Friday, October 29, 2010

Companies cut R&D spending

Canadian research and development investment falls for 4th year in a row
Oct 27, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/27/canadian-corporate-reasearch-spending.html
Oct 27, 2010
Research Infosource
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/October2010/27/c6249.html
Oct 28, 2010
RICHARD BLACKWELL
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/immigrants-vital-to-innovation-rbc-chief/article1776318/
Oct 22, 2010
CARLY WEEKS
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/bmo-vice-chair-kevin-lynch-emphasizes-the-importance-of-innovation/article1769605/
Oct 26, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/26/research-development-spending-china.html
China investing heavily in an effort to rival the best of the West as a seat of higher learning
Oct 23, 2010
Peter Foster
Daily Telegraph
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/ultimate+university+brain+drain/3716773/story.html
Oct 29, 2010
MIKE BEASLEY
METRO OTTAWA
http://www.metronews.ca/ottawa/article/676581--proposals-will-boost-study-of-canada-s-north

Arctic researchers get boost

Oct 29, 2010
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Arctic+researchers+boost/3743951/story.html
Oct 29, 2010
Mamdouh Shoukri
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/882748--universities-change-with-the-times
Number of full-time students up 3.7 percent, with gains in every province.
Oct 29, 2010
Léo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/university-enrolment-continues-to-climb-in-canada.aspx
Oct 26, 2010
CIARA BYRNE
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/ontario-universities-should-specialize-in-programs-they-do-best-report/article1773431/

Universities face budget crunch

Sustained government funding needed to keep top students, profs in Canada
Oct 28, 2010
Mike De Souza
Postmedia News
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Universities+face+budget+crunch/3738133/story.html
Oct 26, 2010
Léo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/margin-notes/the-disaster-awaiting-u-k-universities/
Could volcanic ash feed ailing fish populations?
Oct 29, 2010
Nicola Jones
Nature
http://www.nature.com/news/2010/101029/full/news.2010.572.html
Oct 29, 2010
Jason Fekete
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/Canada+agrees+with+China+pollution/3745889/story.html
Lobsters died after being placed in a pen with pesticide
Oct 29, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/new-brunswick/story/2010/10/29/nb-alphamax-pesticide-aquaculture-1024.html

Seeing red over greenwashing

Oct 29, 2010
Paula Arab
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/Arab+Seeing+over+greenwashing/3745053/story.html
Oct 29, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/29/darpa-nasa-mars-money.html
Oct 29, 2010
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/882726--ethical-mining-what-s-ignatieff-s-view
Oct 29, 2010
MICHAEL VALPY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/universities-bowed-to-pressure-by-balsillie-funded-think-tank-over-academic-freedom-report-says/article1777417/
Oct 29, 2010
Canadian Association of University Teachers
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/October2010/29/c7177.html
Oct 29, 2010
Health Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-Canada-Works-with-BC-Communities-Help-Prevent-Young-People-from-Taking-Illicit-1344019.htm

Tar sands: Ottawa has to step in

Oct 28, 2010
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/882036--tar-sands-ottawa-has-to-step-in
Oct 28, 2010
Don Martin
National Post
http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2010/10/28/don-martin-prentice-livid-at-oilsands-latest-duck-disaster/

$1.3 million to stop duck deaths

Alberta judge orders Syncrude to fund research at U of A
Oct 28, 2010
Sarah Petz
Macleans
http://oncampus.macleans.ca/education/2010/10/28/1-3-million-to-stop-duck-deaths/
Oct 28, 2010
Jane Taber
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-notebook/ignatieffs-mixed-message-on-mining-leaves-liberal-heads-spinning/article1776539/
Oct 28, 2010
CARLY WEEKS
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/natural-product-companies-targeting-kids-market/article1776902/
Oct 28, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/28/wind-energy-strategy.html
Oct 28, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/Health/20101028/iodized-salt-101028/
Oct 28, 2010
Sharon Kirkey
Postmedia News
http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Approval+drug+heralds+momentous+advance+stroke+prevention/3739714/story.html
Oct 28, 2010
Emily Chung
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/28/greener-carbon-capture.html
Oct 28, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/new-brunswick/story/2010/10/28/nb-aquaculture-salmon-farming-alphamax-524.html
A national school food program should be universal, free and focused on wholesome foods, experts say
Oct 28, 2010
Lauren Vogel
CMAJ
http://www.cmaj.ca/earlyreleases/28oct10-thin-gruel-in-the-face-of-the-national-child-obesity-epidemic.dtl
Oct 28, 2010
Darah Hansen
Postmedia News
http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/Shortage+green+skill+looms+study+warns/3740914/story.html
Oct 28, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/Health/20101028/bpa-sperm-101028/
Oct 28, 2010
Meagan Fitzpatrick
Postmedia News
http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/Wireless+Internet+making+schoolchildren+sick+father+tells/3742801/story.html
Oct 28, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/10/28/wifi-school-health-canada.html

California enjoys reefer madness

Oct 28, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/california-enjoys-reefer-madness/article1775416/
Ontario Science Centre Now Accepting Entries for the 2011 Weston Youth Innovation Award
October 28, 2010
Ontario Science Centre
http://smr.newswire.ca/en/ontario-science-centre/ontario-science-centre-helps-youth-promote-ideas
Oct 28, 2010
Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/October2010/28/c6836.html
Oilsands companies promise thorough investigation
Oct 27, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/27/edmonton-suncor-tailings-ducks.html
230 dead birds at Syncrude facility, small tolls at Suncor and Shell ponds
Oct 27, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/26/edmonton-more-ducks-tailings-pond.html
Oct 27, 2010
Max Paris
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/26/f-enviro-paris-biodiversity.html
Oct 27, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/27/un-biodiversity-stalled-japan.html
Oct 27, 2010
Margaret Munro
Postmedia News
http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/World+facing+extinction+crisis+scientists/3734827/story.html
Oct 27, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/27/bc-natural-benefits-cost-analysis.html
Oct 27, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/27/con-turbine.html

Tuna numbers rising: report

Oct 27, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/27/pei-iccat-tuna-report-584.html
Oct 27, 2010
BILL CURRY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/lobbying-blitz-helps-kill-mining-ethics-bill/article1775529/
Oct 27, 2010
Chris Albin-Lackey
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/881537--monitoring-of-mining-companies-long-overdue
Oct 27, 2010
Jane Taber
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-notebook/will-michael-ignatieff-bury-his-own-mps-mining-bill/article1774457/
Oct 26, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2010/10/26/north-caribou-workshop-manitoba.html
Oct 26, 2010
PATRICK WHITE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/prairies/toxic-syncrude-tailings-pond-kills-hundreds-more-ducks/article1773540/
Oct 26, 2010
Meagan Fitzpatrick
Postmedia News
http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Time+make+reducing+trans+fats+mandatory+Nutrition+expert/3727721/story.html
Oct 26, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/26/yellowknife-geothermal-heat.html
New power meters mean electricity is more expensive during peak hours
Oct 26, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/26/con-smart-meters.html
But conservation found to be slowing extinctions
Oct 26, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/26/vertebrates-threatened.html
But expert panel recommends no major changes to Canada’s current system of enforcing integrity rules for federally funded research.
Oct 25, 2010
Rosanna Tamburri
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/national-body-research-integrity.aspx
Oct 25, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/25/arctic-climate-change-baffin-fisheries.html

Making sense of 'Frankenfish'

AquaBounty says its salmon means more efficient aquaculture
Oct 25, 2010
Peter Nowak
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/22/aquabounty-genetically-engineered-salmon.html
Oct 25, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/25/volcano-bc-eruption-sockeye-salmon.html
Oct 25, 2010
CARLY WEEKS
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/award-winning-malaria-scientist-warns-of-drug-resistance/article1771762/

No more space travel for Thirsk

Oct 25, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/25/astronuat-bob-thirsk.html
The government will spend $9-billion to buy 65 F-35 jets to replace the aging F18 jets to be phased out of service by 2017.
Oct 25, 2010
PRIME MINISTER STEPHEN HARPER
The Hill Times
http://hilltimes.com/page/view/harper-10-25-2010
While Canada is primed to be a player in future U.S. space plans and keen to get in on the anticipated increased international partnerships, other countries may be waiting in the wings.
Oct 25, 2010
KRISTEN SHANE
The Hill Times
http://hilltimes.com/page/view/spacepolicy-10-25-2010
The non-strategy of successive Liberal and Conservative governments, which ignores the challenges of the industry has left Canadian aerospace at a considerable disadvantage.
Oct 25, 2010
Jim Maloway
The Hill Times
http://hilltimes.com/page/view/maloway-10-25-2010
While Quebec is doing well in terms of aerospace research and development, it is no thanks to support from Ottawa; far from it.
Oct 25, 2010
ROBERT BOUCHARD
The Hill Times
http://hilltimes.com/page/view/-10-25-2010
'We're competitive now because we did the R&D five, 10 years ago. At some point that R&D will not be leading edge. So we need to do more,' says Aerospace Industries Association of Canada president Claude Lajeunesse.
Oct 25, 2010
KRISTEN SHANE
The Hill Times
http://www.hilltimes.com/page/view/rnd-10-25-2010
Industry Minister Tony Clement says he's working to create an environment where 'innovation can flourish.'
Oct 25, 2010
BEA VONGDOUANGCHANH
The Hill Times
http://hilltimes.com/page/view/qnaclement-10-25-2010
Some MPs question industry's efforts to 'curry favour' for F-35 purchase.
Oct 25, 2010
TIM NAUMETZ
The Hill Times
http://hilltimes.com/page/view/f35-10-25-2010
Investment Will Help Develop Cutting-Edge Flight Simulators
Oct 25, 2010
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Harper-Government-Strengthens-Canadas-Aerospace-Sector-1340600.htm
Oct 21, 2010
Carlito Pablo
Georgia Straight
http://www.straight.com/article-353682/vancouver/experts-see-sense-regulating-marijuana
Oct 20, 2010
JOANNA SLATER
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/americas/california-considers-a-truce-in-the-war-on-pot/article1766091/
Oct 21, 2010
Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Minister-Goodyear-Announces-Plans-Online-HUB-Connect-Science-Technology-Engineering-1339212.htm
Oct 22, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/22/industry-university-academic-research.html
Muzzling scientists impedes global problem-solving: ex-diplomat
Oct 21, 2010
Emily Chung
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/21/science-diplomacy-canada.html
Funding will help major collaborations
Oct 22, 2010
CanadianManufacturing.com
http://www.canadianmanufacturing.com/cmo/news/headline/article.jsp?content=20101022_130110_8752
Oct 18, 2010
BARRIE McKENNA
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/ottawa-takes-another-shot-at-getting-rd-on-right-track/article1761323/

Government Announces R&D Review

Oct 15, 2010
Rob Annan
Researcher Forum
http://dontleavecanadabehind.wordpress.com/2010/10/15/government-announces-rd-review/
Oct 19, 2010
Kenton White
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/business/Using+funds+encourage+creation+create+healthy+robust+companies/3691432/story.html
Oct 19, 2010
Adam McDowell
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/Half+panel+linked+federal+funding/3691053/story.html

R&D a top priority, survey finds

Oct 21, 2010
Dave Hall
The Windsor Star
http://www.windsorstar.com/business/priority+survey+finds/3702844/story.html
Small and medium businesses are essential to economic development and wealth creation
Oct 19, 2010
Annie McLeod
Postmedia News
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/most+Canadian+businesses+innovation+continuous+incremental/3692281/story.html
Oct 22, 2010
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Minister-State-Goodyear-Celebrates-Wrap-up-National-Science-Technology-Week-1339773.htm
Oct 22, 2010
JOE LOFARO
METRO OTTAWA
http://www.metronews.ca/ottawa/local/article/669828--cold-hard-science
Oct 18, 2010
The Black Hole: Science in Canada - Issues Affecting Trainees
http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2010/10/18/new-metrics-for-assessing-scientists-collaboration-networks/
Oct 20, 2010
Genome Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Dr-Pierre-Meulien-Appointed-President-and-CEO-of-Genome-Canada-1337962.htm
Oct 23, 2010
JEFFREY SIMPSON
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/jeffrey-simpson/as-the-sea-ice-melts-so-melts-the-arctic/article1769518/
UWO: The institute is being launched with a $4 million donation from Joseph Rotman who credits his education at Western with leading to his success
Oct 22, 2010
John Miner
The London Free Press
http://www.lfpress.com/news/london/2010/10/21/15781516.html
Oct 22, 2010
Mia Rabson
Winnipeg Free Press
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/health-canada-botched-hiv-facility-committee-105510183.html
Oct 22, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/22/edmonton-syncrude-dead-ducks-sentencing.html
Oct 22, 2010
Jason Fekete
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/Alberta+government+splashes+oilsands+London/3714067/story.html?cid=megadrop_story
Oct 22, 2010
CARLY WEEKS
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/size-matters-on-labels-health-canada-nutritionists-say/article1770050/
Oct 22, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/10/22/h1n1-pandemic-cma.html
Oct 22, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/22/tigers-extinction.html
Oct 22, 2010
Madhavi Acharya-Tom Yew
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/business/money911/article/879838--why-toronto-start-ups-need-venture-capital
Some changes to meat inspection process made, many still in planning stages
Oct 22, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/10/22/con-listeria-report.html
More study needed, but coral reefs seem to have 'dodged a bullet'
Oct 22, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/22/bp-gulf-coral.html
Oct 22, 2010
Health Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-Canada-Food-Consumer-Products-Canada-Launch-Major-Nutrition-Labelling-Initiative-1339798.htm
Oct 22, 2010
AARON DERFEL
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/Picture+incomplete+academic+fraud+report/3709075/story.html
More education, advice and transparency needed to improve integrity
Oct 21, 2010
Hannah Hoag
Nature
http://www.nature.com/news/2010/101021/full/news.2010.555.html
Oct 21, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/20/canada-research-integrity.html
Oct 21, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/pointofview/2010/10/research-integrity-should-canada-establish-an-organization-to-ensure-sound-research.html
Oct 21, 2010
Council of Canadian Academies
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/October2010/21/c4492.html
Oct 21, 2010
Randolph E. Schmid
The Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/arctic-temperature-rising-at-near-record-rates-sea-ice-melting-faster-report/article1767442/
Oct 21, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/21/nb-oil-drilling-environmental-assessment-633.html
Sunday, October 24, 2010

Fishermen concerned about sea lice pesticide

Oct 21, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/21/nb-alphamax-grand-manan.html
Oct 21, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/21/nl-montevecchi-gannets-1021.html
Oct 21, 2010
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/October2010/21/c4517.html
New Solar Tracking Module Lighting the Path to Cleaner Energy Solutions for the Future
Oct 21, 2010
NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA-NRC
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-Canada-Investment-Leads-Milestone-Development-Solar-Powered-Energy-1339178.htm
Oct 20, 2010
ANDRÉ PICARD
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/andre-picard/do-medical-miracles-really-exist/article1765519/
Oct 20, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/20/long-form-census-world-statistics-day.html
Oct 20, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/20/oilsands-environment-pembina.html
Oct 20, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/20/marine-report-card.html
Oct 20, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/19/un-economy-environment-ecosystem.html
Oct 20, 2010
Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/October2010/20/c3931.html
Oct 20, 2010
Canadian Science Policy Centre
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Official-Opening-Second-Annual-Canadian-Science-Policy-Conference-Pierre-Noreau-Nina-1338293.htm
Do the beauty products you use every day contain chemicals that are hazardous to your health? The David Suzuki Foundation says that they might.
Oct 20, 2010
Darcy Wintonyk
ctvbc.ca
http://calgary.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20101020/bc_dirty_dozen_chemicals_101020/20101020/?hub=CalgaryHome
Oct 19, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/19/suzuki-dirty-dozen.html
Oct 19, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/19/ottawa-purchase-nortel-carling-campus.html
Oct 19, 2010
Emily Chung
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/19/energy-subsidies-cleantech.html
Oct 19, 2010
Janet Stefenhagen
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Universities+becoming+business+like+conference+told/3692191/story.html
Oct 19, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/19/carleton-students-win-dance-their-phd-contest.html
Survey: Atlantic companies spend less than national average
Oct 19, 2010
BRUCE ERSKINE
Chronicle-Herald
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Business/1207751.html
Universities of Toronto, Waterloo and Northern British Columbia Named Research Universities of the Year
Oct 19, 2010
Research Infosource
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/October2010/19/c3528.html
Oct 19, 2010
Health Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-Canada-Calls-on-Industry-Voluntarily-Stop-Use-Cadmium-Childrens-Jewellery-1337413.htm
Oct 19, 2010
Ontario Ministry of Health Promotion
http://news.ontario.ca/mhp/en/2010/10/a-statement-by-the-chief-medical-officer-of-health---towards-a-smoke-free-ontario.html
McGuinty Government's Green Energy Act Helps Create 300 Good Ontario Jobs
Oct 19, 2010
Ontario Office of the Premier
http://news.ontario.ca/opo/en/2010/10/ontario-attracts-another-solar-manufacturing-plant.html
Oct 19, 2010
Sarah Schmidt
Postmedia News
http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/Carcinogenic+cadmium+packed+jewelry+still+being+sold+Health+Canada/3687511/story.html
Oct 18, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/18/un-biodiversity-conference-2010.html
Oct 18, 2010
CANARIE
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/October2010/18/c3273.html
Oct 18, 2010
GLORIA GALLOWAY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/federal-union-rails-against-disconnect-between-science-policy/article1762836/
Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada launches website to boost support for science
Oct 18, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/18/federal-union-government-science.html
Oct 18, 2010
Margaret Munro
Postmedia News
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Public+service+union+goes+online+stick+researchers/3689420/story.html
Oct 18, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/Canada/20101018/science-canada-confusing-101018/
Oct 18, 2010
Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-Scientists-Go-Public-Website-Will-Speak-Up-for-Science-1336445.htm
Oct 18, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/18/bruce-power-nuclear-waste-sweden.html
Oct 17, 2010
MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/why-water-shouldnt-be-fluoridated/article1759535/
Oct 17, 2010
PATRICK WHITE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/world-leaders-tackle-a-tall-order-how-to-preserve-life-on-earth/article1761052/
Study ties hiring of newcomers to increased foreign trade
Oct 15, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2010/10/15/immigration-innovation-report.html
Oct 18, 2010
Council of Canadian Academies
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/October2010/18/c3213.html
Oct 18, 2010
Ontario Ministry of the Environment
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2gP7jWdrVY
Oct 16, 2010
Environment Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Takes-Further-Action-on-Bisphenol-A-1336164.htm
Oct 15, 2010
Conference Board of Canada
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/October2010/15/c2519.html
Oct 15, 2010
Environment Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Canadas-Minister-Environment-Comes-Agreement-With-his-Quebec-Counterpart-on-Progress-1335822.htm
Oct 14, 2010
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/October2010/14/c1110.html
Friday, October 15, 2010

Lagging innovation leads feds to launch review into R&D

Oct 13, 2010
Andrew Mayeda
Postmedia News
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Lagging+innovation+leads+feds+launch+review+into/3668183/story.html
How to attract human capital and find a place for science students in industry
Oct 14, 2010
Paul Wells
Macleans
http://oncampus.macleans.ca/education/2010/10/14/where-you-need-to-go-in-ottawa-for-a-good-idea/

No big bang for bucks

Why isn’t Canada getting more for its research and development billions?
Oct 14, 2010
DAVID AKIN
QMI Agency
http://www.torontosun.com/comment/columnists/david_akin/2010/10/13/15681441.html
Oct 13, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/13/science-tech-spending.html
Government promotes innovation as a key driver of Canada's economic recovery
Industry Canada
Oct 14, 2010
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Harper-Government-Takes-Action-to-Better-Support-Business-Research-and-Development-1335016.htm
Oct 14, 2010
TERRY DAVIDSON
Toronto Sun
http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2010/10/14/15690301.html
Oct 12, 2010
BARRIE McKENNA
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/economy/growth/an-innovative-strategy-for-canada/article1754203/
Oct 13, 2010
Financial Post
http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/fp/Canada+needs+innovation+boost+business+leaders/3663742/story.html
Oct 14, 2010
Gary Lamphier
Edmonton Journal
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/opinion/Universities+help+make+Canada+innovation+underachiever/3669338/story.html
Oct 13, 2010
Katherine Scarrow
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/your-business/grow/expanding-the-business/innovation-key-to-small-business-success/article1755574/
Oct 8, 2010
BARRIE McKENNA AND JEREMY TOROBIN
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/economy/growth/canadas-sorry-state-of-innovation/article1750621/
Oct 15, 2010
Tobi Cohen
Postmedia News
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Governor+General+laments+Canada+performance+innovation+access+post+secondary+education/3675552/story.html
The next time an article in a science journal posits a general theory of human behaviour, view its conclusions skeptically.
Oct 12, 2010
Laura Eggertson
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/weird-science.aspx
CIHR funds research probing bacteria, viruses and fungi that live in humans
Oct 14, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/14/microbiome-research-funding-cihr.html
Oct 13, 2010
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/todays-paper/Quebec+genome+scientists+awarded+million+carry+research+projects/3662375/story.html
Oct 15, 2010
Tom Blackwell
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/press+irks+fertility+industry+regulator/3674341/story.html

U of S pursues research reactor

Facility would help city become a centre for nuclear science
Oct 15, 2010
Jeremy Warren
The StarPhoenix
http://www.thestarphoenix.com/health/pursues+research+reactor/3675379/story.html
Oct 15, 2010
CAROL CHRISTIAN
QMI Agency
http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2010/10/15/15699071.html
Oct 15, 2010
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-Canada-Funds-Projects-Diversify-Supply-Sources-Key-Medical-Isotope-1335739.htm
Oct 15, 2010
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-Canada-Leading-Forest-Sector-Renewal-Investing-Environmental-Improvements-1335741.htm
Oct 15, 2010
Tim Mak
National Post
http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2010/10/15/tim-mak-carbon-tax-finds-a-friend-on-the-right/
Would spur green tech innovations: report
Oct 14, 2010
PETER O'NEIL
Postmedia News
http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/Canada+should+polluters+OECD+says/3669537/story.html
Oct 14, 2010
Rob Breakenridge
CHQR
http://www.am770chqr.com/Blogs/RobBreakenridge/BlogEntry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10151950
Oct 14, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/14/us-study-globalwarming-confusion.html
Oct 14, 2010
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/874996--eco-fee-reversal-recycling-costs-won-t-go-away
Oct 14, 2010
SHAWN McCARTHY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/canada-not-ready-for-shale-gas-boom/article1756636/
Oct 14, 2010
Scott Stinson
National Post
http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2010/10/14/scott-stinson-oil-sands-mean-money-morton-insists/
Oct 14, 2010
Bob Weber
The Canadian Press
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/life/sci_tech/chemicals-survive-waste-treatment-to-be-released-into-environment-study-104965919.html

Pot's not the problem, Mr. Harper

Oct 14, 2010
Charles W. Moore
Telegraph-Journal
http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/opinion/article/1261671
Oct 14, 2010
Health Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-Canada-Works-with-Alberta-Improve-Drug-Treatment-Services-Aimed-Youth-1335197.htm
Oct 14, 2010
Health Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Safety-Review-Bisphosphonate-Drugs-Possible-Risk-Rare-but-Serious-Thigh-Bone-Fractures-1335249.htm
Signing Ceremony held in Mississauga as part of HPIC's 20th Anniversary
Oct 14, 2010
CANADA'S RESEARCH-BASED PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES (RX&D)
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/October2010/14/c1166.html
Oct 13, 2010
Martin Mittelstaedt
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/canada-first-to-declare-bisphenol-a-toxic/article1755272/

BPA declared toxic in Canada

Oct 13, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/10/13/bpa-toxic.html
Oct 13, 2010
Bob Weber
The Canadian Press
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/business/breakingnews/ottawa-not-industry-biggest-roadblock-on-easing-effects-of-pipeline-panel-104878934.html
Oct 13, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/13/ubc-robot-seaice.html
Oct 13, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2010/10/13/bc-teck-smelter-mercury-dump.html
Oct 13, 2010
Patrick White
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/shores-of-lake-huron-awash-in-plastic-pellets/article1756213/
Oct 13, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/2010/10/13/mtl-asbestos-mine.html
Oct 13, 2010
Adrian Morrow
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/for-wealthy-countries-a-mixed-environmental-report-card/article1754350/
Oct 13, 2010
David Suzuki with Faisal Moola
The Canadian Press
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/life/sci_tech/science-matters-tiny-sardines-offer-great-guilt-free-value--104903634.html
Economic Action Plan Invests in Southern Ontario Future Leaders
Oct 13, 2010
Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-Canada-Launches-New-Program-Help-Graduates-Start-Innovative-Businesses-1334270.htm
Oct 13, 2010
NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA-NRC
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Emerging-Technologies-Thrive-in-Canada-1334060.htm
Oct 13, 2010
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Lunn-Governments-Green-Energy-Investments-Boost-Nanaimo-Forestry-Community-1334463.htm
Oct 12, 2010
Jennifer Pinkowski
Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUS84066630720101012
It’s a hot issue in Quebec, where the mineral is a major export product, despite efforts to ban it
Oct 12, 2010
Daniel Drolet
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/safety-of-asbestos.aspx
Oct 12, 2010
RICHARD BLACKWELL
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/economy/growth/canadas-wind-innovation-put-to-the-test/article1754206/
Oct 12, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/12/google-wind-transmission.html

Pollution could limit IT growth

Oct 12, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/12/technology-carbon-emissions.html
Economic Action Plan invests in jobs and growth through research and development
Oct 12, 2010
Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Harper-Government-Supports-Innovation-Growth-Small-Medium-Sized-Businesses-Southern-1333529.htm
Oct 12, 2010
Conference Board of Canada
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/October2010/12/c9759.html
A visit to some of Canada’s national parks actually distances us from ecological realities
Oct 12, 2010
JEFF GAILUS
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/places-of-the-heart-not-the-wallet/article1750749/
Oct 12, 2010
Health Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Works-with-the-Province-of-Manitoba-to-Reduce-Illicit-Drug-Use-1333565.htm
Oct 11, 2010
John Moore
National Post
http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2010/10/11/john-moore-sometimes-a-little-elitism-is-a-good-thing/
Oct 11, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/11/stem-cells-geron.html
Oct 11, 2010
Adrian Morrow
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/us-trial-marks-dawn-of-the-stem-cell-age/article1752303/
Oct 11, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/11/nb-golden-star-tunicate-caraquet.html

Why PEI’s wind plan is dying

Oct 11, 2010
RICHARD BLACKWELL
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/why-peis-wind-plan-is-dying/article1752506/
Oct 7, 2010
Jane Taber
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-notebook/maxime-bernier-defended-census-as-essential-in-2006/article1747621/
Oct 7, 2010
Jim Bronskill and Jennifer Ditchburn
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/tories-among-hundreds-of-census-supporters-who-emailed-harper/article1748207/
Oct 6, 2010
Richard J. Brennan
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/census/article/871359--even-one-dissenting-canadian-enough-to-kill-long-form-census-says-clement?bn=1
Oct 5, 2010
Postmedia News
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/canada/Bernier+backs+census+claims/3628705/story.html
Oct 4, 2010
Justine Hunter
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/bc-launches-power-program-to-take-on-ontario/article1742590/
Sep 29, 2010
Jennifer Ditchburn and Heather Scoffield
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/opposition-provinces-fail-to-stir-tories-from-census-position/article1731919/
Sep 16, 2010
Shawn McCarthy
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/ontario-green-policy-comes-under-attack/article1710881/
Wednesday, October 13, 2010

New POSTnotes from the U.K. Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology

October 2010
U.K. Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST)
- Resilience of UK Infrastructure: http://www.parliament.uk/documents/post/postpn362-resilience-of-UK-infrastructure.pdf
- Sea Level Rise: http://www.parliament.uk/documents/post/postpn363-sea-level-rise.pdf
- Drug Pricing: http://www.parliament.uk/documents/post/postpn_364_Drug_Pricing.pdf
- Electric Vehicles: http://www.parliament.uk/documents/post/postpn365_electricvehicles.pdf
Oct 18 & 19, 2010 at McGill University
http://www.mcgill.ca/science/trottier-symposium/
Oct 12, 2010
Ontario Ministry of the Environment
http://news.ontario.ca/ene/en/2010/10/statement-from-ontario-minister-of-the-environment-john-wilkinson-regarding-waste-diversion.html
Saturday, October 9, 2010

Weakness in Canada's venture-capital system at 'crisis levels'

Oct 8, 2010
Bert Hill
Postmedia News
http://www.canada.com/Weakness+Canada+venture+capital+system+crisis+levels/3645376/story.html
Oct 5, 2010
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/Science+policy+forum+being+hosted+McGill/3623798/story.html
Recent events show China needs to clean up its scientific act
Oct 7, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/17199386
Oct 7, 2010
SYLVIA BARNARD
Subdury Star
http://www.sudburystar.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?archive=true&e=2792273
ICT: Putting cash behind new technologies will improve productivity in the workplace
Oct 6, 2010
REBECCA PENTY
Telegraph-Journal
http://nbbusinessjournal.canadaeast.com/journal/article/1250356

Executives see innovation as key

Oct 4, 2010
RICHARD BLACKWELL
CTV News
http://www.ctv.ca/generic/generated/static/business/article1741004.html
Oct 8, 2010
TAVIA GRANT
CTV News
http://www.ctv.ca/generic/generated/static/business/article1750626.html
This year’s prizes are awarded for two types of carbon chemistry, and IVF
Oct 7, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/17199366
Oct 5, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/05/nobel-prize-physica.html
October 6, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/06/nobel-prize-chemistry.html
Oct 8, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/edmonton/story/2010/10/08/harper-oilsands.html
Oct 8, 2010
Stephen Strauss
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/09/29/f-vp-strauss-.html
Oct 8, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/edmonton/story/2010/10/08/edmonton-bonar-mayor-candidate-green-plan.html
Oct 8, 2010
Richard Foot
Postmedia News
http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/East+Coast+organism+offers+wealth+climate+data/3644814/story.html
Oct 8, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/08/con-shellfish-warning.html

Giant hogweed hits B.C. Interior

Oct 8, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/08/bc-interior-giant-hogweed-hills.html
Oct 8, 2010
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-Canada-Leading-Forest-Sector-Renewal-Investing-Environmental-Improvements-1332183.htm
Oct 8, 2010
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Invests-in-Clean-Energy-in-Manitoba-1332244.htm
Oct 8, 2010
Environment Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Yukon-Wildlife-Enforcement-Blitz-Yields-More-than-50-Violations-1332294.htm
Oct 7, 2010
PETER SINGER
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/millennium-development-goals-broken-promises-needless-deaths/article1746815/
Oct 7, 2010
Gary Mason
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/gary_mason/the-case-for-legalizing-marijuana/article1746813/
Oct 7, 2010
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Editorial+More+reasons+legalize+sale+marijuana/3636070/story.html

The Census: Policy by complaint

Oct 7, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/the-census-policy-by-complaint/article1746227/
Sharon Labchuk wants to prove point about corn gluten use
Oct 7, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/07/pei-labchuk-lawn-pesticide-584.html
Oct 7, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/07/honeybees-virus-study.html
Oct 7, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/07/f-red-mud-bauxite-aluminum.html
Oct 7, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/07/tropics-animals-global-warming.html
Oct 7, 2010
FRANCES BULA
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/property-report/green-building-the-next-generation/article1747015/
Oct 7, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/edmonton/story/2010/10/07/edmonton-alberta-oilsands-water-panel.html
Oct 7, 2010
Tom Blackwell
National Post
http://news.nationalpost.com/2010/10/07/canadas-life-expectancy-gains-less-than-others-study/
Oct 7, 2010
Royal Canadian Institute for the Advancement of Science
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/the-royal-canadian-institute-for-the-advancement-of-science-bestows-honorary-memberships-to-the-big-bang-theory-creators-chuck-lorre-and-bill-prady-104488129.html
Oct 7, 2010
Rob Ferguson
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/872042--worried-liberals-pull-plug-on-oakville-gas-plant
McGuinty Government to Invest in Transmission to Meet Local Power Demands
Oct 7, 2010
Ontario Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure
http://news.ontario.ca/mei/en/2010/10/oakville-power-plant-not-moving-forward.html
Oct 7, 2010
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Harper-Government-Supports-Research-Development-Innovative-Signal-Sensor-Processing-1331652.htm
Oct 6, 2010
Steve Rennie
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/feds-studying-economic-benefit-of-polar-bears/article1744680/
Oct 6, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/06/tech-sun-cycle-climate.html
Oct 6, 2010
Adam McDowell
National Post
http://news.nationalpost.com/2010/10/06/climate-change-is-this-what-the-future-will-look-like/
Oct 6, 2010
David Suzuki with Faisal Moola
The Canadian Press
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/life/sci_tech/science-matters-shady-practices-are-good-when-it-comes-to-coffee--104426499.html
Disastrous cleanup costs of global warming await future generations, hearing told
Oct 6, 2010
Sheila Pratt
Edmonton Journal
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Oilsands+expansion+fool+gold+scientist+warns/3628734/story.html
Oct 6, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/climate-change-dont-accentuate-the-positive/article1744167/
Oct 6, 2010
ANDRÉ PICARD
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/andre-picard/screening-young-athletes-whats-one-life-worth/article1745801/
Oct 6, 2010
Environment Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Canada-Announces-a-New-Federal-Sustainable-Development-Strategy-1331007.htm
Oct 5, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/05/science-round-table-canadian-geographic-climate-change.html
Oct 5, 2010
John Ibbitson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/study-seeks-silver-lining-in-climate-changes-clouds/article1744369/
Oct 5, 2010
Justine Hunter
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/coast-guard-trip-across-north-pacific-dashes-hopeful-scientific-theory/article1744583/
Oct 5, 2010
Ciara Byrne
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/ontario/scientists-to-figure-out-how-to-thwart-asian-carp-from-invading-great-lakes/article1744032/
Oct 5, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/windsor/story/2010/10/05/science-asian-carp-fisheries.html
Oct 5, 2010
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/Environmental+problems+that+matter/3623981/story.html
Oct 5, 2010
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/870601--electricity-rates-ontario-ill-served-by-shrill-debate
Action in Scotland has an impact on childhood asthma
Oct 5, 2010
EVRA TAYLOR LEVY and EDDY LANG
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Child+hospitalizations+fall+after+smoking+study/3623916/story.html
Shrill debate over environmental review exposes tensions
Oct 5, 2010
Graham Thomson
Edmonton Journal
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/opinion/Alberta+odds+with+Ottawa+over+oilsands/3624691/story.html

White House to go solar

Oct 5, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/05/white-house-solar-energy.html
Oct 5, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/05/nl-airgun-survey-105.html

Tuna not endangered: fishermen

Oct 5, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/05/pei-tuna-fishermen-endangered-584.html
Oct 5, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/05/cda-cp-polar-bears-appraisal.html
Oct 5, 2010
Conference Board of Canada
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/October2010/05/c8151.html
Oct 5, 2010
Health Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Information-Update-Ongoing-Review-of-Calcium-Supplements-1329948.htm
Oct 5, 2010
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Minister-State-Moore-Highlights-Government-Support-Small-Businesses-New-Brunswick-Innovation-1330036.htm

Is an oilsands truce possible?

Canada's forest giants and green activists have reached a ceasefire, but a similar pact in the oilsands conflict remains a sticky proposition, observers say, unless government steps up
Oct 4, 2010
Sheila Pratt
Edmonton Journal
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/technology/oilsands+truce+possible/3616360/story.html

Peace of mind through science

From offices and labs in universities across Canada, Science for Peace hopes to change the world – or at least change the Canadian government’s tune on climate change action
Oct 4, 2010
Sean MacKay
The Varsity
http://thevarsity.ca/articles/34447
Oct 4, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/04/china-climate-conference.html
Oct 4, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/04/pei-tuna-endangered-review-584.html
Oct 4, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/04/bc-livestock-superbugs-antibiotic-resistants.html
Oct 4, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/04/sarnia-enbridge-solar-farm.html
Oct 4, 2010
SARAH SCHMIDT
Postmedia News
http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Chinese+tests+sketchy+Health+Canada/3619048/story.html

About those tailings...

Oct 4, 2010
Linda Diebel
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/869640--sarah-palin-s-defence-of-alaskan-mine-threatens-canadian-fish
Oct 4, 2010
FRANK LANDRY
SUN MEDIA
http://www.edmontonsun.com/news/alberta/2010/10/04/15577311.html
Oct 4, 2010
Mike De Souza
Postmedia News
http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Avoiding+urban+sprawl+could+reduce+pollution+boost+economy+report/3623127/story.html
Oct 4, 2010
Sharon Kirkey
Postmedia News
http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Medical+journal+raises+concerns+about+codeine/3622862/story.html
Oct 4, 2010
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Canada-Signs-Ocean-Science-Cooperation-Agreement-With-China-1329367.htm
New flight test facility in Quebec will drive innovation and long-term growth
Oct 4, 2010
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Harper-Governments-Economic-Policy-Attracts-New-Jobs-and-Investment-to-Canada-1329046.htm
McGuinty Government's Clean Economy Creates 1400 Construction Jobs
Oct 4, 2010
Ontario Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure
http://news.ontario.ca/mei/en/2010/10/ontario-welcomes-the-worlds-largest-solar-pv-farm.html
Oct 3, 2010
Gwyn Morgan
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/if-universities-were-in-business-theyd-be-out-of-business/article1740246/
Oct 3, 2010
Robert Matas
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/north-pacific-overcrowded-with-salmon-as-population-soars/article1740524/
Hollywood's biggest director visits Extremistan
Sep 30, 2010
Andrew Nikiforuk
The Tyee.ca
http://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2010/09/30/JamesCameronTarSands/
Sep 30, 2010
Canadian Science Policy Centre
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Learn-About-Knowledge-Translation-Science-Entrepreneurship-This-Years-Canadian-Science-1327734.htm
Sep 27, 2010
Canadian Science Policy Centre
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Announcing-Keynote-Speakers-Canadian-Science-Policy-Conference-October-20-22-2010-Montreal-1325364.htm

Integrated Innovation

One of the most pressing questions facing Grand Challenges Canada/Grand Défis Canada (GCC) and the science-for-development community more broadly is the respective roles that scientific/technological, social, and business innovation can play in delivering improved global health outcomes.
September 2010
Grand Challenges Canada
http://www.grandchallenges.ca/files/news/integratedInnovation.pdf
Sep 25, 2010
Mark Sutcliffe
Calgary Herald
http://www2.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/story.html?id=22afc525-7b3f-4c90-9cb2-6fb889494c9b
Sep 27, 2010
Rob Annan
Researcher Forum
http://dontleavecanadabehind.wordpress.com/2010/09/27/north-american-cooperation-to-fund-innovation/
Sep 27, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/09/27/banff-math-centre.html
Sep 30, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/09/30/science-gulf-mexico-research-science.html
Sep 29, 2010
Emily Chung
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2010/09/29/federal-scientists-media-government.html
Strict controls on what federal researchers can reveal about their work is a disservice to science and the public
Sep 29, 2010
Kathryn O'Hara
Nature
http://www.nature.com/news/2010/100929/full/467501a.html
Sep 28, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/09/28/ottawa-science-tech-museum.html

No longer 'a numbers game'

Oct 1, 2010
IAN ELLIOT
THE WHIG-STANDARD
http://www.thewhig.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2782883
Government spending cuts mean British universities cannot compete with foreign rivals in science research
Sep 30, 2010
Ian Sample, Alok Jha, Jeevan Vasagar and Jessica Shepherd
guardian.co.uk
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2010/sep/30/british-science-university-budget-cuts

What to do about tuition?

Sep 2010
Leo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/margin-notes/what-to-do-about-tuition/
'I had no idea what I was getting into when they roped me into this thing. ... It took a long time to give myself up'
Oct 2, 2010
JOHN GRIFFIN
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/entertainment/Suzuki+natural+selection+intimate+documentary/3614272/story.html
Environment minister says new rules provide incentives to bring in electric cars
Oct 2, 2010
MIKE DE SOUZA
Postmedia News
http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/Emission+standards+expected+gases/3614158/story.html

Prentice all wet for good reason

Oct 2, 2010
Edmonton Journal
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/opinion/Prentice+good+reason/3613686/story.html
Oct 2, 2010
Chronicle-Herald
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Editorials/1204970.html

Prime mover

Local scientist’s theories on globalization and energy consumption have wide influence
Oct 2, 2010
Morley Walker
Winnipeg Free Press
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/fyi/Local-scientists-theories-on-globalization-and-energy-consumption-have-wide-influence-104210094.html
Oct 1, 2010
Bob Weber
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/prairies/mercury-in-eggs-downstream-from-oil-sands-grows-50-per-cent-study/article1739383/
Re: "Why the fierce attacks on MS therapy?" Sept. 24
Oct 1, 2010
Todd Abercrombie
Times Colonist
http://www.timescolonist.com/health/Society+backs+Liberation+research/3607874/story.html

Why all the muzzling?

Oct 1, 2010
Matt St. Amand
Windsor Star
http://www.windsorstar.com/technology/muzzling/3606464/story.html
Oct 1, 2010
The StarPhoenix
http://www.thestarphoenix.com/entertainment/Hard+discount+cynicism+behind+Prentice+decision/3607739/story.html
Reviewing oilsands industry-led water monitoring program
Oct 1, 2010
MIKE DE SOUZA
Postmedia News
http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/Ottawa+investigate+pollution+assessment/3606284/story.html
Oct 1, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/01/con-obama-fuel.html

The Suzuki Force

Documentary brings to life the man and his science
Oct 1, 2010
Katherine Monk
Postmedia News
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/entertainment/Suzuki+Force/3606414/story.html
Oct 1, 2010
Guy Dixon
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/movies/force-of-nature-a-powerful-portrait-of-david-suzuki/article1735077/
Environment Canada
Oct 1, 2010
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-Canada-Announces-Details-Major-Investment-International-Climate-Change-1328622.htm
McGuinty Government Permanently Shuts Down Four More Coal Units
Oct 1, 2010
Ontario Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure
http://news.ontario.ca/mei/en/2010/10/moving-ontario-from-dirty-coal-to-a-clean-energy-future.html
Oct 1, 2010
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/868894--bedbug-invasion-time-to-name-a-czar
Oct 1, 2010
Randy Shore
Postmedia News
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Climate+change+forces+update+wildfire+strategy/3612386/story.html
Oct 1, 2010
Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (CAHS)
http://hosted.verticalresponse.com/288228/daa755afa6/1315018245/745ec229d5/
Environment Canada
Oct 1, 2010
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Canada-Announces-Final-GHG-Emission-Regulations-for-New-Light-Duty-Vehicles-1328475.htm
Delegates wrestle with ethics of advancing technology
Sep 30, 2010
Gerry Bellett
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Reproductive+scientists+plow+fertile+fields+annual+meeting/3601924/story.html
Sep 30, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/new-brunswick/story/2010/09/30/nb-pesticide-fish-fundy.html
Sep 30, 2010
Laura Stone
Postmedia News
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/canada/Census+saga+continues+with+Liberal+bill/3603580/story.html
Sep 30, 2010
Meagan Fitzpatrick
Postmedia News
http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/Changes+orphan+drug+approval+could+help+Canadians+with+rare+diseases/3605530/story.html
Sep 30, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/climate-wont-be-solved-by-conferences-alone/article1733488/
Sep 30, 2010
Oliver Moore
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/quebec/ottawa-delays-controversial-quebec-hydro-project/article1736147/
Sep 30, 2010
Justine Hunter
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/proposed-oil-pipeline-heats-up-jobs-versus-environment-debate-in-bc/article1736794/

David Suzuki: Protected species

Sep 30, 2010
Geoff Pevere
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/movies/article/868973--david-suzuki-protected-species
Boucherville Islands are not in danger, Montreal Port authority says
Sep 30, 2010
CHERYL CORNACCHIA
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Environmentalists+worried+about+fallout+from+incident/3601391/story.html
Sep 30, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/09/30/oilsands-water-panel-prentice.html
Sep 30, 2010
Steve Rennie
The Canadian Press
http://www.thestar.com/news/sciencetech/environment/article/868403--tories-create-oilsands-advisory-panel
Sep 30, 2010
Josh Wingrove
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-to-scrutinize-environmental-monitoring-of-oil-sands/article1734528/
Environment Canada
Sep 30, 2010
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Environment-Minister-Appoints-Oilsands-Advisory-Panel-1327615.htm
Sep 30, 2010
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Minister-Shea-Announces-Appointment-to-the-Freshwater-Fish-Marketing-Corporation-1327746.htm
Sep 30, 2010
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Fisheries-and-Oceans-Canada-Presents-National-Recreational-Fisheries-Award-1327921.htm
Sep 29, 2010
Sarah Schmidt
Postmedia News
http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/Canadians+centre+stage+controversial+biotech+livestock+conference/3599741/story.html
Sep 29, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/new-brunswick/story/2010/09/29/nb-lobster-fundy-cypermethrin-557.html
Sep 29, 2010
Carly Weeks
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/ontario-health-survey-puts-millions-of-people-under-the-microscope/article1733703/
Sep 29, 2010
Josh Wingrove
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/prairies/james-cameron-lends-star-power-to-fight-against-oil-sands-curse/article1733878/
Sep 29, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2010/09/29/edmonton-ndp-cameron-stelmach.html
September 2010
Gerry Angevine
Fraser Institute
http://www.fraserinstitute.org/uploadedFiles/fraser-ca/Content/research-news/research/publications/towards-north-american-energy-security.pdf
Sep 29, 2010
Anca Gurzu
Embassy
http://embassymag.ca/page/view/trade-09-29-2010
A victim's son speaks out
Sep 29, 2010
Jose Luis Abarca
Embassy
http://embassymag.ca/page/view/abarca-09-29-2010

IVF influences baby's sex: study

Sep 29, 2010
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/09/29/ivf-sex-ratio.html
But native species also in decline as mussels multiply
Sep 29, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/09/29/quagga-mussels-asian-carp-great-lakes.html
Sep 29, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/09/29/sk-prairie-dogs-.html
Sep 29, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/09/29/nl-motevecchi-birds-929.html
Sep 29, 2010
David Fogarty
Reuters
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/scientists-should-be-smarter-about-finding-missing-species-study/article1732193/
Sep 29, 2010
Kate Kelland
Reuters
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/fifth-of-worlds-plants-endangered-study/article1732249/
Sep 29, 2010
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/867582--census-debate-it-just-won-t-go-away
Sep 29, 2010
Seth Borenstein
The Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/astronomers-discover-goldilocks-planet-that-could-be-just-right-for-life/article1733476/
Saskatoon-based Delco Automation Inc. recognized as a Canadian Innovation Leader
NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA
Sep 29, 2010
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Supports-Development-of-Water-Treatment-Technology-1327201.htm
Sep 29, 2010
Canada Foundation for Innovation
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/MUN-Taking-First-Steps-to-Study-Deep-sea-and-Cold-Ocean-Animals-1327059.htm
Sep 28, 2010
Gillian Steward
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/867096--steward-avatar-director-puts-oilsands-in-spotlight
Sep 28, 2010
Denise Carpenter
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/867097--nuclear-deserves-a-place-in-ontario-s-power-mix
Sep 29, 2010
Shawn M
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/ontario/plan-to-ship-radioactive-generators-through-great-lakes-draws-protest/article1730406/
Sep 28, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/saskatchewan/story/2010/09/28/sk-claude-fined-1009.html
Sep 27, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/you-can-never-have-enough-flu-vaccine/article1729160/
The federal government wants some backup in case its main supplier of pandemic flu vaccine can't deliver
Sep 27, 2010
Steve Rennie
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/ottawa-seeks-backup-source-of-pandemic-vaccine/article1729122/
Sep 27, 2010
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/866253--imported-food-auditor-rings-alarm