Friday, August 27, 2010

Feds top up research funds

U of A to get portion of investment in scientific innovation
Aug 27, 2010
Julianna Cummins
Edmonton Journal
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/Feds+research+funds/3446599/story.html
Aug 16, 2010
Stephen A. Hurwitz
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/article/848627--funds-brighten-future-of-canadian-innovation
Canada's Economic Action Plan Invests in World-Leading Research
Aug 26, 2010
Government of Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Harper-Government-Strengthens-Canadas-Long-Term-Economic-Competitiveness-1310204.htm
McGuinty Government Investing In Researchers And Equipment
Aug 19, 2010
Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation
http://www.mri.gov.on.ca/english/news/ERAORF081910.asp
$200M up for grabs for post-secondary research
Aug 26, 2010
Julianna Cummins
Edmonton Journal
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/news/Funding+Edmonton+research+labs/3446599/story.html
Latest investment helps put Edmonton school in second among Canadian universities in research funding
Aug 26, 2010
Josh Wingrove
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/prairies/u-of-a-reaps-research-windfall-despite-austerity-across-campus/article1686942/
Aug 25, 2010
BRETT BUNDALE
TELEGRAPH-JOURNAL
http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/front/article/1189670

U.S. to appeal stem cell ruling

Aug 24, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/08/24/stem-cell-appeal-ruling.html
Aug 19, 2010
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Banting-Postdoctoral-Fellowships-Program-Now-Accepting-Applications-1307216.htm
Eight years after launching program to boost innovation in the region, just 10 per cent of the $33-million has been recovered
Aug 22, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/atlantic/atlantic-rd-loans-remain-largely-unpaid/article1681728/
Big projects take time, Harper says after long-awaited announcement about facility planned for Cambridge Bay, Nunavut
Aug 24, 2010
John Ibbitson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/john-ibbitson/delay-takes-shine-off-tories-plans-for-arctic-research/article1684097/
Aug 24, 2010
Bruce Campion-Smith
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/851931--harper-touts-climate-change-research-hub-from-afar-as-climate-rages
Aug 27, 2010
The StarPhoenix
http://www.thestarphoenix.com/health/researchers+earn+prestigious+honour/3448754/story.html
Aug 26, 2010
Jamie Sturgeon
Financial Post
http://www.canada.com/Huawei+joins+Canadian+tech+incubator/3445704/story.html
Aug 24, 2010
Bob Waterworth
Financial Post
http://www.financialpost.com/small-business/credit+that+often+overlooked/3435083/story.html
Aug 20, 2010
Frank Richter
Public Policy Forum
http://www.ppforum.ca/sites/default/files/REPORT%20Cleantech%20PPF%20layout.pdf
Aug 21, 2010
Claire Trottier and Behzad Elahi
National Post
http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2010/08/21/the-skeptics-view-of-alternative-medicine/
During Stephen Harper’s visit to the Arctic, a huge chunk of ice fell off the country’s largest remaining ice sheet, on Ellesmere Island
Aug 27, 2010
Jeffrey Simpson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/on-the-bright-side-the-pm-did-say-climate-change/article1686685/
Aug 27, 2010
Sarah Schmidt
Postmedia News
http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/Developer+genetically+engineered+salmon+eyes+Canadian+regulators/3446972/story.html
Re: Canada's weather service on fritz, Aug. 23
Aug 27, 2010
David Grimes
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/improving+climate+monitoring+system/3447970/story.html
Aug 27, 2010
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/opinion/editorials/study+underlines+need+vigilant+about+additives/3448672/story.html
Re: Doctors vote for ban on professional MMA, online edition, Aug. 25
Aug 27, 2010
E. David Klonsky
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/opinion/Doctors+critical+should+cite+medical+reasons/3448959/story.html
Aug 27, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/08/27/ontario-prescription-drugs987.html

Wheat genetic code sequenced

Massive genome to be posted online
Aug 27, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/08/27/wheat-genetic-code.html
May actually be colder than average in the West, as La Nina cools the waters of the central Pacific Ocean
Aug 26, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/environment-canada-predicts-2010-may-end-as-warmest-year-on-record/article1686134/

Why data matter

Aug 26, 2010
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/data+matter/3443446/story.html
Country falling behind in key areas, experts say
Aug 26, 2010
Giuseppe Valiante
Postmedia News
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Canada+faces+Third+World+status+unless+education+fixed+report/3445007/story.html
Aug 25, 2010
Canadian Council on Learning
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/August2010/25/c4708.html
Aug 26, 2010
Mark Kennedy
Postmedia News
http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/Harper+announces+protected+area+conserve+Belugas/3445668/story.html
Aug 26, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/08/26/harper-tuktoyaktuk.html
Aug 26, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/08/26/bp-greenland-offshore.html

Herring to be counted near N.S.

Aug 26, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/08/26/ns-herring-study-research.html
Aug 26, 2010
Shannon Proudfoot
Postmedia News
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/Liberals+plan+take+census+issue+Commons/3446702/story.html

Liberals to table census bill

Aug 26, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/politics/story/2010/08/26/census-changes-liberals-bill.html
Decision assailed. 'Will lower the quality and raise the cost of information'
Aug 26, 2010
MARGARET MUNRO
Postmedia News
http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/Census+changes+mindless+experts/3444329/story.html
Aug 26, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2010/08/26/bc-fraser-sockeye-salmon-numbers.html

Fraser sockeye: Too much bounty?

After three years of inactivity, B.C.'s fishery industry is already struggling to handle the biggest run since 1913
Aug 26, 2010
Derrick Penner
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/Fraser+sockeye+much+bounty/3445029/story.html
Allegations of scientific misconduct at Harvard have academics up in arms
Aug 26, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/16886218
Aug 26, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/08/26/drug-impaired-driving.html
Aug 26, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/08/26/ontario-mental-health-report981.html
Aug 26, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/08/26/bc-doda-cheema-opium.html
Can't keep off your iPhone? You may be forfeiting the downtime your brain needs to learn, remember and imagine
Aug 26, 2010
Matt Richtel
The New York Times News Service
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/digital-devices-may-lead-to-brain-fatigue-study/article1685928/
The price of admission to the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade talks is to put agriculture on the table – and that’s a card we don’t want to play
Aug 26, 2010
Lawrence Herman
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/canada-and-the-pacific-we-dither-while-the-world-moves-on/article1685361/

Centre expands air testing lab

City facility can test samples for mould, asbestos and radon
Aug 26, 2010
STEPHEN LLEWELLYN
Daily Gleaner
http://nbbusinessjournal.canadaeast.com/gleaner/article/1191377
Physicists probe previously uncharted energies, but find no new particles yet
Aug 26, 2010
Emily Chung
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/08/26/large-hadron-collider-toronto-savard.html
Aug 25, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/Politics/20100825/nature-journal-census-100825/
The leading science journal Nature is right to criticize Canada’s abandonment of the mandatory long-form census
Aug 25, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/canada-goes-off-the-statistical-standard/article1685245/
Provides essential information for planning the future, professors say in Nature
Aug 25, 2010
Steven Chase
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/science-journal-laments-census-assault/article1684833/
Aug 25, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2010/08/25/long-gun-registry-report-rcmp.html
Aug 25, 2010
Lesley Ciarula Taylor
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/article/852096--in-historic-move-canada-to-list-bpa-as-toxic
Aug 25, 2010
Margaret Munro
Postmedia News
http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/Bermuda+sized+chunk+breaks+Arctic+shelf/3442855/story.html
Aug 25, 2010
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Going+wrong+isotopes+reactors/3439455/story.html
Aug 25, 2010
Glenn Johnson
Postmedia News
http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Weapons+expert+warns+schools+could+cause+birth+defects/3441143/story.html
Students can improve brain function without a moment of additional study. They need to make three simple lifestyle changes
Aug 25, 2010
Wilkie Wilson and Cynthia Kuhn
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/hey-kids-learn-about-your-brain/article1683962/
Rapidly expanding system is underfunded: auditor-general
Aug 24, 2010
LARRY PYNN
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/entertainment/Environment+ministry+failing+preserve+parks+auditor+general+finds/3433336/story.html
Vaccine against sea lice blamed for wild salmon decline 1 of 6 to get grant
Aug 24, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/08/24/sea-lice-salmong-farming-closed-pen.html
Aug 24, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/08/24/bc-sockeye-high-return.html
Bacteria may have adapted over time due to natural seeps of oil in Gulf
Aug 24, 2010
Randolph E. Schmid
The Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/previously-unknown-microbe-thriving-by-eating-spilled-gulf-oil/article1683505/
Aug 24, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/08/24/tanning-bed-ban-minors-cma.html
Loss affects monitoring of global warming
Aug 23, 2010
Mike De Souza
Postmedia News
http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Budget+cuts+compromise+weather+data+report+warns/3430600/story.html
Aug 23, 2010
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/article/849939--hamilton-nova-scotia-joins-canada-s-green-energy-club

U of S MS trial in works

University situated to lead in liberation treatment study
Aug 23, 2010
Hannah Scissons
The StarPhoenix
http://www.thestarphoenix.com/health/trial+works/3430438/story.html
The amount of plastic floating in the Atlantic does not seem to be increasing
Aug 23, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/16877258
Scientists see step as ‘a major advancement’ against nightmare virus
Aug 22, 2010
Reuters
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/new-ebola-treatment-successful-in-monkeys/article1681676/
Aug 21, 2010
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/Harper+pledges+wind+farm/3426104/story.html

Food fight

While the Ontario government opts for healthier nutritional options in schools, will kids and school boards actually listen?
Aug 21, 2010
Araina Bond
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/life/Food+fight/3425695/story.html?cid=megadrop_story

Parental disconnect

Aug 21, 2010
Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Parental+disconnect/3425539/story.html
Scarcities of water, land, oil and fish could lead to mass starvation in 50 years – or sooner. Why is the West refusing to swallow the facts?
Aug 20, 2010
Siri Agrell
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/the-next-global-crisis-hungry-millions-on-the-move/article1680485/

Suzuki gets the last word

Aug 20, 2010
Richard Helm
Edmonton Journal
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/entertainment/movie-guide/Suzuki+gets+last+word/3423712/story.html
Aug 20, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/08/20/walk-cycle-obesity.html

EU seal ban suspended

Inuit leaders question legality of ban on Canadian seal products
Aug 20, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2010/08/19/nl-seal-ban-819.html
Average Canadian consumes 3,400 mg of salt daily
Aug 20, 2010
Megan Ogilvie
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/article/850687--toronto-board-of-health-supports-sodium-reduction-strategy
Aug 20, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/08/20/beaufort-sea-protection.html
Aug 20, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/08/20/arctic-ice-thinning.html

Good riddance to BPA

Aug 20, 2010
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/opinion/Good+riddance/3421437/story.html?cid=megadrop_story
Aug 20, 2010
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/08/20/chlorophyll-bacteria-biofuel-study.html
Why are hybrid cars running out of juice so quickly?
Aug 20, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2010/08/hybrid_cars
Grits' dissenting report on two-year parliamentary study calls for sweeping reforms
Aug 19, 2010
Andrew Nikiforuk
TheTyee.ca
http://thetyee.ca/News/2010/08/19/LiberalTarSandsReport/
More than a billion people will join the middle class by 2030. This will put a serious strain on grain supplies
Aug 19, 2010
Sylvain Charlebois
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/theres-a-new-world-order-in-food/article1677722/
Aug 19, 2010
Adam White and Rick Smith
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/849551--time-of-use-rates-for-industry-the-right-move
Aug 19, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/08/19/bp-study019.html
Findings from unmanned submersible suggest effects of BP spill will linger for months or more
Aug 19, 2010
Josh Wingrove
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/oil-remains-deep-beneath-the-gulf-of-mexico-study-shows/article1678830/
Aug 19, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/08/19/pei-wasps-baffin-island-climate-change-584.html

Energy conservation: Watts up?

People habitually underestimate their energy consumption
Aug 19, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/16843797

Fisheries biology: War dividend

The second world war led to a boom in North Sea fish numbers
Aug 19, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/16843807
Scientists are increasingly worried about the amount of debris orbiting the Earth
Aug 19, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/16843825
Amount of plastic waste in ocean hasn’t changed over 22 years: environmentalists perplexed
Aug 19, 2010
Randolph E. Schmid
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/researchers-wonder-where-extra-plastic-trash-is/article1678751/
Aug 18, 2010
Carrie Tait
Financial Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/offshore+drilling+Senate+report+says/3413661/story.html
Reactor in 'steady operation,' says AECL
Aug 18, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/08/18/isotopes-medical-chalk-river-aecl.html
Aug 18, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/08/18/con-gm-food.html

Does Wi-Fi make you sick?

Jury still out on health impact of wireless routers
Aug 17, 2010
Jasmeet Sidhu
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/article/848739--does-wi-fi-make-you-sick
Aug 17, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/08/17/ubc-nexterra-biomass.html
Aug 17, 2010
Scott Stinson
National Post
http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2010/08/17/scott-stinson-canadians-have-same-bpa-levels-as-other-people-scared-yet/
Discovery of chemical in nearly all Canadians raises alarm
Aug 16, 2010
Martin Mittelstaedt
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/statscan-survey-finds-bpa-present-in-91-per-cent-of-canadians/article1674153/
Aug 16, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/08/16/technology-food-security-artificial-meat.html
Ban would have prevented BP from drilling Gulf well that blew up
Aug 16, 2010
Erica Werner
The Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/us-halts-deepwater-environmental-exemptions/article1674632/
Aug 16, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/08/16/bpa-bisphenol-levels-urine-contamination.html

NCC wants Canada Day to go green

Aug 16, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/08/16/ncc-carbon-nutral.html
Professors and students at Université Laval work to prevent the city’s prized shade trees from disappearing.
Aug 16, 2010
Mark Cardwell
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/living-laboratory-for-the-american-elm.aspx

Census debate is nothing new

Discussion about the intrusiveness of the survey, as well as its cost and utility, has been around for decades, records reveal
Aug 16, 2010
Bill Curry
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/census-debate-is-nothing-new/article1675022/
Jack Layton wants to make issue first item on agenda when House resumes sitting next month
Aug 16, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ndp-seeks-emergency-debate-on-integrity-of-the-census/article1674900/

The dog’s breakfast census

Aug 13, 2010
Stephen Gordon
National Post
http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2010/08/13/stephen-gordon-the-dogs-breakfast-census/
Aug 26, 2010
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Canadian-Coast-Guard-Completes-Environmental-Emergency-Response-Training-Exercise-Resolute-1310405.htm
McGuinty Government Hydroelectric Project To Create Up To 800 Jobs
Aug 26, 2010
Ontario Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure
http://news.ontario.ca/mei/en/2010/08/creating-more-clean-energy-in-the-north.html
Aug 25, 2010
NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Supports-Development-of-Seasonal-Influenza-Vaccines-1309471.htm

Fraser River Sockeye Fisheries

Aug 24, 2010
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Fraser-River-Sockeye-Fisheries-1309184.htm
Aug 23, 2010
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Canadas-Economic-Action-Plan-Supports-Research-in-Saguenay-1308425.htm
Aug 23, 2010
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Supports-Six-Innovative-BC-Aquaculture-Projects-1308344.htm
Aug 20, 2010
Environment Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/New-Member-Appointed-to-the-National-Round-Table-on-the-Environment-and-the-Economy-1307657.htm
Projects to gather knowledge on minimizing impact, improving competitiveness
Aug 20, 2010
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Working-to-Improve-Mining-Sectors-Environmental-Performance-1307692.htm
Aug 19, 2010
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Statement-Honourable-Christian-Paradis-PC-MP-Minister-Natural-Resources-On-Senate-Committee-1307434.htm
Aug 18, 2010
NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Supports-Agricultural-Research-1306748.htm
Aug 17, 2010
NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Supports-Nanotechnology-Firms-Growth-in-Edmonton-1306020.htm
Aug 16, 2010
Health Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-Canada-Releases-Biomonitoring-Data-from-Canadian-Health-Measures-Survey-1305030.htm
Friday, August 13, 2010

Canada’s innovation malaise: The cure’s in our culture

Ideally, we’d combine our traditional sense of caution with a stronger dash of entrepreneurialism
Aug 10, 2010
Anne Golden
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/canadas-innovation-malaise-the-cures-in-our-culture/article1667165/

Academic snobbery rears its head

Aug 9, 2010
Carson Jerema
Winnipeg Free Press
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/westview/academic-snobbery-rears-its-head-100245719.html
We need smarter approaches to clinical trials that test more concepts in less time, for less money, while preserving safety, community engagement and ethical guidelines
Aug 10, 2010
Alan Bernstein and Peter Piot
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/hiv-is-a-20th-century-disease-that-needs-21st-century-research/article1667175/
New program keeps graduates in Ontario
Aug 11, 2010
Sneh Duggal
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Ottawa+PhDs+receive+special+funding/3387639/story.html
Aug 6, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/08/06/cfi-fund-research-infrastructure.html
Aug 6, 2010
Jamie McCallum
Montreal Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/Harper+government+invests+science/3368155/story.html
Aug 6, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.thestar.com/article/844796--ottawa-earmarks-182m-to-help-reverse-brain-drain
Aug 6, 2010
Government of Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Bolsters-Canadas-Knowledge-Economy-1301317.htm
A controversial treatment for multiple sclerosis provides hope, but to fund it at the expense of legitimate research is irresponsible
Aug 13, 2010
Paula Simons
Postmedia News
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/waste+medical+research+money+chasing+unicorns/3393716/story.html
Aug 13, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/08/12/edm-superbug-doctors-warn-travel.html
A short course in Dutch Disease, deindustrialization and the Bitumen Curse
Aug 13, 2010
Andrew Nikiforuk
TheTyee.ca
http://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2010/08/13/TarSandsEconomicFate/

The real lessons of H1N1

There was little or no flexibility to scale the pandemic plan down in case of a mild outbreak
Aug 13, 2010
Richard Schabas and and Neil V. Rau
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/847366--the-real-lessons-of-h1n1
Canada's medical profession is the first in the world to develop stringent new guidelines on organ trafficking, aimed at deterring prospective transplant tourists
Aug 13, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/for-organ-transplants-consider-a-stay-cation/article1671337/
Aug 12, 2010
D.C. Reid
Times Colonist
http://www.timescolonist.com/health/needs+make+wild+salmon+priority/3389394/story.html
Aug 12, 2010
Chris Genovali
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/opinion/Just+certified+organic+farmed+salmon/3388776/story.html
Aug 12, 2010
Sarah Schmidt
Postmedia News
http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Feds+slow+cough+rules+cigarette+warnings/3391684/story.html
Aug 12, 2010
Peter C. Glover
Troy Media
http://www.troymedia.com/?p=13234
Aug 12, 2010
Alec Bruce
Times & Transcript
http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/opinion/article/1172935
Research includes Edmonton, Halifax, Quebec City, Regina, Windsor, Ont.
Aug 12, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/08/12/ed-health-canada-air-quality-study.html
Aug 12, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/08/12/nwt-deline-tb.html
Aug 12, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/08/12/h1n1-lessons-cma.html
Stung by accusations of secret meetings, agencies must get better at consulting communities, Premier says
Aug 12, 2010
Keith Leslie
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/ontario/health-networks-need-more-direction-mcguinty-says/article1671412/
Aug 12, 2010
Adam Radwanski
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/adam-radwanski/health-care-crisis-a-political-hot-potato/article1670032/
Aug 12, 2010
Les Whittington
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/census/article/847213--advisory-body-says-clement-wasting-millions-on-census-changes
Aug 12, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/08/12/health-chalk-river-reactor.html
Aug 12, 2010
Sarah Schmidt
Postmedia News
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Health+Canada+survey+suggests+nutrition+labels+confuse+consumers/3389809/story.html

Why green business is crucial

Aug 12, 2010
Postmedia News
http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/green+business+crucial/3391705/story.html
Aug 12, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/08/12/mental-illness-college.html
Aug 12, 2010
Emily Chung
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/08/12/pulsar-einstein-at-home-distributed-computing.html
NDM-1 enzyme makes bacteria resistant to antibiotics
Aug 11, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/08/11/uk-lancet-new-superbug.html
Researchers warn no new antibiotics on horizon to tackle latest threat
Aug 11, 2010
Jill Mahoney, Kate Kelland and Ben Hirschler
Globe and Mail and Reuters
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/superbug-from-india-found-in-canada/article1669006/
‘It’s just the nature of the beast’: Medical tourism, international travel fuel spread of drug-resistant enzyme
Aug 11, 2010
Jill Mahoney
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/doctors-brace-for-more-cases-as-indian-superbug-hits-canada/article1669006/
The census is an indispensable tool for knowing ourselves
Aug 11, 2010
Roy Romanow
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/information-must-be-canadas-bedrock/article1668377/
Aug 11, 2010
Ontario Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure
http://news.ontario.ca//mei/en/2010/08/ontario-attracts-landmark-clean-energy-plant.html
The mere presence of women seems to bring health benefits to men
Aug 11, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/16789152
Aug 11, 2010
Sarah Schmidt
Postmedia News
http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Health+Canada+eyes+tighter+rules+alcoholic+energy+drinks/3385515/story.html
Not prepared to handle large spill, hamlet official warns
Aug 11, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/08/11/pangnirtung-fuel-spill-concerns.html
Aug 11, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/08/11/bc-dfo-sockeye-count-occupation.html
It’s up to Canada’s opposition leaders to defend the long form’s integrity
Aug 11, 2010
Mel Cappe, Pierre Fortin, Michael Mendelson and John Richards
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/stand-up-for-good-government-mps/article1668496/
Clement is giving bad information to support his plan for bad-quality data. And on language, he admitted he was wrong
Aug 11, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/sense-still-incomplete-on-the-census/article1669846/
Debate still rages over whether DND grants to universities is valid research or propaganda—but the point may be moot if the budget is pulled.
Aug 11, 2010
Carl Meyer
Embassy
http://www.embassymag.ca/page/view/dnd-08-11-2010
Will replace Web of Science with own database
Aug 10, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/prince-edward-island/story/2010/08/10/peiscience-web-subscription-584.html

WHO declares H1N1 pandemic over

Global health body says it has assessed what’s happening around the world and is moving to post-pandemic phase
Aug 10, 2010
Caroline Alphonso
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/who-declares-h1n1-pandemic-over/article1667873/

More prisons isn’t the answer

Aug 10, 2010
Barbara Kay
National Post
http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2010/08/10/barbara-kay-more-prisons-isnt-the-answer/
Ontario Ombudsman ‘floored’ with ‘defensive and recalcitrant’ response of health network during recent probe
Aug 10, 2010
Christie Blatchford
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/christie-blatchford/secretive-nature-of-fledgling-bureaucrats-raises-questions/article1668629/
Ontario Ombudsman André Marin says Niagara-area agency held closed meetings that were ‘plainly illegal’ to talk about shutting emergency rooms
Aug 10, 2010
Cigdem Iltan
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/ontario/ontario-health-agency-blasted-over-private-meetings/article1668099/
Harper’s remarks, however, virtually slam the door on an 11th-hour reversal on long-form survey
Aug 10, 2010
John Ibbitson and Ian Bailey
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/former-statscan-chief-makes-last-ditch-plea-to-save-census/article1667393/
Statscan warned Tony Clement’s office that voluntary survey would yield low response rate
Aug 10, 2010
Steven Chase
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-was-told-of-flaws-in-census-plan-documents-show/article1668439/
Aug 10, 2010
Les Whittington
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/census/article/846141--tories-twisted-census-findings-memos?bn=1
Aug 10, 2010
Munir Sheikh
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/we-still-have-time-to-reverse-the-census-decision/article1667194/
Aug 9, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/senseless-census-argument-number-four/article1665067/
Aug 9, 2010
Stephen Gordon
National Post
http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2010/08/09/stephen-gordon-why-real-libertarians-cant-possibly-support-the-census-decision/

Oil sands toxins growing rapidly

Volume of arsenic, lead increased 26 per cent in last four years, Environment Canada says
Aug 9, 2010
Nathan VanderKlippe
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/oil-sands-toxins-growing-rapidly/article1667306/
Aug 9, 2010
Shaun Polczer
Calgary Herald
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/business/CAPP+sees+benefits+reporting+oilsands+tailings/3378646/story.html
Early signs of puberty showing up at younger age than in past
Aug 9, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/08/09/puberty-girls-early-breasts.html
Aug 9, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/08/09/bc-cancer-genome-sequencing.html
Canadians cannot afford to be complacent about the proven value of flu vaccines – or about the probability of the next pandemic.
Aug 9, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/h1n1-is-over-but-the-next-pandemic-awaits/article1667310/
Aug 9, 2010
Fabiola Carletti and Wendy Gillis
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/845494--welland-canal-safe-from-frankenfish
Aug 9, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/08/09/arctic-seismic-injunction-reax.html
Aug 8, 2010
Randy Boswell
Postmedia News
http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Nunavut+judge+grants+temporary+injunction+against+seismic+testing/3375321/story.html
Accepting award for public policy leadership, Sylvia Ostry says long-form census change is ‘shocking’ and ‘ridiculous’
Aug 7, 2010
Michael Valpy
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/lauded-economist-slams-census-decision/article1665623/
The procedure could cause severe medical problems, says statement
Aug 7, 2010
Jodie Sinnema
Edmonton Journal
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Alberta+Health+warns+against+treatment/3369897/story.html
Our limited research money mustn't go to risky, unverified procedures
Aug 7, 2010
Paula Simons
Edmonton Journal
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/opinion/Paula+Simons+Chasing+liberation+dream+irresponsible+Alberta+funds/3372182/story.html
Aug 7, 2010
Randy Boswell
Postmedia News
http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/Massive+Arctic+island+drifting+toward+shipping+lanes/3372703/story.html

Tough on crime, weak on logic

Aug 6, 2010
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/Tough+crime+weak+logic/3365315/story.html
Aug 6, 2010
Carol Goar
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/844537--goar-separating-fact-from-myth-in-the-census-saga
Quebec should be applauded for its decision to fund fertility treatments for women. But a strict regulatory regime is needed to ensure the province can manage the inundation of new patients.
Aug 6, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/ivf-treatment-regulate-then-fertilize/article1662072/

Water as a human right

Aug 6, 2010
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/844522--water-as-a-human-right
Aug 6, 2010
Elizabeth Payne
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Where+facts+weapon+choice/3360612/story.html

Justifying more jails

Aug 6, 2010
National Post
http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2010/08/06/full-comment-forum-justifying-more-jails/
A German institute planning to conduct seismic tests on the Arctic sea floor say they do not intend to look for oil and gas
Aug 5, 2010
Bob Weber
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/science-expedition-in-the-arctic-caught-in-government-quarrel-say-researchers/article1663623/
Aug 5, 2010
Scott Stinson
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/columnists/elixir+tempts+still+untested/3360820/story.html
Opponents of voluntary survey ‘got good, quality data and the government of Canada was the heavy’
Aug 5, 2010
Steven Chase and Karen Howlett
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/census-critics-just-want-easy-ride-clement-says/article1663469/
Aug 5, 2010
Arthur Sweetman & Herb Emery
Mowat Centre for Policy Innovation
http://www.mowatcentre.ca/opinions.php?opinionID=41
Aug 5, 2010
Debra Thompson
Mowat Centre for Policy Innovation
http://www.mowatcentre.ca/opinions.php?opinionID=42
A Western diet promotes unhealthy gut bacteria in children
Aug 5, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/16740669
Aug 5, 2010
Environment Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/City-of-Moose-Jaw-Fined-55000-for-Violation-of-Fisheries-Act-1300985.htm
Last week’s UN resolution serves as the template for a more binding resolution
Aug 4, 2010
Maude Barlow
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/point-water-is-a-fundamental-right/article1661763/
The UN resolution devalues true human rights without helping those who need it most
Aug 4, 2010
Jacob Mchangama
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/counterpoint-water-is-the-wrong-right/article1661785/
Aug 4, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.thestar.com/article/843896--scientist-sees-hope-for-rare-right-whales
Aug 1, 2010
Dan Gardner
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/trust+census+polls/3330368/story.html
Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Let's Teach Innovation

Canada can help close the productivity gap with the U.S. by breaking down the distinction between research and education.
Jul 21, 2010
Rob Thacker
The Mark News
http://www.themarknews.com/articles/1901-let-s-teach-innovation
Minister Goodyear launches initiative to connect Canadian businesses with the next generation of skilled workers
Jul 28, 2010
Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Canadas-Economic-Action-Plan-Attracts-Top-Research-Talent-to-Southern-Ontario-1296782.htm
Minister Goodyear highlights investment in innovation and job creation in Southern Ontario
Jul 29, 2010
Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Canadas-Economic-Action-Plan-Supports-Business-Innovators-1297490.htm
Jul 29, 2010
Sarah Anderson
Waterloo Record
http://news.therecord.com/Business/article/752573
Student group concerned at loss of ‘public university model’
Jul 29, 2010
Elizabeth Church
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/tuition-creeping-beyond-government-funding/article1656628/

Having more BAs is a good thing

Aug 4, 2010
Allan Rock
Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Having+more+good+thing/3356398/story.html

Campus crowding

Jul 27, 2010
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Campus+crowding/3325851/story.html
Let’s attract the brightest minds to our country’s universities and colleges, while, at the same time, send more of our own into the world
Aug 2, 2010
Amit Chakma
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/internationalizing-canadas-student-experience/article1657674/
LearnSphere to help companies get ideas to the marketplace
Jul 28, 2010
SHAWN BERRY
Daily Gleaner
http://dailygleaner.canadaeast.com/cityregion/article/1152651

Three steps to a strong Canada

Jul 27, 2010
Kevin G. Lynch
Financial Post
http://www.financialpost.com/news/Three+steps+strong+Canada/3326085/story.html
Report contradicts other countries’ analyses of impact on trade
Jul 28, 2010
Tim Kiladze
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/canadian-trade-missions-ineffective-ubc-study-says/article1655426/
David Rogers is honoured by his peers for work that has helped improve the accuracy of dosages that cancer patients receive
Jul 28, 2010
Jennifer Pagliaro
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/health/Radiation+treatment+calibration+nets+Ottawa+researcher+award/3330404/story.html
The chorus is coming from groups of every kind, yet the federal government continues to adhere to its wrong-headed policy. It still has time, but only a little, to listen, and reverse its census decision.
Aug 4, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/short-census-question-will-the-government-listen/article1660871/
Aug 4, 2010
GUY VEZINA
Daily Gleaner
http://dailygleaner.canadaeast.com/opinion/article/1162052

When oil policy springs a leak

How do we resolve the conflict between energy needs and environmental hazards?
Aug 4, 2010
Gary Hufbauer and Meera Fickling
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/when-oil-policy-springs-a-leak/article1660822/
Aug 4, 2010
Steve Rennie
The Canadian Press
http://www.thestar.com/news/sciencetech/environment/article/843894--biofuels-impact-hard-to-gauge-report-warns
Aug 4, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/08/04/sask-ms-libertation-treatment-funding-research.html
Aug 4, 2010
Rob Breakenridge
The Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/health/Premiers+jump+treatment/3356742/story.html
Aug 4, 2010
Les Whittington
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/census/article/843306--stockwell-day-questions-lower-crime-rates
Aug 3, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/breakingnews/crime-rated-down-but-day-says-unreported-crimes-up-99848269.html
Minister says a rise in unreported victims means Canada needs more prisons
Aug 4, 2010
MIKE DE SOUZA
Postmedia News
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/mocked+online+over+crime+comments/3357152/story.html
Aug 4, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/08/04/pei-bed-bug-pandemic-584.html
Aug 4, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/08/04/fitness-credit-study.html
Recommendations flow from report into surgical errors in Windsor
Aug 4, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/08/04/wdr-mistaken-mastectomy-report-released-100804.html
Aug 4, 2010
QMI Agency
http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2010/08/04/14923921.html
Aug 4, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/08/04/hurricane-forecast-atlantic.html
Census not on the agenda – but it will likely be on the table
Aug 3, 2010
Steven Chase
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/annual-premiers-meeting-to-plot-census-strategy/article1661111/
Ottawa uses 2004 Statscan data to defend costs after dismissing reliability of census
Aug 3, 2010
Campbell Clark
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/stockwell-day-cites-alarming-rise-in-unreported-crime-to-justify-new-prisons/article1661054/

Wind’s PR problem

Aug 3, 2010
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/842902--wind-s-pr-problem
Aug 3, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/08/03/census-of-marine-life-biodiversity.html
Aug 3, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/08/03/fertility-quebec-ivf-funding.html
Aug 3, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/08/03/lancaster-seismic-injunction-qia.html
Aug 3, 2010
John Lewandowski
The Canadian Press
http://www.thestar.com/news/sciencetech/science/article/843168--marine-census-attempts-to-catalogue-ocean-creatures
Aug 3, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/08/03/qc-magdalen-islands-turtles-plastic-danger.html
‘The world, in fact, has spoken on this issue,’ says Statistical Society of Canada
Aug 2, 2010
Brenda Bouw and Steven Chase
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/canadas-stat-crunchers-join-census-fight/article1659883/
Some $25-million of $30-million on advertising to be spent on short census follow-up
Aug 2, 2010
TIM NAUMETZ
The Hill Times
http://hilltimes.com/page/view/integrity-08-02-2010
Ivan Fellegi says the federal agency is in crisis.
Aug 2, 2010
HARRIS MACLEOD
The Hill Times
http://hilltimes.com/page/view/census-08-02-2010
Once again, Stephen Harper has charted a course for the nation that drops the ball in the provinces' and territories' lap.
Aug 2, 2010
ARMINE YALNIZYAN
The Hill Times
http://hilltimes.com/page/view/yalnizyan-08-02-2010
But claim rejected by Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board
Aug 2, 2010
KRISTEN SHANE
The Hill Times
http://hilltimes.com/page/view/offshore-08-02-2010
Aug 2, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/08/02/income-cancer-study.html

The last resort on climate change

Aug 2, 2010
Gwynne Dyer
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/842625--the-last-resort-on-climate-change
Hormone-disrupting chemical is already banned in baby bottles
Aug 2, 2010
Nancy J. White
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/article/843074--bisphenol-a-coats-40-of-store-receipts
Aug 2, 2010
Maria Babbage
The Canadian Press
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/843007--experts-worried-about-ontario-birds-migrating-to-gulf-oil-spill
Albedo effect Warming link underestimated
Aug 2, 2010
RANDY BOSWELL
Postmedia News
http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/Soot+cause+climate+change+study/3350147/story.html
Critic says researchers trying to justify industrial agriculture
Aug 2, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/08/02/farming-conventional-greenhouse-gases.html
Aug 2, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/08/02/dead-zone-gulf.html
Aug 2, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/08/02/ont-peregrine-falcon-rebound-100802.html
Aug 1, 2010
P.W. Stevenson
Edmonton Journal
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/technology/Reverse+policy+jeopardize+integrity+reputation/3348175/story.html
Aug 2, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/08/02/cutworm-cornfield-pest.html
A North America-wide system would be preferable, but in the absence of federal leadership, some provinces and states are right to start their own cap-and-trade scheme to cut carbon
Aug 1, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/the-provinces-step-in-to-fight-climate-change/article1656706/
Aug 1, 2010
David Hutton
Saskatoon StarPhoenix
http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Canadian+spin+windmill+design+touted+green+energy+breakthrough/3346937/story.html

Cures that could kill

Banned health products full of heavy metals and bacteria are still for sale in ethnic stores across Vancouver
Aug 1, 2010
Tamara Baluja
The Province
http://www.theprovince.com/life/Cures+that+could+kill/3348487/story.html
Aug 1, 2010
Tanya Talaga
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/ontario/article/842938--group-wants-hillary-clinton-to-keep-asian-carp-from-lakes
Jul 31, 2010
Andrew Mayeda
Postmedia News
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Prospect+pumping+from+Beaufort+back+deep+freeze/3346975/story.html

Two countries, one carbon tax

Jul 31, 2010
David Frum
National Post
http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2010/07/31/david-frum-two-countries-one-carbon-tax/
Jul 30, 2010
Sarah McGinnis
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/technology/Changes+census+harm+records/3340713/story.html
Jul 30, 2010
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/07/30/asteroid-earth-trajectory.html
Health Canada's Sodium Working Group is calling on Canadians and industry to slash the levels of salt they use in preparing foods
Jul 30, 2010
Lauren Vogel
CMAJ
http://www.cmaj.ca/earlyreleases/30july10_saltE.dtl

The BP spill’s costly lessons

Jul 30, 2010
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/842171--the-bp-spill-s-costly-lessons
U of C scientists find more females downstream
Jul 30, 2010
Gwendolyn Richards
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/todays-paper/River+chemicals+affecting+fish+gender/3340703/story.html

A roadmap to less salt

Jul 30, 2010
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/842097--a-roadmap-to-less-salt

Save the census

The Canadian government should rethink its decision to change the way census data are collected
Jul 29, 2010
Nature
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v466/n7306/full/466532a.html

Stubborn stance on census foolish

Jul 29, 2010
Times Colonist
http://www.timescolonist.com/opinion/Stubborn+stance+census+foolish/3335466/story.html

Economists decry census move

More than 75 per cent of group surveyed do not believe it’s good policy to replace mandatory long-form census with a voluntary household survey
Jul 29, 2010
Tavia Grant
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/economy/economists-decry-census-move/article1656565/

Fish feminizing in Alberta rivers

Jul 29, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/07/29/calgary-fish-rivers-sex-hormones-research.html
Alberta researchers say gender-bending fish are swimming in the province’s southern rivers
Jul 29, 2010
Shannon Montgomery
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/gender-bending-fish-raise-red-flags/article1656646/

The explosive politics of MS

Medical funding is too important to be driven by popular demand instead of facts
Jul 29, 2010
Margaret Wente
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/the-explosive-politics-of-ms/article1655171/
Scientists hope findings will debunk some growing skepticism about climate change
Jul 29, 2010
Paul Waldie
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/the-earth-is-hotter-than-ever-global-warming-is-real-researchers-warn/article1655436/
Jul 29, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/07/29/f-climate-state-noaa-graphics.html
Jul 29, 2010
Carmen Chai
Postmedia News
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/Evidence+global+warming+undeniable+world+report+says/3338073/story.html
Jul 29, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/07/29/climate-change-study-noaa.html

We’re in a pinch over salt

Federal Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq sent a wrong message on an important prevention issue by being absent when Canada's long-overdue salt-reduction strategy was introduced
Jul 29, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/were-in-a-pinch-over-salt/article1656623/
Jul 29, 2010
Sarah Schmidt
Postmedia News
http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Salt+reduction+targets+shaken+industry+health+minister/3334445/story.html
Jul 29, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/07/29/calgary-enbridge-spill-pipeline-ercb-alberta-safe.html
Jul 29, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/07/29/joint-replacement-rabbits.html
When his census position was misrepresented, his resignation transcended policy
Jul 29, 2010
C.E.S. Franks
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/the-munir-sheikh-matter-was-no-technicality/article1655113/
We should think seriously before making changes that will affect governments’ capacity to deliver good public policy
Jul 28, 2010
Stuart Soroka
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/census-call-is-part-of-data-collection-trend/article1653638/

Bias triumphs in census row

Jul 28, 2010
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/840882--bias-triumphs-in-census-row
Jul 28, 2010
Mia Rabson
Winnipeg Free Press
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/data-are-secure-retired-political-scientist-says-99447499.html
Jul 28, 2010
Giuseppe Valiante
Postmedia News
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Police+caseloads+rise+crime+rates+waning+Canada+StatsCan/3333897/story.html
Critics say move by Ontario, Quebec and British Columbia reduces pressure for federal action
Jul 28, 2010
Gloria Galloway
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-praises-three-provinces-set-to-introduce-cap-and-trade-system/article1655271/
Dalhousie research on phytoplanktons another indication of seas under stress
Jul 28, 2010
Caroline Alphonso
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/plants-at-base-of-ocean-food-chain-in-decline-study-finds/article1654702/
Jul 28, 2010
Carmen Chai
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/Crucial+marine+algae+declining+globally+study/3333694/story.html
Jul 28, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/07/28/phytoplankton-vanishing.html
Jul 28, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/07/28/ns-deep-sea-discoveries.html
Jul 28, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/07/28/marine-biodiversity-study.html
Jul 28, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/07/28/michigan-enbridge-oil-spill-100728.html
Interconnected data centers powered by wind, sun, could drastically reduce IT carbon footprints Jul 28, 2010
Michael Oliveira
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/canadian-researchers-hope-to-green-the-web-and-make-canada-the-worlds-web-server/article1654917/
Pulse Energy is based on a simple idea: Using less energy makes bottom-line sense. But implementing simple ideas requires minds schooled in complexity
Jul 28, 2010
Jeffrey Simpson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/clean-energy-getting-a-pulse-on-vancouver/article1653632/
Jul 28, 2010
David Suzuki with Faisal Moola
The Canadian Press
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/greenpage/environment/science-matters-climate-change-and-water-are-inextricably-linked--99480509.html

Beyond eco-fees

Jul 28, 2010
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/840877--beyond-eco-fees
Saskatchewan agrees to fund clinical trials of experimental procedures
Jul 28, 2010
Tanya Talaga
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/article/841494--ontario-waits-to-make-decision-on-new-ms-treatment
Jul 28, 2010
David Hutton
Saskatoon StarPhoenix
http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Sask+plan+fund+treatment+trials+raises+national+debate/3334159/story.html
Clement obdurate in testimony before Commons committee
Jul 27, 2010
John Ibbitson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/survey-says-government-still-not-listening-on-census/article1653939/
Current census is reliable, used by policy-makers and forms basis for other Canadian statistical analysis. By comparison, prospective voluntary survey is unsupported by professionals and unusable
Jul 27, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/long-form-testimonials-shine-light-on-bad-census-policy/article1653802/
Committee votes in favour of nonbinding motion to reinstate long-form census
Jul 27, 2010
Gloria Galloway
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/sheikh-shares-his-disdain-at-census-changes-with-commons/article1653937/
Entrepreneurs, economists rely heavily on data from the long-form census, and most can’t afford the alternatives
Jul 27, 2010
Tavia Grant
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/your-business/grow/expanding-the-business/business-concerned-over-census-changes/article1653800/
Jul 27, 2010
Les Whittington
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/census/article/840595--ex-statscan-chief-says-he-quit-to-protect-agency-s-credibility
Jul 27, 2010
MINDY JACOBS
QMI Agency
http://www.torontosun.com/comment/columnists/mindelle_jacobs/2010/07/26/14835731.html
Jul 27, 2010
Sharon Kirkey
Postmedia News
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Medical+journal+urges+strict+regulations+high+caffeine+energy+drinks/3327540/story.html
Vessel made of recycled plastic bottles completes journey across the Pacific to highlight threat of pollution to the world's oceans
Jul 27, 2010
Cigdem Iltan
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/plastiki-a-message-in-12500-bottles/article1652748/
B.C., Ontario, Quebec embrace cap-and-trade system to fight global warming that is based on plan dropped by U.S. Senate
Jul 27, 2010
David Ebner
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/biggest-provinces-push-plan-to-cap-emissions/article1653672/
Premier puts province at forefront of Canadian efforts to introduce a treatment that has experts – and those with MS – divided
Jul 27, 2010
Patrick White
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/saskatchewans-wall-vows-to-fund-contentious-ms-treatment/article1653519/
Aug 2, 2010
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Launches-Investments-in-Forest-Industry-Transformation-Program-1298721.htm
Jul 30, 2010
Environment Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Celebrates-800th-Donation-Through-Ecological-Gifts-Program-1298220.htm
FedDev Ontario invests in people, communities and businesses
Jul 29, 2010
Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Minister-Goodyear-Outlines-Plan-for-Jobs-and-Growth-in-Southern-Ontario-1297629.htm
Jul 29, 2010
Health Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Welcomes-Sodium-Reduction-Report-1297556.htm
Jul 28, 2010
NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA-NRC
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/NRC-and-uOttawa-Scientists-Conduct-Groundbreaking-Scientific-Experiment-1296918.htm
Jul 28, 2010
Health Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-Canada-Announces-Continued-Support-National-Aboriginal-Diabetes-Initiative-1296903.htm
Jul 28, 2010
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Invests-in-Wind-Energy-in-New-Brunswick-1296619.htm
Jul 28, 2010
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-Canada-Investing-Clean-Energy-Production-Improvement-AV-Nackawic-Pulp-Mill-1296695.htm
Jul 27, 2010
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
http://smr.newswire.ca/en/canadian-institutes-of-health-research-cihr/government-of-canada-supports-research-to-reduce-childhood
Jul 26, 2010
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/July2010/26/c6522.html