Ottawa calls inquiry into collapse of sockeye fishery

Answers sought after about 9 million B.C. salmon disappear
Nov 6, 2009
David Akin
Canwest News Service
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Ottawa+calls+inquiry+into+collapse+sockeye+fishery/2193016/story.html

Justice to head Fraser River salmon inquiry

Nov 6, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/11/06/bc-cohen-fraser-salmon-inquiry-vancouver.html

H1N1 overplayed by media, public health: MDs

Nov 6, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/11/06/h1n1-media.html

Caribbean, Gulf spared widespread coral damage

Nov 6, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/11/06/tech-biology-caribbean-coral.html

The planet's lonely optimist

Matt Ridley makes the case that humans have been doing quite well - for the past 50,000 years at least
Nov 6, 2009
Neil Reynolds
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/commentary/the-planets-lonely-optimist/article1353390/

Canada needs two vaccine suppliers, Ottawa admits

Official says 'there is no debate' about enlisting more than one flu-shot manufacturer in future pandemics to avoid current delivery delays
Nov 6, 2009
DANIEL LEBLANC AND PAUL WALDIE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/h1n1-swine-flu/canada-needs-two-vaccine-suppliers-ottawa-admits/article1353348/

Burning dead wood in forests won't help climate, expert says

Nov 6, 2009
Hanneke Brooymans
Edmonton Journal
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/technology/Burning+dead+wood+forests+help+climate+expert+says/2191703/story.html

Prison hep C problem will cost millions, MPs told

Nov 6, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/11/06/hepatitisc-prison-health-care.html

UNSM hears of future sea level rise

Municipalities’ representatives in Halifax for conference
Nov 6, 2009
MICHAEL LIGHTSTONE
Chronicle-Herald
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Metro/1151365.html

The case against action on climate change

Nov 6, 2009
Rudyard Griffiths
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/11/06/rudyard-griffiths-the-case-against-action-on-climate-change.aspx

From Berlin to Copenhagen

Nov 6, 2009
Peter Foster
Financial Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/story.html?id=2191954

H1N1 hospital admissions, deaths up three-fold: health officials

Canada's chief public health officer cautions against thinking worst is over, saying: ‘until people are either immunized or become ill this could go on and will go on for several months yet'
Nov 5, 2009
Caroline Alphonso
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/h1n1-hospital-admissions-deaths-up-three-fold-health-officials/article1352508/

Drug safety provisions in US and Europe outshine Canada

Nov 5, 2009
CMAJ
http://www.cmaj.ca/earlyreleases/05nov09_risk.shtml

McGill removes research regulation

Senators critical of McGill’s stance on military research and anonymous funding
Nov 5, 2009
Stephanie Law
McGill Daily
http://mcgilldaily.com/articles/22341

Oshawa cracks Maclean's annual university list

School cited for grants, spending on services
Nov 5, 2009
Jennifer Yang
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/721412--oshawa-cracks-maclean-s-annual-university-list?bn=1

Climate change and public opinion: (Not yet) marching as to war

Even as politicians and protesters gear up for a fateful climate-change meeting in Denmark, some of their fellow citizens have little stomach for a fight
Nov 5, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/world/international/displayStory.cfm?story_id=14807107

Climate change: For peat's sake, stop

The world’s wetlands are big sources of greenhouse gases
Nov 5, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/sciencetechnology/displayStory.cfm?story_id=14793393

Nanobiotechnology: Seeding the seeds

Carbon nanotubes find an unusual use as fertilisers
Nov 5, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/sciencetechnology/displayStory.cfm?story_id=14793403

Agriculture and satellites: Harvest moon

Artificial satellites are helping farmers boost crop yields
Nov 5, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/sciencetechnology/displayStory.cfm?story_id=14793411

‘Largest tax increase in world history’

Despite huge spending, it has not been proved that the human effect on the climate is significant
Nov 5, 2009
Václav Klaus
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/11/05/v-225-clav-klaus-largest-tax-increase-in-world-history.aspx

H1N1 vaccine safe after millions of doses: WHO

Nov 5, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/11/05/h1n1-who.html

Pushing the drug policy envelope

Nov 4, 2009
MINDELLE JACOBS
Winnipeg Sun
http://www.winnipegsun.com/comment/columnists/mindelle_jacobs/2009/11/04/11628296-sun.html

Flax situation underscores science vs. philosophy conflict

Nov 4, 2009
Kevin Hursh
The StarPhoenix
http://www.thestarphoenix.com/business/Flax+situation+underscores+science+philosophy+conflict/2181762/story.html

It’s a dirty business — the new gold rush that is blackening Canada’s name

Nov 4, 2009
Ben Webster
The Times
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/natural_resources/article6902006.ece

Canada ranked 25th in world infant mortality

Nov 4, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/11/04/infant-mortality-canada.html

H1N1 fears cause boom in natural medicine

Nov 4, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/11/04/nb-natural-medicine-h1n1-652.html

On H1N1, Canada is a jurisdictional mishmash

The structure of our federation means that, as with the national outbreak of swine flu, cracks form between the levels of government
Nov 4, 2009
John Ibbitson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/h1n1-swine-flu/on-h1n1-canada-is-a-jurisdictional-mishmash/article1351466/

What's scarier to Al Gore than global warming? Solving it

Nov 4, 2009
Kevin Libin
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/11/04/kevin-libin-what-s-scarier-than-global-warming-solving-it.aspx

Second-hand smoke linked to breast cancer: International study

Nov 4, 2009
Allison Cross
Canwest News Service
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/health/Second+hand+smoke+linked+breast+cancer+International+study/2184489/story.html

Quebec’s “Days of Knowledge”

Nov 3, 2009
Leo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/margin-notes/quebecs-days-of-knowledge

Our leaders need to be led

Nov 3, 2009
Rebecca Tarbotton
Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/leaders+need/2175150/story.html

Vancouver Olympics push for carbon-neutral status

Nov 3, 2009
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Vancouver+Olympics+push+carbon+neutral+status/2179044/story.html

Environmental rules more lax on reserves than off: audit

Nov 3, 2009
Steve Rennie
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5iak0qyD2OSoMV3PJBFEt_h-7aA5w

UN says climate deal unlikely

When 192 countries meet in Copenhagen next month, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warns it won't result in a Kyoto successor
Nov 3, 2009
Peter Griffiths
Reuters
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/un-says-climate-deal-unlikely/article1349585/

3,000 rally for bolder climate change policy

Power Shift summit and Fill the Hill rally target Canada’s role at December’s Copenhagen talks
Nov 3, 2009
Toby Davine
McGill Daily
http://mcgilldaily.com/articles/22201

Arctic surveillance research moves ahead

Nov 3, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2009/11/02/northern-watch.html

Did Canada botch the vaccine rollout?

Nov 3, 2009
Tom Blackwell
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/most-popular/story.html?id=2174227

Piecemeal Tory approach puts ecosystems at risk: report

Nov 3, 2009
Mike De Souza
Canwest News Service
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=2179050

Global endangered species list grows

Nov 3, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/11/03/tech-biology-endangered-species.html

Urgency from feds still lacking

From the beginning of the H1N1 pandemic there has been a calm, verging at times on complacency, from federal officials
Nov 2, 2009
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/urgency-from-feds-still-lacking/article1349010/

Tories slammed for bad decisions, poor communications on H1N1 vaccine

'The communications have been terrible,' says Liberal MP Carolyn Bennett
Nov 2, 2009
TIM NAUMETZ
The Hill Times
http://www.thehilltimes.ca/page/view/tories_slammed_h1n1-11-2-2009

Kilimanjaro glaciers could go within decades

Nov 2, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/11/02/tech-climate-kilimanjaro-glacier.html

The models are unreal

We are sleepwalking into some of the most disruptive and costly energy-policy misadventures since the National Energy Plan of the 1970s without the Conservatives having published a single estimate of the economic consequences
Nov 2, 2009
Ross McKitrick
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/11/02/ross-mckitrick-the-models-are-unreal.aspx

David Suzuki: a man of science revealed

Move over Al Gore. The Canadian scientist and broadcaster is moving to the big screen, shooting a feature documentary about his life and ideas
Nov 2, 2009
Marsha Lederman
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/movies/david-suzuki-a-man-of-science-revealed/article1347719/

Tricks of the trade

Can the world stop governments from paying for the over-exploitation of fish?
Nov 2, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/world/international/displayStory.cfm?story_id=14788199

Canada hopes to soon end canola dispute with China

Nov 2, 2009
Rod Nickel
Reuters
http://ca.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idCATRE5A13G120091102?sp=true

Canadian concern over climate change plummeting

Nov 2, 2009
Lawrence Solomon
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/11/02/lawrence-solomon-canadian-concern-over-climate-change-plummeting.aspx

PhDs should run for office to push policy

Stick to research or get into politics -- but not both
Nov 2, 2009
Jon Ferry
The Province
http://www.theprovince.com/health/PhDs+should+office+push+policy/2171930/story.html

Are meat eaters killing the planet? It's hard to say

We can't stop global warming if we can't agree on its main causes
Nov 2, 2009
Margaret Wente
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/are-meat-eaters-killing-the-planet-its-hard-to-say/article1348702/

Should boys get the HPV shot?

In lots of countries, males get the vaccine. It’s not approved here.
Nov 2, 2009
Kate Lunau
Macleans
http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/02/should-boys-get-the-hpv-shot/

$39B needed to cut child pneumonia deaths: UN

Nov 2, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/11/02/pneumonia-children-un.html

Malaria talks focus on vaccine

Nov 1, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/11/01/malaria-conference-kenya.html

Health Canada demands cash on the barrelhead for government grass

Oct 31, 2009
Dean Beeby
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5hJ24bU8vGSV_rije4xMncH-Gxq0g

Separating partisanship from technology

Oct 30, 2009
Burton Richter
Washington Post
http://views.washingtonpost.com/pundits/contestants/burton.richter/2009/10/getting_partisanship_out_of_technology.html