Friday, August 27, 2010

Feds top up research funds

U of A to get portion of investment in scientific innovation
Aug 27, 2010
Julianna Cummins
Edmonton Journal
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/Feds+research+funds/3446599/story.html
Aug 16, 2010
Stephen A. Hurwitz
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/article/848627--funds-brighten-future-of-canadian-innovation
Canada's Economic Action Plan Invests in World-Leading Research
Aug 26, 2010
Government of Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Harper-Government-Strengthens-Canadas-Long-Term-Economic-Competitiveness-1310204.htm
McGuinty Government Investing In Researchers And Equipment
Aug 19, 2010
Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation
http://www.mri.gov.on.ca/english/news/ERAORF081910.asp
$200M up for grabs for post-secondary research
Aug 26, 2010
Julianna Cummins
Edmonton Journal
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/news/Funding+Edmonton+research+labs/3446599/story.html
Latest investment helps put Edmonton school in second among Canadian universities in research funding
Aug 26, 2010
Josh Wingrove
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/prairies/u-of-a-reaps-research-windfall-despite-austerity-across-campus/article1686942/
Aug 25, 2010
BRETT BUNDALE
TELEGRAPH-JOURNAL
http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/front/article/1189670

U.S. to appeal stem cell ruling

Aug 24, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/08/24/stem-cell-appeal-ruling.html
Aug 19, 2010
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Banting-Postdoctoral-Fellowships-Program-Now-Accepting-Applications-1307216.htm
Eight years after launching program to boost innovation in the region, just 10 per cent of the $33-million has been recovered
Aug 22, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/atlantic/atlantic-rd-loans-remain-largely-unpaid/article1681728/
Big projects take time, Harper says after long-awaited announcement about facility planned for Cambridge Bay, Nunavut
Aug 24, 2010
John Ibbitson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/john-ibbitson/delay-takes-shine-off-tories-plans-for-arctic-research/article1684097/
Aug 24, 2010
Bruce Campion-Smith
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/851931--harper-touts-climate-change-research-hub-from-afar-as-climate-rages
Aug 27, 2010
The StarPhoenix
http://www.thestarphoenix.com/health/researchers+earn+prestigious+honour/3448754/story.html
Aug 26, 2010
Jamie Sturgeon
Financial Post
http://www.canada.com/Huawei+joins+Canadian+tech+incubator/3445704/story.html
Aug 24, 2010
Bob Waterworth
Financial Post
http://www.financialpost.com/small-business/credit+that+often+overlooked/3435083/story.html
Aug 20, 2010
Frank Richter
Public Policy Forum
http://www.ppforum.ca/sites/default/files/REPORT%20Cleantech%20PPF%20layout.pdf
Aug 21, 2010
Claire Trottier and Behzad Elahi
National Post
http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2010/08/21/the-skeptics-view-of-alternative-medicine/
During Stephen Harper’s visit to the Arctic, a huge chunk of ice fell off the country’s largest remaining ice sheet, on Ellesmere Island
Aug 27, 2010
Jeffrey Simpson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/on-the-bright-side-the-pm-did-say-climate-change/article1686685/
Aug 27, 2010
Sarah Schmidt
Postmedia News
http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/Developer+genetically+engineered+salmon+eyes+Canadian+regulators/3446972/story.html
Re: Canada's weather service on fritz, Aug. 23
Aug 27, 2010
David Grimes
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/improving+climate+monitoring+system/3447970/story.html
Aug 27, 2010
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/opinion/editorials/study+underlines+need+vigilant+about+additives/3448672/story.html
Re: Doctors vote for ban on professional MMA, online edition, Aug. 25
Aug 27, 2010
E. David Klonsky
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/opinion/Doctors+critical+should+cite+medical+reasons/3448959/story.html
Aug 27, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/08/27/ontario-prescription-drugs987.html

Wheat genetic code sequenced

Massive genome to be posted online
Aug 27, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/08/27/wheat-genetic-code.html
May actually be colder than average in the West, as La Nina cools the waters of the central Pacific Ocean
Aug 26, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/environment-canada-predicts-2010-may-end-as-warmest-year-on-record/article1686134/

Why data matter

Aug 26, 2010
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/data+matter/3443446/story.html
Country falling behind in key areas, experts say
Aug 26, 2010
Giuseppe Valiante
Postmedia News
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Canada+faces+Third+World+status+unless+education+fixed+report/3445007/story.html
Aug 25, 2010
Canadian Council on Learning
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/August2010/25/c4708.html
Aug 26, 2010
Mark Kennedy
Postmedia News
http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/Harper+announces+protected+area+conserve+Belugas/3445668/story.html
Aug 26, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/08/26/harper-tuktoyaktuk.html
Aug 26, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/08/26/bp-greenland-offshore.html

Herring to be counted near N.S.

Aug 26, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/08/26/ns-herring-study-research.html
Aug 26, 2010
Shannon Proudfoot
Postmedia News
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/Liberals+plan+take+census+issue+Commons/3446702/story.html

Liberals to table census bill

Aug 26, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/politics/story/2010/08/26/census-changes-liberals-bill.html
Decision assailed. 'Will lower the quality and raise the cost of information'
Aug 26, 2010
MARGARET MUNRO
Postmedia News
http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/Census+changes+mindless+experts/3444329/story.html
Aug 26, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2010/08/26/bc-fraser-sockeye-salmon-numbers.html

Fraser sockeye: Too much bounty?

After three years of inactivity, B.C.'s fishery industry is already struggling to handle the biggest run since 1913
Aug 26, 2010
Derrick Penner
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/Fraser+sockeye+much+bounty/3445029/story.html
Allegations of scientific misconduct at Harvard have academics up in arms
Aug 26, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/16886218
Aug 26, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/08/26/drug-impaired-driving.html
Aug 26, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/08/26/ontario-mental-health-report981.html
Aug 26, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/08/26/bc-doda-cheema-opium.html
Can't keep off your iPhone? You may be forfeiting the downtime your brain needs to learn, remember and imagine
Aug 26, 2010
Matt Richtel
The New York Times News Service
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/digital-devices-may-lead-to-brain-fatigue-study/article1685928/
The price of admission to the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade talks is to put agriculture on the table – and that’s a card we don’t want to play
Aug 26, 2010
Lawrence Herman
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/canada-and-the-pacific-we-dither-while-the-world-moves-on/article1685361/

Centre expands air testing lab

City facility can test samples for mould, asbestos and radon
Aug 26, 2010
STEPHEN LLEWELLYN
Daily Gleaner
http://nbbusinessjournal.canadaeast.com/gleaner/article/1191377
Physicists probe previously uncharted energies, but find no new particles yet
Aug 26, 2010
Emily Chung
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/08/26/large-hadron-collider-toronto-savard.html
Aug 25, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/Politics/20100825/nature-journal-census-100825/
The leading science journal Nature is right to criticize Canada’s abandonment of the mandatory long-form census
Aug 25, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/canada-goes-off-the-statistical-standard/article1685245/
Provides essential information for planning the future, professors say in Nature
Aug 25, 2010
Steven Chase
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/science-journal-laments-census-assault/article1684833/
Aug 25, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2010/08/25/long-gun-registry-report-rcmp.html
Aug 25, 2010
Lesley Ciarula Taylor
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/article/852096--in-historic-move-canada-to-list-bpa-as-toxic
Aug 25, 2010
Margaret Munro
Postmedia News
http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/Bermuda+sized+chunk+breaks+Arctic+shelf/3442855/story.html
Aug 25, 2010
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Going+wrong+isotopes+reactors/3439455/story.html
Aug 25, 2010
Glenn Johnson
Postmedia News
http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Weapons+expert+warns+schools+could+cause+birth+defects/3441143/story.html
Students can improve brain function without a moment of additional study. They need to make three simple lifestyle changes
Aug 25, 2010
Wilkie Wilson and Cynthia Kuhn
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/hey-kids-learn-about-your-brain/article1683962/
Rapidly expanding system is underfunded: auditor-general
Aug 24, 2010
LARRY PYNN
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/entertainment/Environment+ministry+failing+preserve+parks+auditor+general+finds/3433336/story.html
Vaccine against sea lice blamed for wild salmon decline 1 of 6 to get grant
Aug 24, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/08/24/sea-lice-salmong-farming-closed-pen.html
Aug 24, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/08/24/bc-sockeye-high-return.html
Bacteria may have adapted over time due to natural seeps of oil in Gulf
Aug 24, 2010
Randolph E. Schmid
The Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/previously-unknown-microbe-thriving-by-eating-spilled-gulf-oil/article1683505/
Aug 24, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/08/24/tanning-bed-ban-minors-cma.html
Loss affects monitoring of global warming
Aug 23, 2010
Mike De Souza
Postmedia News
http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Budget+cuts+compromise+weather+data+report+warns/3430600/story.html
Aug 23, 2010
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/article/849939--hamilton-nova-scotia-joins-canada-s-green-energy-club

U of S MS trial in works

University situated to lead in liberation treatment study
Aug 23, 2010
Hannah Scissons
The StarPhoenix
http://www.thestarphoenix.com/health/trial+works/3430438/story.html
The amount of plastic floating in the Atlantic does not seem to be increasing
Aug 23, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/16877258
Scientists see step as ‘a major advancement’ against nightmare virus
Aug 22, 2010
Reuters
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/new-ebola-treatment-successful-in-monkeys/article1681676/
Aug 21, 2010
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/Harper+pledges+wind+farm/3426104/story.html

Food fight

While the Ontario government opts for healthier nutritional options in schools, will kids and school boards actually listen?
Aug 21, 2010
Araina Bond
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/life/Food+fight/3425695/story.html?cid=megadrop_story

Parental disconnect

Aug 21, 2010
Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Parental+disconnect/3425539/story.html
Scarcities of water, land, oil and fish could lead to mass starvation in 50 years – or sooner. Why is the West refusing to swallow the facts?
Aug 20, 2010
Siri Agrell
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/the-next-global-crisis-hungry-millions-on-the-move/article1680485/

Suzuki gets the last word

Aug 20, 2010
Richard Helm
Edmonton Journal
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/entertainment/movie-guide/Suzuki+gets+last+word/3423712/story.html
Aug 20, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/08/20/walk-cycle-obesity.html

EU seal ban suspended

Inuit leaders question legality of ban on Canadian seal products
Aug 20, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2010/08/19/nl-seal-ban-819.html
Average Canadian consumes 3,400 mg of salt daily
Aug 20, 2010
Megan Ogilvie
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/article/850687--toronto-board-of-health-supports-sodium-reduction-strategy
Aug 20, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/08/20/beaufort-sea-protection.html
Aug 20, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/08/20/arctic-ice-thinning.html

Good riddance to BPA

Aug 20, 2010
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/opinion/Good+riddance/3421437/story.html?cid=megadrop_story
Aug 20, 2010
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/08/20/chlorophyll-bacteria-biofuel-study.html
Why are hybrid cars running out of juice so quickly?
Aug 20, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2010/08/hybrid_cars
Grits' dissenting report on two-year parliamentary study calls for sweeping reforms
Aug 19, 2010
Andrew Nikiforuk
TheTyee.ca
http://thetyee.ca/News/2010/08/19/LiberalTarSandsReport/
More than a billion people will join the middle class by 2030. This will put a serious strain on grain supplies
Aug 19, 2010
Sylvain Charlebois
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/theres-a-new-world-order-in-food/article1677722/
Aug 19, 2010
Adam White and Rick Smith
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/849551--time-of-use-rates-for-industry-the-right-move
Aug 19, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/08/19/bp-study019.html
Findings from unmanned submersible suggest effects of BP spill will linger for months or more
Aug 19, 2010
Josh Wingrove
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/oil-remains-deep-beneath-the-gulf-of-mexico-study-shows/article1678830/
Aug 19, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/08/19/pei-wasps-baffin-island-climate-change-584.html

Energy conservation: Watts up?

People habitually underestimate their energy consumption
Aug 19, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/16843797

Fisheries biology: War dividend

The second world war led to a boom in North Sea fish numbers
Aug 19, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/16843807
Scientists are increasingly worried about the amount of debris orbiting the Earth
Aug 19, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/16843825
Amount of plastic waste in ocean hasn’t changed over 22 years: environmentalists perplexed
Aug 19, 2010
Randolph E. Schmid
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/researchers-wonder-where-extra-plastic-trash-is/article1678751/
Aug 18, 2010
Carrie Tait
Financial Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/offshore+drilling+Senate+report+says/3413661/story.html
Reactor in 'steady operation,' says AECL
Aug 18, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/08/18/isotopes-medical-chalk-river-aecl.html
Aug 18, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/08/18/con-gm-food.html

Does Wi-Fi make you sick?

Jury still out on health impact of wireless routers
Aug 17, 2010
Jasmeet Sidhu
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/article/848739--does-wi-fi-make-you-sick
Aug 17, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/08/17/ubc-nexterra-biomass.html
Aug 17, 2010
Scott Stinson
National Post
http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2010/08/17/scott-stinson-canadians-have-same-bpa-levels-as-other-people-scared-yet/
Discovery of chemical in nearly all Canadians raises alarm
Aug 16, 2010
Martin Mittelstaedt
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/statscan-survey-finds-bpa-present-in-91-per-cent-of-canadians/article1674153/
Aug 16, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/08/16/technology-food-security-artificial-meat.html
Ban would have prevented BP from drilling Gulf well that blew up
Aug 16, 2010
Erica Werner
The Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/us-halts-deepwater-environmental-exemptions/article1674632/
Aug 16, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/08/16/bpa-bisphenol-levels-urine-contamination.html

NCC wants Canada Day to go green

Aug 16, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/08/16/ncc-carbon-nutral.html
Professors and students at Université Laval work to prevent the city’s prized shade trees from disappearing.
Aug 16, 2010
Mark Cardwell
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/living-laboratory-for-the-american-elm.aspx

Census debate is nothing new

Discussion about the intrusiveness of the survey, as well as its cost and utility, has been around for decades, records reveal
Aug 16, 2010
Bill Curry
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/census-debate-is-nothing-new/article1675022/
Jack Layton wants to make issue first item on agenda when House resumes sitting next month
Aug 16, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ndp-seeks-emergency-debate-on-integrity-of-the-census/article1674900/

The dog’s breakfast census

Aug 13, 2010
Stephen Gordon
National Post
http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2010/08/13/stephen-gordon-the-dogs-breakfast-census/
Aug 26, 2010
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Canadian-Coast-Guard-Completes-Environmental-Emergency-Response-Training-Exercise-Resolute-1310405.htm
McGuinty Government Hydroelectric Project To Create Up To 800 Jobs
Aug 26, 2010
Ontario Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure
http://news.ontario.ca/mei/en/2010/08/creating-more-clean-energy-in-the-north.html
Aug 25, 2010
NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Supports-Development-of-Seasonal-Influenza-Vaccines-1309471.htm

Fraser River Sockeye Fisheries

Aug 24, 2010
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Fraser-River-Sockeye-Fisheries-1309184.htm
Aug 23, 2010
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Canadas-Economic-Action-Plan-Supports-Research-in-Saguenay-1308425.htm
Aug 23, 2010
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Supports-Six-Innovative-BC-Aquaculture-Projects-1308344.htm
Aug 20, 2010
Environment Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/New-Member-Appointed-to-the-National-Round-Table-on-the-Environment-and-the-Economy-1307657.htm
Projects to gather knowledge on minimizing impact, improving competitiveness
Aug 20, 2010
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Working-to-Improve-Mining-Sectors-Environmental-Performance-1307692.htm
Aug 19, 2010
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Statement-Honourable-Christian-Paradis-PC-MP-Minister-Natural-Resources-On-Senate-Committee-1307434.htm
Aug 18, 2010
NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Supports-Agricultural-Research-1306748.htm
Aug 17, 2010
NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Supports-Nanotechnology-Firms-Growth-in-Edmonton-1306020.htm
Aug 16, 2010
Health Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-Canada-Releases-Biomonitoring-Data-from-Canadian-Health-Measures-Survey-1305030.htm