Creating the jobs of the future by attracting and retaining the brightest minds
Mar 26, 2010
Canada Research Chairs & Canada Foundation for Innovation
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Invests-in-Research-Excellence-at-Canadas-Universities-1138447.htm
Mar 24, 2010
Canada Foundation for Innovation
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Canada-Foundation-for-Innovation-Practices-Called-Worlds-Best-1137201.htm
Research students gain international experience that benefits Canadians at home
Mar 22, 2010
Government of Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-Invests-and-Strenghtens-Canadas-Research-Capacity-1135425.htm
Mar 24, 2010
Rob Annan
Researcher Forum
http://dontleavecanadabehind.wordpress.com/2010/03/24/canada-bush-league-at-innovation/

Post-budget roundup

Mar 22, 2010
Rob Annan
Researcher Forum
http://dontleavecanadabehind.wordpress.com/2010/03/22/post-budget-roundup/
Mar 24, 2010
The Black Hole: Science in Canada - Issues Affecting Trainees
http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2010/03/24/caps-getting-progress-in-parliament/
Mar 26, 2010
Leo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/margin-notes/university-finances-canada-versus-the-u-s/
Universities say government’s proposal for new fellowships will help them to recruit top scholars
Mar 17, 2010
Rosanna Tamburri
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/new-postdoc-awards.aspx

Scientists urged to form networks

Mar 24, 2010
JOHN MINER
The London Free Press
http://www.lfpress.com/news/london/2010/03/23/13336106.html
Nobel laureate masterminded push to reform how undergraduates 'flex their brains' to study science
Mar 24, 2010
Petti Fong
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/784359--white-house-taps-ubc-prof-as-science-advisor
Appointment as associate director a “positive validation” of the teaching methods employed at UBC, says school’s dean of science
Mar 23, 2010
John Ibbitson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/ubcs-carl-wiemen-nominated-for-white-house-science-post/article1509922/
Poor record of transforming knowledge into marketable new products that the world will want to buy puts Canada at a global disadvantage and the risk of falling even further behind its peers
Mar 22, 2010
James McKinnon
Persona Corporation
http://www.officialwire.com/main.php?action=posted_news&rid=117023
Offshore decision making guides our private-sector economy
Mar 23, 2010
David Olive
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/business/article/783671--olive-innovation-out-of-our-hands-in-a-branch-plant-economy
‘You don’t get this type of situation in other countries’
Mar 22, 2010
David Pugliese
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/business/space+program+light+domestic+benefits+critic/2709651/story.html

Silence golden for government

Mar 19, 2010
The Cape Breton Post
http://www.capebretonpost.com/Opinion/Editorial/2010-03-19/article-919244/Silence-golden-for-government/1
Re: Scientists must be free to speak out, March 19
Mar 23, 2010
Jim Prentice
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Scientists+interact+with+news+media/2714590/story.html
Mar 24, 2010
KENNEDY GORDON
THE EXAMINER
http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2505106
Canada is becoming a global joke as our world-class experts are prohibited from speaking
Mar 25, 2010
Mitchell Anderson
TheTyee.ca
http://thetyee.ca/Mediacheck/2010/03/25/HarpersMuzzle/
Mar 20, 2010
J. Colin Dodds
New Brunswick Business Journal
http://nbbusinessjournal.canadaeast.com/journal/article/990636
Mar 23, 2010
H. Douglas Barber and Jeffrey Crelinsten
Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/business/just+aren+making+products+people+want/2714599/story.html

Green careers are growing

Opportunity
Mar 23, 2010
Rebecca Walberg
Financial Post
http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/money/Green+careers+growing/2714101/story.html
The country's weak climate-friendly trade performance stands in contrast with exploding global opportunities
Mar 22, 2010
Danielle Goldfarb
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/canada-isnt-cleaning-up-on-green-technology-exports/article1508577/
Mar 26, 2010
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/technology/feds+team+energy+focused+geology+research/2730154/story.html
Federal government, province of B.C. announce program on 25th anniversary of Rick Hansen's Man-in-Motion tour
Mar 21, 2010
Ian Bailey
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/spinal-cord-research-gets-385m-boost-in-funding/article1507303/
Mar 23, 2010
CHRISTINA SPENCER
SUN MEDIA
http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2010/03/23/13331746-qmi.html
Mar 26, 2010
ANDREA HOUSTON
THE EXAMINER
http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2509186
Mar 22, 2010
Sherri Zickefoose
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/calgary/Calgary+students+spotlight+annual+Youth+Science+Fair/2709809/story.html
Sales of drug total $300M annually in Canada
Mar 26, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/03/25/gabapentin-ubc.html
Mar 26, 2010
Peter Nowak
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/03/25/world-economic-forum-technology-rankings.html
Uncertainty over Point Lepreau helped fuel collapse of NB Power deal
Mar 26, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/03/26/nb-aecl-point-lepreau-delay-keir-547.html
Winds send toxins into stratosphere, where it may affect ozone layer, Canadian scientists say
Mar 26, 2010
MARGARET MUNRO
Canwest News service
http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/Monsoons+spread+Asian+pollution+worldwide+report/2727159/story.html
How the elephants’ success hurt the bluefin tuna
Mar 25, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/science-technology/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15767253
Mar 25, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/03/25/green-technology.html
Mar 25, 2010
Conference Board of Canada
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/March2010/25/c5042.html

TSX launches new green tech index

Mar 25, 2010
STEFANIA MORETTI
QMI Agency
http://www.torontosun.com/money/2010/03/25/13357266.html
Doctors only able to get 15 to 20 per cent of needed technetium-99
Mar 25, 2010
Gloria Galloway
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/medical-procedures-cancelled-as-isotope-shortage-becomes-farce/article1512491/

1 in 3 breast cancers avoidable

Mar 25, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/03/25/breast-cancer-diet-exercise.html
Mar 25, 2010
AFP
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Global+pace+deforestation+slows/2725450/story.html
Mar 25, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/03/25/isotope-chalk-river025.html
Mar 24, 2010
David Suzuki With Faisal Moola
The Canadian Press
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/life/sci_tech/science-matters-technological-fixes-can-have-serious-consequences-89020217.html
Mar 24, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/03/24/carp-lakes024.html
Survey says 2 out of 3 Canadians have less of the nutrient than the latest research suggests is necessary
Mar 24, 2010
Martin Mittelstaedt
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/statscan-finds-widespread-vitamin-d-deficiency-in-canadians/article1510334/
Mar 24, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/03/24/cancer-advocacy-report-card.html
Mar 24, 2010
QMI Agency
http://www.torontosun.com/news/world/2010/03/24/13341226.html
Sought to cut federal funding; Non-profit organization set up in 1984 to promote safe use of chrysotile product
Mar 24, 2010
MICHELLE LALONDE
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/Committee+rejects+motion+asbestos+group/2718555/story.html
Quebec organization bucks international calls to ban carcinogenic material
Mar 23, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/2010/03/23/mtl-abestos-partners-defend.html

Bee colonies suffer bad winter

Mar 24, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/03/24/tech-bee-colony-collapse.html
Mar 23, 2010
Wal Van Lierop
Special to the Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/plan+make+Western+Canada+global+leader+clean+energy/2715032/story.html
Mar 23, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/03/23/vitamin-d-levels-canada.html
Roundup of gang bosses blamed for bloody turf battles
Mar 23, 2010
Suzanne Fournier
The Province
http://www.theprovince.com/news/drugs+backfiring+badly+report/2714675/story.html
Illegal Trade; Argues that gangs step up when key players removed
Mar 23, 2010
Tom Blackwell
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/story.html?id=2713979
Mar 23, 2010
TOM SPEARS
Canwest news services
http://www.montrealgazette.com/life/lowly+honeybee+deserves+more+attention/2712903/story.html

The ABCs of family planning

What do we mean by it, and how does it relate to safe abortion?
Mar 23, 2010
Dorothy Shaw
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/the-abcs-of-family-planning/article1508575/
Mar 23, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/politics/story/2010/03/23/politics-liberals-contraception-g8-motion.html

Rigid PM flubs a motherhood issue

Mar 23, 2010
Martin Regg Cohn
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/article/783606--cohn-rigid-pm-flubs-a-motherhood-issue

U.K. Space Agency launched

Mar 23, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/03/23/tech-uk-space-agency.html
Mar 23, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/03/23/nwt-caribou-hearing.html

Polluted N.L. sites get $10M

Mar 23, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/03/23/nl-cleanup-money-323.html

Asia blocks bid to protect sharks

Mar 23, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/03/23/tech-shark-cites.html
Mar 22, 2010
The Black Hole: Science in Canada - Issues Affecting Trainees
http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2010/03/22/perception-power-and-principles-human-induced-climate-change-and-why-people-have-trouble-accepting-the-science/
Mar 22, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/03/22/mtl-uranium-sept-iles-doctors.html
Mar 22, 2010
Richard Ingham
AFP
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Device+convert+seawater+offers+hope+parched+lands/2711854/story.html
Mar 23, 2010
THE CANADIAN PRESS
http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2010/03/23/13332121.html
March 22, 2010
Adriene Davidson, Shiva Logarajah, Sam Plett, Erin Fitzgerald, Netila Demneri and Mark Rakhmangulov, with Jenilee Guebert
University of Toronto G8 Research Group and the State University Higher School of Economics (Moscow) G8 Research Centre
http://www.g8.utoronto.ca/evaluations/2009compliance-interim/index.html
Mar 22, 2010
David Emerson
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/time+national+energy+strategy/2712530/story.html
Mar 22, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/03/22/cholera-stockholm-water-prize-colwell.html

Canada's blue gold

Mar 22, 2010
National Post editorial board
http://network.nationalpost.com/NP/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2010/03/22/national-post-editorial-board-canada-s-blue-gold.aspx
Mar 22, 2010
Catherine Coumans
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/article/782562--make-the-canadian-mining-industry-more-accountable
Photo exhibit focuses on plight in East Africa
Mar 22, 2010
Patrick Kahtouni
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Ottawa+event+highlight+effect+global+water+crisis/2710206/story.html
Mar 22, 2010
Chris Zdeb
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Labels+effective+helping+consumers+choose+healthy+foods/2710482/story.html

Clear the air

Mar 22, 2010
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Clear/2710189/story.html
Mar 21, 2010
Roger Gibbins
For The Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/technology/Going+green+locally+before+acting+globally/2707979/story.html
Last week's warm weather felt good but by some measures it's the tip of a local climate change iceberg
Mar 21, 2010
Daniel Tseghay
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/sciencetech/environment/article/782824--fine-st-patio-s-day-sounds-alarms-on-climate-change

... but this is

Mar 20, 2010
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/this/2704963/story.html

Canada's forgotten disease

Stephanie Law investigates why First Nations, Inuit, and immigrant communities are disproportionately affected by Tuberculosis
Mar 20, 2010
Stephanie Law
McGill Daily
http://mcgilldaily.com/articles/29069

If it talks like a quack...

Mar 19, 2010
Justin Trottier and Michael Payton
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/NP/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2010/03/19/justin-trottier-and-michael-payton-if-it-talks-like-a-quack.aspx
Mar 19, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/03/19/caffeine-sodas-healthcanada.html
Is dropping any real pretense to enviro-concern the wisest political move for a minority government?
Mar 19, 2010
Gloria Galloway
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/how-the-conservatives-dodged-the-climate-bullet/article1506329/

Recalls raise additive concerns

Additive used to enhance flavour, hydrolyzed vegetable protein, may contain salmonella
Mar 19, 2010
CARLY WEEKS
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/recalls-raise-additive-concerns/article1505748/
Mar 19, 2010
John Geddes
Macleans
http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/03/19/saving-the-bluefin-tuna-an-expert-explains-canadas-bind/
Mar 19, 2010
Patrick Denison
Canwest News Service
http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Health+Canada+widens+caffeine+carbonated+drinks/2703955/story.html
A cunning plan to store energy underwater may help fulfil the promise of wind power
Mar 15, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/science-technology/technology-monitor/displayStory.cfm?story_id=15709229
Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Media Advisory - "Industrial R&D: Is Canada Really Lagging?"

The Ninth Annual RE$EARCH MONEY Conference - March 25, 2010 Ottawa
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/March2010/24/c4408.html
Friday, March 19, 2010

Venture capital finally gets a break

Mar 16, 2010
Stephen A. Hurwitz
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/NP/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2010/03/16/venture-capital-finally-gets-a-break.aspx
Ottawa's wrong to cut back on research spending
Mar 19, 2010
JANET BAGNALL
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/Canada+risks+missing+green+economy/2699692/story.html
Re: Climate-change scientists feel 'muzzled': documents, March 15
Mar 19, 2010
D. W. Schindler
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Scientists+must+free+speak/2699836/story.html
Environment: No new money in federal budget for Canadian Foundation for Climate and Atmospheric Sciences
Mar 15, 2010
Andy Blatchford
THE CANADIAN PRESS
http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/actualites/article/984331

Naming and shaming

Canadian academia too protective of those who "go rogue"
Mar 17, 2010
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/health/Naming+shaming/2692379/story.html

Privacy has its limits

Mar 16, 2010
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/story.html?id=2686619

Message managers

Mar 16, 2010
The Telegram
http://www.thetelegram.com/index.cfm?sid=332641&sc=80
Lack of an integrated post-secondary system leaves province ill-equipped to attract foreign students
Mar 16, 2010
John G. Kelly
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/article/780296--ontario-needs-to-raise-its-marks-to-compete-in-education-market

Creating a Venture Culture

Canadian entrepreneurs need to take responsibility for their industry, not blame others for its failures
Mar 16, 2010
David Crow
The Mark
http://www.themarknews.com/articles/1139-creating-a-venture-culture
'Research Days' to run until mid-April
Mar 18, 2010
Matthew Pearson
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Making+research+relevant+goal+Carleton+events/2695526/story.html
Mar 17, 2010
Sudbury Northern Life
http://www.northernlife.ca/news/localNews/2010/03/scienceNorth-170310.aspx
Most analysts still rate Canada's technology star a buy, but some say it's too reliant on past technical successes
Mar 17, 2010
Simon Avery
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/is-rim-losing-its-competitive-edge/article1502824/

No lifeline for species on brink

Forum rejects request to ban export of bluefin tuna and international sale of polar bear skin, parts
Mar 19, 2010
Michael Casey
ASSOCIATED PRESS
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/782134--no-lifeline-for-species-on-brink

Playing politics with motherhood

Mar 19, 2010
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/782012--playing-politics-with-motherhood

Family planning saves lives

Mar 19, 2010
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Family+planning+saves+lives/2699839/story.html
Mar 19, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/03/19/bc-pine-beetle-forestry-report.html
Action on climate is justified, not because the science is certain, but precisely because it is not
Mar 18, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/displayStory.cfm?story_id=15720419
There are lots of uncertainties in climate science. But that does not mean it is fundamentally wrong
Mar 18, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/displayStory.cfm?story_id=15719298
The decline of a once wildly popular idea
Mar 18, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/world/united-states/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15721597
Mar 18, 2010
Stephen Leahy
guardian.co.uk
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/mar/18/climate-change-canada
PM's promise contradicts earlier statements by government ministers, while funding for abortion remains off the table
Mar 18, 2010
John Ibbitson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/contraception-a-part-of-maternal-health-plan-harper-says/article1505160/
Mar 18, 2010
Susan Delacourt and Bruce Campion-Smith
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/781743--conservatives-put-birth-control-back-on-the-table
Mar 18, 2010
Tasha Kheiriddin
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/NP/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2010/03/18/tasha-kheiriddin-no-condoms-for-africa-a-half-cocked-solution.aspx
Mar 18, 2010
Mia Rabson
Winnipeg Free Press
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Feds+should+asbestos+funding/2698741/story.html
Mar 18, 2010
BRYN WEESE
SUN MEDIA
http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2010/03/18/13281796-qmi.html
Response to the climate crisis undercut, nuclear energy boosted
Mar 18, 2010
Elizabeth May
Special to Times Colonist
http://www.timescolonist.com/business/Tory+budget+environmental+disaster/2696499/story.html
Gap in African data precludes link on drug-resistant TB, HIV
Mar 18, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/03/18/tuberculosis-resistant-who.html
Ban the trade in bluefin tuna—but set a clear path to sustainable exploitation
Mar 18, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/displayStory.cfm?story_id=15720346

Bluefin tuna: Eaten away

A ban on the trade in bluefin tuna is rejected
Mar 18, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/science-technology/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15745509
Mar 18, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/03/18/tech-bluefin-tuna-ban.html
Mar 18, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/03/18/tech-cites-polar-bear-ban.html

U.K. climate change ads pulled

Mar 18, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/03/17/uk-climate-change-ads.html
Mar 18, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/03/18/isotopes-shortage018.html
Mar 18, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/03/18/tech-arctic-animal-survey.html
Mar 18, 2010
Mia Rabson
Winnipeg Free Press
http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Flaws+cited+report+used+shelve+vaccine+facility/2698581/story.html
Mar 18, 2010
Joanna Smith
Toronto Star
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/dietfitness/diet/article/781519--pasteurization-makes-meat-safer-scientist-says

A formula for confusion

Mar 18, 2010
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/781378--a-formula-for-confusion
Mar 18, 2010
Cathal Kelly
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/sciencetech/article/781654--earths-are-common-nasa-scientist-says
Mar 18, 2010
Tom Blackwell
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=2695102
Mar 18, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/03/18/defibrillators-aed-cardiac-arrest-public.html
Harper government bending to religious right by not funding pregnancy prevention abroad, opposition charges
Mar 17, 2010
John Ibbitson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/tory-anti-contraception-policy-sparks-uproar-from-opposition/article1504020/
Mar 17, 2010
Jane Taber
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/blogs/bureau-blog/conservatives-accused-of-willfully-ignoring-contraception-research/article1503743/

Contraception and mothers' lives

Ignoring the fundamental problem of unplanned pregnancies leaves a curious and gaping hole in a worthy new program, even before Canada officially launches it at the G8
Mar 17, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/contraception-and-mothers-lives/article1504038/
'Signature' initiative meant to save lives, Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon says, ruling out contraception
Mar 17, 2010
Campbell Clark
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/birth-control-wont-be-in-g8-plan-to-protect-mothers-tories-say/article1502796/
Mar 17, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/03/17/breast-cancer-biomarker-study.html
Mar 17, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/03/17/infertility-egg-raffle-britain.html
Mar 17, 2010
RICHARD LIEBRECHT
Edmonton Sun
http://www.edmontonsun.com/news/alberta/2010/03/17/13270936.html
She owns the environment issue, but that suits her poorly
Mar 17, 2010
Lawrence Martin
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/its-a-tough-climate-for-elizabeth-may-and-the-greens/article1503778/
Scientists in Texas say they have found a way to convert coal into gasoline at a cost of less than $30 (U.S.) a barrel - with zero release of pollutants
Mar 17, 2010
Neil Reynolds
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/commentary/texas-university-has-eureka-moment-for-coal-to-gas/article1502823/
Mar 17, 2010
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Canadians+slow+approved+medications/2692708/story.html
Slow government approval policies and provincial drug-plan delays limit Canadians’ access to new medicines
Mar 17, 2010
Brett J. Skinner & Mark Rovere
Fraser Institute
http://www.fraserinstitute.org/commerce.web/product_files/accessdelayedaccessdenied2010_CDN.pdf
Mar 17, 2010
Natalie Alcoba
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/toronto/story.html?id=2691234

Canada's health gap

Mar 17, 2010
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/health/Canada+health/2691446/story.html
Mar 17, 2010
Jack Gibbons
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/article/780865--greening-ontario-can-afford-to-switch-off-coal-power-now

Tainted meat and red tape

Mar 17, 2010
Thomas Walkom
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/780863--walkom-tainted-meat-and-red-tape
Up 57% since 1999; Diabetes cited as primary cause of end-stage renal disease
Mar 17, 2010
TOBI COHEN
Canwest News Service
http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Kidney+failure+rising+Canada+study/2691116/story.html

Changing needs of education

Mar 17, 2010
Geoff Johnson
Special to the Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Changing+needs+education/2692230/story.html
Why was HIV facility scrapped? MP demands
Mar 17, 2010
Mia Rabson
Winnipeg Free Press
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/health-boss-grilled-on-city-vaccine-plan-88079682.html

Pepsi out of schools by 2012

Mar 17, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/03/16/pepsi-school-pullout.html
Mar 17, 2010
Les Blumenthal
McClatchy Newspapers
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Environmental+dilemma+Protect+killer+whales+salmon+they/2694050/story.html

Where are the bodies?

Models that predict thousands of smog-related hospitalizations in Toronto don’t hold up
Mar 17, 2010
Ross McKitrick
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/NP/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2010/03/17/where-are-the-bodies.aspx
Mar 16, 2010
Mike De Souza
Canwest News Service
http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/Binding+climate+treaty+take+years+Prentice/2690270/story.html

Pandemic flu vaccine talks start

Mar 16, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/03/16/flu-vaccine-pandemic-contract.html
Mar 16, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/03/16/tech-un-species-shark-fin.html
Mar 16, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/03/16/agriculture-flax-bill.html
Mar 16, 2010
Juliet O'Neill
Canwest News Service
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Family+planning+absent+from+Canada+focus+women+child+health/2690306/story.html
Mar 16, 2010
Joan Bryden
THE CANADIAN PRESS
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/breakingnews/pm-snuffs-plea-to-legalize-pot-in-youtube-interview-87961632.html
'No one is hiding anything,' Aglukkaq tells House committee
Mar 16, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/manitoba/story/2010/03/16/hiv-vaccine-isotopes-aglukkaq-butler-jones.html
Mar 16, 2010
Conference Board of Canada
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/March2010/16/c2214.html
With U.S. students falling behind their peers in other countries, the President sends Congress his plans for reform
Mar 15, 2010
Konrad Yakabuski
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/obama-offers-his-vision-for-improving-education/article1501547/
Mar 15, 2010
ALTHIA RAJ
SUN MEDIA
http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2010/03/15/13240681-qmi.html
Inspectors union says new U.S. rules require more staff here
Mar 15, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/03/15/food-inspection-memo.html

Closing the phosphorus loop

Why scientists’ scramble to recapture phosphorus has turned into a race against time
Mar 15, 2010
SHARON OOSTHOEK
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/closing-the-phosphorus-loop/article1501119/
Mar 12, 2010
Martha Worboy
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/healthy-living/Canadians+turning+vitamin+cocktails+boost+energy+health/2676311/story.html
Mar 11, 2010
AFP
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Space+station+could+operate+until+2028+says+consortium/2671851/story.html
Mar 10, 2010
AFP
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Space+shuttle+beyond+2010+money+there+NASA/2666549/story.html
Monday, March 15, 2010

Innovation is our hidden deficit

What would it take for Canada to be an innovative economy for the 21st century?
Mar 11, 2010
Kevin Lynch
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/innovation-is-our-hidden-deficit/article1497976/
Mar 11, 2010
Hon. Gary Goodyear, Minister of State, Science and Technology
Canadian Science Policy Centre - Opinion Section
http://sciencepolicy.ca/news/hon-gary-goodyear-budget-2010
Mar 11, 2010
Philip Schwab
Canadian Science Policy Centre - Opinion Section
http://sciencepolicy.ca/news/canada%E2%80%99s-budget-%E2%80%93-what-does-it-mean-canada%E2%80%99s-r-d-and-biotech-firms
Mar 12, 2010
Mike De Souza
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Canada+lags+behind+spending+energy+efficiency+plan/2674664/story.html
Mar 10, 2010
Carol Goar
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/article/777472--goar-jim-flaherty-the-latest-to-leap-into-innovation-gap
Mar 12, 2010
Mark Sutcliffe
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/business/Canada+needs+podium+productivity/2674200/story.html
Mar 9, 2010
Rebecca Trager
Royal Society of Chemistry
http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2010/March/09031003.asp

Smart investing

Mar 9, 2010
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/business/Smart+investing/2659469/story.html
Nuclear industry gets big boost
Mar 4, 2010
Philippe Gohier
Macleans
http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/03/04/budget-2010-innovation-technology-green-initiatives/
Mar 14, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20100314/climate_research_100314/20100314?hub=
Mar 15, 2010
Gloria Galloway
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/blogs/bureau-blog/jim-prentice-reaches-out-amid-climate-backlash/article1500876/
Critics say end to funding indicates Tories' skepticism of climate-change science
Mar 9, 2010
Shawn McCarthy
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/budget-deep-freeze-will-lead-to-end-of-climate-research-lab/article1495628/
Mar 15, 2010
Mike De Souza
Canwest News Service
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Climate+change+scientists+feel+muzzled+Ottawa+Documents/2684065/story.html
Mar 15, 2010
Margaret Munro
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Name+dishonest+researchers+government+urges/2683360/story.html
Research funds spent on TVs, iPod, custom car parts
Mar 13, 2010
Margaret Munro
Canwest News Service
http://www.timescolonist.com/business/Star+scientist+with+indefinite+grant/2679568/story.html
Researchers told to better account for spending
Mar 11, 2010
Jamie Komarnicki
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/Millions+federal+grants+risk+warned/2669401/story.html
Mar 11, 2010
The StarPhoenix
http://www.thestarphoenix.com/technology/Saskatchewan+must+global+innovation/2668999/story.html
Mar 11, 2010
GLENNA HANLEY
The Daily Gleaner
http://nbbusinessjournal.canadaeast.com/front/article/980481
March 9, 2010
Johanna Weidner
Waterloo Record
http://news.therecord.com/article/680788
South Korea touted as proof of dividends paid by generous funding
Mar 9, 2010
Gary Lamphier
Edmonton Journal
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/news/Cuts+higher+education+losing+strategy+president+says/2660793/story.html
New online repository supported by institutional funding
Mar 8, 2010
John Lorinc
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/u-o-first-to-embrace-open-access.aspx
Indigenous people retain majority of intellectual property rights over research findings stemming from their traditional knowledge of local medicinal plants
Mar 8, 2010
Véronique Morin
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/agreement-with-cree-communities.aspx

Student fees set to rise

Universities in some provinces want to increase fees, without calling those fees ‘tuition’
Mar 8, 2010
Daniel Drolet
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/student-fees-set-to-rise.aspx
Mar 15, 2010
Sarah Schmidt
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/forcing+more+meat+inspections+Canada/2684500/story.html
Plants producing food bound for U.S. require more frequent inspections
Mar 15, 2010
Gloria Galloway
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/questions-raised-about-gap-in-food-inspection-standards/article1500460/
The experience in the NWT shows that access to the best treatment can make a real difference in stamping out TB
Mar 15, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/how-to-defeat-a-needless-epidemic/article1500529/
Mar 15, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/03/15/whaling-research-hunt-japan.html
Mar 15, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/03/15/tech-un-species-cites.html

Unprincipled 'Precaution'

India is only the latest country to retard technological progress in the name of safety
Mar 15, 2010
JULIAN MORRIS
Wall Street Journal
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704416904575122592784329892.html?mod=WSJ_latestheadlines
Mar 15, 2010
Wall Street Journal
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB126862629333762259.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
Mar 14, 2010
BRUCE CHEADLE
The Canadian Press
http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2010/03/14/13226076-cp.html
Breakthrough could mean cheaper codeine, now too expensive for many in the developing world
Mar 14, 2010
Anne McIlroy
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/canadian-scientists-uncover-poppys-painkilling-power/article1500380/
Mar 14, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/03/14/listeria-suit.html
Mar 13, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/03/13/pei-atlantic-bluefin-tuna-ban-1156.html

Skeptics and scientists spurned

Mar 12, 2010
Peter Christie
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/letters-to-the-editor/skeptics-and-scientists-spurned/article1498210/

We are living in weird times

'Don't shoot me, I'm only a climate change scientist'
Mar 12, 2010
ALBERT NERENBERG
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/living+weird+times/2673945/story.html
For 500 years, science has believed that we can tolerate a little bit of almost kind of any poison. Those days may be gone
Mar 12, 2010
Martin Mittelstaedt
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/eureka-less-poison-really-is-more-deadly/article1499340/
Sensible national strategy would improve ecological and economic agendas
Mar 12, 2010
Thomas Axworthy
Ottawa Citizen
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/opinion/Speech+from+throne+pays+little+heed+clean+water+action+plan/2673650/story.html
Modern times catch up with picturesque hamlet in the West Kootenay mountains
Mar 12, 2010
Jane Armstrong
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/villagers-hung-up-on-keeping-cellphones-out-of-town/article1498198/
Mar 12, 2010
Darcy Wintonyk
CTV News
http://www.ctvbc.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20100312/bc_birth_control_lawsuit_100312/20100312?hub=BritishColumbia

Birth control users sue Bayer

Mar 12, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/saskatchewan/story/2010/03/11/yasmin-yaz-birth-control-lawsuits-bayer.html
Canadian hospitals hit by reactor shutdown welcome the move
Mar 12, 2010
Joanna Smith
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/778797--polish-isotopes-to-help-cover-chalk-river-gap
Mar 12, 2010
Archie McLean
Edmonton Journal
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/business/Alberta+cuts+royalties/2672204/story.html
Analysts doubt benefits for shale gas play
Mar 12, 2010
Shaun Polczer
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/Incentives+could+spur+Alberta+drilling+create+jobs/2673302/story.html
Low water levels will interefere with summer spawning
Mar 12, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/03/12/bc-spawning-salmon-low-snowpack.html
Mar 12, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/03/11/governor-drugs011.html
Long-awaited competitiveness review expected to streamline regulatory process
Mar 11, 2010
Archie McLean
Edmonton Journal
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Oilpatch+gets+government+rules/2669536/story.html
Mar 11, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/03/11/windsor-heartwell-operating-100311.html
Mar 11, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/03/11/mtl-quebec-in-vitro-funding.html
Amid confusion over B.C. energy policy, Plutonic Power and GE decides to wait a year to pursue green power deal
Mar 11, 2010
David Ebner
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/developers-delay-4-billion-bute-hydro-project/article1496990/
Mar 11, 2010
Randy Boswell
Canwest News Service
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Restoration+icebreaker+should+propel+Canada+Arctic+action+Senator/2672495/story.html

Don't demonize the messenger

Mar 11, 2010
Elizabeth E. May
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/NP/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2010/03/11/elizabeth-e-may-don-t-demonize-the-messenger.aspx
Critics on both sides of the climate change debate do themselves a disservice by citing weather fluctuations as proof of their argument
Mar 11, 2010
Craig McInnes
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Fable+crying+wolf+still+idea/2670029/story.html
Mar 11, 2010
QMI Agency
http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2010/03/11/13193311.html
Confidential rebates let province reap large savings on brand-name pharmaceuticals, but that secrecy is under siege
Mar 11, 2010
Adam Radwanski
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/columnists/adam-radwanski/ontarios-sweet-drug-deals-threatened-by-disclosure-of-rebate-terms/article1498059/
Mar 11, 2010
BRYN WEESE
SUN MEDIA
http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2010/03/11/13200126-qmi.html

No coyote cull for Nova Scotia

Mar 11, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/03/11/ns-no-coyote-cull.html

Not whaling but drowning

In a sea of international opprobrium. But a compromise may be at hand
Mar 11, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/world/asia/displayStory.cfm?story_id=15663372
One of the scourges of modern life may have been profoundly misunderstood
Mar 11, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/science-technology/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15660902
Arctic vault now contains the world's most diverse repository of crop seeds, operators say
Mar 10, 2010
Ian MacDougall
Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/doomsday-seed-bank-growing-strongly/article1496577/
Season was balmiest, driest on record
Mar 10, 2010
Margaret Munro
Canwest News Service
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Canada+warmest+winter+ever+beyond+shocking/2666979/story.html
Syncrude not charged until 2008 duck deaths
Mar 10, 2010
Alexandra Zabjek
Edmonton Journal
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Tailings+pond+breaks+federal+officer/2663851/story.html

Superbug MRSA on rise in Canada

Mar 10, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/03/10/mrsa-superbug-hospitals-canada.html
Mar 10, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/03/10/tech-climate-ipcc-review.html
Pups seen on Quebec shores, as far north as Newfoundland's Northern Peninsula
Mar 10, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/03/10/mont-seal-pups-ice-gulf-lawrence.html
Governments are twigging to the face that owning the 21st century will mean innovating their way to the top
Mar 10, 2010
Gary Mason
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/quantum-computing-may-lead-to-a-quantum-canadian-leap/article1496565/
Mar 10, 2010
Dina O'Meara
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/Pipeline+recommendations+could+face+streamlining+before+April+hearing/2667746/story.html
It’s difficult to have confidence in the federal government on climate change when they’ve been so unclear
Mar 10, 2010
Tyson Dyck
The Mark
http://www.themarknews.com/articles/1108-changing-the-climate-of-uncertainty
Mar 10, 2010
Randy Boswell
Canwest News Service
http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/research+could+give+Canada+advantage+Arctic/2663985/story.html
Mar 10, 2010
Meagan Fitzpatrick
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Obesity+Soda+detractors+complain+poor/2668052/story.html
Mar 10, 2010
Shereen Dindar
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/NP/blogs/posted/archive/2010/03/10/new-canadian-research-shows-vaccinating-children-for-flu-also-protects-adults.aspx
Mar 10, 2010
Mia Rabson
Winnipeg Free Press
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Aboriginal+Canadians+more+than+times+more+likely+have+tuberculosis+Report/2668166/story.html
Risk of infection among natives is 31 times greater than non-natives; for Inuit, risk is 186 times greater
Mar 10, 2010
Bill Curry
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/aboriginals-in-canada-face-third-world-level-risk-of-tuberculosis/article1496790/

Green energy bubbles

Despite bubbles, governments keep pumping air into alternative energy
Mar 10, 2010
Terence Corcoran
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/NP/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2010/03/10/terence-corcoran-green-energy-bubbles.aspx
Annual $10,000 award will honour books in adult and children’s categories
Mar 9, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/books/new-canadian-science-writing-prize-unveiled/article1494774/
Mar 9, 2010
David Suzuki With Faisal Moola
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5i1Z7t7AZ1b5MOesEmp4vZmTw1LSQ
Symposium brings together youth from four countries
Mar 9, 2010
KEVIN CONNOR
Toronto Sun
http://www.torontosun.com/news/torontoandgta/2010/03/09/13170926.html
The principal man-made contributor to Lake Winnipeg's problems comes from agriculture
Mar 9, 2010
Jeffrey Simpson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/fighting-the-blue-green-algae-plague-is-blooming-complicated/article1495356/
Researchers will deploy robotic vehicles beneath the ice
Mar 9, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/03/09/cda-arctic-mapping-borden.html
Researchers found that vaccinating younger children prevents the transmission of the virus and confers protection to those not already immunized
Mar 9, 2010
Caroline Alphonso
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/move-school-age-kids-up-in-the-flu-shot-queue-study-suggests/article1495526/
Mar 9, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/03/09/bc-vancouver-island-bees-die.html
Parasite and weather blamed for '90-per-cent losses' in Vancouver Island hives
Mar 4, 2010
BRENNAN CLARKE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/bc-apiarists-stung-by-bee-deaths/article1488995/
Mar 9, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/edmonton/story/2010/03/09/edmonton-syncrude-premier-has-not-seen-duck-images.html
Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Budget 2010: Post Docs, be careful what you wish for...

Mar 10, 2010
The Black Hole: Science in Canada - Issues Affecting Trainees
http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2010/03/10/budget-2010-post-docs-be-careful-what-you-wish-for/
Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Budget 2010 and Canadian S&T

Mar 8, 2010
Tom Brzustowski
Canadian Science Policy Centre - Opinion Section
http://sciencepolicy.ca/news/budget-2010-and-canadian-st
Mar 8, 2010
Robert Mann
Canadian Science Policy Centre - Opinion Section
http://sciencepolicy.ca/news/budget-2010-starting-get-message
Mar 8, 2010
13 Canadian university heads, Canadian universities
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/Amid+austerity+boost+higher+education+advanced+research/2655298/story.html
March 5, 2010
Rob Annan
Researcher Forum
http://dontleavecanadabehind.wordpress.com/2010/03/05/budget-2010-a-qualified-success/

Federal budget highlights

Mar 5, 2010
Leo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/margin-notes/federal-budget-highlights/
Harper Government fails to keep “top-minds” in Canada
Mar 8, 2010
Canadian Association of Postdoctoral Scholars
http://sites.google.com/site/canadapostdoc/Home/CAPS_Press_Relsease_Mar.pdf?attredirects=0

Innovation gets a cash infusion

Mar 5, 2010
GLORIA GALLOWAY AND ELIZABETH CHURCH
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/innovation-gets-a-cash-infusion/article1490582/
Mar 5, 2010
Florence Loyie
Edmonton Journal
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/business/president+pleased+with+billion+commitment+research/2644568/story.html
Just keeps the lights on
Mar 5, 2010
Kenyon Wallace
National Post
http://www.financialpost.com/Story.html?id=2644250
Mar 5, 2010
Wayne Kondro
CMAJ
http://www.cmaj.ca/earlyreleases/5mar10-federal-budget-light-on-initiatives.dtl
Mar 5, 2010
Stephen Murgatroyd
Troy Media
http://www.troymedia.com/?p=8704
Mar 5, 2010
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO POST-DOCTORAL ASSOCIATION
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/March2010/05/c7347.html
Mar 5, 2010
Paola Loriggio
Telegraph-Journal
http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/rss/article/973941
Budget 2010 investment in TRIUMF keeps the knowledge economy moving forward
Mar 5, 2010
TRIUMF (CANADA'S NATIONAL LABORATORY OF PARTICLE AND NUCLEAR PHYSICS)
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/March2010/05/c7317.html
Mar 4, 2010
Brent Davis
Waterloo Record
http://news.therecord.com/article/680103
In a plan bereft of major new spending, $200-million invested in productivity and research with profit potential
Mar 4, 2010
Gloria Galloway and Elizabeth Church
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/budget/innovation-cash-targeted-at-practical-research/article1489852/
Mar 4, 2010
Research Canada
http://csbmcb.ca/Downloads/19-FinalPressReleaseBudget2010.pdf
Mar 4, 2010
ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES OF CANADA
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/March2010/04/c7129.html
Mar 4, 2010
Karen Birchard
The Chronicle of Higher Education
http://chronicle.com/article/Canadas-New-Budget-Holds/64539/
Forestry, particle physics and satellites are this year's winners
Mar 4, 2010
Emily Chung
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/03/04/budget-innovation.html
Mar 4, 2010
Paul Wells
Macleans
http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/03/04/budget-2010-peering-into-tomorrow-blind-as-a-bat/
Mar 4, 2010
Canadian Association of University Teachers
http://www.caut.ca/pages.asp?page=870
Mar 5, 2010
Peter W.B. Phillips
Special to The StarPhoenix
http://www.thestarphoenix.com/opinion/Canada+needs+strategy+innovation/2643680/story.html
Mar 8, 2010
Telegraph-Journal
http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/opinion/article/976518
Mar 4, 2010
The Black Hole: Science in Canada - Issues Affecting Trainees
http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2010/03/04/talking-science-to-non-scientists-and-whats-in-it-for-you/
Mar 4, 2010
Rob Annan
Researcher Forum
http://dontleavecanadabehind.wordpress.com/2010/03/04/no-research-in-speech-from-the-throne/
University of Ottawa to be home of institute
Mar 3, 2010
Jennifer Green
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/health/Ottawa+100M+brain+mind+study+centre/2638557/story.html
Provincial program awards vouchers rather than cash toward cost of specialized services
Mar 3, 2010
David Finlayson
Edmonton Journal
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/health/Innovative+help+Alberta+innovators/2635906/story.html
Mar 3, 2010
Stephen Murgatroyd
Troy Media
http://www.troymedia.com/?p=8643

Green jobs are blossoming

Governments at all levels are major environmental employers
Mar 3, 2010
Derek Sankey
Canwest News Service
http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/fp/Green+jobs+blossoming/2637244/story.html
Mar 3, 2010
Kate Loveys
Daily Mail
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1254945/Stephen-Hawking-plans-leave-Britain-Government-cuts-science.html

Time to call time on homeopathy

Mar 7, 2010
Justin Trottier
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/NP/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2010/03/07/justin-trottier-homeopathy.aspx
Mar 9, 2010
Alexandra Zabjek
Edmonton Journal
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/business/Court+watches+tailings+pond+rescue/2659140/story.html

One small step for venture cap

Budget removes barrier to foreign private equity
Mar 8, 2010
Karen Mazurkewich
Financial Post
http://www.financialpost.com/story.html?id=2652871
Hundreds found floating in brown, foamy substance in creek that flows into Fraser River
Mar 8, 2010
Jane Armstrong
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/industrial-fluid-suspected-in-fish-deaths/article1494334/
Mar 8, 2010
Sharon Kirkey
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/life/Canada+obsese+exercise+alone+going/2647632/story.html
Mar 8, 2010
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/business/cleanbreak/article/776536--hamilton-federal-green-strategy-goes-from-bad-to-worse
Mar 8, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/03/08/tech-climate-carbon-outsourcing.html
Mar 8, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/03/08/tech-biology-gribble-biofuel.html
Mar 8, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/03/08/bc-fish-farm-salmon-escape.html
Mar 8, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/03/07/edmonton-avatar-art-director-oscar-cherniawsky.html
Mar 8, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/03/08/hiv-global-fund-un.html
Mar 8, 2010
Gwyn Morgan
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/commentary/a-conventional-fuel-an-unconventional-future/article1493330/
Mar 6, 2010
Peter Gorrie
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/insight/article/775179--gorrie-for-climategate-scientist-nuance-is-the-enemy
Mar 6, 2010
Sonja Puzic and Sarah Sacheli
Windsor Star
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Pathology+exact+science+experts/2650072/story.html

Blowing away taxpayers

Wind power is unreliable, expensive and doesn’t result in lower C02 emmissions. Why is Ontario still rushing ahead with it?
Mar 6, 2010
Michael Trebilcock
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/NP/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2010/03/06/blowing-away-taxpayers.aspx
Fossil fuel firms getting hundreds of millions
Mar 5, 2010
MIKE DE SOUZA
Canwest News Service
http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/Taking+wind+green+energy+sector+sails/2643351/story.html
Mar 5, 2010
Thomas Walkom
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/federalbudget/article/775324
Mar 5, 2010
PETER ZIMONJIC
SUN MEDIA
http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2010/03/05/13131716-qmi.html
Mar 5, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/03/05/budget-environment.html
During winter thaws, some streamshave salinity levels just under those found in the ocean
Mar 5, 2010
MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/road-salt-is-poisoning-water-bodies-study-finds/article1490631/
Mar 5, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/03/05/baffin-bay-polar-bear-quota.html
Mar 5, 2010
Krista Erickson
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/03/05/food-inspection-flight.html
Mar 5, 2010
Deborah Yedlin
Calgary Herald
http://www.theprovince.com/business/Guest+column+Linking+oilsands+Avatar+pure+science+fiction/2644405/story.html
McGill research has discovered that low levels of vitamin D is linked to muscle fat and decreased strength in young people
Mar 5, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/03/05/mcgill-vitamind-study.html
Mar 5, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/03/04/flucases-low.html
Contest offers up science and tech museum as test subject for innovation, sustainability
Mar 5, 2010
Maria Cook
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/travel/Students+with+concept+green+design/2642904/story.html

Eco-glasnost

Mar 4, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/eco-glasnost/article1489016/

Utterly avoidable

Mar 4, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/utterly-avoidable/article1489015/
Mar 3, 2010
Patrick Moore
Citizen Special
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/entertainment/Demise+nuclear+being+exaggerated/2634928/story.html
Mar 3, 2010
Sarah Schmidt
Canwest News Service
http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Fish+supplements+bring+compounds/2636308/story.html
Lawsuit claims that makers and sellers of certain supplements found to contain high levels of PCB compounds failed to alert consumers
Mar 3, 2010
Alexandria Sage
Reuters
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/us-fish-oil-makers-drugstores-sued-over-supplements/article1487811/
Mar 3, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2010/03/03/f-federal-budget-2010-science-innovation.html
Mar 3, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2010/03/03/nunavut-bear-cites.html

Pathology review should be wider

Mar 3, 2010
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/774021--pathology-review-should-be-wider
Mar 3, 2010
San Grewal
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/sciencetech/environment/article/774206--lights-carbon-action-23-ideas-to-make-every-hour-count
Mar 2, 2010
David Suzuki With Faisal Moola
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5gtaK31pB76SOtrET0LoEH4-46I8A
Mar 2, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/calgary/story/2010/03/02/alberta-bison-study-calgary-plains.html
Researchers' findings likely to fuel debate over chemical widely used on Canadian corn fields but banned in Europe
Mar 1, 2010
Martin Mittelstaedt
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/weed-killer-can-turn-male-frogs-into-females-study-finds/article1485580/

Syncrude trial to start Monday

Feb 28, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/edmonton/story/2010/02/28/edmonton-syncrude-trial.html
Feb 27, 2010
AL GORE
The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/28/opinion/28gore.html
Wednesday, March 3, 2010

‘The thing' about innovation

It's budget week, and the need for better practices in business, public services and democracy is clear. But what are the mechanisms?
Mar 2, 2010
Preston Manning
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/the-thing-about-innovation/article1487353/

How the U.S. can stay on top

Mar 1, 2010
John P. Holdren and Secretary Arne Duncan
The Hill
http://thehill.com/special-reports-archive/761-science-a-math-march-2010/84341-how-the-us-can-stay-on-top

March is Kidney Health Month

Educating and Empowering Canadians to Prevent and Manage Kidney Disease
Mar 1, 2010
The Kidney Foundation of Canada
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/March2010/01/c5221.html
Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Tories' long-term plan shifts focus from spending to innovation

Ottawa will keep up stimulus for now, but party aims to show it's tackling future challenges in Throne Speech and budget
Mar 2, 2010
Bill Curry and Steven Chase
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/budget/tories-long-term-plan-shifts-focus-from-spending-to-innovation/article1486269/
Canada has the fiscal capacity to make decisions now about supporting research and development that will enhance our competitive position and lay the foundations for growth, health and prosperity in the decades ahead, and to position Canada internationally
Feb 22, 2010
Heather Munroe-Blum
The Hill Times
http://www.aucc.ca/publications/media/2010/munroe_blum_hill_times_02_22_e.html
Feb 22, 2010
The Black Hole: Science in Canada - Issues Affecting Trainees
http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2010/02/22/climbing-up-the-hill-getting-involved-in-science-and-society/

Leaner, Meaner Innovation

As venture capital continues to shrink in Canada, a new kind of startup backed by a new kind of money is beginning to emerge
Feb 26, 2010
April Dunford
The Mark News
http://www.themarknews.com/articles/922-leaner-meaner-innovation

Research Funding at Risk

Feb 23, 2010
Rob Annan
Researcher Forum
http://dontleavecanadabehind.wordpress.com/2010/02/23/research-funding-at-risk/
Feb 23, 2010
Margaret Munro
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Canadian+climate+scientists+fight+renewed+research+funding/2603541/story.html
Feb 24, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/politics/story/2010/02/24/defence-research.html

Twitter for scientists

Feb 23, 2010
Leo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/margin-notes/twitter-for-scientists/
Major projects increase opportunities in hot pockets of activity
Mar 2, 2010
Derek Sankey
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/business/Strengthening+economy+boosts+demand+engineers/2632410/story.html
Stimulus funding boosts environmental job prospects
Feb 22, 2010
Derek Sankey
Canwest News Service
http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/Green+jobs+abound+public+sector/2597412/story.html
Feb 24, 2010
Mia Rabson
Winnipeg Free Press
http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Researchers+group+slams+decision+cancel+vaccination+facility/2607037/story.html
Let’s cut the business equivalent of Own the Podium
Feb 23, 2010
Terence Corcoran
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/NP/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2010/02/23/the-chopping-block-own-the-test-tube.aspx
Mar 2, 2010
Roy Culpeper
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/article/773542--help-poor-countries-cope-with-climate-change
Mar 1, 2010
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/business/cleanbreak/article/773051--hamilton-bloom-and-the-coming-energy-convergence
Mar 1, 2010
AFP
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/China+eyeing+perks+free+Arctic+study/2627909/story.html
Mar 1, 2010
Randy Boswell
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/China+moves+become+major+Arctic+player/2626826/story.html
Mar 1, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/03/01/media-children-teens-health.html
Review to include 3 Windsor-area hospitals
Mar 1, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/03/01/windsor-pathology-review.html
Mar 1, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/03/01/montreal-c-difficile-outbreak-rosemont-hospital.html
Mar 1, 2010
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/03/01/tsunami-alert-communication-australia.html
Feb 27, 2010
Robyn Doolittle
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/772423--don-humber-river-valleys-to-get-greenbelt-protection
Feb 27, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/02/27/pathology-review.html
Feb 26, 2010
MARK HUME
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/hunting-in-bc-provincial-parks-puts-grizzlies-at-risk-study-finds/article1482088/
- Herbicide resistance found in kochia weed
- Farmers may suffer increased costs to treat weeds
- Monsanto evaluating problem, advising farmers
Feb 26, 2010
Carey Gillam
Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN2623528420100226?type=marketsNews
Feb 26, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/02/26/que-health-department-bans-green-cleaning-products.html
Feb 26, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/02/26/nb-biomedical-waste-treated.html
Feb 26, 2010
GREG KEENAN
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/magna-intensifies-the-focus-on-electric-vehicles/article1482118/

Revolution or false hope?

Micronutrients show promise for mood disorders
Feb 26, 2010
ALBERT NERENBERG
Special to The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Revolution+false+hope/2618521/story.html
Feb 26, 2010
Steve Lambert
The Canadian Press
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/breakingnews/despite-health-risks-some-people-continue-to-buy-and-sell-breast-milk-online-85550212.html
Feb 26, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/02/26/tech-iceberg-antarctica.html
This century will be dominated by human movement, but not one caused by temperature
Feb 26, 2010
Doug Saunders
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/lets-not-fret-over-climate-migration/article1483245/
Refutes Bernier's suggestions that evidence doubted
Feb 25, 2010
Mike De Souza And Sheldon Alberts
Canwest News Service
http://www.nationalpost.com/related/links/story.html?id=2609467
Feds had blasted province's vehicle rules as 'folly'
Feb 25, 2010
SHELDON ALBERTS
Canwest News Service
http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/Prentice+wants+play+nice+with+Charest+emissions/2609301/story.html
While U.S. hits hard with Hollywood-style ads, Canada takes a rudimentary approach
Feb 25, 2010
Simon Houpt
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/marketing/canadas-rudimentary-approach-to-unselling-drugs/article1481627/
Feb 25, 2010
Larry Pynn
Canwest News Service
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Grizzly+bears+being+killed+parks+protected+areas+review/2612595/story.html

NASA needs vision, senators say

Feb 25, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/02/25/tech-space-nasa-hearing.html
Signatories to endangered species convention to vote on proposal in March
Feb 25, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/02/25/cites-polar-bears.html
Feb 25, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/02/25/tech-energy-biofuel.html
Feb 25, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/02/25/nat-aecl-paradis.html
Feb 25, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2010/02/25/nat-aecl-paradis.html
Feb 25, 2010
Conference Board of Canada
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/February2010/25/c4659.html
Feb 25, 2010
Sarah Frank
myKawartha.com
http://www.mykawartha.com/news/article/623876--canada-wide-science-fair-ready-to-roll

Keeping the lakes great

Feb 25, 2010
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Keeping+lakes+great/2609713/story.html
The success of genetically modified crops provides opportunities to win over their critics
Feb 25, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/displayStory.cfm?story_id=15579956