Friday, January 22, 2010

Poll finds strong support for boosting heath, medical research funding

Follows earlier report from blue-ribbon Science, Technology and Innovation Council that said government support for research in Canada was middling and inadequate
Jan 18, 2010
André Picard
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/poll-finds-strong-support-for-boosting-heath-medical-research-funding/article1434464/
Jan 21, 2010
The Black Hole: Science in Canada - Issues Affecting Trainees
http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2010/01/21/science-policy-in-canada-we-should-be-ashamed%e2%80%a6/
Jan 18, 2010
CTV.ca News
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20100118/research_survey_100118/20100118?hub=TopStoriesV2

Why Research Matters

Health care innovation saves patients' lives and fuels our knowledge economy. It should not be left to chance funding.
Jan 18, 2010
Christopher Paige
The Mark
http://www.themarknews.com/articles/838-why-research-matters
Jan 18, 2010
Donna Spencer
THE CANADIAN PRESS
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/olympics/81992587.html

Win for Ontario in Samsung deal

Jan 22, 2010
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/754143--win-for-ontario-in-samsung-deal
Jan 22, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/01/22/tech-biology-sunflower-genome.html

The ethics of organic farming

Jan 22, 2010
Stephen B. Scharper
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/article/754167--the-ethics-of-organic-farming

The raw milk debate

Jan 22, 2010
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/754153--the-raw-milk-debate
Jan 22, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/01/21/raw-milk-trial.html
Never give up on quitting, says researcher
Jan 22, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/01/22/lung-cancer-smoking.html
The Liberals would stand out by presenting clear environmental policies to Canadians
Jan 21, 2010
Désirée McGraw
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/article/753595--climate-change-a-problem-in-desperate-need-of-leadership
Jan 21, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/01/21/ontario-energy.html
Controversial agreement gives South Korean consortium access to energy market with promise of thousands of jobs for Ontario
Jan 21, 2010
Robert Benzie & Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/ontario/article/753816--mcguinty-heralds-samsung-green-energy-deal
Red Chris project gets green light to proceed
Jan 21, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/01/21/bc-red-chris-mine-supreme-court.html

Carbon credit trading no fraud

Re: The Next Big Scam: CO2, Patricia Adams, Jan. 13.
Jan 21, 2010
Konrad Mech
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2010/01/21/fp-letters-carbon-credit-trading-no-fraud.aspx
Jan 21, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/01/21/tech-un-climate-glacier.html

UN panel 'regrets' exaggeration

Climate change; Himalayan melt not as fast as stated
Jan 21, 2010
Reuters
http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/panel+regrets+exaggeration/2466207/story.html
A mistaken claim about glaciers raises questions about the UN’s climate panel
Jan 21, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/sciencetechnology/displayStory.cfm?story_id=15328534
Jan 21, 2010
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/01/21/pfoa-coating-thyroid.html
Jan 21, 2010
Sheryl Ubelacker
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5hfjCjq24ebGsuLk9KAs4dlJENcCQ

Milk given the raw deal?

Jan 21, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/01/27/f-health-raw-milk.html
Jan 21, 2010
Pauline Tam
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/health/Some+full+body+scanners+without+cancer+risk+experts/2469724/story.html
Reducing salt in the Canadian diet should be as much of a public-health priority as cutting obesity
Jan 21, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/the-pillar-of-salt-can-be-knocked-down/article1439760/
Jan 21, 2010
Jason Warick
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Canada+infant+mortality+rate+highest+Saskatchewan/2469882/story.html
Jan 21, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/01/21/c-difficile-treatment.html

The Economy of the Future

Climate policy is increasingly about economics and new energy technologies. What will Canada's place be in the green economy?
Jan 20, 2010
Alex Wood
The Mark
http://www.themarknews.com/articles/855-the-economy-of-the-future

Right Decision, Wrong Reasons

Insite is saved for now, but proponents of the safe injection site will have to do more than emphasize scientific studies if they want to make real headway
Jan 20, 2010
Patrick Fafard
The Mark
http://www.themarknews.com/articles/857-right-decision-wrong-reasons
Jan 20, 2010
Sarah Schmidt
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/health/Health+Canada+opens+door+more+vitamins+minerals+foods/2464882/story.html
Now that it has been confirmed that Canadian flax has been contaminated with the genetically modified variety called Triffid, taken off the market in 2001, Canadian flax growers are scrambling to find a market for their product.
Jan 20, 2010
Stephanie Dearing
Digital Journal
http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/286058
Jan 20, 2010
Margaret Munro
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/technology/Blame+Asia+some+North+America+growing+ozone+pollution+study/2464588/story.html
Jan 20, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/01/20/tech-ozone-america-asia.html
Jan 20, 2010
Kelly McParland
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2010/01/20/dealing-with-the-copenhagen-deniers.aspx
Jan 20, 2010
Richard Foot
Canwest News Service
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=2465231
Jan 19, 2010
Dave Cooper
Edmonton Journal
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Surmont+oilsands+expansion+given+green+light/2459351/story.html
Construction to start this year
Jan 19, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2010/01/19/surmont-oilsands-to-expand.html
Jan 19, 2010
Mike De Souza
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/technology/Federal+government+takes+second+look+benefits+biofuels/2460641/story.html

How the WHO overshot on H1N1

There was no conspiracy – just an inability to adapt to changing circumstances
Jan 19, 2010
Richard Schabas and Neil Rau
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/how-the-who-overshot-on-h1n1/article1436739/
North American weather extremes take toll on migratory insects whose colonies in Mexico were already in decline
Jan 19, 2010
MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/monarch-butterfly-count-at-a-record-low/article1435827/
Jan 19, 2010
Stephen Murgatroyd
Troy Media
http://www.troymedia.com/?p=7409

Price fixing

Why it is important to put a price on nature
Jan 18, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/world/international/displayStory.cfm?story_id=15321193
Hitching the economy to dirty oil production turns our dollar into a petro-loonie, which hurts manufacturing
Jan 18, 2010
Gillian McEachern & Matt Price
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/article/751926--manufacturing-in-trouble-you-can-thank-the-tar-sands
Jan 18, 2010
Sarah Schmidt
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/life/Health+Canada+slow+lead+filled+children+jewelry/2456638/story.html

R&D will keep Chalk on top

Innovation: Fredericton company among those relying on research to stay ahead of the pack
Jan 18, 2010
John Pollack
Telegraph-Journal
http://nbbusinessjournal.canadaeast.com/journal/article/923802
Jan 18, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/01/18/obese-screening-children.html
Jan 18, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/01/18/diabetes-aboriginal.html
Offshore turbines would spawn huge industry that has potential of outpacing entrenched generators such as nuclear, hydro, developer says
Jan 18, 2010
Richard Blackwell
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/lakes-wind-could-power-ontario-report/article1435455/

Quebec's green machines

Jan 15, 2010
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/story.html?id=2443408
Jan 15, 2010
Scott Simpson
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/thewest/government+approves+controversial+Prosperity+mine+project/2442564/story.html

AECL's fork in the road

Jan 15, 2010
Susan Lunn
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/politics/insidepolitics/2010/01/aecls-fork-in-the-road.html
John Mighton isn't a teacher, but the mathematician's methods could help regular students become more fluent in math
Jan 15, 2010
Anne McIlroy
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/program-could-help-kids-get-jump-start-in-math/article1433199/

And the real sinkhole is...

Jan 14, 2010
Lynne Bezanson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/letters-to-the-editor/and-the-real-sinkhole-is/article1431827/
Public health efforts should focus on trying to encourage Canadians to improve their cardiovascular health
Jan 14, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/canadas-alleged-obesity-epidemic/article1431756/
What the PM's little announcement in Rivière-du-Loup really means
Jan 12, 2010
Jeffrey Simpson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/canadians-like-the-things-that-produce-pollution/article1428877/
Sunday, January 17, 2010

Call for a bigger vision

Science in Canada cannot realize its full potential without clear direction from government
Jan 14, 2010
Nature
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v463/n7278/full/463135a.html

Producing more PhDs

Jan 11, 2010
Leo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/margin-notes/producing-more-phds
Report recommends time limit on postdoctoral training
Jan 11, 2010
Rosanna Tamburri
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/canadian-survey-postdocs.aspx
Preston Manning has been a knowledgeable supporter of science for years
Jan 11, 2010
Daniel Mccabe
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/manning-an-unlikely-ally-for-universities.aspx

Canada needs a polar policy

A lack of coordination in Arctic research funding leaves scientists without the support they need for fieldwork. John England outlines how Canada can set things right, and show leadership in the north.
Jan 14, 2010
John England
Nature
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v463/n7278/full/463159a.html
Jan 13, 2010
Bob Weber
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5gpniNCHdszW0AL7fhSwW78p76XxA
Jan 13, 2010
Margaret Munro
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/technology/Arctic+researchers+frozen+funding+scientist/2437949/story.html
Jan 13, 2010
John Bowman
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/01/13/tech-arctic-polar-research.html
As hospitals scramble for philanthropic dollars, many fear that only pharmaceutical firms will have pockets deep enough for trials
Jan 16, 2010
LISA PRIEST
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/cancer-studies-face-national-funding-crisis/article1433644/
Jan 11, 2010
Bruce Cheadle
THE CANADIAN PRESS
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/greenpage/environment/81182202.html
Jan 12, 2010
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/opinion/letters/shortsighted+save+little+money/2431133/story.html

Funds needed to stay on top

Jan 11, 2010
SHARON LEM
QMI AGENCY
http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2010/01/11/12416201-sun.html
Jan 11, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/01/11/con-mine-geothermal.html
Jan 13, 2010
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/business/article/749960--ottawa-chips-in-58-million-for-clean-tech-innovations

Taxing Issues

Quebec culture, special interest groups to blame for slow pace of reform at cash-strapped universities
Jan 9, 2010
Giuseppe Valiante
Financial Post
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/fp/Taxing+Issues+Reform+happening+slowly+cash+strapped+Quebec+universities/2422520/story.html
Jan 12, 2010
Eric McGuinness
Hamilton Spectator
http://www.thespec.com/News/BreakingNews/article/703598
Jan 14, 2010
Canadian Research Knowledge Network
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/January2010/14/c8778.html
Supermarket fined $3,500 for selling a live bighead carp that could endanger native fish
Jan 16, 2010
Ann Hui
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/751564--invasion-of-the-bighead-carp-has-ontario-scared
Jan 15, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/01/15/bc-court-ruling-safe-injection-site-vancouver.html
Health authorities cannot 'sit back,' Fukuda says
Jan 15, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/01/15/h1n1-pandemic-who.html
Jan 15, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/01/15/h1n1-economic-impact-hours-worked.html
Jan 15, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/01/15/h1n1-who-us-canada.html
Jan 15, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/01/15/hpv-infections-new-couples.html
Jan 15, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/01/15/smoking-finland.html
Jan 15, 2010
Randy Boswell
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/technology/Paleontologists+concerned+about+mining+company+Arctic+project/2446342/story.html
Biggest Canadian pilot project
Jan 15, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/01/15/montreal-electric-car-quebec-mitsubishi.html
Jan 15, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/01/15/pei-wind-power-projects-584.html
Jan 14, 2010
Meagan Fitzpatrick
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Tackling+obesity+require+anti+smoking+style+approach+Canada+doctor/2442097/story.html
Jan 14, 2010
Sharon Hill
The Windsor Star
http://www.canada.com/technology/More+preparation+needed+climate+change+says+Phillips/2442885/story.html
Jan 14, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/01/13/canadian-car.html
Critics claim agency colluded with makers of vaccine
Jan 14, 2010
Caroline Alphonso
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/who-fights-back-over-criticism-that-it-exaggerated-h1n1-threat/article1431667/
Jan 14, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2010/01/14/consumer-pesticide-ban.html
Jan 14, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2010/01/14/chalk-river-isotopes.html
Jan 14, 2010
Lawrence Solomon
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2010/01/14/lawrence-solomon-australia-may-be-backing-away-from-cap-and-trade.aspx
Food, climate or toys: Policy implications enter into every stage of risk assessment
Jan 14, 2010
Ronald L. Doering
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2010/01/14/don-t-be-fooled-science-is-always-politicized-160.aspx

The new inquisition

In a new collection of essays, Post columnist Rex Murphy defends climate change heretics from David Suzuki
Jan 14, 2010
Rex Murphy
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2010/01/14/rex-murphy-the-new-inquisition.aspx
According to a landmark new study, we’re less fit in almost every way than we were 28 years ago. How did this happen – and what can we do about it?
Jan 13, 2010
André Picard
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/fat-nation-canadians-are-heavier-wider-weaker/article1430315/
Jan 13, 2010
Helen Branswell
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5gVB3NH3D7S2U3Qn-1e2OvnCCVDcA
Vehicles produce more emissions, according to Environment Canada
Jan 12, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2010/01/12/conference-board-oilsands.html
Jan 12, 2010
Paul Ekins
Special to the Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/opinion/Global+lessons+building+carbon+economy/2431456/story.html
The widely used plastic-making compound has already been labelled toxic by Health Canada and removed from baby bottles
Jan 12, 2010
Martin Mittelstaedt
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/low-amount-of-bpa-can-increase-cardiac-risk-by-45-per-cent-study-finds/article1428929/
Jan 12, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5j5u07YiMEmAnXSkSauLFb6pr00ag
StatsCan to release national survey that took physical measurements of Canadians
Jan 12, 2010
Sharon Kirkey
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Doctor+weighs+obesity+ahead+Statistics+Canada+survey+release/2433478/story.html

We just keep getting fatter

Jan 12, 2010
MINDELLE JACOBS
Edmonton Sun
http://www.edmontonsun.com/news/columnists/mindelle_jacobs/2010/01/12/12440666.html
Jan 12, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/01/11/tv-watching-premature-death-heart-disease.html

WHO to examine its H1N1 response

Jan 12, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/01/12/h1n1-who.html
Jan 12, 2010
CHRISTINA SPENCER
Toronto Sun
http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2010/01/12/12439436.html
Putting voluntary bite on sodium
Jan 12, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/01/11/salt-new-york-food-health.html
Jan 12, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/01/12/green-touch-network-communications.html
Jan 11, 2010
Laura Stone
Canwest News Service
http://www.nationalpost.com/story.html?id=2426327
Jan 11, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/01/11/isotopes-chalk-river-doctors.html
Jan 11, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/01/11/baffin-caribou.html
Jan 11, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/01/11/hiv-resistance-bc.html
Jan 11, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/01/11/hepatitis-institute-medicine-us.html
Jan 11, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/01/11/medical-pot-new-jersey.html
Jan 11, 2010
Sarah Schmidt
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Canadian+infant+formula+crackdown+fails+make+baby+steps+Internal+documents/2429668/story.html
Jan 11, 2010
Michael Geist
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/sciencetech/technology/lawbytes/article/748958--geist-ottawa-pulls-own-internet-hoax
Researchers say China may be the country to make significant discoveries in regenerative therapies
Jan 11, 2010
SHARON LEM
QMI AGENCY
http://www.torontosun.com/news/world/2010/01/11/12416196-sun.html
Six young killers whales born in the past year returns endangered population back to 2007 levels
Jan 11, 2010
ROD MICKLEBURGH
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/surprise-baby-boomlet-lifts-bcs-orca-pods/article1426431/
Analysis shows environment minister nearly matched by calls to Clement
Jan 10, 2010
Glen McGregor
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/life/Prentice+leads+contact+with+lobbyists/2425569/story.html

'It's like a death watch'

Environmentalists say Canada is dithering despite clear evidence showing many species in decline
Jan 10, 2010
Ed Struzik
Edmonton Journal
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/opinion/like+death+watch/2425928/story.html
Friday, January 8, 2010

Canada lags in graduating PhDs: report

However Conference Board of Canada's annual report card awards an ‘A' for overall education
Jan 6, 2010
Anna Mehler Paperny
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/canada-lags-in-graduating-phds-report/article1420406/
Jan 7, 2010
Mark Iype
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/business/Education+Canada+scores+despite+failures/2411425/story.html
Jan 5, 2010
Denise Balkissoon
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/746546--report-gives-canada-improved-grade-in-education
Jan 7, 2010
Margaret Munro
Canwest News Service
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=2416860
Celebrating the 350th anniversary of the birth of modern science
Jan 7, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/world/britain/displayStory.cfm?story_id=15214028
Environment Canada documents take aim at assessment by natural resources department
Jan 8, 2010
Mike De Souza
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Oilsands+study+slanted+toward+report/2419609/story.html
Jan 8, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/01/08/consumer-hydrogen-buses-whistler-olympics.html
Sales of once-neglected nutrient eclipse those of vitamin C for the first time, suppliers say
Jan 8, 2010
Martin Mittelstaedt and Anna Mehler Paperny
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/d-is-the-new-c-sunshine-vitamin-is-suddenly-hot/article1423352/
Jan 8, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/01/08/tech-space-earth-like-planets.html
Jan 8, 2010
Reuters
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Report+calls+research+nanoparticles+food/2420561/story.html

H1N1 death toll hits 12,799: WHO

Jan 8, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/01/08/h1n1-who.html
Jan 8, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/01/08/bird-count-algonquin-park.html
Jan 7, 2010
Steve Rennie
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5iK6dGo9A5A92hdNEIM2u0qA8xlrQ
Jan 7, 2010
Reuters
http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE6065BU20100107?sp=true

Climate change: No hiding place?

The betting is that 2010 will be the hottest year on record. But understanding how the planet’s temperature changes is still a challenge to science
Jan 7, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/sciencetechnology/displayStory.cfm?story_id=15211377
Jan 7, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/01/07/hospital-infections.html
Jan 7, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/01/06/obesity-smoking-public-health.html
Jan 7, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/01/07/nl-moose-cull-107.html
Jan 7, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/01/07/swine-flu-us.html
Jan 7, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/01/07/tech-climate-winter-weather.html
Jan 7, 2010
Bob Weber
The Canadian Press
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/747290--canada-s-arctic-meltdown-grows-at-alarming-pace
Jan 7, 2010
JEFFREY SIMPSON
Chronicle-Herald
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Front/9014722.html

The carp invasion

Jan 7, 2010
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/747139--the-carp-invasion
Jan 7, 2010
PETER WORTHINGTON
Toronto Sun
http://www.torontosun.com/comment/2010/01/07/12374261-sun.html

The green gadflys

Jan 7, 2010
Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2010/01/07/steven-d-levitt-and-stephen-j-dubner-the-green-gadflys.aspx
Jan 6, 2010
Gloria Galloway
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/blogs/bureau-blog/canadians-discontent-with-pms-climate-performance/article1420791/
Jan 6, 2010
Allison Cross
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/health/Obesity+surpasses+smoking+health+threat+study/2411688/story.html
The more roommates you have during a hospital stay, the greater your risk of acquiring a dangerous infectious disease
Jan 6, 2010
ANDRÉ PICARD
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/private-hospital-rooms-lower-risk-of-c-difficile/article1420448/
Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq says 5 million doses will be shipped south starting this week; Mexico to replenish Canada's supply by end of March
Jan 6, 2010
Caroline Alphonso
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/canada-lending-h1n1-vaccine-to-mexico/article1420935/
Probe finds contamination; dairy says milk safe
Jan 6, 2010
KAREN MOXLEY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/discard-raw-milk-from-home-on-the-range-public-urged/article1420423/

More grist for the mind

Jan 6, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/more-grist-for-the-mind/article1420430/
Jan 6, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2010/01/06/arctic-oil-map.html
Jan 5, 2010
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/story.html?id=2405697

Daunting view on aging

Jan 5, 2010
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/745916--daunting-view-on-aging
Jan 5, 2010
Randy Boswell
Canwest News Service
http://www2.canada.com/topics/technology/science/story.html?id=2408392

Demand soars for vitamin D

Jan 5, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/01/04/vitamin-d.html

China's growth is Canada's gain

Chinese companies are banging on the door of Canadian resource companies as they hunt for materials for their growing society, and that theme is expected to echo loudly in the years to come
Jan 5, 2010
Paul Sullivan
Special to the Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/e-zines/trade-by-numbers/chinas-growth-is-canadas-gain/article1419888/
Jan 5, 2010
JENN WATT
QMI AGENCY
http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2246814
Some countries remain on high alert but Canada is seeing less flu activity than normal for this time of year
Jan 5, 2010
Caroline Alphonso
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/h1n1-swine-flu/even-as-flu-cases-fall-no-downside-to-vaccine-doctors-say/article1420158/

The cool down in climate polls

World opinion on global warming is now as muddled as the science
Jan 5, 2010
Terence Corcoran
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2010/01/05/the-cool-down-in-climate-polls.aspx

Children's place in the queue

By the time the vaccine reached young Canadians, it was next to useless
Jan 4, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/childrens-place-in-the-queue/article1417806/
Jan 4, 2010
Sharon Kirkey
Canwest News Service
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=2405291
What some provinces consider standard treatment isn't offered to patients in other parts of the country
Jan 4, 2010
Lisa Priest
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/unequal-access-to-cancer-drugs-creates-postal-code-lottery/article1418818/
Monday, January 4, 2010

Senate hearings on PSE shut down

Jan 4, 2010
Leo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/margin-notes/senate-hearings-on-pse-shut-down
He set the pace for great Canadian research
Jan 1, 2010
André Picard
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/decade/decade-nation-builder/anthony-pawson/article1416800/
Their BlackBerry's best application was philanthropy
Jan 1, 2010
Omar El Akkad
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/decade/decade-nation-builder/jim-balsillie-and-mike-lazaridis/article1416825/
With signs pointing to recovery, the Industry Minister shares his thoughts on making Canada more innovative and competitive going forward
Dec 27, 2009
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/clement-on-canada-and-competitiveness/article1413004/
Jan 2, 2010
Grace Macaluso
The Windsor Star
http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/Researchers+help+autos+lose+weight/2399755/story.html
Jan 4, 2010
Michael Geist
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/sciencetech/technology/article/745444--geist-the-10-players-who-will-shape-technology-law

Innovation breeds optimism

Jan 4, 2010
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/business/cleanbreak/article/745442--hamilton-innovation-breeds-optimism
Jan 4, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/01/04/dementia-costs-aging-canada.html

Autism 'leaky gut' rejected

Jan 4, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/01/04/autism-diet-digestion.html

HIV travel ban lifted in U.S.

Jan 4, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/01/04/hiv-aids-travel-ban.html
Jan 4, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/01/04/tech-space-mars-rover-spirit.html
Technique best suited to power plants and industry, not oilsands, says Stefan Bachu
Jan 2, 2010
Dave Cooper
Edmonton Journal
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/technology/Myths+carbon+capture+challenge+Alberta+expert/2398747/story.html
Jan 2, 2010
Larry Pynn
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/opinion/Food+lobbyists+blamed+squelching+nutrition+bill/2398099/story.html
Pregnant women got advance prescriptions
Jan 2, 2010
Lisa Priest
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/how-canadas-h1n1-plan-delivered-for-mothers/article1416893/
Jan 2, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20100102/us_oilsands_100102/20100102?hub=Canada
Daring plan to barter NB Power for greener power upsets Newfoundland, may thwart regional alliance
Jan 2, 2010
Michael Tutton
The Canadian Press
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/744996--premier-adamant-on-tying-energy-future-to-quebec
Jan 2, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/01/02/britain-drinking.html
Jan 2, 2010
MARKUS ERMISCH
SUN MEDIA
http://www.edmontonsun.com/money/2010/01/02/12324096-sun.html

Sensible strings attached

Jan 1, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/sensible-strings-attached/article1416485/

Canada's dirty nuclear secret

A serious warning that Canadians should know about first-hand
Jan 1, 2010
Neil Reynolds
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/columnists/neil-reynolds/canadas-dirty-nuclear-secret/article1416520/
Dec 31, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/12/31/h1n1-canada-us-who.html
Dec 31, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/12/31/pregnancy-drugs-safety-fda.html
Dec 31, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/12/31/ns-water-parasite.html
Researchers made faulty assumptions, regulator responds
Dec 30, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/12/30/heart-devices-safety-fda.html
Dec 30, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/12/30/jrp-mackenzie-pipeline.html

Greener oil sands, greener planet

Canada must lead the evolution to a low carbon future
Dec 30, 2009
Satya Das
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/greener-oil-sands-greener-planet/article1415227/
A wrap-up of 2009's medical highlights, low points and emerging trends to watch in 2010
Dec 30, 2009
Paul Taylor
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/new-year/the-obama-effect-and-the-year-in-medicine/article1415223/
Dec 30, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/12/30/h1n1-children-spread.html

Climate change: Planet B

How the underwhelming Copenhagen accord could yet turn into a useful document
Dec 30, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/opinion/displayStory.cfm?story_id=15174523
Better sewage treatment is the latest thing in clean energy
Dec 30, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/sciencetechnology/displayStory.cfm?story_id=15172621
In the war against climate change, peasants are in the front line
Dec 30, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/world/international/displayStory.cfm?story_id=15179766
Lack of consensus on whether the 270-metre asteroid will hit Earth on its first flyby in 2029
Dec 30, 2009
VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV
The Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/russia-may-send-spacecraft-to-knock-away-asteroid/article1414918/
Rules will gradually lower greenhouse gas emission ceiling for cars
Dec 29, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/12/29/quebec-adopts-california-emissions-standards.html
Dec 29, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/12/29/swine-flu.html
Dec 29, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/12/29/ginkgo-memory-aging.html
Dec 29, 2009
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Industry-Canada-1096236.html
Dec 29, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5iOjiQMijY_CyeoFIuRzTBYeWucyA
Dec 29, 2009
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Industry-Canada-1096261.html
Dec 28, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/12/28/disinfectants-superbugs.html