A New Way to Change the World

Grand Challenges Canada will bring scientific innovation to the developing world to solve urgent health problems
Jun 30, 2010
Peter Singer
The Mark
http://www.themarknews.com/articles/1772-a-new-way-to-change-the-world

Doctors of Philosophy? I fear not...

June 30, 2010
The Black Hole: Science in Canada - Issues Affecting Trainees
http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2010/06/30/doctors-of-philosophy-i-fear-not/

Minister of State Goodyear to Meet with Provincial and Territorial Ministers to Discuss Innovation

Jun 28, 2010
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Minister-State-Goodyear-Meet-with-Provincial-Territorial-Ministers-Discuss-Innovation-1282769.htm

Quebec's master plan answers call to improve province's productivity

Jun 30, 2010
PETER HADEKEL
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/Quebec+master+plan+answers+call+improve+province+productivity/3218662/story.html

Plight of MS patients exposes flaws in Canada’s approach to medical research

Medical journal calls for system to initiate clinical studies in response to promising therapeutic discoveries
Jun 28, 2010
Carly Weeks
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/plight-of-ms-patients-exposes-flaws-in-canadas-approach-to-medical-research/article1621494/

Public has a right to influence research policy

June 29, 2010
Rob Annan
Researcher Forum
http://dontleavecanadabehind.wordpress.com/2010/06/29/public-has-a-right-to-influence-research-policy/

Dalhousie, Alberta crack international list

Jun 30, 2010
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Dalhousie+Alberta+crack+international+list/3219963/story.html

Transforming Africa, one student at a time

Institute recruits top graduates in math, science and engineering to be the leaders of the future
Jun 30, 2010
Neil Turok
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/transforming-africa-one-student-at-a-time/article1624575/

Canadian universities see India as land of opportunity

Interest in expansion abroad driven by scarce resources at home and huge untapped market
Jul 2, 2010
Elizabeth Church
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/canadian-universities-see-india-as-land-of-opportunity/article1627322/

Staff declines hurt education: universities

Jul 2, 2010
Nick Martin
Winnipeg Free Press
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/staff-declines-hurt-education-universities-97650904.html

It’s time to talk carbon taxes

Jul 5, 2010
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/article/830737--hamilton-it-s-time-to-talk-carbon-taxes

Canada's regulatory system 'one of the best in the world,' says Energy Minister Paradis

The Senate Natural Resources, Energy and the Environment Committee is studying whether a sub-ocean blowout like BP's in the Gulf of Mexico could happen in Canada. Oil companies say no, but some Senators aren't convinced.
Jul 5, 2010
KRISTEN SHANE
The Hill Times
http://www.hilltimes.com/page/view/drilling-07-05-2010

The quest for truth in the oil sands

Are they an economic bonanza? Or an environmental apocalypse?
Jul 5, 2010
Todd Hirsch
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/the-quest-for-truth-in-the-oil-sands/article1626967/

Canada and asbestos: Exporting death

Jul 5, 2010
Chronicle-Herald
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Editorials/1190519.html

Conservatives' irrational crime laws make no sense, cost billions of dollars

Jul 5, 2010
Neil Boyd
Special to the Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/opinion/Conservatives+irrational+crime+laws+make+sense+cost+billions+dollars/3236458/story.html

Fish science program in N.L. earns applause

Jul 5, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/07/05/fisheries-science-newfoundland-705.html

Expiry of antiviral stockpile won't leave Canada without pandemic defence: Health officials

Jul 5, 2010
Philip Ling
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Expiry+antiviral+stockpile+leave+Canada+without+pandemic+defence+Health+officials/3236821/story.html

Protecting our oceans, protecting our economy

Liberal government would formalize moratorium on crude-oil tanker traffic to prevent spill from occurring off B.C.'s north coast
Jul 5, 2010
Michael Ignatieff
Special to the Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Protecting+oceans+protecting+economy/3236454/story.html

Canada lacks info about biodiversity: Mt. A prof

Research finds there aren't enough experts gathering knowledge about plants and animals in the field
Jul 5, 2010
cynthia vukets
Times & Transcript
http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/news/article/1122152

Government of Canada announces Funding for Lake Simcoe Clean-Up Projects

Jul 5, 2010
Environment Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-announces-Funding-for-Lake-Simcoe-Clean-Up-Projects-1285531.htm

Government of Canada Ban on Flavoured Tobacco Products Now in Full Force

Jul 5, 2010
Health Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Ban-on-Flavoured-Tobacco-Products-Now-in-Full-Force-1285621.htm

Many moons to go: the promise of lunar mining

Saturn’s Titan is a vast reservoir of hydrocarbons
Jul 5, 2010
Neil Reynolds
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/many-moons-to-go-the-promise-of-lunar-mining/article1626913/

Inuit health a challenge worldwide: summit

Jul 5, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/07/05/inuit-health-icc-nuuk.html

Tape measure helps gauge heart risk

Jul 5, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/07/05/obesity-waist-circumference-bmi.html

Tim Hortons cups turned into biofuel

Jul 5, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/07/05/tim-hortons-waste-cups-fuel.html

BP cleanup costs pass $3B US

Jul 5, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/07/05/bp-gulf-costs-oil-spill.html

Quiet hybrids a safety issue for lawmakers

Jul 5, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/07/05/con-hybid-safety.html

Threat of West Nile has fallen steadily

Jul 4, 2010
Katherine Dedyna
Times Colonist
http://www.vancouversun.com/life/Threat+West+Nile+fallen+steadily/3234488/story.html

Canada praised for boreal forest conservation efforts

Jul 3, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/SciTech/20100703/boreal-conservation-100703/

Cost may delay widely-available HPV vaccines for boys

Jul 3, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/Health/20100703/male-hpv-100703/

Federal government must reconsider decision to scrap the mandatory long form Census: CAUT

Jul 2, 2010
Canadian Association of University Teachers
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/July2010/02/c9863.html

Harper to decide fate of B.C. mine

Federal review panel, which warned of ‘significant adverse environment effects,’ didn’t have mandate to weigh economic benefits
Jul 2, 2010
David Ebner and Justine Hunter
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/harper-to-decide-fate-of-controversial-mine/article1627110/

Province blocks solar generation loophole

Jul 2, 2010
John Spears
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/business/article/831294--province-blocks-solar-generation-loophole

U.S. home birth risk review 'political': MD

U.S. journal editor defends finding of higher mortality for home births
Jul 2, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/07/02/home-births-safety.html

Don’t tread on Ed; Premier Stelmach defends Alberta oilsands in Washington Post

Jul 2, 2010
Dean Bennett
The Canadian Press
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/831381--don-t-tread-on-ed-premier-stelmach-defends-alberta-oilsands-in-washington-post

Stelmach’s timely reminder of American self-interest

The Alberta government’s ad in The Washington Post, making the case for the oil sands in the United States, is both necessary and appropriate
Jul 2, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/stelmachs-timely-reminder-of-american-self-interest/article1627132/

Oil spills increase arsenic in oceans: study

'A potential new environmental danger'
Jul 2, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/07/02/oil-spill-arsenic.html

Nature reserve grows for Canada Day

Jul 2, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/29/calgary-alberta-land-nature-conservancy-red-deer-plover.html

Bald eaglets returned to wild in P.E.I.

Jul 2, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/07/02/pei-eagles-returned-584.html

Don’t base MS cure on hope: Paper

Jul 1, 2010
Kathryn Blaze Carlson
National Post
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/base+cure+hope+Paper/3223856/story.html

Ban asbestos worldwide: doctors

Jul 1, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/2010/07/01/mtl-asbestos-global-ban.html

Researchers ask Canada to ban asbestos

Group is calling for global ban on the mining and use of the mineral
Jul 1, 2010
Julie Steenhuysen
Reuters
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/researchers-ask-canada-to-ban-asbestos/article1625512/

MDs warn of online stem cell therapies

Jul 1, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/07/01/stem-cell-online-warning.html

The genetics of ageing: Methuselah decoded

A new test can forecast extreme longevity
Jul 1, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/16479276

Ocean acidification: The other carbon-dioxide problem

Acidification threatens the world’s oceans, but quantifying the risks is hard
Jul 1, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/16479264

Chalk River reactor to restart in July: AECL

Jul 1, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/07/01/aecl-chalk-river-isotopes-july.html

Health organisations call on government to halt chrysotile asbestos exports to developing nations

Jun 30, 2010
Robert Gibbens
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/Health+organisations+call+govt+halt+asbestos+exports/3220879/story.html

What the beluga can teach us about ourselves

Jun 30, 2010
David Suzuki with Faisal Moola
The Canadian Press
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/life/sci_tech/science-matters-what-the-beluga-can-teach-us-about-ourselves-97472704.html

Government of Canada Collaborating With U.S. on Materials Research for Clean Energy

Jun 30, 2010
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Collaborating-With-US-on-Materials-Research-for-Clean-Energy-1284441.htm

Canadian scientists confirm new solar system

Jun 30, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/30/new-planet-discovery.html

Arctic at risk from global warming: study

Jun 30, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/30/study-ozone-arctic-ice-levels.html

Areva, N.B. discuss 2nd nuclear reactor

French nuclear giant looking to build clean energy parks
Jun 30, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/30/nb-areva-nuclear-reactor-532.html

Cloned tree could prevent Dutch elm disease

Jun 30, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/30/nb-dutch-elm-disease-fredericton-635.html

Oil-tainted seafood worries U.S. agencies

Agreement aims to keep contaminated seafood out of circulation
Jun 30, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/06/30/con-gulf-fishing.html

Tanning bed law essential: cancer society

Jun 30, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/06/30/pei-tanning-bed-laws-584.html

Teen exercise could lower dementia risk at 65

Jun 30, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/06/30/exercise-dementia.html

Windmills kill more birds

A double standard applies to the ‘Cuisinarts of the Air’
Jun 30, 2010
Diane Katz
Financial Post
http://opinion.financialpost.com/2010/06/30/windmills-kill-more-birds/

Don't revive asbestos mine: cancer society

Quebec government considering investment in dying Jeffrey mine
Jun 29, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/06/29/mtl-cancer-society-asbestos-industry.html

'We need a carbon tax'

Harvard professor urges Canadians not to follow the U.S. path
Jun 29, 2010
Lynn Moore
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/need+carbon/3214419/story.html

Many popular baby foods high in sugar: Study

Jun 29, 2010
Tamara Gignac
Calgary Herald
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Many+popular+baby+foods+high+sugar+Study/3215410/story.html

The Canadian Space Agency Invests in Concept Studies

Potential Future Mission to Venus, an Asteroid or the Moon
Jun 29, 2010
CANADIAN SPACE AGENCY
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/The-Canadian-Space-Agency-Invests-in-Concept-Studies-1283018.htm

Enbridge to expand pipeline, join carbon-capture project

Jun 29, 2010
Reuters
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/business/Enbridge+expand+pipeline+join+carbon+capture+project/3214261/story.html

Food safety to go: Guelph researchers are a crucial link in food-safety information chain

June 29, 2010
Joey Sabljic
Guelph Mercury
http://news.guelphmercury.com/News/Local/article/654271

The connected Arctic

A long way from anywhere, researchers are plugged into everywhere
Jun 29, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/16472913

Aerospace Innovation Taking Off In Toronto

McGuinty Government Supports Local Manufacturing And Job Creation
Jun 29, 2010
Ontario Ministry of Economic Development and Trade
http://news.ontario.ca/medt/en/2010/06/aerospace-innovation-taking-off-in-toronto.html

Mosquito fight may need new approach

Jun 29, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/29/mosquitoes-study.html

Quebec riles drug makers with price cut

Jun 29, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/06/29/mtl-reaction-quebec-cuts-generic-drugs.html

Stricter drug safety needed: Ont. coroner's jury

Jun 29, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/06/29/carlin-inquest-drug-safety.html

UN designation urged for N.S. lakes area

Jun 29, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/29/ns-bras-dor-biosphere.html

Greenland defends offshore drilling

Jun 29, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/29/inuit-greenland-drilling.html

War on drugs a costly failure

Jun 29, 2010
Times Colonist
http://www.timescolonist.com/news/drugs+costly+failure/3214796/story.html

Portugal's experience points to drug solution

Political will needed but Tories going other way
Jun 29, 2010
Ethan Baron
The Province
http://www.theprovince.com/news/Portugal+experience+points+drug+solution/3214518/story.html

Decriminalize drugs, urge B.C. groups ahead of AIDS conference

Jun 28, 2010
Todd Coyne
Canwest News Service
http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Decriminalize+drugs+urge+groups+ahead+AIDS+conference/3210808/story.html

Carbon capture concerns raised

Jun 28, 2010
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/28/carbon-capture-storage.html

Maine firm eyes N.B. tidal power options

Irving Oil decision to kill its tidal power plans sparks interest in Maine
Jun 28, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/28/nb-tidal-power-maine-610.html

Weed Control Part 1: MS sufferer finds relief with medical marijuana

Jun 28, 2010
Jeremy Warren
The StarPhoenix
http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Weed+Control+Part+sufferer+finds+relief+with+medical+marijuana/3198412/story.html

Weed Control Part 2: 'Still treated as criminals'

Medical marijuana growers face obstacles, while police still see issues
Jun 27, 2010
David Hutton
The StarPhoenix
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Weed+Control+Part+Still+treated+criminals/3204415/story.html

Beef up rules on prescription drugs, inquest urges

Coroner’s inquest into suicide of Ontario teen recommends sweeping changes to drug safety regulations
Jun 28, 2010
Adrian Morrow
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/toronto/beef-up-rules-on-prescription-drugs-inquest-urges/article1622095/

The task of saving mothers and children starts today

Jun 28, 2010
Peter Singer
National Post
http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2010/06/28/peter-singer-the-task-of-saving-mothers-and-children-starts-today/

Counting wild Atlantic salmon not equal to counting money in Ottawa

June 28, 2010
BILL TAYLOR
Daily Gleaner
http://dailygleaner.canadaeast.com/opinion/article/1112736

New Avandia study raises more questions about diabetes

The diabetes drug is under fire again as the U.S FDA gets ready to examine its risks and benefits Jun 28, 2010
Carly Weeks
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/new-avandia-study-raises-more-questions-about-diabetes/article1622006/

Medical journal urges caution over new MS treatment

Canada's top medical journal urges caution over new MS treatment
Jun 28, 2010
Megan Ogilvie
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/article/829834--medical-journal-urges-caution-over-new-ms-treatment

MS patients going in droves for unproven therapy

June 28, 2010
Helen Branswell
THE CANADIAN PRESS
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/newsfeatures/article/829735--ms-patients-going-in-droves-for-unproven-therapy

Magnitude of global warming uncertain: Survey

Jun 28, 2010
Margaret Munro
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Magnitude+global+warming+uncertain+survey+finds/3212837/story.html

R&D, plus vision equals success

Instrument Concepts enjoys strong rep
Jun 28, 2010
MARTHA WILSON
Chronicle-Herald
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Business/1189449.html

Canary in a coal mine

Jun 28, 2010
Larry Sampson
New Brunswick Business Journal
http://nbbusinessjournal.canadaeast.com/front/article/1112823

Rx&D and the 2010-2013 Québec Research and Innovation Strategy: A Shared Vision, A Common Direction

Jun 28, 2010
CANADA'S RESEARCH-BASED PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES (RX&D)
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/June2010/28/c8903.html

New agency needed to handle outbreak

Jun 28, 2010
The Daily News
http://www.canada.com/agency+needed+handle+outbreak/3210677/story.html

Tenth person with C. difficile dies at Nanaimo hospital since March

Jun 27, 2010
David Karp
Times Colonist
http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Tenth+person+with+difficile+dies+Nanaimo+hospital+since+March/3208467/story.html

Good bugs, bad bugs and bugbears of farming

Federal government scientists seek out beneficial insects in effort to control crop pests
Jun 27, 2010
Brian Lewis
The Province
http://www.theprovince.com/life/Good+bugs+bugs+bugbears+farming/3207713/story.html

PM should end fossil fuel subsidy at summit: poll

Jun 26, 2010
Mike Desouza
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/should+fossil+fuel+subsidy+summit+poll/3204612/story.html

Oil spill cleanup technology underfunded

Jun 26, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/26/oil-cleanup-technology.html

Commissioner of Patents proposes to advance the examination of patent applications related to green technology

May 19, 2010
Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO)
http://www.cipo.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/cipointernet-internetopic.nsf/eng/wr02462.html