Sunday, February 21, 2010

Ottawa neglects key role of science

Feb 20, 2010
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/article/767756--ottawa-neglects-key-role-of-science
In the coming decade, government will need to resume a pro-active role in governance
Feb 16, 2010
David Mitchell
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/where-have-all-the-policy-makers-gone/article1470244/

30 Years in Science

Secular Movements in Knowledge Creation
Feb 17, 2009
Eric Archambault
Science-Metrix
http://www.science-metrix.com/30years-Paper.pdf
Feb 17, 2010
Leo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/margin-notes/the-link-between-higher-ed-and-a-career/
Feb 17, 2010
Cheryl Croucher
Troy Media
http://www.troymedia.com/?p=8316
Manufacturing plant was to be centrepiece of Ottawa, Gates Foundation partnership
Feb 20, 2010
ELIZABETH CHURCH
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/aids-vaccine-project-officially-cancelled/article1475452/
Feb 20, 2010
Canwest News Service
http://www.kelowna.com/2010/02/20/green-jobs-abound-in-public-sector-stimulus-funding-boosts-environmental-job-prospects/
Feb 18, 2010
Karin Zeitvogel
AFP
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iCqLFWdubHvR1ynsFPzkPs0QUeQA
Drops 27 per cent in 2009
Feb 17, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/02/17/venture-capital-falls.html
Feb 21, 2010
The Black Hole: Science in Canada - Issues Affecting Trainees
http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2010/02/21/the-least-work-principle-and-catalysing-from-complacency/
Feb 18, 2010
The Black Hole: Science in Canada - Issues Affecting Trainees
http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2010/02/18/knowledge-translation-and-collaboration-with-community/
Researchers to map energy potential of North
Feb 17, 2010
Dan Healing
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/energy-resources/Funds+fuel+Arctic+exploration/2575254/story.html
Feb 18, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/02/18/sk-snake-grant-1002.html

A green federal budget?

Feb 21, 2010
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/768488--a-green-federal-budget
Feb 21, 2010
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/767748--nuclear-questions-left-unanswered

Canada still not toilet trained

Feb 21, 2010
Toronto Sun
http://www.torontosun.com/comment/editorial/2010/02/19/12952436.html

Science peers at Haiti's heart

Seismic stations monitor plates. Odds of another major quake hitting Port-au-Prince by 2060 are 50-50
Feb 20, 2010
MARGARET MUNRO
Canwest News Service
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Science+peers+Haiti+heart/2589060/story.html
On climate change, state leaders are just as divided as their Canadian counterparts
Feb 19, 2010
Konrad Yakabuski
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/premiers-governors-share-common-ground/article1473842/
Fishing: Aquaculture industry would also like to know how pesticide ended up in bay
Feb 19, 2010
Derwin Gowan
Telegraph-Journal
http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/city/article/959258
Feb 19, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/new-brunswick/story/2010/02/19/nb-aquaculture-industry-thompson-doucet-631.html

Green project head cries foul

Feds favour Quebec initiatives, says environmental group president
Feb 19, 2010
GORDON DELANEY
Chronicle-Herald
http://thechronicleherald.ca/NovaScotia/1168304.html

RIM hit with more patent woes

Feb 19, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/02/19/rim-motorola-kodak-patent.html
Feb 19, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/02/18/pregnancy-drug-safety-guidelines-canada.html
Feb 19, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/02/19/pei-vitamin-d-tests-584.html
Feb 19, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/02/19/food-colouring-label-changes-health-canada.html
Feb 19, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/02/19/hiv-vaccine-research-bid-winnipeg.html

Faith in fission

Environmentalism is the religion of the left, but many on the right blindly follow a misguided dogma of their own
Feb 19, 2010
Lawrence Solomon
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2010/02/19/lawrence-solomon-faith-in-fission.aspx

Denial not just for the deniers

Feb 19, 2010
Peter Foster
Financial Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/columnists/story.html?id=f78d8107-32e8-4228-a7a5-25fb730ed844
Feb 18, 2010
The Health Monitor
http://radiographyschools.org/?page_id=84
Feb 18, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/02/18/ns-women-children-health-g8.html
Feb 18, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/02/18/que-online-gambling-concerns.html
Feb 18, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/02/18/h1n1-seasonal-flu-vaccine-who.html
Feb 18, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/02/18/un-climate-deboer.html
The coup de grace that shatters ice shelves is administered by ocean waves
Feb 18, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/sciencetechnology/displayStory.cfm?story_id=15543691

Lobster death raises questions

Pesticide used in European fish farms found on dead, weak lobsters
Feb 18, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/new-brunswick/story/2010/02/18/nb-aquaculture-pesticide-bay-of-fundy-lobster-deaths-658.html
Skeptics of discretionary industry fortification of foods fear that the end result may be nutrient overexposure within the general population and possibly illness, as is the case with trans fats
Feb 18, 2010
Yoni Freedhoff
CMAJ
http://www.cmaj.ca/earlyreleases/18feb10-hc-leads-charge-to-allow-industry-to-readily-fortify-foods.dtl
Feb 18, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5i1jIzXzHR72rZkjRMlb2xMq5uXEg

Canada is full of crap

When it comes to sewage, many places aren’t as pretty as they seem
Feb 18, 2010
GREG WESTON
QMI Agency
http://www.torontosun.com/news/columnists/greg_weston/2010/02/17/12919366.html
Greater Moncton Sewerage Commission looks to the future; new federal regulations set standards for treatment plants
Feb 18, 2010
Eric Lewis
Times & Transcript
http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/news/article/958344
Feb 18, 2010
GLENNA HANLEY
Daily Gleaner
http://nbbusinessjournal.canadaeast.com/gleaner/article/958195
We trail the U.S., Europe and Australia, report shows
Feb 18, 2010
Steve Ladurantaye
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/canadas-buildings-playing-catch-up-in-eco-friendliness/article1472220/
Feb 18, 2010
Irfan Dhalla
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/article/767111--three-steps-to-make-pharmacare-a-reality-for-all
Levels within safety regulation guidelines, Bruce plant owner says
Feb 18, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/02/18/bruce-power-radiation.html
Province's Blood Pressure Problem; Treatment rate lowest of all provinces
Feb 18, 2010
Tamara Gignac
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/health/Albertans+Canada+worst+hypertension+patients/2580197/story.html
Feb 18, 2010
SHAWN BERRY
Daily Gleaner
http://dailygleaner.canadaeast.com/front/article/958165
Feb 18, 2010
LORRIE GOLSTEIN
QMI Agency
http://www.torontosun.com/comment/columnists/lorrie_goldstein/2010/02/17/12919331.html

Train to a sustainable future

Feb 18, 2010
Jeffrey M. Casello
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2010/02/18/jeffrey-m-casello-train-to-a-sustainable-future.aspx

Decoding a can of kidney beans

Understanding labels helps you make smart, healthy choices
Feb 18, 2010
Patrick Langston
Canwest News Service
http://www.calgaryherald.com/health/Decoding+kidney+beans/2580288/story.html

A dying initiative

Feb 18, 2010
Lawrence Solomon
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2010/02/18/lawrence-solomon-a-dying-initiative.aspx
Feb 17, 2010
Deborah Zabarenko
Reuters
http://ca.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idCATRE61G5BG20100217?sp=true

Keeping an eye on nano

Health Canada builds toward regulations for nanotechnology
Feb 17, 2010
Noelle Stapinsky
Canadian Manufacturing.com
http://www.canadianmanufacturing.com/cmo/features/featuredarticle/article.jsp?content=20100217_113521_10312&top=y
Feb 17, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2010/02/17/bc-fish-farming-norwegian-rieber-mohn.html
Wind and solar energy are expensive and can't satisfy Ontario's appetite for electricity
Feb 17, 2010
Andy Frame
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/article/766504--green-power-sounds-good-until-you-calculate-the-cost
Feb 17, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2010/02/17/blood-pressure-canadians.html
However, doctors warn that prevention rates for the condition still lag
Feb 17, 2010
André Picard
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/canada-leads-world-in-hypertension-treatment-statscan-says/article1471797/
Feb 17, 2010
CHRISTINA SPENCER
SUN MEDIA
http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2010/02/17/12912311.html
Feb 17, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/02/17/isotopes-medical-poland.html

Stelco called cleanup saboteur

New book says it tried to derail harbour upgrade
Feb 17, 2010
Eric McGuinness
The Hamilton Spectator
http://www.thespec.com/News/Local/article/723184

Hibernia expanding south

Partners sign deal to develop new oil fields
Feb 17, 2010
GREG LOCKE
Chronicle-Herald
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Business/1167954.html

Go ahead, take a breath

Feb 17, 2010
Clare Demerse
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/letters-to-the-editor/go-ahead-take-a-breath/article1470678/

The damage done on vaccinations

Feb 17, 2010
Michael Fumento
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2010/02/17/michael-fumento-the-damage-done-on-vaccinations.aspx
All five international producers to close in mid-March, further straining Canada's razor-thin supply
Feb 17, 2010
Gloria Galloway
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/isotope-shortage-to-get-worse-with-closing-of-more-reactors/article1472035/
Environment Canada investigating after pesticide found in bay
Feb 17, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/02/17/nb-lobster-fund-pesticide-1209.html

Program sees stillbirths drop

Feb 17, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/02/17/stillbirths-training-developing-countries.html
Feb 17, 2010
Karen Selick
Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/business/What+wrong+with+saving+babies+from+killer+cribs+Lots/2574427/story.html
Feb 17, 2010
Robert Remington
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2010/02/17/whole-foods-eviscerates-oil-sands-ostrich.aspx

Cap and fade

Feb 17, 2010
Terence Corcoran
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2010/02/17/terence-corcoran-cap-and-fade.aspx
Feb 17, 2010
Maxine Davis
Special to the Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Attention+Ottawa+Insite+health+care+service/2574886/story.html

When Ideology Trumps Evidence

The Harper Government’s "tough on crime" stance ignores reality in favour of dogma
Feb 16, 2010
Johannes Wheeldon
The Mark News
http://www.themarknews.com/articles/956-when-ideology-trumps-evidence
Feb 16, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/2010/02/16/bruce-power-nuclear913.html
As food manufacturers position themselves as nutritious choices, more Canadians are turning to convenience foods for healthy ingredients
Feb 16, 2010
Carly Weeks
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/frozen-food-is-simple-yes-but-is-it-good-for-you/article1470312/
Feb 16, 2010
Mike De Souza
Canwest News Service
http://www.montrealgazette.com/sports/2010wintergames/sports/2010wintergames/Canada+pledges+Games+will+carbon+neutral/2571815/story.html
Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Human Health Biotechnologies to 2015

Feb 16, 2010
Anthony Arundel, David Sawaya, and Ioana Valeanu
OECD
http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/19/38/44534354.pdf
Feb 16, 2010
Anthony Arundel and David Sawaya
OECD
http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/19/37/44534329.pdf
Outcry over a Pfizer executive appointed to CIHR’s governing body hasn’t echoed with the other granting councils
Feb 8, 2010
Rosanna Tamburri
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/federal-granting-agencies.aspx
Feb 8, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/02/08/calgary-thirsk-astronaut-degree-benefits.html
Feb 12, 2010
Carolyn Steele
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/career-sense/advocating-for-phd-career-support-on-campus/
Information specialists, administrators most affected by cost cutting ordered by Treasury Board
Feb 16, 2010
Mohammed Adam
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/business/workers+April/2568010/story.html
Feb 8, 2010
Peggy Curran
Montreal Gazette
http://www.vancouversun.com/McGill+reconsiders+restrictions+research+tied+military/2538451/story.html
Feb 11, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jufcHPFoOKNJyjhUiZ3yi5ywDhBw
Awards celebrate the technological and entrepreneurial achievements of Canadian innovators
Feb 8, 2010
Gwyn Morgan
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/manning-award-laureates-on-the-cutting-edge/article1459675/
Feb 12, 2010
Leo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/margin-notes/students-are-skipping-environmental-programs/
Funding to analyze the impact of widely used environmental contaminants on reproductive health
Feb 15, 2010
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/February2010/15/c9837.html
Feb 15, 2010
Canada Foundation for Innovation
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Dr-Albert-Friesen-Appointed-Board-Directors-Canada-Foundation-Innovation-1116946.htm
Feb 8, 2010
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Minister-Goodyear-Announces-Support-Research-Projects-That-Will-Benefit-our-Economy-1113936.htm
Feb 10, 2010
Government of Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Minister-Jim-Prentice-Highlights-Government-Investment-New-Research-Partnership-Southern-1115439.htm
What countries are currently offering on climate
Feb 16, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/world/international/displayStory.cfm?story_id=15539489
Feb 16, 2010
Derwin Gowan
Telegraph-Journal
http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/city/article/955689
Feb 16, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jkQaAQmXKsGISrXi6e443WzeXQ1g
The opposite of Red Bull, these ‘anti-energy’ drinks claim to provide instant relaxation
Feb 16, 2010
Kate Lunau
Macleans
http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/02/16/warning-%E2%80%98may-be-extremely-calming%E2%80%99/
Canadian Medical Association Journal editorial argues against letting cats and dogs to share cabin space with passengers
Feb 16, 2010
Anne-Marie Tobin
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/keep-pets-out-of-airline-cabins-journal-says/article1469897/
Feb 15, 2010
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/business/cleanbreak/article/765519--hamilton-spin-is-in-but-climate-change-still-there
World can't afford further delay in facing up to the challenges of climate change
Feb 15, 2010
Achim Steiner
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/article/764810--un-climate-panel-s-errors-no-excuse-to-put-work-on-ice
The climate debate is usually portrayed as a fight between people who think global warming is a hoax and people who think catastrophe is imminent. But there's a third position
Feb 15, 2010
Margaret Wente
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/the-science-isnt-settled-now-what/article1469050/

Don't wait for trouble

Feb 15, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/dont-wait-for-trouble/article1468520/
Feb 15, 2010
Justine Hunter
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/greenpeace-picks-canadian-to-head-international-climate-change-campaign/article1468526/

Rocket science

Feb 15, 2010
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Rocket+science/2565837/story.html
Feb 15, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/02/15/asthma-ontario-health.html
Feb 15, 2010
Raveena Aulakh
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/765870--infertility-should-be-treated-like-a-medical-condition-say-patients
Feb 15, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jqdr5ER2KRMjiQ1TmCa7hwjv0k3Q

The search for isotope answers

Feb 14, 2010
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/764761--the-search-for-isotope-answers
Feb 14, 2010
Keith Leslie
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5gTSTsTsk-8_s6tDryVa96GKxA_yA
Feb 14, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/nova-scotia/story/2010/02/14/ns-halifax-sewage.html
Feb 14, 2010
SILVER DONALD CAMERON
Chronicle-Herald
http://thechronicleherald.ca/NovaScotian/1167503.html
Feb 14, 2010
Lawrence Solomon
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/NP/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2010/02/14/lawrence-solomon-the-west-wants-out-of-the-western-climate-initiative.aspx
Feb 13, 2010
Thomas Walkom
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/764873--walkom-price-swings-not-boycotts-real-risk-to-oil-sands
Feb 13, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/02/13/ont-raw-milk-schmidt.html
Bureau charged with determining safety and handling of chemicals and organisms struggles to meet deadlines
Feb 12, 2010
Gloria Galloway
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/risky-products-may-be-escaping-controls-health-canada-audit/article1467232/
Canada exports majority of dangerous mineral to developing countries
Feb 12, 2010
Martin Mittelstaedt
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/controversy-brews-over-asbestos-deaths-in-mexico/article1467211/
Feb 12, 2010
Amina Zafar
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/02/11/hepatitis-c-aboriginal.html
Eco-campaign against Alberta's oil heats up with companies' boycott
Feb 11, 2010
Mitch Potter
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/763791--tar-sands-snubbed-by-green-retailers

Wind Energy and Its Merits

Feb 11, 2010
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Wind+Energy+Merits/2550033/story.html
Expert panel's report cuts through the fog and makes a strong case for a new research reactor
Feb 11, 2010
Jatin Nathwani & Donald Wallace
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/article/763644--credible-solution-on-isotopes-greeted-with-silence-in-ottawa
Feb 11, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/02/11/h1n1-who.html
Feb 11, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/02/11/nwt-mrsa-campaign.html
Hazard said 'negligible'
Feb 11, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/02/11/sk-listeria-experiments-1002.html
Feb 11, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/02/11/nwt-caribou-dene-health.html

Developing minds

Feb 11, 2010
Tom Spears
Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/opinion/Developing+minds/2549272/story.html
Canadians who died of swine flu were 30 years younger that those who typically die of seasonal influenza, according to new data from the Canadian Institute for Health Information
Feb 11, 2010
André Picard
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/h1n1-patients-were-younger-and-needed-more-care-study-says/article1465088/
Feb 11, 2010
CHRISTINA SPENCER
SUN MEDIA
http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2010/02/11/12843976-qmi.html
Feb 11, 2010
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/02/11/tech-logging-forest-fire.html
Feb 11, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/02/11/tech-asian-carp-plan.html
Despite efforts to improve the health of the poor, the richer you are, the better
Feb 11, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/world/britain/displayStory.cfm?story_id=15501633
A setback for GM in India
Feb 11, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/world/asia/displayStory.cfm?story_id=15498385
Feb 10, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/02/10/ns-halifax-harbour-levels.html
Feb 10, 2010
Carol Goar
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/article/762954--questions-for-climate-change-skeptics
Feb 10, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/02/10/tech-climate-report-reform.html
Feb 10, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/02/10/ontario-h1n1.html
Feb 10, 2010
Mike de Souza
Canwest News Service
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/business/Water+crackdown+needs+cash+flow+Prentice+told/2543654/story.html
Drinks like Slow Cow promise calm in a can – but some health experts are skeptical about their effectiveness and safety
Feb 10, 2010
Wency Leung
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/relaxation-drinks-take-on-the-energy-market/article1463630/

Ill-funded public good

Canada risks losing its status as an important centre for clinical trials, and patients could end up receiving well intentioned, but lesser care
Feb 10, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/ill-funded-public-good/article1463852/

Fertility and false economies

Feb 10, 2010
Thomas Walkom
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/article/762953--fertility-and-false-economies
If climate-change researchers sound alarmist, it's only because they're alarmed
Feb 9, 2010
Gerald Butts
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/your-square-jawed-hero-is-in-fact-the-scientist/article1461995/
Feb 9, 2010
Alyssa Dalton and Neal Hall
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Ottawa+goes+court+kill+safe+injection+site/2541644/story.html
Warming of Arctic triggers burst of biological activity, leading to unexpected consequence
Feb 9, 2010
Martin Mittelstaedt
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/mackenzie-rivers-fish-contaminated-with-dangerous-toxins-scientists/article1462248/
The potential political allure of the U.S. Senate bill: Families would get a cheque in the mail every year
Feb 9, 2010
Jeffrey Simpson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/cap-and-dividend-the-jolt-harper-needs/article1461994/
Feb 9, 2010
Bob Weber
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jmd6F-E7ilw-g2wDxG1XMHSt-LnA
Synthetic form of the drug shows a negative effect in high doses
Feb 9, 2010
Pamela Fayerman
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Marijuana+does+nothing+help+memory+Alzheimer+study/2539934/story.html
One CT scan delivers 300 to 600 times the radiation of a single chest x-ray, and their use after minor head injuries has surged, researchers say
Feb 9, 2010
Carly Weeks
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/ct-scan-rules-developed-to-cut-kids-exposure-to-unnecessary-radiation/article1461217/
Canadian women will now have choice between newly approved Cervarix and Gardasil
Feb 9, 2010
André Picard
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/health-canada-approves-a-second-vaccine-against-hpv/article1462104/

First Lady vs. obesity

Feb 9, 2010
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/762404--first-lady-vs-obesity
Researchers record the tales and observations of people from the North for a feature-length film on climate change, arctic survival and adaptation
Feb 8, 2010
Heather Sutherland
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/inuit-adapt-to-climate-change-new-documentary.aspx
Idea that MS is a treatable vascular disease has been controversial
Feb 8, 2010
Caroline Alphonso
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/hamilton-researchers-to-test-italian-scientists-ms-theory/article1460740/

Prostate cancer dilemma

How would you feel about prostate surgery if you knew the odds were roughly 98 per cent that you didn't need it?
Feb 8, 2010
Margaret Wente
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/prostate-cancer-dilemma/article1460634/

Natural Remedy Makers In 'Crisis'

Pharmacists told not to sell unlicensed items
Feb 8, 2010
Tom Blackwell
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=2535804

Isotope shortage set to worsen

Feb 8, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/2010/02/08/medical-isotopes-dutch-canada.html
With Ontario facility still off-line, shutdown at Netherlands reactor will squeeze world supply even further
Feb 8, 2010
Gloria Galloway and Steven Chase
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/western-canada-to-suffer-from-isotope-shortage/article1460756/
Feb 8, 2010
CONFERENCE BOARD OF CANADA
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/February2010/08/c7617.html

Experts back automakers' concerns

Tailpipe rules; Quebec emission targets described as too tough
Feb 8, 2010
Mike Desouza
Canwest News Service
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/politics/story.html?id=2536389

The science of alien invasions

Why Bjorn Lomborg chooses to stay with the climate fiasco is a mystery
Feb 8, 2010
Peter Foster
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2010/02/08/peter-foster-the-science-of-alien-invasions.aspx
Canada is well placed to help ensure safety, security and non-proliferation
Feb 5, 2010
Louise Fréchette
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/a-modest-nuclear-revival-is-just-as-well/article1457915/
After a string of empty promises agreed to in Rio, then Kyoto, then Copenhagen, Canada needs a new approach in making meaningful change to emissions policy
Feb 5, 2010
Bjorn Lomborg
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/climate-strategy-on-a-road-to-nowhere/article1458191/
Sunday, February 7, 2010

Canada gets 'D' in innovation

Feb 2, 2010
TAVIA GRANT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/canada-gets-d-in-innovation/article1452800/
Feb 1, 2010
Rob Annan
Researcher Forum
http://dontleavecanadabehind.wordpress.com/2010/02/01/nserc-sees-researchers-as-out-source-labour/
We should think beyond narrowly defined science and technology
Feb 2, 2010
Daniel Schwanen
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/whats-cooking-in-canadian-innovation/article1453827/

Can Canada Keep Up?

Jan 27, 2010
Rob Annan
Researcher Forum
http://dontleavecanadabehind.wordpress.com/2010/01/27/can-canada-keep-up/
Feb 2, 2010
Conference Board of Canada
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/February2010/02/c5904.html

Canada gets a D in innovation

Feb 2, 2010
Derek Abma
Financial Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=2513193
Research and development across Atlantic Canada is benefiting from an important federal investment of $62.4 million under Round VII of the Atlantic Innovation Fund (AIF).
Feb 3, 2010
Gov Monitor
http://thegovmonitor.com/canada_features/canada_features_4/government-boosts-atlantic-canadas-rd-growth-with-62-4m-investment-23053.html
Funds 20 research partnerships on important issues affecting Canadians
Feb 4, 2010
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/SSHRC-Government-of-Canada-Supports-New-Research-for-People-Living-With-Dementia-1112542.htm

Tories to hire 'green' adviser

Private consultant will keep Ottawa in step with U.S. climate plans
Feb 7, 2010
Allan Woods
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/761750--tories-to-hire-green-adviser
Physicist, who holds a research chair at the Waterloo institute, will conduct research, give lecture during his stay
Feb 6, 2010
ELIZABETH CHURCH
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/hawking-confirms-summer-visit-to-perimeter/article1458564/
Feb 6, 2010
Bruce Owen
Winnipeg Free Press
http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Arctic+vanishing+fast+researcher/2532081/story.html
Province taking time to review results of study
Feb 6, 2010
Dan Healing
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/energy-resources/Minister+vows+action+oilsands+water/2530114/story.html
'In 50 to 100 years ... it won't be science fiction. We'll be able to regrow a hand'
Feb 6, 2010
Marianne White
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/entertainment/Canadian+team+grows+human+body+parts+Quebec/2530936/story.html
Feb 6, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/prince-edward-island/story/2010/02/06/pei-aquaculture-funding-584.html

IPCC: Beyond the Himalayas

Climategate is one of many known IPCC failings
Feb 6, 2010
Lawrence Solomon
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2010/02/06/lawrence-solomon-ipcc-beyond-the-himalayas.aspx
Feb 5, 2010
John Bowman
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2010/02/05/tech-climate-arctic-ice.html

Patent nonsense

An end to frivolous patents may finally be in sight
Feb 5, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/sciencetechnology/displayStory.cfm?story_id=15479680
WADA warns of grave health risk in attempt to boost performance
Feb 5, 2010
Margaret Munro
Canwest news service
http://www.montrealgazette.com/sports/2010wintergames/Gene+doping+real+threat+Olympians/2524538/story.html
Feb 5, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/02/05/pew-arctic-warming-cost.html
As the science scandals keep coming, the air has gone out of the climate-change movement
Feb 5, 2010
Margaret Wente
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/the-great-global-warming-collapse/article1458206/

Dim outlook for nuke industry

Think-tank says worldwide demand for nuclear energy unlikely to grow much before 2030, if at all
Feb 5, 2010
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/business/article/760858--dim-outlook-for-nuke-industry
Feb 5, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/02/05/un-atlantic-bluefin-tuna-ban.html
The hard truth is that, for better or for worse, Canada is joined with America at a hip known as the 49th parallel
Feb 5, 2010
Barbara Yaffe
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Canada+little+choice+follow+where+policy+leads/2524765/story.html
Feb 5, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/02/05/consumer-household-cleaners-chemicals.html

Labrador gets new national park

Feb 5, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/02/05/nl-mealey-mountains-205.html
Snub To Lead Expert
Feb 5, 2010
Dean Nelson
The Daily Telegraph
http://www.nationalpost.com/related/topics/story.html?id=2523938
Feb 5, 2010
Kelly McParland
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2010/02/05/kelly-mcparland-tough-times-for-the-guru-of-climate-change.aspx
Feb 4, 2010
BILL KAUFMANN
Calgary Sun
http://www.calgarysun.com/news/columnists/bill_kaufmann/2010/02/04/12747891.html
Increasing scrutiny of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and, in particular, its chairman, should lead to reforms
Feb 4, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/sciencetechnology/displayStory.cfm?story_id=15450615
Why hasn’t the carbon price fallen further?
Feb 4, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/businessfinance/displayStory.cfm?story_id=15453006
Feb 4, 2010
Mike Blanchfield
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5hz-3oLt-z5t_f0Cap3FaDE4iP6kQ
Feb 4, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/politics/story/2010/02/04/pei-environment-group-funding-quebec-584.html
We're falling behind on building a national strategy that will set the table for a low-carbon economy
Feb 4, 2010
Keith Stuart
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/article/760216--canada-should-take-page-out-of-south-korea-s-green-playbook
Feb 4, 2010
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/deeply+immoral+Quebec+sell+asbestos/2519887/story.html
Doctors claim Indian scientists being threatened with legal action for disseminating information on the dangers of chrysotile asbestos
Feb 4, 2010
Rhéal Séguin
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/quebec-physicians-urge-charest-to-call-for-end-to-silence-on-asbestos/article1456997/
The reason Ottawa won't stop defending asbestos is politics – Quebec politics
Feb 4, 2010
Jeffrey Simpson
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/playing-a-dirty-game-exporting-asbestos/article1456630/
Groups co-operate on pilot project using closed-containment system
Feb 4, 2010
Clare Backman and Jennifer Lash
Special to Times Colonist
http://www.timescolonist.com/columnists/Activists+salmon+farmers+work+together/2520940/story.html
Feb 4, 2010
Deborah Yedlin
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/Alberta+innovation+merits+budget+priority/2521155/story.html
Feb 4, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/02/03/baffin-caribou-survey.html
Feb 4, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/02/04/bc-whooping-cough-west-kootenay.html

A blow to vaccine 'link'

Feb 4, 2010
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/760237--a-blow-to-vaccine-link

Autism, vaccines and fear

It's doubtful The Lancet's retraction of a flawed 1998 study will have much effect, because the damage has already been done
Feb 3, 2010
Margaret Wente
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/autism-vaccines-and-fear/article1455387/

Canada plans Arctic summit

March Gathering; Will discuss ways to get oil, protect environment
Feb 3, 2010
Randy Boswell
Canwest News Service
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/story.html?id=2515744
Feb 3, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/02/03/bc-suzuki-olympic-climate-change.html
Feb 3, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/02/03/awareness-vegetative-patients.html
In India on trade mission, Premier Charest bristles at criticism of Quebec's environmental efforts by Environment Minister Prentice
Feb 3, 2010
John Ibbitson and Rhéal Séguin
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/quebecs-rift-with-ottawa-over-climate-change-grows/article1455013/
Feb 3, 2010
Mike De Souza
Canwest News Service
http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/money/Canada+match+California+Quebec+tailpipe+emissions/2519053/story.html
Minister overrules staff, funds Terry Fox extension
Feb 3, 2010
Kate Jaimet
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Baird+puts+road+ahead+rare+turtles/2515368/story.html
Feb 3, 2010
Mary Agnes Welch
Winnipeg Free Press
http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Polar+bear+summit+accomplished+little+scientist+contends/2516853/story.html
Feb 3, 2010
David Wylie
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Melting+snowpack+thins+wolverine+population/2518338/story.html

A case not being made

Feb 3, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/a-case-not-being-made/article1454232/

Backward steps on climate change

Feb 3, 2010
The Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/759563--backward-steps-on-climate-change
Feb 3, 2010
David Suzuki With Faisal Moola
The Canadian Press
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/life/sci_tech/83439087.html
Feb 3, 2010
QMI Agency
http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2010/02/03/12725901.html
Feb 3, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/02/02/indoor-tanning-young-women.html

Campus climate orthodoxy

Feb 3, 2010
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2010/02/03/fp-letters-campus-climate-orthodoxy.aspx
Feb 2, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/02/01/prison-needle-exchange.html
Feb 2, 2010
Peter Rakobowchuk
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5g3BNqtMu9gJ3Qq95IYHsuxw0uGfw

NASA budget cancels moon shot

Feb 2, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/02/02/tech-space-nasa-budget.html

Autism-vaccine study retracted

Feb 2, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/02/02/autism-mmr-lancet-wakefield.html

So much for pure science

‘Climategate’ raised questions about global warming. The ongoing debate about its impact raises questions about the the vested interests of climate science
Feb 2, 2010
Kevin Libin
Financial Post
http://www.financialpost.com/magazine/story.html?id=2513619
The federal government should establish a blue-ribbon panel to investigate and report back to the country the various options
Feb 2, 2010
Jeffrey Simpson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/our-politicians-need-expert-help-in-dealing-with-the-costs-of-aging/article1453824/

Climate gambit

Feb 2, 2010
Peter Foster
Financial Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/columnists/story.html?id=0e5bb2fc-978f-4f08-a7f1-c18e75c4e39c

Taking gentle aim at oil sands

Negative global image may force Ottawa's hand
Feb 2, 2010
Don Martin
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=2510677
Feb 2, 2010
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/story.html?id=2510714
'We encourage the use of helmets,' researchers say
Feb 1, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/02/01/ski-snowboard-helmets.html
Province's rules targeting vehicles ‘one of the most glaring examples of the folly of attempting to go it alone'
Feb 1, 2010
Dawn Walton and Rhéal Séguin
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/prentice-attacks-quebecs-climate-strategy/article1452601/
Feb 1, 2010
Sarah McGinnis
Canwest News Service
http://www.theprovince.com/technology/Canada+lower+greenhouse+target/2507742/story.html
Feb 1, 2010
Jason Fekete
Canwest News Service
http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/fp/Prentice+tells+sands+clean/2509815/story.html
Environment Minister warns that expansion must remain in check as Canada seeks to reach Copenhagen targets
Feb 1, 2010
Bill Graveland
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/keep-it-clean-prentice-tells-oil-sands/article1452404/
Monday, February 1, 2010

Thoughts on the “Science to Business” Program

Jan 31, 2010
The Black Hole: Science in Canada - Issues Affecting Trainees
http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2010/01/31/thoughts-on-the-science-to-business-program/

Think again

Why PhD candidates should re-evaluate their career expectations
Jan 25, 2010
Andrew Michael Boggs
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/think-again.aspx
Jan 22, 2010
Eric Mang
Rabble.ca
http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/ericmang/2010/01/harper-government-muddles-along-argument-government-supported-scienc
Feb 1, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2010/02/01/nl-fed-money-201.html
Jan 27, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/new-brunswick/story/2010/01/27/nb-acoa-funding.html
Jan 25, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5iilOMDcH4TUeILtRiZ5OwTagtiDA
Environment Minister says cleaner development, PR battle vital to Canada’s reputation
Feb 1, 2010
Allan Woods
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/758850--time-to-clean-up-the-oil-sands-prentice-says
Frustration is mounting that the government has locked itself into an environmental policy bunker on climate change
Feb 1, 2010
JEFF DAVIS & CYNTHIA MÃœNSTER
The Hill Times
http://www.thehilltimes.ca/page/view/prentice-02-01-2010
Feb 1, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/02/01/tech-space-nasa-budget.html
Study says forest products industry must adapt if it is to once again become an engine of growth in post-recession era
Feb 1, 2010
Bertrand Marotte
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/forestry-urged-to-embrace-bio-economy/article1451911/
Feb 1, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/new-brunswick/story/2010/02/01/forestry-biofuel-funding-request.html
Feb 1, 2010
Financial Post
http://www.cbc.ca/fp/story/2010/02/01/2508386.html
Feb 1, 2010
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/business/article/758625--knock-on-wood-biomass-power-is-coming
Feb 1, 2010
Owen Roberts
Guelph Mercury
http://news.guelphmercury.com/Opinions/EditorialOpinion/article/592360
Feb 1, 2010
Thana Dharmarajah
Guelph Mercury
http://news.guelphmercury.com/News/Local/article/593217

The Vancouver Experiment

Welcome to Insite
Feb 1, 2010
Matthew Power
Slate
http://www.slate.com/id/2242828/entry/0/
Side effects potentially dangerous: paper
Feb 1, 2010
Tom Blackwell
Canwest News Service
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/story.html?id=2507090

The IPCC needs a makeover

Feb 1, 2010
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/related/links/story.html?id=2507120
'Anecdotal' Evidence
Feb 1, 2010
Richard Gray and Rebecca Lefort
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/world/story.html?id=2507116
Feb 1, 2010
Stephen Murgatroyd
Troy Media
http://www.troymedia.com/?p=7811
Climate activists dismiss goals, say gas emissions will rise
Jan 31, 2010
Bill Graveland
The Canadian Press
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/758289--ottawa-s-carbon-targets-get-bad-review
Jan 31, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/01/29/tech-space-nasa-budget-ares.html
As far as I know, no Canadian university has ever had a formal debate on climate change
Jan 30, 2010
Lawrence Solomon
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2010/01/29/lawrence-solomon-keeping-canadian-students-in-the-dark-on-climate.aspx

Canada's productivity trap

The harder we work, the less rich we seem to be. We need to emphasize education, innovation and trade to break free
Jan 29, 2010
Kevin Lynch
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/canadas-productivity-trap/article1449944/
Jan 29, 2010
MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/lawn-care-firms-seek-charges-against-health-officials/article1448590/

Tories hold science in contempt

Jan 29, 2010
Dr. Evan Wood
Special to QMI Agency
http://www.lfpress.com/comment/2010/01/29/12669231.html

Running out of juice

How will we recharge all the electric cars?
Jan 29, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/sciencetechnology/displayStory.cfm?story_id=15434416
Jan 29, 2010
Steve Thoms
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2010/01/29/skeptic-north-more-kennedy-nonsense-this-time-about-fish.aspx
Jan 29, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/01/29/obama-global-warming.html
Jan 29, 2010
Michelle Lalonde
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/Quebec+accused+hypocrisy+asbestos+exports/2496940/story.html
Jan 29, 2010
RHÉAL SÉGUIN
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/charest-told-to-ban-asbestos-exports/article1448541/
When Michael Ignatieff's grandmother began losing her memory, ‘it was a simple matter of shame'
Jan 29, 2010
Erin Anderssen
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/liberals-to-develop-national-strategy-on-brain-disease/article1450246/
Winter snow season has been slowly shrinkng in past 50 years, says researcher
Jan 29, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2010/01/28/bc-olympics-climate-change.html
Jan 29, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/edmonton/story/2010/01/29/mackenzie-pipeline-backers-objections-to-jrp.html
Jan 29, 2010
Kelly Cryderman
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/technology/Gates+backing+climate+research/2493432/story.html
Jan 29, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/01/29/gates-vaccine.html
Jan 29, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/01/29/tb-vaccine-hiv-tanzania.html
Jan 28, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/01/28/autism-vaccine-wakefield.html
Scientists write to premier about controversial industry
Jan 28, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/2010/01/28/qc-asbestos-intl-letter.html
We may be rich, but we don't rank in the top tier of 163 nations surveyed
Jan 28, 2010
Jeffrey Simpson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/taking-the-measure-of-canadas-environmental-performance/article1448054/
Shooting sulphur into atmosphere could slow climate change, he says
Jan 28, 2010
Joseph Hall
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/sciencetech/science/article/756904--earth-needs-sunblock-and-fast-scientist-says
Jan 28, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/01/28/h1n1-vaccine-canada-who.html
Jan 28, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/01/27/exercise-guidelines.html
Jan 28, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/01/27/nwmb-baffin-pbears.html
Jan 28, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/01/28/tech-climate-water-vapour.html

R&D centre has wind at its back

Unique climatic wind tunnel set for summer launch aims to boost Oshawa auto sector
Jan 28, 2010
Tony Van Alphen
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/business/article/756846--r-d-centre-has-wind-at-its-back
Fire retardants may affect female reproduction
Jan 28, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/sciencetechnology/displayStory.cfm?story_id=15391226
Jan 27, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/01/27/bc-environment-coaltion-preservation.html
Jan 27, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2010/01/27/arctic-marine.html
Jan 27, 2010
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/01/27/tech-energy-biofuel-land.html
Jan 27, 2010
Dina O'Meara
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/technology/Carbon+capture+effort+must+transcend+borders+industry+told/2489287/story.html
Jan 27, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/01/27/nwt-caribou-hunt.html
Jan 27, 2010
CTV.ca News
http://edmonton.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20100127/kennedy_fish_100127/20100127/?hub=EdmontonHome
Federal government has quietly put the brakes on plans to build an HIV vaccine-manufacturing facility in Canada
Jan 27, 2010
ELIZABETH CHURCH
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/bidders-frustrated-by-stalled-hiv-vaccine-project/article1445503/
Saskatoon policy also eliminates diet pops
Jan 27, 2010
Janet French
Canwest News Service
http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/School+board+enacts+energy+drinks/2490213/story.html

Climate agency going up in flames

Exit of Canada's expert a sure sign IPCC in trouble
Jan 27, 2010
Terence Corcoran
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=2488011
'Fundamental shift'
Jan 27, 2010
Richard Foot
Canwest News Service
http://www.nationalpost.com/story.html?id=2488036
Jan 27, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/01/27/listeroisis-food-safety.html
Jan 26, 2010
Mark McNeil
The Hamilton Spectator
http://www.thespec.com/News/Local/article/711849

Global warming dead last in poll

Jan 26, 2010
Lawrence Solomon
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2010/01/26/lawrence-solomon-global-warming-dead-last-in-poll.aspx
Jan 26, 2010
PAUL SCHNEIDEREIT
Chronicle-Herald
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Columnists/1164234.html
The controversy among Inuit and western researchers about the health of polar bear populations prompted the creation of a new Inuit Knowledge Centre, but the centre will also focus on incorporating traditional Inuit knowledge into research of climate change, life and health in Canada's Arctic
Jan 26, 2010
Laura Eggertson
CMAJ
http://www.cmaj.ca/earlyreleases/26jan10-new-inuit-centre.dtl
Jan 26, 2010
Mike De Souza
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Canada+must+broaden+policies+improve+health+poor+countries+critics/2487349/story.html
'Storm of cardiovascular disease' could overwhelm health care, doctor says
Jan 25, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/01/25/heart-stroke-unhealthy-habits.html
Current food-safety systems are seen as less proactive than reactive, professor argues
Jan 25, 2010
Carly Weeks
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/canadians-food-supply-unsafe-cmaj-report-says/article1443689/
Jan 25, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/nova-scotia/story/2010/01/25/ns-sable-island.html
Jan 25, 2010
Meagan Fitzpatrick
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/H1N1+numbers+down+still+threat/2481716/story.html
Jan 25, 2010
Darcy Wintonyk
CTV News
http://www.ctvbc.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20100120/bc_raw_dairy_health_100122/20100125?hub=BritishColumbia
The number of younger adults with high-blood pressure has almost doubled in the past decade, according to the Heart and Stroke Foundation
Jan 25, 2010
André Picard
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/the-face-of-heart-disease-gets-younger/article1443686/
Media coverage reeks of typical hope-mongering
Jan 25, 2010
Terence Corcoran
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2010/01/25/terence-corcoran-a-cure-in-sight-not-so-fast.aspx
Jan 25, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/01/25/consumer-china-melamine-dairy.html
Cure vs. Hype: 'I had patients in tears'
Jan 23, 2010
Tom Blackwell
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/story.html?id=2475272
There are grounds for new dialogue in Canada's conservation conversation
Jan 22, 2010
Preston Manning
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/canada-and-the-environment-a-fresh-start-for-a-fresh-decade/article1441290/
Jan 22, 2010
Amy Husser
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/First+Nations+represented+bulk+Manitoba+severe+H1N1+infection+study/2474378/story.html
The economics of sequestration are expensive on a per-tonne basis
Jan 22, 2010
Jeffrey Simpson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/many-albertans-agree-a-carbon-tax-was-the-best-solution/article1441309/