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

Ottawa will keep up stimulus for now, but party aims to show it's tackling future challenges in Throne Speech and budget
Mar 2, 2010
Bill Curry and Steven Chase
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/budget/tories-long-term-plan-shifts-focus-from-spending-to-innovation/article1486269/

Research and innovation: vital to Canada's new economy

Canada has the fiscal capacity to make decisions now about supporting research and development that will enhance our competitive position and lay the foundations for growth, health and prosperity in the decades ahead, and to position Canada internationally
Feb 22, 2010
Heather Munroe-Blum
The Hill Times
http://www.aucc.ca/publications/media/2010/munroe_blum_hill_times_02_22_e.html

Climbing up the Hill: Getting involved in Science and Society

Feb 22, 2010
The Black Hole: Science in Canada - Issues Affecting Trainees
http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2010/02/22/climbing-up-the-hill-getting-involved-in-science-and-society/

Leaner, Meaner Innovation

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

Research Funding at Risk

Feb 23, 2010
Rob Annan
Researcher Forum
http://dontleavecanadabehind.wordpress.com/2010/02/23/research-funding-at-risk/

Canadian climate scientists fight for renewed research funding

Feb 23, 2010
Margaret Munro
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Canadian+climate+scientists+fight+renewed+research+funding/2603541/story.html

Millions announced for defence infrastructure

Feb 24, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/politics/story/2010/02/24/defence-research.html

Twitter for scientists

Feb 23, 2010
Leo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/margin-notes/twitter-for-scientists/

Strengthening economy boosts demand for engineers

Major projects increase opportunities in hot pockets of activity
Mar 2, 2010
Derek Sankey
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/business/Strengthening+economy+boosts+demand+engineers/2632410/story.html

Green jobs abound in public sector

Stimulus funding boosts environmental job prospects
Feb 22, 2010
Derek Sankey
Canwest News Service
http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/Green+jobs+abound+public+sector/2597412/story.html

Researchers' group slams decision to cancel HIV-vaccination facility

Feb 24, 2010
Mia Rabson
Winnipeg Free Press
http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Researchers+group+slams+decision+cancel+vaccination+facility/2607037/story.html

The Chopping Block: Own the Test Tube

Let’s cut the business equivalent of Own the Podium
Feb 23, 2010
Terence Corcoran
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/NP/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2010/02/23/the-chopping-block-own-the-test-tube.aspx

Help poor countries cope with climate change

Mar 2, 2010
Roy Culpeper
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/article/773542--help-poor-countries-cope-with-climate-change

Bloom and the coming energy convergence

Mar 1, 2010
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/business/cleanbreak/article/773051--hamilton-bloom-and-the-coming-energy-convergence

China eyeing perks of ice-free Arctic: study

Mar 1, 2010
AFP
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/China+eyeing+perks+free+Arctic+study/2627909/story.html

China moves to become major Arctic player

Mar 1, 2010
Randy Boswell
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/China+moves+become+major+Arctic+player/2626826/story.html

Too much media could hurt kids' health: study

Mar 1, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/03/01/media-children-teens-health.html

Pathology, mastectomy probe includes 3 top MDs

Review to include 3 Windsor-area hospitals
Mar 1, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/03/01/windsor-pathology-review.html

Montreal hospital battles superbug

Mar 1, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/03/01/montreal-c-difficile-outbreak-rosemont-hospital.html

Tsunami warning ignored by swimmers

Mar 1, 2010
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/03/01/tsunami-alert-communication-australia.html

Don, Humber river valleys to get greenbelt protection

Feb 27, 2010
Robyn Doolittle
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/772423--don-humber-river-valleys-to-get-greenbelt-protection

Hospitals urge Ontario-wide pathology review

Feb 27, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/02/27/pathology-review.html

Hunting in B.C. provincial parks puts grizzlies at risk, study finds

Feb 26, 2010
MARK HUME
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/hunting-in-bc-provincial-parks-puts-grizzlies-at-risk-study-finds/article1482088/

More US weeds found resisting Monsanto Roundup

- Herbicide resistance found in kochia weed
- Farmers may suffer increased costs to treat weeds
- Monsanto evaluating problem, advising farmers
Feb 26, 2010
Carey Gillam
Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN2623528420100226?type=marketsNews

Montreal schools ban green cleaning products

Feb 26, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/02/26/que-health-department-bans-green-cleaning-products.html

N.B. biomedical waste to be sterilized, not burned

Feb 26, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/02/26/nb-biomedical-waste-treated.html

Magna intensifies the focus on electric vehicles

Feb 26, 2010
GREG KEENAN
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/magna-intensifies-the-focus-on-electric-vehicles/article1482118/

Revolution or false hope?

Micronutrients show promise for mood disorders
Feb 26, 2010
ALBERT NERENBERG
Special to The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Revolution+false+hope/2618521/story.html

Despite health risks, some people continue to buy and sell breast milk online

Feb 26, 2010
Steve Lambert
The Canadian Press
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/breakingnews/despite-health-risks-some-people-continue-to-buy-and-sell-breast-milk-online-85550212.html

Massive icebergs drift from Antarctic coast

Feb 26, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/02/26/tech-iceberg-antarctica.html

Let's not fret over climate migration

This century will be dominated by human movement, but not one caused by temperature
Feb 26, 2010
Doug Saunders
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/lets-not-fret-over-climate-migration/article1483245/

Prentice denies delaying action on climate file

Refutes Bernier's suggestions that evidence doubted
Feb 25, 2010
Mike De Souza And Sheldon Alberts
Canwest News Service
http://www.nationalpost.com/related/links/story.html?id=2609467

Prentice wants to play nice with Charest on emissions

Feds had blasted province's vehicle rules as 'folly'
Feb 25, 2010
SHELDON ALBERTS
Canwest News Service
http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/Prentice+wants+play+nice+with+Charest+emissions/2609301/story.html

Canada's rudimentary approach to ‘unselling' drugs

While U.S. hits hard with Hollywood-style ads, Canada takes a rudimentary approach
Feb 25, 2010
Simon Houpt
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/marketing/canadas-rudimentary-approach-to-unselling-drugs/article1481627/

Grizzly bears being killed in B.C. parks, protected areas: review

Feb 25, 2010
Larry Pynn
Canwest News Service
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Grizzly+bears+being+killed+parks+protected+areas+review/2612595/story.html

NASA needs vision, senators say

Feb 25, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/02/25/tech-space-nasa-hearing.html

Countries urged to reject U.S. ban on polar bear trade

Signatories to endangered species convention to vote on proposal in March
Feb 25, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/02/25/cites-polar-bears.html

Chemists create biofuel from plant waste

Feb 25, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/02/25/tech-energy-biofuel.html

AECL head hopes for quick Candu decision

Feb 25, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/02/25/nat-aecl-paradis.html

AECL restructuring underway, Paradis says

Feb 25, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2010/02/25/nat-aecl-paradis.html

Pharmaceutical industry grew through the recession

Feb 25, 2010
Conference Board of Canada
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/February2010/25/c4659.html

Canada-wide science fair ready to roll

Feb 25, 2010
Sarah Frank
myKawartha.com
http://www.mykawartha.com/news/article/623876--canada-wide-science-fair-ready-to-roll

Keeping the lakes great

Feb 25, 2010
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Keeping+lakes+great/2609713/story.html

Genetically modified food: Attack of the really quite likeable tomatoes

The success of genetically modified crops provides opportunities to win over their critics
Feb 25, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/displayStory.cfm?story_id=15579956

Looking for ET: Signs of life

As the search for alien life turns 50, its practitioners find new methods
Feb 25, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/science-technology/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15577544

Climate and combustion: Fired up

This year’s meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science looked at, among other things, fire, siestas, alien life and nuclear forensics
Feb 25, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/science-technology/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15577520

Date-rape drug needs more control: report

Feb 25, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/02/24/date-rape-report.html

Probe into pathology reports could expand

Feb 25, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/02/25/windsor-pathology-review-100225.html

When good ideas go bad

Feb 25, 2010
Elizabeth Payne
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/When+good+ideas/2609720/story.html

A British plea for sensible policy on unscientific remedies

Feb 24, 2010
John Geddes
Macleans
http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/02/24/a-british-plea-for-sensible-policy-on-unscientific-remedies/

Gov't decision to scrap HIV facility draws criticism

Feb 24, 2010
CTV.ca News
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20100224/hiv_scrapped_100224/20100224?hub=QPeriod

Bernier urges skepticism on climate change

Environment minister, Conservative party distance themselves from MP's views
Feb 24, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/02/24/quebec-mp-maxime-bernier-doubts-climate-change-science.html

Canada's Sarah Palin emerges

Feb 24, 2010
Robert Silver
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/blogs/silver-powers/canadas-sarah-palin-emerges/article1480122/

Feds distance selves from Bernier over climate remarks

Feb 24, 2010
LAURA PAYTON
SUN MEDIA
http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2010/02/24/13008936.html

Siding with skeptics, Conservative MP decries climate-change 'alarmism'

Opposition attacks Conservative government's sincerity on global warming after Maxime Bernier publicly questions scientific consensus
Feb 24, 2010
Joan Bryden
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/siding-with-skeptics-tory-mp-decries-climate-change-alarmism/article1479747/

Tory MP Bernier questions human contribution to climate change

Feb 24, 2010
Mike De Souza and Sheldon Alberts
Canwest News Service
http://www.nationalpost.com/related/links/story.html?id=2608369

The Bernier Letter: The Director's Cut

Feb 24, 2010
Nick Gamache
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/politics/insidepolitics/2010/02/the-bernier-letter-the-directors-cut.html

Maxime Bernier challenges climate science

Feb 24, 2010
Norman Spector
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/blogs/spector-vision/maxime-bernier-challenges-climate-science/article1479289/

Emissions: one single standard

Feb 24, 2010
Jim Prentice
The Leader-Post
http://www.leaderpost.com/technology/Emissions+single+standard/2605249/story.html

Windsor hospital probes other 'cases of concern'

Operations performed on 2 women who did not have cancer
Feb 24, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/02/24/windsor-second-mastectomy-100224.html

Hospitals sign on to surgical checklists

Feb 24, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/02/24/surgical-checklist.html

Less than half of Chalk River repairs completed

Could mean nuclear reactor won't be up and running by the end of April as planned
Feb 24, 2010
Sarah Boesveld
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/ontario/less-than-half-of-chalk-river-repairs-completed/article1480454/

H1N1 pandemic still in peak phase: WHO

Feb 24, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/02/24/h1n1-who-post-peak.html

Google vital for Chinese scientists: survey

Feb 24, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/02/24/tech-google-china-science.html

UN weather meeting agrees to refine climate data

Feb 24, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/02/24/tech-climate-weather-data.html

Shutdown of Chalk River nuclear reactor may be extended

Feb 24, 2010
David Akin
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Shutdown+Chalk+River+nuclear+reactor+extended/2608608/story.html

UN watchdog takes aim at Canada's medical marijuana program

Feb 24, 2010
Steven Edwards
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/watchdog+takes+Canada+medical+marijuana+program/2608747/story.html

Syncrude plans to boost production

Massive oil sands project could see 425,000 barrels a day by 2020
Feb 24, 2010
Lauren Krugel
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/syncrude-plans-to-boost-production/article1480061/

Alberta's pioneer of reclamation retires

Terry Macyk laid the groundwork for advances in restoring coal mine and oilsands terrain
Feb 24, 2010
Dave Cooper
Edmonton Journal
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/business/Alberta+pioneer+reclamation+retires/2605904/story.html

Canadian scientists use Olympics to study spread of infectious diseases

Feb 24, 2010
Laura Stone
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Canadian+scientists+Olympics+study+spread+infectious+diseases/2608687/story.html

Ontario power risk

Hydro One: Rising debt, higher costs, falling income
Feb 24, 2010
Parker Gallant
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/NP/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2010/02/24/ontario-power-risk.aspx

WHO says too early to call end to H1N1 pandemic

Expert panel says it's premature to say virus past its peak; notes it's unclear how virus will spread as southern hemisphere
Feb 24, 2010
Caroline Alphonso
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/who-says-too-early-to-call-end-to-h1n1-pandemic/article1479664/

Decision to ban BPA in baby bottles was controversial: Documents

Feb 24, 2010
Sarah Schmidt
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Decision+baby+bottles+controversial+documents/2606872/story.html

Beware of wands and other medical devices magical

Ultra violet could have utility in dealing with flu viruses but there are serious limitations on that potential value, says microbiologist Eleanor Fish
Feb 24, 2010
Becky Rynor
CMAJ
http://www.cmaj.ca/earlyreleases/24feb10-beware-of-wands.dtl

'Stupid, stupid' Terry Fox plan draws Sierra Club into fight

Community wants 'viable route' through Blanding's turtle habitat
Feb 24, 2010
Kate Jaimet
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Stupid+stupid+Terry+plan+draws+Sierra+Club+into+fight/2605010/story.html

Tapping Canada's urban breadbasket

Feb 24 2010
Carol Goar
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/article/770350--goar-tapping-canada-s-urban-breadbasket

Cleaning Lake Winnipeg a waste: water expert

Feb 24, 2010
PAUL TURENNE
QMI Agency
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Environment/2010/02/23/12999276-qmi.html

Scientist disputes Lake Winnipeg cleanup plan

Feb 23, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/manitoba/story/2010/02/23/man-wastewater-scientist-nitrogen.html

Life expectancy gap closing between men and women

Experts point to a shift in labour and health, as well as a limit to longevity gains
Feb 23, 2010
CARLY WEEKS
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/life-expectancy-gap-closing-between-men-and-women/article1478750/

Life expectancy in Canada nears 81

Feb 23, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/02/23/life-expectancy-canada.html

U.N. says emissions vows not enough to avoid rise of 2 degrees C

Feb 23, 2010
Sunanda Creagh
Reuters
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/says+emissions+vows+enough+avoid+rise+degrees/2602286/story.html

Follow U.S. lead on Great Lakes

Feb 23, 2010
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/769801--follow-u-s-lead-on-great-lakes

Gardasil approved for males

Feb 23, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/02/23/hpv-gardasil-males.html

Blinded by science

Feb 23, 2010
George F. Will
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2010/02/23/george-f-will-blinded-by-science.aspx

End homeopathy funding: British MPs

Feb 22, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/02/22/britain-homeopathy.html

Homeopathic nonsense

Feb 22, 2010
Dr. Stephen Murgatroyd
Troy Media
http://www.troymedia.com/?p=8452

China, India adding to e-waste timebomb: UN

Feb 22, 2010
AFP
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/China+India+adding+waste+timebomb/2597341/story.html

The right to bear children and, of course, we'll pay

Is having a family a human right?
Feb 22, 2010
Margaret Wente
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/the-right-to-bear-children-and-of-course-well-pay/article1477513/

How Quebec 'cornered' hydro power

From a political slogan, 'maitres chez nous,' to the biggest hydroelectric utility in the world
Feb 22, 2010
Telegraph-Journal
http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/front/article/961721

Solar water-cleaning: A sunny clean up

Using sunlight to clean waste water
Feb 22, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/science-technology/technology-monitor/displayStory.cfm?story_id=15570635

Anti-seizure drug promotion faces legal fire

Feb 22, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/02/22/gabapentin-neurotonin-lawsuit.html

Health Canada slammed in eHealth audit

Ottawa gave millions to national agency Infoway without proper accountability; report casts doubt on department's controls
Feb 20, 2010
Dean Beeby
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/health-canada-slammed-in-ehealth-audit/article1475781/