Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Budget 2010 and Canadian S&T

Mar 8, 2010
Tom Brzustowski
Canadian Science Policy Centre - Opinion Section
http://sciencepolicy.ca/news/budget-2010-and-canadian-st
Mar 8, 2010
Robert Mann
Canadian Science Policy Centre - Opinion Section
http://sciencepolicy.ca/news/budget-2010-starting-get-message
Mar 8, 2010
13 Canadian university heads, Canadian universities
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/Amid+austerity+boost+higher+education+advanced+research/2655298/story.html
March 5, 2010
Rob Annan
Researcher Forum
http://dontleavecanadabehind.wordpress.com/2010/03/05/budget-2010-a-qualified-success/

Federal budget highlights

Mar 5, 2010
Leo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/margin-notes/federal-budget-highlights/
Harper Government fails to keep “top-minds” in Canada
Mar 8, 2010
Canadian Association of Postdoctoral Scholars
http://sites.google.com/site/canadapostdoc/Home/CAPS_Press_Relsease_Mar.pdf?attredirects=0

Innovation gets a cash infusion

Mar 5, 2010
GLORIA GALLOWAY AND ELIZABETH CHURCH
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/innovation-gets-a-cash-infusion/article1490582/
Mar 5, 2010
Florence Loyie
Edmonton Journal
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/business/president+pleased+with+billion+commitment+research/2644568/story.html
Just keeps the lights on
Mar 5, 2010
Kenyon Wallace
National Post
http://www.financialpost.com/Story.html?id=2644250
Mar 5, 2010
Wayne Kondro
CMAJ
http://www.cmaj.ca/earlyreleases/5mar10-federal-budget-light-on-initiatives.dtl
Mar 5, 2010
Stephen Murgatroyd
Troy Media
http://www.troymedia.com/?p=8704
Mar 5, 2010
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO POST-DOCTORAL ASSOCIATION
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/March2010/05/c7347.html
Mar 5, 2010
Paola Loriggio
Telegraph-Journal
http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/rss/article/973941
Budget 2010 investment in TRIUMF keeps the knowledge economy moving forward
Mar 5, 2010
TRIUMF (CANADA'S NATIONAL LABORATORY OF PARTICLE AND NUCLEAR PHYSICS)
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/March2010/05/c7317.html
Mar 4, 2010
Brent Davis
Waterloo Record
http://news.therecord.com/article/680103
In a plan bereft of major new spending, $200-million invested in productivity and research with profit potential
Mar 4, 2010
Gloria Galloway and Elizabeth Church
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/budget/innovation-cash-targeted-at-practical-research/article1489852/
Mar 4, 2010
Research Canada
http://csbmcb.ca/Downloads/19-FinalPressReleaseBudget2010.pdf
Mar 4, 2010
ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES OF CANADA
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/March2010/04/c7129.html
Mar 4, 2010
Karen Birchard
The Chronicle of Higher Education
http://chronicle.com/article/Canadas-New-Budget-Holds/64539/
Forestry, particle physics and satellites are this year's winners
Mar 4, 2010
Emily Chung
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/03/04/budget-innovation.html
Mar 4, 2010
Paul Wells
Macleans
http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/03/04/budget-2010-peering-into-tomorrow-blind-as-a-bat/
Mar 4, 2010
Canadian Association of University Teachers
http://www.caut.ca/pages.asp?page=870
Mar 5, 2010
Peter W.B. Phillips
Special to The StarPhoenix
http://www.thestarphoenix.com/opinion/Canada+needs+strategy+innovation/2643680/story.html
Mar 8, 2010
Telegraph-Journal
http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/opinion/article/976518
Mar 4, 2010
The Black Hole: Science in Canada - Issues Affecting Trainees
http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2010/03/04/talking-science-to-non-scientists-and-whats-in-it-for-you/
Mar 4, 2010
Rob Annan
Researcher Forum
http://dontleavecanadabehind.wordpress.com/2010/03/04/no-research-in-speech-from-the-throne/
University of Ottawa to be home of institute
Mar 3, 2010
Jennifer Green
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/health/Ottawa+100M+brain+mind+study+centre/2638557/story.html
Provincial program awards vouchers rather than cash toward cost of specialized services
Mar 3, 2010
David Finlayson
Edmonton Journal
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/health/Innovative+help+Alberta+innovators/2635906/story.html
Mar 3, 2010
Stephen Murgatroyd
Troy Media
http://www.troymedia.com/?p=8643

Green jobs are blossoming

Governments at all levels are major environmental employers
Mar 3, 2010
Derek Sankey
Canwest News Service
http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/fp/Green+jobs+blossoming/2637244/story.html
Mar 3, 2010
Kate Loveys
Daily Mail
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1254945/Stephen-Hawking-plans-leave-Britain-Government-cuts-science.html

Time to call time on homeopathy

Mar 7, 2010
Justin Trottier
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/NP/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2010/03/07/justin-trottier-homeopathy.aspx
Mar 9, 2010
Alexandra Zabjek
Edmonton Journal
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/business/Court+watches+tailings+pond+rescue/2659140/story.html

One small step for venture cap

Budget removes barrier to foreign private equity
Mar 8, 2010
Karen Mazurkewich
Financial Post
http://www.financialpost.com/story.html?id=2652871
Hundreds found floating in brown, foamy substance in creek that flows into Fraser River
Mar 8, 2010
Jane Armstrong
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/industrial-fluid-suspected-in-fish-deaths/article1494334/
Mar 8, 2010
Sharon Kirkey
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/life/Canada+obsese+exercise+alone+going/2647632/story.html
Mar 8, 2010
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/business/cleanbreak/article/776536--hamilton-federal-green-strategy-goes-from-bad-to-worse
Mar 8, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/03/08/tech-climate-carbon-outsourcing.html
Mar 8, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/03/08/tech-biology-gribble-biofuel.html
Mar 8, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/03/08/bc-fish-farm-salmon-escape.html
Mar 8, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/03/07/edmonton-avatar-art-director-oscar-cherniawsky.html
Mar 8, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/03/08/hiv-global-fund-un.html
Mar 8, 2010
Gwyn Morgan
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/commentary/a-conventional-fuel-an-unconventional-future/article1493330/
Mar 6, 2010
Peter Gorrie
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/insight/article/775179--gorrie-for-climategate-scientist-nuance-is-the-enemy
Mar 6, 2010
Sonja Puzic and Sarah Sacheli
Windsor Star
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Pathology+exact+science+experts/2650072/story.html

Blowing away taxpayers

Wind power is unreliable, expensive and doesn’t result in lower C02 emmissions. Why is Ontario still rushing ahead with it?
Mar 6, 2010
Michael Trebilcock
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/NP/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2010/03/06/blowing-away-taxpayers.aspx
Fossil fuel firms getting hundreds of millions
Mar 5, 2010
MIKE DE SOUZA
Canwest News Service
http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/Taking+wind+green+energy+sector+sails/2643351/story.html
Mar 5, 2010
Thomas Walkom
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/federalbudget/article/775324
Mar 5, 2010
PETER ZIMONJIC
SUN MEDIA
http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2010/03/05/13131716-qmi.html
Mar 5, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/03/05/budget-environment.html
During winter thaws, some streamshave salinity levels just under those found in the ocean
Mar 5, 2010
MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/road-salt-is-poisoning-water-bodies-study-finds/article1490631/
Mar 5, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/03/05/baffin-bay-polar-bear-quota.html
Mar 5, 2010
Krista Erickson
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/03/05/food-inspection-flight.html
Mar 5, 2010
Deborah Yedlin
Calgary Herald
http://www.theprovince.com/business/Guest+column+Linking+oilsands+Avatar+pure+science+fiction/2644405/story.html
McGill research has discovered that low levels of vitamin D is linked to muscle fat and decreased strength in young people
Mar 5, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/03/05/mcgill-vitamind-study.html
Mar 5, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/03/04/flucases-low.html
Contest offers up science and tech museum as test subject for innovation, sustainability
Mar 5, 2010
Maria Cook
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/travel/Students+with+concept+green+design/2642904/story.html

Eco-glasnost

Mar 4, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/eco-glasnost/article1489016/

Utterly avoidable

Mar 4, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/utterly-avoidable/article1489015/
Mar 3, 2010
Patrick Moore
Citizen Special
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/entertainment/Demise+nuclear+being+exaggerated/2634928/story.html
Mar 3, 2010
Sarah Schmidt
Canwest News Service
http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Fish+supplements+bring+compounds/2636308/story.html
Lawsuit claims that makers and sellers of certain supplements found to contain high levels of PCB compounds failed to alert consumers
Mar 3, 2010
Alexandria Sage
Reuters
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/us-fish-oil-makers-drugstores-sued-over-supplements/article1487811/
Mar 3, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2010/03/03/f-federal-budget-2010-science-innovation.html
Mar 3, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2010/03/03/nunavut-bear-cites.html

Pathology review should be wider

Mar 3, 2010
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/774021--pathology-review-should-be-wider
Mar 3, 2010
San Grewal
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/sciencetech/environment/article/774206--lights-carbon-action-23-ideas-to-make-every-hour-count
Mar 2, 2010
David Suzuki With Faisal Moola
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5gtaK31pB76SOtrET0LoEH4-46I8A
Mar 2, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/calgary/story/2010/03/02/alberta-bison-study-calgary-plains.html
Researchers' findings likely to fuel debate over chemical widely used on Canadian corn fields but banned in Europe
Mar 1, 2010
Martin Mittelstaedt
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/weed-killer-can-turn-male-frogs-into-females-study-finds/article1485580/

Syncrude trial to start Monday

Feb 28, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/edmonton/story/2010/02/28/edmonton-syncrude-trial.html
Feb 27, 2010
AL GORE
The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/28/opinion/28gore.html