Friday, October 15, 2010

Lagging innovation leads feds to launch review into R&D

Oct 13, 2010
Andrew Mayeda
Postmedia News
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Lagging+innovation+leads+feds+launch+review+into/3668183/story.html
How to attract human capital and find a place for science students in industry
Oct 14, 2010
Paul Wells
Macleans
http://oncampus.macleans.ca/education/2010/10/14/where-you-need-to-go-in-ottawa-for-a-good-idea/

No big bang for bucks

Why isn’t Canada getting more for its research and development billions?
Oct 14, 2010
DAVID AKIN
QMI Agency
http://www.torontosun.com/comment/columnists/david_akin/2010/10/13/15681441.html
Oct 13, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/13/science-tech-spending.html
Government promotes innovation as a key driver of Canada's economic recovery
Industry Canada
Oct 14, 2010
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Harper-Government-Takes-Action-to-Better-Support-Business-Research-and-Development-1335016.htm
Oct 14, 2010
TERRY DAVIDSON
Toronto Sun
http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2010/10/14/15690301.html
Oct 12, 2010
BARRIE McKENNA
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/economy/growth/an-innovative-strategy-for-canada/article1754203/
Oct 13, 2010
Financial Post
http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/fp/Canada+needs+innovation+boost+business+leaders/3663742/story.html
Oct 14, 2010
Gary Lamphier
Edmonton Journal
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/opinion/Universities+help+make+Canada+innovation+underachiever/3669338/story.html
Oct 13, 2010
Katherine Scarrow
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/your-business/grow/expanding-the-business/innovation-key-to-small-business-success/article1755574/
Oct 8, 2010
BARRIE McKENNA AND JEREMY TOROBIN
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/economy/growth/canadas-sorry-state-of-innovation/article1750621/
Oct 15, 2010
Tobi Cohen
Postmedia News
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Governor+General+laments+Canada+performance+innovation+access+post+secondary+education/3675552/story.html
The next time an article in a science journal posits a general theory of human behaviour, view its conclusions skeptically.
Oct 12, 2010
Laura Eggertson
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/weird-science.aspx
CIHR funds research probing bacteria, viruses and fungi that live in humans
Oct 14, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/14/microbiome-research-funding-cihr.html
Oct 13, 2010
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/todays-paper/Quebec+genome+scientists+awarded+million+carry+research+projects/3662375/story.html
Oct 15, 2010
Tom Blackwell
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/press+irks+fertility+industry+regulator/3674341/story.html

U of S pursues research reactor

Facility would help city become a centre for nuclear science
Oct 15, 2010
Jeremy Warren
The StarPhoenix
http://www.thestarphoenix.com/health/pursues+research+reactor/3675379/story.html
Oct 15, 2010
CAROL CHRISTIAN
QMI Agency
http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2010/10/15/15699071.html
Oct 15, 2010
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-Canada-Funds-Projects-Diversify-Supply-Sources-Key-Medical-Isotope-1335739.htm
Oct 15, 2010
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-Canada-Leading-Forest-Sector-Renewal-Investing-Environmental-Improvements-1335741.htm
Oct 15, 2010
Tim Mak
National Post
http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2010/10/15/tim-mak-carbon-tax-finds-a-friend-on-the-right/
Would spur green tech innovations: report
Oct 14, 2010
PETER O'NEIL
Postmedia News
http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/Canada+should+polluters+OECD+says/3669537/story.html
Oct 14, 2010
Rob Breakenridge
CHQR
http://www.am770chqr.com/Blogs/RobBreakenridge/BlogEntry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10151950
Oct 14, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/14/us-study-globalwarming-confusion.html
Oct 14, 2010
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/874996--eco-fee-reversal-recycling-costs-won-t-go-away
Oct 14, 2010
SHAWN McCARTHY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/canada-not-ready-for-shale-gas-boom/article1756636/
Oct 14, 2010
Scott Stinson
National Post
http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2010/10/14/scott-stinson-oil-sands-mean-money-morton-insists/
Oct 14, 2010
Bob Weber
The Canadian Press
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/life/sci_tech/chemicals-survive-waste-treatment-to-be-released-into-environment-study-104965919.html

Pot's not the problem, Mr. Harper

Oct 14, 2010
Charles W. Moore
Telegraph-Journal
http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/opinion/article/1261671
Oct 14, 2010
Health Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-Canada-Works-with-Alberta-Improve-Drug-Treatment-Services-Aimed-Youth-1335197.htm
Oct 14, 2010
Health Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Safety-Review-Bisphosphonate-Drugs-Possible-Risk-Rare-but-Serious-Thigh-Bone-Fractures-1335249.htm
Signing Ceremony held in Mississauga as part of HPIC's 20th Anniversary
Oct 14, 2010
CANADA'S RESEARCH-BASED PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES (RX&D)
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/October2010/14/c1166.html
Oct 13, 2010
Martin Mittelstaedt
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/canada-first-to-declare-bisphenol-a-toxic/article1755272/

BPA declared toxic in Canada

Oct 13, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/10/13/bpa-toxic.html
Oct 13, 2010
Bob Weber
The Canadian Press
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/business/breakingnews/ottawa-not-industry-biggest-roadblock-on-easing-effects-of-pipeline-panel-104878934.html
Oct 13, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/13/ubc-robot-seaice.html
Oct 13, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2010/10/13/bc-teck-smelter-mercury-dump.html
Oct 13, 2010
Patrick White
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/shores-of-lake-huron-awash-in-plastic-pellets/article1756213/
Oct 13, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/2010/10/13/mtl-asbestos-mine.html
Oct 13, 2010
Adrian Morrow
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/for-wealthy-countries-a-mixed-environmental-report-card/article1754350/
Oct 13, 2010
David Suzuki with Faisal Moola
The Canadian Press
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/life/sci_tech/science-matters-tiny-sardines-offer-great-guilt-free-value--104903634.html
Economic Action Plan Invests in Southern Ontario Future Leaders
Oct 13, 2010
Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-Canada-Launches-New-Program-Help-Graduates-Start-Innovative-Businesses-1334270.htm
Oct 13, 2010
NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA-NRC
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Emerging-Technologies-Thrive-in-Canada-1334060.htm
Oct 13, 2010
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Lunn-Governments-Green-Energy-Investments-Boost-Nanaimo-Forestry-Community-1334463.htm
Oct 12, 2010
Jennifer Pinkowski
Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUS84066630720101012
It’s a hot issue in Quebec, where the mineral is a major export product, despite efforts to ban it
Oct 12, 2010
Daniel Drolet
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/safety-of-asbestos.aspx
Oct 12, 2010
RICHARD BLACKWELL
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/economy/growth/canadas-wind-innovation-put-to-the-test/article1754206/
Oct 12, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/12/google-wind-transmission.html

Pollution could limit IT growth

Oct 12, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/12/technology-carbon-emissions.html
Economic Action Plan invests in jobs and growth through research and development
Oct 12, 2010
Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Harper-Government-Supports-Innovation-Growth-Small-Medium-Sized-Businesses-Southern-1333529.htm
Oct 12, 2010
Conference Board of Canada
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/October2010/12/c9759.html
A visit to some of Canada’s national parks actually distances us from ecological realities
Oct 12, 2010
JEFF GAILUS
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/places-of-the-heart-not-the-wallet/article1750749/
Oct 12, 2010
Health Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Works-with-the-Province-of-Manitoba-to-Reduce-Illicit-Drug-Use-1333565.htm
Oct 11, 2010
John Moore
National Post
http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2010/10/11/john-moore-sometimes-a-little-elitism-is-a-good-thing/
Oct 11, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/11/stem-cells-geron.html
Oct 11, 2010
Adrian Morrow
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/us-trial-marks-dawn-of-the-stem-cell-age/article1752303/
Oct 11, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/11/nb-golden-star-tunicate-caraquet.html

Why PEI’s wind plan is dying

Oct 11, 2010
RICHARD BLACKWELL
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/why-peis-wind-plan-is-dying/article1752506/
Oct 7, 2010
Jane Taber
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-notebook/maxime-bernier-defended-census-as-essential-in-2006/article1747621/
Oct 7, 2010
Jim Bronskill and Jennifer Ditchburn
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/tories-among-hundreds-of-census-supporters-who-emailed-harper/article1748207/
Oct 6, 2010
Richard J. Brennan
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/census/article/871359--even-one-dissenting-canadian-enough-to-kill-long-form-census-says-clement?bn=1
Oct 5, 2010
Postmedia News
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/canada/Bernier+backs+census+claims/3628705/story.html
Oct 4, 2010
Justine Hunter
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/bc-launches-power-program-to-take-on-ontario/article1742590/
Sep 29, 2010
Jennifer Ditchburn and Heather Scoffield
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/opposition-provinces-fail-to-stir-tories-from-census-position/article1731919/
Sep 16, 2010
Shawn McCarthy
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/ontario-green-policy-comes-under-attack/article1710881/