Saturday, October 9, 2010

Weakness in Canada's venture-capital system at 'crisis levels'

Oct 8, 2010
Bert Hill
Postmedia News
http://www.canada.com/Weakness+Canada+venture+capital+system+crisis+levels/3645376/story.html
Oct 5, 2010
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/Science+policy+forum+being+hosted+McGill/3623798/story.html
Recent events show China needs to clean up its scientific act
Oct 7, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/17199386
Oct 7, 2010
SYLVIA BARNARD
Subdury Star
http://www.sudburystar.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?archive=true&e=2792273
ICT: Putting cash behind new technologies will improve productivity in the workplace
Oct 6, 2010
REBECCA PENTY
Telegraph-Journal
http://nbbusinessjournal.canadaeast.com/journal/article/1250356

Executives see innovation as key

Oct 4, 2010
RICHARD BLACKWELL
CTV News
http://www.ctv.ca/generic/generated/static/business/article1741004.html
Oct 8, 2010
TAVIA GRANT
CTV News
http://www.ctv.ca/generic/generated/static/business/article1750626.html
This year’s prizes are awarded for two types of carbon chemistry, and IVF
Oct 7, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/17199366
Oct 5, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/05/nobel-prize-physica.html
October 6, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/06/nobel-prize-chemistry.html
Oct 8, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/edmonton/story/2010/10/08/harper-oilsands.html
Oct 8, 2010
Stephen Strauss
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/09/29/f-vp-strauss-.html
Oct 8, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/edmonton/story/2010/10/08/edmonton-bonar-mayor-candidate-green-plan.html
Oct 8, 2010
Richard Foot
Postmedia News
http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/East+Coast+organism+offers+wealth+climate+data/3644814/story.html
Oct 8, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/08/con-shellfish-warning.html

Giant hogweed hits B.C. Interior

Oct 8, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/08/bc-interior-giant-hogweed-hills.html
Oct 8, 2010
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-Canada-Leading-Forest-Sector-Renewal-Investing-Environmental-Improvements-1332183.htm
Oct 8, 2010
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Invests-in-Clean-Energy-in-Manitoba-1332244.htm
Oct 8, 2010
Environment Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Yukon-Wildlife-Enforcement-Blitz-Yields-More-than-50-Violations-1332294.htm
Oct 7, 2010
PETER SINGER
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/millennium-development-goals-broken-promises-needless-deaths/article1746815/
Oct 7, 2010
Gary Mason
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/gary_mason/the-case-for-legalizing-marijuana/article1746813/
Oct 7, 2010
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Editorial+More+reasons+legalize+sale+marijuana/3636070/story.html

The Census: Policy by complaint

Oct 7, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/the-census-policy-by-complaint/article1746227/
Sharon Labchuk wants to prove point about corn gluten use
Oct 7, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/07/pei-labchuk-lawn-pesticide-584.html
Oct 7, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/07/honeybees-virus-study.html
Oct 7, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/07/f-red-mud-bauxite-aluminum.html
Oct 7, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/07/tropics-animals-global-warming.html
Oct 7, 2010
FRANCES BULA
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/property-report/green-building-the-next-generation/article1747015/
Oct 7, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/edmonton/story/2010/10/07/edmonton-alberta-oilsands-water-panel.html
Oct 7, 2010
Tom Blackwell
National Post
http://news.nationalpost.com/2010/10/07/canadas-life-expectancy-gains-less-than-others-study/
Oct 7, 2010
Royal Canadian Institute for the Advancement of Science
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/the-royal-canadian-institute-for-the-advancement-of-science-bestows-honorary-memberships-to-the-big-bang-theory-creators-chuck-lorre-and-bill-prady-104488129.html
Oct 7, 2010
Rob Ferguson
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/872042--worried-liberals-pull-plug-on-oakville-gas-plant
McGuinty Government to Invest in Transmission to Meet Local Power Demands
Oct 7, 2010
Ontario Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure
http://news.ontario.ca/mei/en/2010/10/oakville-power-plant-not-moving-forward.html
Oct 7, 2010
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Harper-Government-Supports-Research-Development-Innovative-Signal-Sensor-Processing-1331652.htm
Oct 6, 2010
Steve Rennie
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/feds-studying-economic-benefit-of-polar-bears/article1744680/
Oct 6, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/06/tech-sun-cycle-climate.html
Oct 6, 2010
Adam McDowell
National Post
http://news.nationalpost.com/2010/10/06/climate-change-is-this-what-the-future-will-look-like/
Oct 6, 2010
David Suzuki with Faisal Moola
The Canadian Press
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/life/sci_tech/science-matters-shady-practices-are-good-when-it-comes-to-coffee--104426499.html
Disastrous cleanup costs of global warming await future generations, hearing told
Oct 6, 2010
Sheila Pratt
Edmonton Journal
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Oilsands+expansion+fool+gold+scientist+warns/3628734/story.html
Oct 6, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/climate-change-dont-accentuate-the-positive/article1744167/
Oct 6, 2010
ANDRÉ PICARD
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/andre-picard/screening-young-athletes-whats-one-life-worth/article1745801/
Oct 6, 2010
Environment Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Canada-Announces-a-New-Federal-Sustainable-Development-Strategy-1331007.htm
Oct 5, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/05/science-round-table-canadian-geographic-climate-change.html
Oct 5, 2010
John Ibbitson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/study-seeks-silver-lining-in-climate-changes-clouds/article1744369/
Oct 5, 2010
Justine Hunter
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/coast-guard-trip-across-north-pacific-dashes-hopeful-scientific-theory/article1744583/
Oct 5, 2010
Ciara Byrne
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/ontario/scientists-to-figure-out-how-to-thwart-asian-carp-from-invading-great-lakes/article1744032/
Oct 5, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/windsor/story/2010/10/05/science-asian-carp-fisheries.html
Oct 5, 2010
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/Environmental+problems+that+matter/3623981/story.html
Oct 5, 2010
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/870601--electricity-rates-ontario-ill-served-by-shrill-debate
Action in Scotland has an impact on childhood asthma
Oct 5, 2010
EVRA TAYLOR LEVY and EDDY LANG
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Child+hospitalizations+fall+after+smoking+study/3623916/story.html
Shrill debate over environmental review exposes tensions
Oct 5, 2010
Graham Thomson
Edmonton Journal
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/opinion/Alberta+odds+with+Ottawa+over+oilsands/3624691/story.html

White House to go solar

Oct 5, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/05/white-house-solar-energy.html
Oct 5, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/05/nl-airgun-survey-105.html

Tuna not endangered: fishermen

Oct 5, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/05/pei-tuna-fishermen-endangered-584.html
Oct 5, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/05/cda-cp-polar-bears-appraisal.html
Oct 5, 2010
Conference Board of Canada
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/October2010/05/c8151.html
Oct 5, 2010
Health Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Information-Update-Ongoing-Review-of-Calcium-Supplements-1329948.htm
Oct 5, 2010
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Minister-State-Moore-Highlights-Government-Support-Small-Businesses-New-Brunswick-Innovation-1330036.htm

Is an oilsands truce possible?

Canada's forest giants and green activists have reached a ceasefire, but a similar pact in the oilsands conflict remains a sticky proposition, observers say, unless government steps up
Oct 4, 2010
Sheila Pratt
Edmonton Journal
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/technology/oilsands+truce+possible/3616360/story.html

Peace of mind through science

From offices and labs in universities across Canada, Science for Peace hopes to change the world – or at least change the Canadian government’s tune on climate change action
Oct 4, 2010
Sean MacKay
The Varsity
http://thevarsity.ca/articles/34447
Oct 4, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/04/china-climate-conference.html
Oct 4, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/04/pei-tuna-endangered-review-584.html
Oct 4, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/04/bc-livestock-superbugs-antibiotic-resistants.html
Oct 4, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/04/sarnia-enbridge-solar-farm.html
Oct 4, 2010
SARAH SCHMIDT
Postmedia News
http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Chinese+tests+sketchy+Health+Canada/3619048/story.html

About those tailings...

Oct 4, 2010
Linda Diebel
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/869640--sarah-palin-s-defence-of-alaskan-mine-threatens-canadian-fish
Oct 4, 2010
FRANK LANDRY
SUN MEDIA
http://www.edmontonsun.com/news/alberta/2010/10/04/15577311.html
Oct 4, 2010
Mike De Souza
Postmedia News
http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Avoiding+urban+sprawl+could+reduce+pollution+boost+economy+report/3623127/story.html
Oct 4, 2010
Sharon Kirkey
Postmedia News
http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Medical+journal+raises+concerns+about+codeine/3622862/story.html
Oct 4, 2010
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Canada-Signs-Ocean-Science-Cooperation-Agreement-With-China-1329367.htm
New flight test facility in Quebec will drive innovation and long-term growth
Oct 4, 2010
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Harper-Governments-Economic-Policy-Attracts-New-Jobs-and-Investment-to-Canada-1329046.htm
McGuinty Government's Clean Economy Creates 1400 Construction Jobs
Oct 4, 2010
Ontario Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure
http://news.ontario.ca/mei/en/2010/10/ontario-welcomes-the-worlds-largest-solar-pv-farm.html
Oct 3, 2010
Gwyn Morgan
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/if-universities-were-in-business-theyd-be-out-of-business/article1740246/
Oct 3, 2010
Robert Matas
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/north-pacific-overcrowded-with-salmon-as-population-soars/article1740524/
Hollywood's biggest director visits Extremistan
Sep 30, 2010
Andrew Nikiforuk
The Tyee.ca
http://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2010/09/30/JamesCameronTarSands/