Thoughts on the “Science to Business” Program

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

Think again

Why PhD candidates should re-evaluate their career expectations
Jan 25, 2010
Andrew Michael Boggs
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/think-again.aspx

The Harper government 'muddles along': Argument for a government-supported science policy

Jan 22, 2010
Eric Mang
Rabble.ca
http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/ericmang/2010/01/harper-government-muddles-along-argument-government-supported-scienc

$14 M federal money for N.L. research

Feb 1, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2010/02/01/nl-fed-money-201.html

N.B. research projects get $19.6 million in funding

Jan 27, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/new-brunswick/story/2010/01/27/nb-acoa-funding.html

Seven N.S. projects get $16.7 million in research funding from ACOA

Jan 25, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5iilOMDcH4TUeILtRiZ5OwTagtiDA

Time to clean up the oil sands, Prentice says

Environment Minister says cleaner development, PR battle vital to Canada’s reputation
Feb 1, 2010
Allan Woods
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/758850--time-to-clean-up-the-oil-sands-prentice-says

Environmental groups losing interest in lobbying Prentice

Frustration is mounting that the government has locked itself into an environmental policy bunker on climate change
Feb 1, 2010
JEFF DAVIS & CYNTHIA MÜNSTER
The Hill Times
http://www.thehilltimes.ca/page/view/prentice-02-01-2010

NASA to explore private space flight

Feb 1, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/02/01/tech-space-nasa-budget.html

Forestry urged to embrace ‘bio-economy'

Study says forest products industry must adapt if it is to once again become an engine of growth in post-recession era
Feb 1, 2010
Bertrand Marotte
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/forestry-urged-to-embrace-bio-economy/article1451911/

Forest industry pitches new bio-products

Feb 1, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/new-brunswick/story/2010/02/01/forestry-biofuel-funding-request.html

Canada's long-struggling forest products industry can transform itself: report

Feb 1, 2010
Financial Post
http://www.cbc.ca/fp/story/2010/02/01/2508386.html

Knock on wood, biomass power is coming

Feb 1, 2010
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/business/article/758625--knock-on-wood-biomass-power-is-coming

Pick science, not pies, to make a point

Feb 1, 2010
Owen Roberts
Guelph Mercury
http://news.guelphmercury.com/Opinions/EditorialOpinion/article/592360

Food author pushes for national food policy in Guelph speech

Feb 1, 2010
Thana Dharmarajah
Guelph Mercury
http://news.guelphmercury.com/News/Local/article/593217

The Vancouver Experiment

Welcome to Insite
Feb 1, 2010
Matthew Power
Slate
http://www.slate.com/id/2242828/entry/0/

Treat vitamins as over-the-counter drugs: doctors

Side effects potentially dangerous: paper
Feb 1, 2010
Tom Blackwell
Canwest News Service
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/story.html?id=2507090

The IPCC needs a makeover

Feb 1, 2010
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/related/links/story.html?id=2507120

Climbing magazine cited by climate panel

'Anecdotal' Evidence
Feb 1, 2010
Richard Gray and Rebecca Lefort
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/world/story.html?id=2507116

The changing climate of Climate Change

Feb 1, 2010
Stephen Murgatroyd
Troy Media
http://www.troymedia.com/?p=7811

Ottawa's carbon targets get bad review

Climate activists dismiss goals, say gas emissions will rise
Jan 31, 2010
Bill Graveland
The Canadian Press
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/758289--ottawa-s-carbon-targets-get-bad-review

Obama to cut NASA's moon plan: officials

Jan 31, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/01/29/tech-space-nasa-budget-ares.html

Keeping Canadian students in the dark on climate

As far as I know, no Canadian university has ever had a formal debate on climate change
Jan 30, 2010
Lawrence Solomon
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2010/01/29/lawrence-solomon-keeping-canadian-students-in-the-dark-on-climate.aspx

Canada's productivity trap

The harder we work, the less rich we seem to be. We need to emphasize education, innovation and trade to break free
Jan 29, 2010
Kevin Lynch
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/canadas-productivity-trap/article1449944/

Lawn-care firms seek charges against health officials

Jan 29, 2010
MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/lawn-care-firms-seek-charges-against-health-officials/article1448590/

Tories hold science in contempt

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

Running out of juice

How will we recharge all the electric cars?
Jan 29, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/sciencetechnology/displayStory.cfm?story_id=15434416

More Kennedy nonsense, this time about fish

Jan 29, 2010
Steve Thoms
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2010/01/29/skeptic-north-more-kennedy-nonsense-this-time-about-fish.aspx

Obama targets U.S. government for emissions cuts

Jan 29, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/01/29/obama-global-warming.html

Quebec accused of hypocrisy on asbestos exports

Jan 29, 2010
Michelle Lalonde
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/Quebec+accused+hypocrisy+asbestos+exports/2496940/story.html

Charest told to ban asbestos exports

Jan 29, 2010
RHÉAL SÉGUIN
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/charest-told-to-ban-asbestos-exports/article1448541/

Liberals to develop national strategy on brain disease

When Michael Ignatieff's grandmother began losing her memory, ‘it was a simple matter of shame'
Jan 29, 2010
Erin Anderssen
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/liberals-to-develop-national-strategy-on-brain-disease/article1450246/

Climate change blamed for Olympic snow shortage

Winter snow season has been slowly shrinkng in past 50 years, says researcher
Jan 29, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2010/01/28/bc-olympics-climate-change.html

Environmental panel's demands could kill Mackenzie project: Imperial

Jan 29, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/edmonton/story/2010/01/29/mackenzie-pipeline-backers-objections-to-jrp.html

Gates backing U of C climate research

Jan 29, 2010
Kelly Cryderman
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/technology/Gates+backing+climate+research/2493432/story.html

Bill Gates pledges $10B US for vaccines for poor

Jan 29, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/01/29/gates-vaccine.html

Vaccine stops TB in African HIV trial

Jan 29, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/01/29/tb-vaccine-hiv-tanzania.html

Doctor behind autism-vaccine scare censured

Jan 28, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/01/28/autism-vaccine-wakefield.html

Quebec urged to end asbestos exports

Scientists write to premier about controversial industry
Jan 28, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/2010/01/28/qc-asbestos-intl-letter.html

Taking the measure of Canada's environmental performance

We may be rich, but we don't rank in the top tier of 163 nations surveyed
Jan 28, 2010
Jeffrey Simpson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/taking-the-measure-of-canadas-environmental-performance/article1448054/

Earth needs sunblock and fast, scientist says

Shooting sulphur into atmosphere could slow climate change, he says
Jan 28, 2010
Joseph Hall
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/sciencetech/science/article/756904--earth-needs-sunblock-and-fast-scientist-says

Canada sends 5 million doses of H1N1 vaccine to WHO

Jan 28, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/01/28/h1n1-vaccine-canada-who.html

New exercise targets might scare Canadians

Jan 28, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/01/27/exercise-guidelines.html

Proposed Baffin Bay polar bear quota rejected

Jan 28, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/01/27/nwmb-baffin-pbears.html

Slowdown in warming may be due to water vapour: study

Jan 28, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/01/28/tech-climate-water-vapour.html

R&D centre has wind at its back

Unique climatic wind tunnel set for summer launch aims to boost Oshawa auto sector
Jan 28, 2010
Tony Van Alphen
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/business/article/756846--r-d-centre-has-wind-at-its-back

Chemical pollution and fertility: Flame wars

Fire retardants may affect female reproduction
Jan 28, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/sciencetechnology/displayStory.cfm?story_id=15391226

Scientists urge huge B.C. land preservation

Jan 27, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/01/27/bc-environment-coaltion-preservation.html

Arctic marine health focus of circumpolar meeting

Jan 27, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2010/01/27/arctic-marine.html

Land use for biofuel can be small: expert

Jan 27, 2010
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/01/27/tech-energy-biofuel-land.html

Carbon capture effort must transcend borders, industry told

Jan 27, 2010
Dina O'Meara
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/technology/Carbon+capture+effort+must+transcend+borders+industry+told/2489287/story.html

N.W.T. premier chastised over caribou ban controversy

Jan 27, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/01/27/nwt-caribou-hunt.html

Kennedy defends claim that Alberta fish inedible

Jan 27, 2010
CTV.ca News
http://edmonton.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20100127/kennedy_fish_100127/20100127/?hub=EdmontonHome

Bidders frustrated by stalled HIV vaccine project

Federal government has quietly put the brakes on plans to build an HIV vaccine-manufacturing facility in Canada
Jan 27, 2010
ELIZABETH CHURCH
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/bidders-frustrated-by-stalled-hiv-vaccine-project/article1445503/

School board enacts ban on energy drinks

Saskatoon policy also eliminates diet pops
Jan 27, 2010
Janet French
Canwest News Service
http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/School+board+enacts+energy+drinks/2490213/story.html

Climate agency going up in flames

Exit of Canada's expert a sure sign IPCC in trouble
Jan 27, 2010
Terence Corcoran
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=2488011

Overhaul UN climate panel, scientist urges

'Fundamental shift'
Jan 27, 2010
Richard Foot
Canwest News Service
http://www.nationalpost.com/story.html?id=2488036

Government hasn't acted on listeriosis: groups

Jan 27, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/01/27/listeroisis-food-safety.html

New laboratory will study effects of consumer chemicals on aquatic life

Jan 26, 2010
Mark McNeil
The Hamilton Spectator
http://www.thespec.com/News/Local/article/711849

Global warming dead last in poll

Jan 26, 2010
Lawrence Solomon
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2010/01/26/lawrence-solomon-global-warming-dead-last-in-poll.aspx

More inconvenient news for the ‘settled’ science

Jan 26, 2010
PAUL SCHNEIDEREIT
Chronicle-Herald
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Columnists/1164234.html

New Inuit centre hopes to influence research agenda

The controversy among Inuit and western researchers about the health of polar bear populations prompted the creation of a new Inuit Knowledge Centre, but the centre will also focus on incorporating traditional Inuit knowledge into research of climate change, life and health in Canada's Arctic
Jan 26, 2010
Laura Eggertson
CMAJ
http://www.cmaj.ca/earlyreleases/26jan10-new-inuit-centre.dtl

Canada must broaden aid policies to improve health in poor countries: critics

Jan 26, 2010
Mike De Souza
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Canada+must+broaden+policies+improve+health+poor+countries+critics/2487349/story.html

Heart-disease risk grows for young Canadians

'Storm of cardiovascular disease' could overwhelm health care, doctor says
Jan 25, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/01/25/heart-stroke-unhealthy-habits.html

Canadians’ food supply unsafe, CMAJ report says

Current food-safety systems are seen as less proactive than reactive, professor argues
Jan 25, 2010
Carly Weeks
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/canadians-food-supply-unsafe-cmaj-report-says/article1443689/

Sable Island may become national park

Jan 25, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/nova-scotia/story/2010/01/25/ns-sable-island.html

H1N1 flu numbers down, but still a threat

Jan 25, 2010
Meagan Fitzpatrick
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/H1N1+numbers+down+still+threat/2481716/story.html

Raw milk: magic elixir or health hazard?

Jan 25, 2010
Darcy Wintonyk
CTV News
http://www.ctvbc.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20100120/bc_raw_dairy_health_100122/20100125?hub=BritishColumbia

The face of heart disease gets younger

The number of younger adults with high-blood pressure has almost doubled in the past decade, according to the Heart and Stroke Foundation
Jan 25, 2010
André Picard
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/the-face-of-heart-disease-gets-younger/article1443686/

‘A cure in sight’? Not so fast

Media coverage reeks of typical hope-mongering
Jan 25, 2010
Terence Corcoran
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2010/01/25/terence-corcoran-a-cure-in-sight-not-so-fast.aspx

China finds more melamine in milk products

Jan 25, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/01/25/consumer-china-melamine-dairy.html

Is new MS research the real thing, or a media-driven frenzy?

Cure vs. Hype: 'I had patients in tears'
Jan 23, 2010
Tom Blackwell
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/story.html?id=2475272

Canada and the environment: a fresh start for a fresh decade

There are grounds for new dialogue in Canada's conservation conversation
Jan 22, 2010
Preston Manning
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/canada-and-the-environment-a-fresh-start-for-a-fresh-decade/article1441290/

First Nations represented bulk of Manitoba's severe H1N1 infection: study

Jan 22, 2010
Amy Husser
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/First+Nations+represented+bulk+Manitoba+severe+H1N1+infection+study/2474378/story.html

Many Albertans agree: A carbon tax was the best solution

The economics of sequestration are expensive on a per-tonne basis
Jan 22, 2010
Jeffrey Simpson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/many-albertans-agree-a-carbon-tax-was-the-best-solution/article1441309/