Canada lags in graduating PhDs: report

However Conference Board of Canada's annual report card awards an ‘A' for overall education
Jan 6, 2010
Anna Mehler Paperny
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/canada-lags-in-graduating-phds-report/article1420406/

Canada improves in education performance but gaps remain: Study

Jan 7, 2010
Mark Iype
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/business/Education+Canada+scores+despite+failures/2411425/story.html

Report gives Canada improved grade in education

Jan 5, 2010
Denise Balkissoon
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/746546--report-gives-canada-improved-grade-in-education

China surpasses Canada in stem cell advances: report

Jan 7, 2010
Margaret Munro
Canwest News Service
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=2416860

The Royal Society: The establishment of science

Celebrating the 350th anniversary of the birth of modern science
Jan 7, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/world/britain/displayStory.cfm?story_id=15214028

Oilsands study slanted toward Big Oil: report

Environment Canada documents take aim at assessment by natural resources department
Jan 8, 2010
Mike De Souza
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Oilsands+study+slanted+toward+report/2419609/story.html

Hydrogen-powered buses at Olympics under scrutiny

Jan 8, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/01/08/consumer-hydrogen-buses-whistler-olympics.html

D is the new C: Sunshine vitamin is suddenly hot

Sales of once-neglected nutrient eclipse those of vitamin C for the first time, suppliers say
Jan 8, 2010
Martin Mittelstaedt and Anna Mehler Paperny
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/d-is-the-new-c-sunshine-vitamin-is-suddenly-hot/article1423352/

Earth-like planets could be found soon: astronomers

Jan 8, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/01/08/tech-space-earth-like-planets.html

Report calls for research on nanoparticles in food

Jan 8, 2010
Reuters
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Report+calls+research+nanoparticles+food/2420561/story.html

H1N1 death toll hits 12,799: WHO

Jan 8, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/01/08/h1n1-who.html

Bird count in Algonquin Park lowest ever

Jan 8, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/01/08/bird-count-algonquin-park.html

Ottawa orders study into environmental, health effects of making renewable fuels

Jan 7, 2010
Steve Rennie
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5iK6dGo9A5A92hdNEIM2u0qA8xlrQ

Canada to study biofuel's environmental impact

Jan 7, 2010
Reuters
http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE6065BU20100107?sp=true

Climate change: No hiding place?

The betting is that 2010 will be the hottest year on record. But understanding how the planet’s temperature changes is still a challenge to science
Jan 7, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/sciencetechnology/displayStory.cfm?story_id=15211377

New antiseptic may cut hospital infections

Jan 7, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/01/07/hospital-infections.html

Obesity's disease burden worse than smoking

Jan 7, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/01/06/obesity-smoking-public-health.html

Parks Canada planning N.L. moose cull

Jan 7, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/01/07/nl-moose-cull-107.html

Stay vigilant on H1N1, U.S. advises

Jan 7, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/01/07/swine-flu-us.html

Cold snap doesn't disprove global warming: experts

Jan 7, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/01/07/tech-climate-winter-weather.html

Canada's Arctic meltdown grows at alarming pace

Jan 7, 2010
Bob Weber
The Canadian Press
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/747290--canada-s-arctic-meltdown-grows-at-alarming-pace

N.S. wants input on possible pesticide ban

Jan 7, 2010
JEFFREY SIMPSON
Chronicle-Herald
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Front/9014722.html

The carp invasion

Jan 7, 2010
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/747139--the-carp-invasion

Canada's pharmaceuticals will be coming from China

Jan 7, 2010
PETER WORTHINGTON
Toronto Sun
http://www.torontosun.com/comment/2010/01/07/12374261-sun.html

The green gadflys

Jan 7, 2010
Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2010/01/07/steven-d-levitt-and-stephen-j-dubner-the-green-gadflys.aspx

Canadians discontent with PM's climate performance

Jan 6, 2010
Gloria Galloway
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/blogs/bureau-blog/canadians-discontent-with-pms-climate-performance/article1420791/

Obesity surpasses smoking as top health threat: U.S. study

Jan 6, 2010
Allison Cross
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/health/Obesity+surpasses+smoking+health+threat+study/2411688/story.html

Private hospital rooms lower risk of C. difficile

The more roommates you have during a hospital stay, the greater your risk of acquiring a dangerous infectious disease
Jan 6, 2010
ANDRÉ PICARD
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/private-hospital-rooms-lower-risk-of-c-difficile/article1420448/

Canada lending H1N1 vaccine to Mexico

Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq says 5 million doses will be shipped south starting this week; Mexico to replenish Canada's supply by end of March
Jan 6, 2010
Caroline Alphonso
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/canada-lending-h1n1-vaccine-to-mexico/article1420935/

Discard raw milk from Home on the Range, public urged

Probe finds contamination; dairy says milk safe
Jan 6, 2010
KAREN MOXLEY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/discard-raw-milk-from-home-on-the-range-public-urged/article1420423/

More grist for the mind

Jan 6, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/more-grist-for-the-mind/article1420430/

Researchers to map High Arctic island

Jan 6, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2010/01/06/arctic-oil-map.html

Preparing for a deluge of dementia

Jan 5, 2010
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/story.html?id=2405697

Daunting view on aging

Jan 5, 2010
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/745916--daunting-view-on-aging

U.S. considers rewriting fisheries law in dispute with Canada

Jan 5, 2010
Randy Boswell
Canwest News Service
http://www2.canada.com/topics/technology/science/story.html?id=2408392

Demand soars for vitamin D

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

China's growth is Canada's gain

Chinese companies are banging on the door of Canadian resource companies as they hunt for materials for their growing society, and that theme is expected to echo loudly in the years to come
Jan 5, 2010
Paul Sullivan
Special to the Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/e-zines/trade-by-numbers/chinas-growth-is-canadas-gain/article1419888/

MP apologizes for staffer's views on climate change

Jan 5, 2010
JENN WATT
QMI AGENCY
http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2246814

Even as flu cases fall, no downside to vaccine, doctors say

Some countries remain on high alert but Canada is seeing less flu activity than normal for this time of year
Jan 5, 2010
Caroline Alphonso
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/h1n1-swine-flu/even-as-flu-cases-fall-no-downside-to-vaccine-doctors-say/article1420158/

The cool down in climate polls

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

Children's place in the queue

By the time the vaccine reached young Canadians, it was next to useless
Jan 4, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/childrens-place-in-the-queue/article1417806/

Canadian women subject to extra ultrasounds during pregnancy: study

Jan 4, 2010
Sharon Kirkey
Canwest News Service
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=2405291

Unequal access to cancer drugs creates 'postal-code lottery'

What some provinces consider standard treatment isn't offered to patients in other parts of the country
Jan 4, 2010
Lisa Priest
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/unequal-access-to-cancer-drugs-creates-postal-code-lottery/article1418818/