1292289/

Waste not, want not

Ethanol from rubbish is the latest biofuel
Sep 18, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/sciencetechnology/displayStory.cfm?story_id=14483677
Sep 18, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/18/who-flu-vaccine018.html
Sep 18, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/18/health-ministers-cost-swine-flu-vaccine.html
It will take both innovation and patience to change the energy game
Sep 17, 2009
Peter Voser
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/energy-transition-not-for-the-faint-hearted/article1290055/
A sound plan for the electricity system of the future needed now to avoid big mistakes later
Sep 17, 2009
John Wilson
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/696846
New drilling and production technology has dramatically transformed North America's natural gas industry by unlocking massive shale gas reservoirs. Now, those technological advances are being adopted more broadly in the oil and gas industry to reduce costs in mature or difficult-to-tap fields
Sep 17, 2009
SHAWN McCARTHY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/newest-high-tech-business-oil-and-gas/article1290846/
Sep 18, 2009
Carol Goar
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/697429
Sep 17, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/17/superbugs-europe.html
Sep 17, 2009
Helen Branswell
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5gSlFg4Cq0N54wkeqg37NttTxij2A
Sep 17, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/17/mb-body-bags-butler-jones-manitoba.html
Sep 17, 2009
Reuters
http://ca.reuters.com/article/topNews/idCATRE58F69K20090917?sp=true

Hidden curse revealed?

Sep 17, 2009
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/living/article/696519

Getting into the game

Blame culture. Or genes. Or Dilbert. In engineering, it’s a man’s world—for now.
Sep 17, 2009
Julien Russell Brunet
Macleans
http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/09/17/getting-into-the-game/
Sep 17, 2009
Glen McGregor
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Feds+paid+bottled+water/2003510/story.html
'Life as we know it is going to end'; World's nations must drastically reduce greenhouse-gas emissions, author says
Sep 17, 2009
MONIQUE BEAUDIN
The Gazette
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Oceans+face+climate+change+crisis/2002373/story.html
Sep 17, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/17/lead-levelskids.html
Sep 17, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/17/health-ministers-meeting.html
Sep 16, 2009
James Hansen
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/696244
Sep 16, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/16/h1n1-vaccine.html
Sep 16, 2009
THE CANADIAN PRESS
http://www.edmontonsun.com/money/2009/09/17/10946391-cp.html

Nova gives $1M to science centre

Sep 16, 2009
JENNA MCMURRAY
Calgary Sun
http://www.calgarysun.com/news/alberta/2009/09/16/10929706-sun.html
Sep 16, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/new-brunswick/story/2009/09/16/nb-climate-city-planning-704.html
Sep 16, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/16/tech-space-nasa-moon-plan-016.html
Sep 16, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/16/tech-climate-montreal-protocol-hfcs.html
Sep 16, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/16/climate-change-health.html
Sep 16, 2009
Mike Barber
Canwest News Service
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/garlic+farmer+raises+stink+over+microwave+towers/2001107/story.html
Sep 15, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/15/150909-hybrid-manitoba.html
Sep 15, 2009
Len Smirnov
The Brock Press
http://media.www.brockpress.com/media/storage/paper384/news/2009/09/15/News/Technology.For.Sustainable.Canada.Already.Exists.But.Faces.Obstacles-3772205.shtml#4
Alberta woman is second case in Canada, and one of only a handful of such cases on record globally; patient has since recovered, Alberta Health Services says
Sep 15, 2009
Caroline Alphonso and Katherine O'Neill
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/h1n1-shows-more-resistance-to-tamiflu/article1288521/