Thursday, October 15, 2009

Atlantic Canada’s universities committed to communities

Oct 15, 2009
PETER HALPIN
Chronicle-Herald
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Opinion/1147609.html
Oct 15, 2009
Margaret Webb
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/710334--canada-needs-a-national-food-strategy
Oct 15, 2009
AFP
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gC5BBLwna4shv7tyghJhhzhd3gyQ

Anti-Canadian climate

Oct 15, 2009
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/710395--anti-canadian-climate
Oct 15, 2009
LORRIE GOLDSTEIN
Calgary Sun
http://www.calgarysun.com/comment/columnists/lorrie_goldstein/2009/10/15/11407461-sun.html

Fossil award fuels action

Oct 15, 2009
MIKE NORRIS
Whig-Standard
http://www.thewhig.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2126183
Oct 15, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/10/15/canada-rivers-wwf-report331.html
Oct 15, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/15/genital-warts-hpv-gardasil-vaccine226.html
Oct 15, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/15/sk-swine-flu-statistics910.html
Oct 15, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/15/ottawa-swine-flu-vaccination-public-health-programs.html
Oct 15, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/15/elderly-end-of-life-care.html
Oct 15, 2009
Kelly McParland
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/10/15/kelly-mcparland-michael-ignatieff-s-environmental-vision-let-s-be-more-like-china.aspx
Oct 15, 2009
Kathy Michaels
Kelowna.com
http://www.kelowna.com/2009/10/15/high-tech-companies-bloom-in-silicon-vineyard/
Oct 14, 2009
Derek Abma
Financial Post
http://www.financialpost.com/news-sectors/story.html?id=2103037

Why people are chilled by warming

The apocalyptic language of environmentalists doesn't go down well with the public
Oct 14, 2009
Margaret Wente
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/why-people-are-chilled-by-warming/article1323750/

Climate for smart change

Oct 14, 2009
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/Climate+smart+change/2104506/story.html

Vaccine delayed, vaccine denied

With early H1N1 vaccinations, Canada could limit the ‘attack rate' quite effectively
Oct 14, 2009
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/vaccine-delayed-vaccine-denied/article1322594/

Trillion-dollar black holes

The costs of climate control dwarf the financial crisis
Oct 14, 2009
Terence Corcoran
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/10/14/terence-corcoran-trillion-dollar-black-holes.aspx
Copenhagen agreement 'hard to see'
Oct 14, 2009
Kelly Cryderman
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/Prentice+doubtful+climate+change+accord+Copenhagen/2104315/story.html
Oct 14, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/10/14/arctic-sea-summer.html
Oct 14, 2009
Tamsyn Burgmann
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5hbWnlHeJ7ZXYyOwJutoQn5GLLeig
Oct 14, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/14/bc-cancer-study-bc-generations.html
Oct 14, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/14/consumer-cigarette-cmaj.html

H1N1 wave hits N.W.T.

Oct 14, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/14/nwt-h1n1.html
Oct 14, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/14/h1n1-research-funding.html
Oct 14, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/10/14/edmonton-harper-alberta-carbon-capture-transalta-keephills.html
Proud to be honoured, 'humiliated' by Canada's climate change stance
Oct 14, 2009
Dene Moore
The Canadian Press
http://www.thestar.com/news/sciencetech/environment/article/709839---alternative-nobel-prize-bittersweet-for-david-suzuki
Oct 14, 2009
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/business/article/709767--new-solar-farm-can-provide-power-for-1-000-homes
Canada's major waterways have suffered significant alterations in their natural flows, a WWF-Canada report contends
Oct 14, 2009
Martin Mittelstaedt
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/the-trouble-facing-canadian-rivers/article1323904/

Label law offers food for thought

Oct 14, 2009
Thomas Walkom
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/709665
Oct 14, 2009
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/709659--frontline-workers-need-the-flu-shot

Suzuki wins 'alternative Nobel'

Oct 13, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/10/13/alternative-nobel-right-livelihood-award467.html

Fitness, fatness and hysteria

An epidemic of physical fitness is breaking out among the 50-plus generation
Oct 13, 2009
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/fitness-fatness-and-hysteria/article1321354/
Oct 13, 2009
Gillian Steward
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/708350
Oct 13, 2009
Leo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/margin-notes/senate-looks-at-accessibility-of-pse/
Developing nations at climate talks protest call to replace protocol
Oct 13, 2009
Steve Rennie
The Canadian Press
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/709146--canada-s-kyoto-view-triggers-a-walkout
Doctors fear late rollout means flu shot will arrive just as virus begins to peak
Oct 13, 2009
Caroline Alphonso
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/plan-to-shelve-flu-vaccines-breeds-dissent/article1322494/
Oct 13, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/13/flu-vaccine-nunavut.html
Oct 13, 2009
Andrew Mayeda
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/AECL+sale+could+death+knell+CANDU+reactors/2103432/story.html
Plenty of time to receive vaccinations, health agency says
Oct 13, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/13/olympic-athletes-h1n1-flu-vaccine331.html
Oct 13, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/13/blood-supply-aging.html
Oct 13, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/10/13/tech-environment-indian-glacier-climate.html

Nobel win misses the point

The media have wrongly connected Elinor Ostrom's Nobel win to the climate-change controversy
Oct 13, 2009
Peter Foster
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/10/13/peter-foster-nobel-win-misses-the-point.aspx
Oct 12, 2009
Lawrence Solomon
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/10/12/lawrence-solomon-the-british-are-for-turning-on-climate-change.aspx
All party whips will collaborate on monitoring MPs' health on the Hill
Oct 12, 2009
CYNTHIA MÃœNSTER
The Hill Times
http://www.thehilltimes.ca/page/view/h1n1_house_preparedness-10-12-2009
Oct 12, 2009
Margaret Webb
Special to the Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/living/food/article/708794--canadian-diet-looks-like-a-dog-s-breakfast
Oct 12, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/10/12/ecosystem-biodiversity-loss-conference.html
Oct 12, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/12/h1n1-virus-infection-females-young-aboriginals-study.html

Countdown to Copenhagen

Oct 12, 2009
David Suzuki with Faisal Moola
Special to LondonTopic.ca
http://www.londontopic.ca/article.php?artid=16450
Variety of social factors cause first- and second-generation Canadians to attend university far in excess of non-immigrant children
Oct 12, 2009
Elizabeth Church
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/if-youre-a-new-canadian-you-go-to-university/article1321201/
Oct 12, 2009
JENNIFER DUNVILLE
Daily Gleaner
http://dailygleaner.canadaeast.com/cityregion/article/821253

They discovered stem cells ...

... so why the Toronto scientists didn't win the Nobel is another 'go figure' in Prize history
Oct 11, 2009
Megan Ogilvie & Joseph Hall
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/708640
Oct 10, 2009
Margaret Munro
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Diabetes+quiet+growing+epidemic/2091984/story.html
Oct 10, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/09/h1n1-children-us.html
Oct 10, 2009
NATHAN VANDERKLIPPE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/scientists-seek-truth-on-oil-sands-damage/article1319806/
$439,000 spent on project to develop range of healthier meals for astronauts
Oct 10, 2009
Tom Spears
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/life/Canadian+space+food+come+long+since+Tang/2091328/story.html
Oct 10, 2009
Margaret Webb
Special to the Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/insight/article/707700---we-need-to-pay-farmers-to-protect-nature
Oct 9, 2009
Kevin Libin
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/10/09/kevin-libin-copenhagen-plan-could-wreck-global-economy.aspx
Oct 9, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/09/h1n1-seasonal-flu-shots.html

Climate of distrust

Oct 8, 2009
William Marsden
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/Climate+distrust/2087995/story.html
Ottawa’s Bob Reid is trying to understand what’s at the root of the health crisis
Oct 7, 2009
Andrew Duffy
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/health/Eighty+cent+pregnant+women+Nunavut+smoke/2082113/story.html
35 per cent of Canadians could come down with H1N1, but vaccinations won't start until November
Oct 7, 2009
Sharon Kirkey
Canwest News Service
http://www.calgaryherald.com/health/vaccine+Canada+washes+hands/2080725/story.html

Eyeing a Total oil sands package

Jean-Michel Gires discusses Total's future in Canada
Oct 6, 2009
NATHAN VANDERKLIPPE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/eyeing-a-total-oil-sands-package/article1313295/

Enjoy your last days on campus

Another forecast of changes coming to university education
Oct 5, 2009
Patrick J.J. Phillips
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/enjoy-your-last-days-on-campus.aspx

Values for the times

Some of the fundamental values associated with postsecondary institutions have been transformed
Oct 5, 2009
Christine Overall
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/values-for-the-times.aspx