Canada's science media centre opens doors

Researchers and policymakers hope it will help journalists better cover science and researchers better understand reporters' motivations
Oct 19, 2009
Peggy Berkowitz
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/Article.aspx?id=6806

University enrolment jumps, reflecting bad economy

Increase, felt in all regions, was most dramatic at the graduate level
Oct 23, 2009
ELIZABETH CHURCH
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/university-enrolment-jumps-reflecting-bad-economy/article1335122/

Enrolment up again across Canada

Recession likely keeping students in school and out of the labour market
Oct 22, 2009
Léo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/enrolment-up-again-across-Canada.aspx

Multiple fuels, multiple solutions

TransAlta's carbon-spewing coal plants are part of a ‘green' plan that blends technology and renewable energy
Oct 23, 2009
Richard Blackwell
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/multiple-fuels-multiple-solutions/article1336324/

Americans waning on global warming

Only 36% feel humans to blame, poll says
Oct 23, 2009
Associated Press
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/714762--americans-waning-on-global-warming

Suncor embraces new tailings pond technology

Oct 23, 2009
Dan Healing
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/Suncor+embraces+tailings+pond+technology/2138432/story.html

NASA should skip moon: panel

Oct 23, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/10/23/tech-space-nasa-panel-report.html

U.S. human space flight plan underfunded: experts

Oct 23, 2009
AFP
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/human+space+flight+plan+underfunded+experts/2137243/story.html

36 football fields deforested each minute: WWF

Oct 23, 2009
AFP
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/football+fields+deforested+each+minute/2137561/story.html

U.S. to give threatened polar bears vast 'critical habitat'

Oct 23, 2009
AFP
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/give+threatened+polar+bears+vast+critical+habitat/2137574/story.html

Wind turbine research set for Lake Ontario

Oct 23, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/10/23/ont-wind.html

Our experts answered your swine flu questions

Dr. Michael Gardam of the Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion, and Globe and Mail reporter Caroline Alphonso wade through the confusion around the pandemic and the vaccines
Oct 23, 2009
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/our-experts-answered-your-swine-flu-questions/article1335617/

Canadians urged to get H1N1 vaccine

Oct 23, 2009
Christina Spencer
SUN MEDIA
http://www.winnipegsun.com/news/canada/2009/10/23/11508431-sun.html

Canada enters 2nd wave of H1N1

Oct 23, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/23/h1n1-second-wave-canada.html

First Nations set up H1N1 action plans

Oct 23, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/23/mb-first-nation-h1n1-plans.html

Swine flu deaths rise to nearly 5,000: WHO

Oct 23, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/23/h1n1-world.html

Drug-makers aim to boost Tamiflu supply for kids

Reconsider sick note requests for flu, Ont. doctors tell employers
Oct 23, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/23/flu-antivirals-tamiflu.html

Democrats are abandoning Obama on global warming

Oct 23, 2009
Lawrence Solomon
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/10/23/lawrence-solomon-democrats-are-abandoning-obama-on-global-warming.aspx

The pros and cons of biofuels: Ethanol tanks

More suggestions that biofuels are not an environmental free lunch
Oct 22, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/world/international/displayStory.cfm?story_id=14710469

Kyoto biofuels flaw threatens forests: scientists

Oct 22, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/10/22/tech-climate-biofuels-kyoto-error.html

'Dead-zone' microbe measures ocean health

Oct 22, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/10/22/tech-climate-ocean-dead-zone-microbe.html

Tax change injects funds into medical research

Government's stock-for-charity program saves investors money and helps Canada's doctors save lives
Oct 22, 2009
ALISON CUNLIFFE
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/business/investing/article/713077--tax-change-injects-funds-into-medical-research

H1N1 vaccine safe for pregnant women: specialists

Canadian flu cases on the rise
Oct 22, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/22/h1n1-vaccine-pregnant-women-sogc.html

2nd HPV vaccine backed by U.S. panel

Oct 22, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/22/cervarix-hpv-us.html

Local authors take on climate change deniers

Big Oil has attacked a global scientific consensus on climate change; now some local authors are exposing its tactics
Oct 22, 009
Charlie Smith
Georgia Straight
http://www.straight.com/article-265275/taking-goliath

Stevia is sweet – but is it safe?

Stevia has a no-calorie zip that's popping up in natural health products, but the risks have left a bitter taste
Oct 22, 2009
Carly Weeks
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/stevia-is-sweet-but-is-it-safe/article1333389/

Microsoft's CEO bullish on tech sector

'Now is the time to make those bets that will drive productivity'
Oct 22, 2009
Iain Marlow
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/business/companies/microsoft/article/713962--microsoft-s-ceo-bullish-on-tech-sector

The WHO's political pandering

Oct 22, 2009
Michael Fumento
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/10/22/michael-fumento-the-who-s-political-pandering.aspx

On the path to dependency

Sustainable Development Technology Canada, out of taxpayer cash, wants more. Ottawa should say no
Oct 22, 2009
Peter Foster
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/10/22/peter-foster-on-the-path-to-dependency.aspx

Canada's politically-motivated flu plan

Oct 22, 2009
Raphael Alexander
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/10/22/raphael-alexander-canada-s-flu-panic-for-political-purposes.aspx

Liberals snub NDP climate-change bill

Oct 21, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/10/21/ndp-climate-change-bill-liberals-copenhagen.html

Swine flu vaccine approved in Canada

Oct 21, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/21/flu-vaccine-h1n1-approval-canada.html

U.S. senator envies Canada's H1N1 vaccines

Oct 21, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/21/h1n1-vaccine-us-uk.html

Healthy Canadians asked to hold off on getting swine flu vaccine

High-risk groups will be priority, as H1N1 vaccine receives approval
Oct 21, 2009
Caroline Alphonso
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/healthy-canadians-asked-to-hold-off-getting-swine-flu-vaccine/article1333107/

Sask. to limit needle exchange

AIDS group calls change 'recipe for disaster'
Oct 21, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/21/sk-needle-exchange-limits.html

Climate experts accuse Ottawa of 'foot-dragging'

Emissions action urged as UN conference looms
Oct 21, 2009
Richard J. Brennan
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/sciencetech/environment/article/713379--climate-experts-accuse-ottawa-of-foot-dragging

Canada needs to get back on track for climate change

Oct 21, 2009
Charley Beresford
Special to the Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/entertainment/Canada+needs+back+track+climate+change/2126832/story.html

Anti-Gore film doesn't help climate-change skeptics

Oct 21, 2009
Tom Harris and Tim Patterson
Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/entertainment/movie-guide/Anti+Gore+film+doesn+help+climate+change+skeptics/2126459/story.html

Germany's renewable myth

Germany is seen as a leader in renewable energy, but its experience has been a costly waste
Oct 21, 2009
Manuel Frondel, Nolan Ritter and Colin Vance
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/10/21/germany-s-renewable-myth.aspx

Climatism and the new green industrial state

Industry, government and NGOs are creating a new political model
Oct 21, 2009
Terence Corcoran
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/10/21/terence-corcoran-climatism-and-the-new-green-industrial-state.aspx

Electric vehicles the ‘rational choice'

A true believer's goal for the future: Practical electric cars with clean battery power
Oct 21, 2009
Jeremy Cato
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/auto/electric-vehicles-the-rational-choice/article1332495/

Bringing science to youth

Oct 21, 2009
TRACEY TONG
METRO OTTAWA
http://www.metronews.ca/ottawa/local/article/345712--bringing-science-to-youth

Jumping to crack conclusions

Oct 21, 2009
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/story.html?id=2125890

Risks from H1N1 vaccine 'close to zero'

Oct 21, 2009
Reuters
http://www.nationalpost.com/related/links/story.html?id=2125923

Flu prevention worth a shot

Oct 21, 2009
JOHN KASTNER
Winnipeg Sun
http://www.winnipegsun.com/comment/editorial/2009/10/21/11470056-sun.html

Crack-addict safe-inhalation zone just nuts

Only way to help addicts is to get them to quit
Oct 21, 2009
Jon Ferry
The Province
http://www.theprovince.com/health/Crack+addict+safe+inhalation+zone+just+nuts/2126573/story.html

Gairdner Awards celebrate 50 years

Oct 20, 2009
Leo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/margin-notes/gairdner-awards-celebrate-50-years/

CIHR appointment stirs controversy

Oct 20, 2009
Ann Silversides
CMAJ
http://www.cmaj.ca/earlyreleases/20oct09_cihr_appointment.shtml

RIM and Open Text boost R&D spending despite national decline

Oct 20, 2009
Waterloo Record
http://news.therecord.com/Business/article/616544

R&D slumped even before financial crisis

Oct 20, 2009
Eric Lam
Financial Post
http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/fp/slumped+even+before+financial+crisis/2123582/story.html

N.B. gov't disputes $1.6b estimate on cost overruns of Point Lepreau plant

Oct 20, 2009
Kevin Bissett
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jqndB_uB6foUJX7eDt8J8STOKFRQ

Ontario reports H1N1 in breeder turkeys, urges farmer workers to get flu shots

Oct 20, 2009
Helen Branswell
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5gUwbn7MbLrHro-VPF34VJATdiaew

More women than men making the grade at Alberta's universities

Oct 20, 2009
Keith Gerein
Edmonton Journal
http://www.calgaryherald.com/technology/More+women+than+making+grade+Alberta+universities/2123893/story.html

America's dirty little secret

Influence wielded by coal-producing states – 25 of them – is the big reason the U.S. is a climate-change laggard
Oct 20, 2009
Jeffrey Sachs
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/americas-dirty-little-secret/article1331242/

Academics, entrepreneurs combine to market green discoveries

Oct 20, 2009
CATHRYN ATKINSON
Special to The Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/academics-entrepreneurs-combine-to-market-green-discoveries/article1330287/

B.C.'s top medical health officer calls for crack-inhaling rooms

Oct 20, 2009
WENDY STUECK
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/bcs-top-medical-health-officer-calls-for-crack-inhaling-rooms/article1330227/

What happened to Canada's education advantage?

We steered away just as the world was entering the knowledge economy
Oct 20, 2009
Roger Martin
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/712638

Vaccine skeptics perplex health experts

Oct 20, 2009
CHRISTINA SPENCER
Winnipeg Sun
http://www.winnipegsun.com/news/canada/2009/10/20/11457571-sun.html

Growing plants indoors no longer rooted in sci-fi

With a growing global population, declining freshwater resources and an increasingly volatile climate, the world will rely on food technologies like his sooner than we realize
Oct 20, 2009
Karen Pinchin
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/growing-plants-indoors-no-longer-rooted-in-sci-fi/article1330448/

Time to see how MPs feel about the climate

Oct 20, 2009
Barrie Examiner
http://www.thebarrieexaminer.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2136942

Arctic heat wave 'unique' in history: study

Lake sediment suggests summer temperatures have only been this warm once before in last 200,000 years
Oct 20, 2009
MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/arctic-heat-wave-unique-in-history-study/article1330231/

HIV vaccine trial 'landmark moment'

Oct 20, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/20/hiv-aids-vaccine.html

FDA cracks down on inaccurate food labels

Oct 20, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/20/consumer-food-labels.html

Mercury levels no higher in autistic children

Oct 20, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/20/mercury-autism-children-blood.html

Ont. turkeys with H1N1 pose 'minimal' risk

Oct 20, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/20/to-turkey-swine.html

Maldives’ president all wet on sea level

Oct 20, 2009
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/10/20/maldives-president-all-wet-on-sea-level.aspx

Let's Talk Science to mobilize thousands of university students during National Science & Technology Week to turn Canadian kids on to science

Oct 19, 2009
Let's Talk Science
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/October2009/19/c7690.html

Getting youth hooked on science

Oct 19, 2009
TRACEY TONG
METRO OTTAWA
http://www.metronews.ca/ottawa/local/article/343784--getting-youth-hooked-on-science

Gen C uses technology but eschews learning tech skills

CEFRIO survey: Baby boomer kids put priority on job security
Oct 21, 2009
ROBERTO ROCHA
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/uses+technology+eschews+learning+tech+skills/2126271/story.html

Tech drive to entice 'Gen C'

Oct 19, 2009
ROBERTO ROCHA
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/Tech+drive+entice/2122139/story.html

Canadian universities closed-minded on open access

Oct 19, 2009
Michael Geist
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/sciencetech/technology/article/712135--law-bytes-canadian-universities-closed-minded-on-open-access

Hawking's Waterloo visit rescheduled for 2010

Oct 19, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/10/19/tech-cp-hawking-waterloo.html

Tech guru shines a light on the energy century

Co-founder of MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates discusses how renewable energy will change the world
Oct 19, 2009
Gordon Pitts
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/managing/tech-guru-shines-a-light-on-the-energy-century/article1328777/

About 3% of cancer research focuses on childhood illness

Cancers in the 0 to 19 age group account for fewer than 1 per cent of all cancer diagnoses but understanding their root causes is essential in fighting the disease
Oct 19, 2009
André Picard
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/about-3-of-cancer-research-focuses-on-childhood-illness/article1329878/

The Nobel Prize: What is it saying to Canadians?

Oct 19, 2009
Dave Machacek
LondonTopic.ca
http://www.londontopic.ca/article.php?artid=16588

On a cost basis, carbon-capture projects are madness

The small reductions gained by staggering per-tonne costs illustrate what every independent analyst knows: The Harper government's 20-per-cent reduction target will not be met
Oct 19, 2009
Jeffrey Simpson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/on-a-cost-basis-carbon-capture-projects-are-madness/article1329825/

New rocket engine could make trips to Mars realistic

Oct 19, 2009
Tom Spears
Canwest News Service
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/rocket+engine+could+make+trips+Mars+realistic/2119300/story.html

Copenhagen climate deal must be fair, ambitious, and binding

Oct 19, 2009
David Suzuki with Faisal Moola
Tillsonburg News
http://www.tillsonburgnews.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2136375

Filmmaker, debunk thyself

Oct 19, 2009
John Moore
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/10/19/john-moore-filmmaker-debunk-thyself.aspx

Clean hands, every day

Oct 19, 2009
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/clean-hands-every-day/article1328736/

'Last chance' to pass greenhouse gas bill before key UN summit: Layton

Oct 19, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jpVztREInBL76IgRoQTYuysaqCig

Ottawa firms receiving 'fair share' of fed research grants

Oct 19, 2009
Peter Kovessy
Ottawa Business Journal
http://www.ottawabusinessjournal.com/321006641083227.php

Workers want AECL to remain Crown firm

Oct 19, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/19/aecl-union.html

Chalk River repairs have $70-million price tag: AECL

52-year-old reactor has been plagued by shutdowns in recent years
Oct 19, 2009
Steve Rennie
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/chalk-river-repairs-have-70-million-price-tag-aecl/article1329937/

N.L. rate of chemo mistakes not alarming: cancer society

Oct 19, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/19/file-cancer-society-191009.html

Bagged salad going under the microscope

Oct 19, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/19/consumer-bagged-salad.html

Survey reveals little progress in Canadian eating habits

Oct 19, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/19/consumer-nutrition-survey.html

Pass climate bill to send message, NDP urges

'Accountability act' could be enacted in time for Copenhagen conference, Layton says
Oct 19, 2009
Richard J. Brennan
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/712363--pass-climate-bill-to-send-message-ndp-urges

HIV vaccine results get closer look

Oct 19, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/19/hiv-vaccine.html

Canada is doing its part to fight climate change - minister

Oct 18, 2009
JIM PRENTICE
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/Canada+doing+part+fight+climate+change+minister/2118449/story.html

Climate change dispute a 'fake debate,' expert says

Oct 18, 2009
CTV.ca News
http://toronto.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20091018/Climate_Debate_091018/20091018/?hub=TorontoNewHome

Harper's inconvenient truth

The prime minister knows cap-and-trade is wrong for Canada and bad for Canadians. He should say it
Oct 18, 2009
LORRIE GOLDSTEIN
Toronto Sun
http://www.torontosun.com/comment/columnists/lorrie_goldstein/2009/10/18/11438451-sun.html

Kids to the Rescue

Canadian youth are doing what they can to clean up an ecological mess they didn't create
Oct 18, 2009
Angelo Dicaro
The Mark
http://www.themarknews.com/articles/588-kids-to-the-rescue

$62m offered toward food research

Oct 18, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Canada/1148152.html

Health Minister Aglukkaq's Road Show

She hit BC to reassure about swine flu. But there was an outbreak of confusion.
Oct 18, 2009
Crawford Kilian
TheTyee.ca
http://thetyee.ca/News/2009/10/18/AglukkaqH1N1/

Hawking gives boost to Perimeter's expansion

Visit by renowned theoretical physicist to herald Waterloo institute's growing role as world leader in research
Oct 17, 2009
Elizabeth Church
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/hawking-gives-boost-to-perimeters-expansion/article1327788/

The free luncher: Exelon

Oct 17, 2009
Lawrence Solomon
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/10/17/the-free-luncher-exelon.aspx

Schools, students squeezed by economic downturn

Province says it is doing what it can to maintain funding, increase spaces
Oct 17, 2009
Keith Gerein
Edmonton Journal
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/business/Schools+students+squeezed+economic+downturn/2116767/story.html

Farmers venturing into brave new world of carbon markets

Provincial programs transforming industry
Oct 17, 2009
Jason Fekete
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/technology/Farmers+venturing+into+brave+world+carbon+markets/2116550/story.html

The death of Canada’s education advantage

Oct 16, 2009
Leo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/margin-notes/the-death-of-canadas-education-advantage/

Investing in innovation will fuel Canada's economic growth

Information technology is the key to improving productivity
Oct 16, 2009
Steve Ballmer
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/investing-in-innovation-will-fuel-canadas-economic-growth/article1327215/

Universities learning how to recruit

With falling enrolment from local areas, students from away fill the empty spots
Oct 16, 2009
TASLEEM MAWJI
Chronicle-Herald
http://thechronicleherald.ca/NovaScotia/1147909.html

Michael Ignatieff should think outside the green box

Following the global-warming herd doesn't show courage – quite the opposite, in fact
Oct 16, 2009
Rex Murphy
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/michael-ignatieff-should-think-outside-the-green-box/article1327161/

Testing testing

Oct 16, 2009
Cassandra Kyle
The StarPhoenix
http://www.thestarphoenix.com/Testing+testing/2109773/story.html

No quick carbon solution: Imperial CEO

CEO sees 100-year span to tame greenhouse gases
Oct 16, 2009
Shaun Polczer
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/quick+carbon+solution+Imperial/2109599/story.html

Alberta shelves annual pap tests

Exam now needed every three years
Oct 16, 2009
Michelle Lang
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/entertainment/Alberta+shelves+annual+tests/2109582/story.html

HPV vaccinations to be completed in some N.B. schools

Oct 16, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/new-brunswick/story/2009/10/16/nb-hpv-vaccine-continues-612.html

Climate change dominoes fall

Oct 16, 2009
Lawrence Solomon
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/10/16/lawrence-solomon-climate-change-dominoes-fall.aspx

Celebrate National Science & Technology Week (NSTW) in Pacific Canada

Oct 16, 2009
BC Innovation Council
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/October2009/16/c7814.html

Bracelets 'ineffective' for arthritis pain

Oct 16, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/16/arthritis-bracelets-copper.html

Officials defend go-slow approach to inoculation

Goal is safe, effective vaccine, minister says
Oct 15, 2009
PATRICK WHITE AND CAROLINE ALPHONSO
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/officials-defend-go-slow-approach-to-inoculation/article1324221/

The duty to be vaccinated

Being vaccinated against H1N1 is the most effective way to save lives. It is the right thing to do.
Oct 15, 2009
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/the-duty-to-be-vaccinated/article1325664/

Limit H1N1 testing: N.L. health authority

Oct 15, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2009/10/15/nl-h1n1-testing-1015.html

B.C. feeling more brunt of H1N1 than other provinces

Oct 15, 2009
AMY O’BRIAN and DARAH HANSEN
VANCOUVER SUN
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/H1N1+virus+hitting+harder+than+rest+Canada/2112666/story.html

The weather exploiters

Radical environmentalist Tim Flannery’s new book contains the usual hysterical pseudo-science. Second in an occasional series titled Countdown to Catastrophe: Copenhagen.
Oct 15, 2009
Peter Foster
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/10/15/peter-foster-the-weather-exploiters.aspx

Marcel Coutu responds to October 16, 2009 Globe & Mail Article

Oct 16, 2009
Marcel Coutu
Canadian Oil Sands Trust
http://www.oilsandsnow.ca/pr091017.html

Allow higher oil sands emissions: CEO

Move would impose greater burden on others, but strict limits on producers would stifle the industry's growth, says head of Canadian Oil Sands Trust
Oct 15, 2009
Shawn McCarthy and Richard Blackwell
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/allow-higher-oil-sands-emissions-ceo/article1325369/

Canadians will get H1N1 shots faster than others: official

Chief public health officer says population should be immunized by Christmas before the virus peaks
Oct 14, 2009
Chinta Puxley
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/canadians-will-get-h1n1-shots-faster-than-others-official/article1323652/

White paper looks at why Canuck tech firms are "disappearing"

Oct 14, 2009
Ottawa Business Journal
http://www.ottawabusinessjournal.com/295648957466126.php

AECL engineers urge Ottawa to protect CANDU technology

Oct 14, 2009
Andrew Mayeda
Canwest News Service
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/AECL+engineers+urge+Ottawa+protect+CANDU+technology/2107755/story.html

H1N1 research gets $2.4M

Oct 14, 2009
Meagan Fitzpatrick
Canwest News Service
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/canada/H1N1+research+gets/2105832/story.html

Time to celebrate National Science and Technology Week

Oct 14, 2009
Dr. Todd Arsenault
Daily Gleaner
http://dailygleaner.canadaeast.com/liveit/article/823475