Friday, April 29, 2011

The Future of the PhD

Apr 20, 2011
Nature - Special Supplement
http://www.nature.com/news/specials/phdfuture/index.html

Little vision on innovation

Apr 25, 2011
Howard Elliott
Hamilton Spectator
http://www.thespec.com/opinion/editorial/article/521340--little-vision-on-innovation
'We would remove the gag order,' Liberals say
Apr 26, 2011
Emily Chung
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/04/26/science-federal-cswa-letter.html
Apr 26, 2011
Hope Yen
The Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/americas/in-a-first-for-the-us-women-outnumber-men-in-earning-advanced-degrees/article1999128/

Is the PhD broken?

Apr 28, 2011
Leo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/margin-notes/is-the-phd-broken/

To postdoc or not to postdoc?

Apr 25, 2011
The Black Hole: Science in Canada - Issues Affecting Trainees
http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2011/04/25/to-postdoc-or-not-to-postdoc/
Impact on aboriginal life cited among U.S. concerns
Apr 28, 2011
Mike De Souza
Postmedia News
http://www.theprovince.com/news/decision-canada/Health+problems+slow+oilsands+push/4688482/story.html
Apr 28, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/04/28/nl-greenland-iceberg-428.html
'Liberation' row highlights need for greater engagement, science journal suggests
Apr 28, 2011
Margaret Munro
Postmedia News
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/technology/Science+needs+social+media+report/4690061/story.html
Apr 28, 2011
Sarah Schmidt
Postmedia News
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Coca+Cola+ready+drop+bisphenol+linings/4685531/story.html
Health datasets were unplugged from the very limited transparency initiative unveiled earlier this year by Prime Minister Stephen Harper's federal government
Apr 28, 2011
Lauren Vogel
Canadian Medical Association Journal
http://www.cmaj.ca/earlyreleases/28april11_election-survey-transparency.dtl
Apr 28, 2011
Paul Taylor
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/new-health/conditions/sexual-health/health-canada-approves-expanded-market-for-gardasil/article2002354/
Apr 28, 2011
Hanneke Brooymans
Edmonton Journal
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/news/canada/studies+mercury+levels+Arctic+food+chain/4693346/story.html
Using only blood tests, Quebec's method has lower detection, higher error rate
Apr 28, 2011
AARON DERFEL
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Down+syndrome+screening+falls+short+experts/4687044/story.html
Apr 28, 2011
Conference Board of Canada
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/April2011/28/c7410.html
Apr 28, 2011
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/April2011/28/c7637.html
Ontario is helping Christie, a Kitchener-based visual technologies company, to develop advanced laser technologies and modernize its manufacturing facility. This will create a minimum of 50 new jobs and retain 53 existing jobs in Waterloo Region, and will employ a total of more than 570 people.
Apr 28, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Economic Development and Trade
http://news.ontario.ca/medt/en/2011/04/leading-edge-technology-company-creating-50-good-jobs.html

Shale gas worse than coal: study

Apr 27, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/04/27/nb-fracking-study-0427.html
Apr 27, 2011
ANDRÉ PICARD
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/new-health/andre-picard/its-time-to-find-a-cure-for-the-problem-of-how-doctors-are-paid/article2001249/
Apr 27, 2011
CARLY WEEKS
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/social-media-changing-the-medical-funding-paradigm-report-says/article2001325/
Redesigning turbines can wring more power out of mountain winds
Apr 27, 2011
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2011/04/technology_monitor_2
Apr 27, 2011
Geoff Dembicki
The Tyee.ca
http://thetyee.ca/News/2011/04/27/ClimateChangeElection/

PM’s callous pitch for votes

Apr 27, 2011
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/980765--pm-s-callous-pitch-for-votes
Apr 27, 2011
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/April2011/27/c7282.html
New investment among 52 new grants announced today
Apr 27, 2011
Canadian Cancer Society
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/April2011/27/c7297.html
The Ontario government is investing in a fund to give families and businesses more control over how and when they use electricity.
Apr 27, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Energy
http://news.ontario.ca/mei/en/2011/04/smart-grid-technology-coming-to-ontario.html
Apr 26, 2011
STEVEN CHASE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-notebook/canada-labeled-immoral-asbestos-pusher-as-harper-visits-quebec-mining-town/article1999035/
Apr 26, 2011
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/04/26/alien-center-shutdown.html
Apr 26, 2011
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/on-health-reform-creating-political-will-where-there-is-none/article1999960/
Apr 26, 2011
ANDREW LEACH
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/economy/economy-lab/the-economists/theres-a-dirty-secret-in-tory-greenhouse-gas-plan/article1999296/
Apr 26, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/04/26/sk-saskpower-carbon-storage-1104.html
Apr 26, 2011
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/04/26/mb-electric-bus-manitoba.html

Fire ants arrive in N.B.

Apr 26, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/04/26/nb-fire-ants-0426.html

Can you handle the truth?

Forget the narrative of catastrophe. The Gulf of Mexico is nearly back to normal
Apr 26, 2011
MARGARET WENTE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/can-you-handle-the-truth/article1998171/
Ontario is making crucial investments to build a clean, modern and reliable electricity system using renewable sources of power, while keeping costs down for families.
Apr 26, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Energy
http://news.ontario.ca/mei/en/2011/04/building-a-clean-reliable-energy-future.html
Federal and provincial governments currently give pharmaceutical companies tax breaks and subsidies to encourage them to devote more of their budgets to developing new drugs.
Apr 25, 2011
MARK BROWNLEE
The Hill Times
http://www.thehilltimes.ca/page/view/rnd-04-25-2011
Conservatives have long-touted the GHG reductions that would result from investing government money in developing ethanol as a supplementary fuel to gasoline.
Apr 25, 2011
MARK BROWNLEE
The Hill Times
http://www.thehilltimes.ca/page/view/biofuel-04-25-2011
Skilled workforce and collaboration play key roles in Ottawa's expanding life sciences sector, but industry says attracting outside experts remains an obstacle.
Apr 25, 2011
CHRIS PLECASH
The Hill Times
http://www.thehilltimes.ca/page/view/innovation-04-25-2011
Industry stresses need for a streamlined regulatory framework and harmonization at the international level.
Apr 25, 2011
CHRIS PLECASH
The Hill Times
http://www.thehilltimes.ca/page/view/regulation-04-25-2011
Apr 25, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/04/25/hazardous-chemicals-risk-children.html
Apr 25, 2011
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/canadas-6-per-cent-health-care-fetish/article1998242/
Ontario is proposing changes to Drive Clean testing that would save drivers time and money, while continuing to protect the environment.
Apr 25, 2011
Ontario Ministry of the Environment
http://news.ontario.ca/ene/en/2011/04/changes-to-drive-clean-testing-proposed.html
Apr 24, 2011
MARK HUME
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/mark-hume/oil-rises-to-the-surface-as-an-election-issue-in-bc/article1997189/
Apr 24, 2011
Mike De Souza
Postmedia News
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/decision-canada/Canadian+political+climate+strangely+cool+environment+Author+scientist/4667842/story.html
Apr 24, 2011
Michael Geist
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/article/978811--geist-federal-party-platforms-all-offer-surprises-on-digital-policy
Apr 24, 2011
David McKie
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canadavotes2011/realitycheck/2011/04/the-national-pharmaceutical-strategy-a-prescription-unfilled.html
Shortfall of environmental workers predicted in the next five years
Apr 23, 2011
Jacqueline Louie
The Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Future+looks+bright+green+careers/4664400/story.html
Instead of focusing on feel-good half-measures, Earth Day should target the BIG problems we’re facing
Apr 22, 2011
ANDREW MIALL
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/on-earth-day-forget-gimmicks-think-energy/article1994921/
Apr 22, 2011
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/04/22/ns-fracking-protest-in-halifax.html
Apr 22, 2011
RICHARD BLACKWELL
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/examining-green-technologies-of-the-future/article1995125/
Apr 22, 2011
MICHAEL KUNZELMAN
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/transocean-contributed-to-gulf-oil-spill-coast-guard/article1995809/
Apr 22, 2011
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/04/22/gulf-oil-spill-safety-culture.html

Canada needs more geriatricians

Apr 22, 2011
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/canada-needs-more-geriatricians/article1995780/
Solar cars were banned following a fatal crash in 2004.
Apr 21, 2011
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/04/21/tech-solar-car-queens-park.html
We like to think prescription drugs are cheap in Canada. Nothing could be further from the truth.
Apr 21, 2011
Marc-André Gagnon
The Mark News
http://www.themarknews.com/articles/4789-our-surprisingly-expensive-pharmaceuticals

BP sues partners over oil spill

Apr 21, 2011
CAIN BURDEAU and HARRY R. WEBER
The Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/bp-sues-partners-over-oil-spill/article1994247/
Apr 21, 2011
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/04/21/bp-funds-recovery-projects.html
As the space shuttles retire, New York gets one but not Houston
Apr 21, 2011
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2011/04/space_shuttle
This fall, 126 schools will be turning on more cleaner and renewable sources of power, like solar, wind and geothermal, creating cleaner and more sustainable places to learn for Ontario students.
Apr 21, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Education
http://news.ontario.ca/edu/en/2011/04/renewable-energy-coming-to-ontario-schools.html
Apr 20, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/04/20/cnsc-nuclear-plant-task-force.html
Apr 20, 2011
NATHAN VANDERKLIPPE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/bp-spill-a-year-later-dying-dolphins-deformed-fish-and-still-some-oil/article1993597/
Apr 20, 2011
CAIN BURDEAU AND HARRY R. WEBER
The Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/americas/flyover-vigils-mark-gulf-oil-disaster-anniversary/article1993421/

Gulf disaster: One year later

Apr 20, 2011
CAIN BURDEAU and HARRY R. WEBER
The Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/gulf-disaster-one-year-later/article1992414/
Apr 20, 2011
NATHAN VANDERKLIPPE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/king-carbon-label-a-baseless-attack-enbridge/article1993479/
Apr 20, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/04/20/cda-iqaluit-polar-bear-conference.html

Waste disposal: Bottom feeders

Using mushrooms to dispose of disposable nappies
Apr 20, 2011
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/18584104
Apr 19, 2011
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/04/19/tech-carbon-capture-weyburn-saskatchewa.html
Apr 19, 2011
Erin Anderssen
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/the-hot-button/canadians-like-to-help-the-planet---if-it-saves-us-money/article1991546/
Apr 19, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/04/19/bc-malahat-fuel-spill.html

Canadarm2 turns 10

Apr 19, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/04/19/tech-canadarm2.html
Apr 19, 2011
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/04/19/tech-fish-mediterranean.html
Ontario families can expect stable electricity bills this summer and fall due to the new Ontario Clean Energy Benefit, which is taking 10 per cent off monthly bills for families, farms and small businesses.
Apr 19, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Energy
http://news.ontario.ca/mei/en/2011/04/helping-families-keeping-electricity-costs-down.html
How our brains fool us on climate, creationism, and the vaccine-autism link.
Apr 18, 2011
Chris Mooney
Mother Jones
http://motherjones.com/politics/2011/03/denial-science-chris-mooney?page=1
Apr 18, 2011
David Wright
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/as-gas-prices-rise-businesses-explore-opportunities-of-electric-vehicles/article1989380/
Apr 18, 2011
BERTRAND MAROTTE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/forum-to-keep-forestry-industry-accountable/article1990162/
Apr 18, 2011
ANDREW LEACH
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/economy/economy-lab/the-economists/tax-hit-from-emissions-plans-could-be-in-the-billions/article1989174/
Apr 18, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/04/18/tech-arctic-coast-retreat-erosion.html
Apr 18, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/04/18/bc-goldstream-fuel-spill.html
Apr 18, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/04/18/calgary-banff-hot-springs-water.html

Bat disease spreads to N.S.

Apr 18, 2011
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/04/18/ns-bat-fungus.html
Transparency, accountability and rigour are needed so that Canada’s precious foreign aid dollars can be spent well
Apr 18, 2011
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/cida-a-broken-agency-that-needs-to-be-overhauled/article1990159/
Ontario is investing in a new solar manufacturing plant that is creating 71 new jobs in Mississauga. The plant will employ up to 200 people at full capacity and distribute solar panels across North America.
Apr 18, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Economic Development and Trade
http://news.ontario.ca/medt/en/2011/04/solar-energy-company-turning-the-corner-into-ontario.html
Apr 17, 2011
NATHAN VANDERKLIPPE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/far-north-residents-weigh-offshore-drillings-risk-reward-equation/article1988764/
Apr 17, 2011
JESSICA LEEDER
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/mcgill-to-establish-graduate-program-in-food-safety/article1988056/
Canadians must tell the federal Conservatives to support evidence-based health and drug policies and to drop their court challenge to Insite
Apr 17, 2011
JULIO MONTANER
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/dying-for-a-change-on-safe-injection-site/article1987566/
Apr 17, 2011
ANDRÉ PICARD
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/new-health/health-news/vancouvers-safe-injection-site-cuts-overdose-deaths/article1988758/
Apr 8, 2011
ANDREW LEACH
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/economy/economy-lab/the-economists/different-methods-tough-choices-in-parties-ghg-plans/article1975786/
Apr 5, 2011
SHAWN McCARTHY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/oil-giants-contest-arctic-relief-well-requirement/article1972323/
Apr 3, 2011
ANDREW LEACH
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/economy/economy-lab/the-economists/liberals-significant-climate-plan-cloaked-in-silence/article1968885/
Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Canadian Science Policy Centre - Newsletter: April 2011

Apr 18, 2011
Canadian Science Policy Centre
http://sciencepolicy.ca/newsletters/11-04
Apr 2011
Canadian Science Policy Centre
http://sciencepolicy.ca/cspc2010_coverage
le 15 avril 2011
Rob Annan et Pascal Lapointe
Agence Science-Presse
http://www.sciencepresse.qc.ca/actualite/2011/04/15/science-partis
le 12 avril 2011
Pascal Lapointe
Agence Science-Presse
http://www.sciencepresse.qc.ca/actualite/2011/04/12/elections-canadiennes-zero-climat
Apr 17, 2011
MARK SHERMAN
The Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/americas/us-supreme-court-to-hear-new-climate-change-case/article1988523/
Apr 15, 2011
Sonia Verma
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/david-suzuki-on-environmentalisms-mistakes-and-where-to-go-from-here/article1987463/
Friday, April 15, 2011

Research policy in party election platforms

Apr 11, 2011
Rob Annan
Researcher Forum
http://dontleavecanadabehind.wordpress.com/2011/04/11/research-in-the-election-platforms/
Apr 2011
Council of Canadian Academies
http://www.scienceadvice.ca/uploads/eng/annual%20reports/strategicplan2011_en.pdf

Who will save higher education?

As business culture takes over universities, we are losing sight of the value of education as a social good, essential to a thriving democracy
Apr 13, 2011
Henry A. Giroux
Hamilton Spectator
http://www.thespec.com/opinion/article/516439--who-will-save-higher-education
Apr 12, 2011
Janet Steffenhagen
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Canadian+universities+must+boost+enrolment+prevent+labour+shortage+report/4603562/story.html
Apr 13, 2011
Jeff Bell
Times Colonist
http://www.timescolonist.com/technology/Degree+still+success+university+bosses+told/4606763/story.html
Apr 12, 2011
Leo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/margin-notes/the-debate-over-university-differentiation/
Apr 14, 2011
Heather Travis
Western News
http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2011/April/matter_of_priorities_nrcs_market_focus_raises_questions_about_funding_fate_of_basic_research.html
Apr 15, 2011
Lynn Moore
Montreal Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Minister+defends+support+asbestos/4624834/story.html
Micro-reactors may be answer to powering northern lights
Apr 15, 2011
Raf Brusilow
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/04/12/f-power-nunavut-nuclear.html
Apr 15, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/story/2011/04/15/beaufort-sea-commercial-fishing-ban.html
Apr 15, 2011
Jeff Gailus and Faisal Moola
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Grizzly+bears+longer+lords+land/4620076/story.html

Our earth's a hot potato

Apr 15, 2011
Peggy Curran
Montreal Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/decision-canada/earth+potato/4625141/story.html
Apr 15, 2011
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/04/15/cv-election-bulbs-deadline.html
Apr 15, 2011
PETER CHENEY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/game-changing-canadian-device-will-let-you-plug-in-to-save-electricity/article1986533/
Apr 15, 2011
LAURA JANE CONRAD
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/ontario/multinational-mining-company-surrenders-land-rights-to-area-which-inspired-group-of-seven/article1986379/
Apr 15, 2011
Michael Lewis
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/business/article/975488--election-outcome-could-boost-fortunes-of-oilsands-producers
Apr 15, 2011
Jana G. Pruden
Postmedia News
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Second+case+variant+Creutzfeldt+Jakob+disease+confirmed+Canada/4618566/story.html
Apr 15, 2011
Tom Blackwell
Postmedia News
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Workplace+drug+plans+face+caps+even+fold/4622536/story.html
Apr 15, 2011
Greg Mercer
Waterloo Record
http://www.therecord.com/news/local/article/517865--teaching-science-with-beats-and-rhymes
Deadline Extended for Comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement Guidelines
Apr 15, 2011
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/April2011/15/c4510.html
Apr 14, 2011
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/new-health/health-news/studies-question-narrow-vein-theory-for-ms/article1985508/
Apr 14, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/story/2011/04/14/nb-ms-therapy-funding.html

Double standard on energy

Subsidies that flow to oil and gas sector bypass Ontario
Apr 14, 2011
Robert Joshi
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/975044--double-standard-on-energy
Apr 14, 2011
ADRIAN MORROW
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/ontario/as-smoke-clears-tories-liberals-react-to-pot-ruling/article1984950/

Medical pot hard to find in PEI

Apr 14, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/story/2011/04/14/pei-medical-marijuana.html
Apr 14, 2011
Clare Demerse
Troy Media
http://www.troymedia.com/2011/04/14/carbon-pricing-comparing-federal-party-platforms/
Ontario's use of coal-fired power is down 90 per cent in the first three months of 2011, when compared to the same timeframe in 2003. This reduction is cleaning up the air our children and grandchildren breathe.
Apr 14, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Energy
http://news.ontario.ca/mei/en/2011/04/use-of-coal-power-down-90-per-cent.html

Turning Innovation Into Jobs

Ontario is helping a scientific research company - Integran Technologies - develop leading-edge technology and create 20 new jobs while supporting 29 existing positions in Toronto.
Apr 14, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Economic Development and Trade
http://news.ontario.ca/medt/en/2011/04/turning-innovation-into-jobs.html
Canadian Cancer Society Urges Government to Re-consider
Apr 14, 2011
Canadian Cancer Society
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/April2011/14/c4190.html
Apr 13, 2011
Max Paris
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/04/13/cv-election-cap-and-trade.html

MS vein blocking doubted

Apr 13, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/04/13/multiple-sclerosis-ccsvi-buffalo.html
Apr 13, 2011
Hanneke Brooymans
Postmedia News
http://www.canada.com/technology/Mountain+pine+beetle+could+infect+forests+across+Canada+research/4556310/story.html
An Ontario Court of Appeal ruling helps make the case for the decriminalization of marijuana
Apr 13, 2011
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/marijuana-should-not-be-criminalized/article1984417/
Apr 13, 2011
ADRIAN MORROW
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/ontario/ontario-court-strikes-down-canadas-pot-laws/article1983105/
Apr 13, 2011
KAREN HOWLETT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/ontario/mcguinty-under-fire-for-not-disclosing-elevated-radiation-levels/article1983912/
Apr 12, 2011
SHAWN McCARTHY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/bc-ontario-hinder-california-green-plan/article1982893/
Apr 12, 2011
Andy Blatchford
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jHRVWbPF8E4J2M1qcH0HInMSB38A?docId=6545646
Ontario is strengthening and improving the coordination of the province's response to future public health emergencies or events, such as a pandemic.
Apr 12, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
http://news.ontario.ca/mohltc/en/2011/04/improving-ontarios-response-to-public-health-emergencies-1.html
Twenty-three stakeholder groups are currently working on an agreement that would set what the emissions standards will be and how they will be enforced.
Apr 11, 2011
MARK BROWNLEE
The Hill Times
http://www.thehilltimes.ca/page/view/airquality-04-11-2011
Environment Minister Peter Kent does not agree with the NRTEE's recommendation that Canada implement carbon pricing ahead of the U.S.
Apr 11, 2011
CHRIS PLECASH
The Hill Times
http://www.thehilltimes.ca/page/view/nrtee-04-11-2011
There are currently 631 species at risk in Canada, according to November 2010 data from the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada.
Apr 11, 2011
MARK BROWNLEE
The Hill Times
http://www.thehilltimes.ca/page/view/advisorypanel-04-11-2011
Every day, on average, one oil spill is reported to the Canadian Coast Guard
Apr 11, 2011
ENVIRONMENT COMMISSIONER SCOTT VAUGHAN
The Hill Times
http://www.thehilltimes.ca/page/view/notready-04-11-2011
Environment Minister Peter Kent says Conservative government has 'made significant progress in a number of areas' including signing Copenhagen accord, new emissions standards for vehicles, and developing a plan to reduce GHG by 17 per cent below 2005 leve
Apr 11, 2011
ENVIRONMENT MINISTER PETER KENT
The Hill Times
http://www.thehilltimes.ca/page/view/muchtodo-04-11-2011
Environment Minister Peter Kent says the Tories have a proven track record based on environmental regulation and stewardship. But critics say the Tories have been environmental laggards.
Apr 11, 2011
CHRIS PLECASH
The Hill Times
http://www.thehilltimes.ca/page/view/leadership-04-11-2011
NDP incumbent Paul Dewar says the party is worried an agreement could create less stringent regulations for ensuring safety in food products.
Apr 11, 2011
MARK BROWNLEE
The Hill Times
http://www.thehilltimes.ca/page/view/foodsafety-04-11-2011
After five years of Prime Minister Stephen Harper being in power, I suspect I have run out of different ways to say that he doesn't care about climate change.
Apr 11, 2011
LIBERAL SENATOR GRANT MITCHELL
The Hill Times
http://www.thehilltimes.ca/page/view/inaction-04-11-2011
The most lively interjection came when Obama referred to environmental impact
Apr 11, 2011
Gillian Steward
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/973148--steward-oilsands-out-of-sight-out-of-mind
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation pledged $28M for pilot facility
Apr 11, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/04/11/hiv-aids-gates-harper.html
Apr 11, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/04/11/pei-hog-island-nature-conservancy-584.html
Apr 11, 2011
Steven Edwards
Postmedia News
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/world/resolution+looks+give+Mother+Earth+same+righs+humans/4597992/story.html
Apr 11, 2011
Conference Board of Canada
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/April2011/11/c3029.html
Apr 11, 2011
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/April2011/11/c3092.html
McGuinty Government Saving Money While Improving Quality of Care
Apr 11, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
http://news.ontario.ca/mohltc/en/2011/04/health-quality-ontario-to-promote-evidence-based-health-care.html
Apr 10, 2011
JESSICA LEEDER
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/for-the-first-time-food-becomes-a-political-priority/article1979395/
Apr 10, 2011
Jessica Leeder
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/something-to-chew-on-a-party-to-party-breakdown-of-food-policy/article1979351/
Apr 10, 2011
STEVEN CHASE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/harper-pledges-to-keep-dairy-policies/article1978950/

Academic doping on the rise

Apr 9, 2011
Tom Blackwell
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/Academic+doping+rise/4586231/story.html

Can capitalism save space travel?

Apr 8, 2011
Paul Taylor
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/can-capitalism-save-space-travel/article1977191/
Apr 7, 2011
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/embrace-dont-fight-harmony-between-the-sands-and-the-land-in-alberta/article1975554/
Apr 7, 2011
Anna Mehler Paperny
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/fukushimas-ripple-effects-on-nuclear-power-in-canada/article1975874/
Apr 7, 2011
Paola Loriggio
The Canadian Press
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/life/greenpage/canadian-students-show-huge-interest-in-green-programs-jobs-expert-119404924.html
Apr 6, 2011
NATHAN VANDERKLIPPE AND CARRIE TAIT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/producers-prepare-for-oil-sands-battle/article1972903/
Saturday, April 9, 2011

The value of pure science

Apr 5, 2011
Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/value+pure+science/4558925/story.html
Quebec’s scientific community regrets the lack of consultation and has concerns about negative effects on the province’s research system.
Apr 4, 2011
Jean-François Venne
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/a-forced-merger-between-quebecs-three-research-funding-agencies.aspx
Few academic supervisors ever advise their social science PhD students to seek employment in the private sector. It is time that changed.
Apr 4, 2011
Sam Ladner
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/canadian-businesses-need-our-social-science-phds.aspx
Apr 6, 2011
Jim Hynes
McGill Reporter
http://publications.mcgill.ca/reporter/2011/04/mse-research-symposium-bridging-the-gap-between-science-and-policy/
Mar 31, 2011
Toronto Region Research Alliance (TRRA)
http://issuu.com/torontoresearch/docs/trra_the_race_for_global_leadership_in_innovation-#download
Mar 28, 2011
The Royal Society (UK)
http://royalsociety.org/uploadedFiles/Royal_Society_Content/Influencing_Policy/Reports/2011-03-28-Knowledge-networks-nations.pdf
Mar 28, 2011
The Royal Society (UK)
http://royalsociety.org/uploadedFiles/Royal_Society/Policy_and_Influence/2011-03-28-Malaysia-CountryCaseStudyNo%201.pdf
Mar 31, 2011
Ontario Centres Of Excellence Inc.
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/International-Alliance-Created-to-Further-Commercialization-of-Research-1421066.htm
Unless governments act, colleges and universities could be priced out of reach for many
Mar 31, 2011
Don Drummond and Daniel R. Woolf
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/967089--who-will-pay-the-bills-for-the-education-dream
NRC president names four priority areas
Apr 3, 2011
Tom Spears
Ottawa Citizen
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/technology/Researchers+told+focus+projects+that+benefit+industry/4551003/story.html
Apr 5, 2011
Leo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/margin-notes/things-you-apparently-didnt-know-about-university/
The problem is that our schools admit too many people, not too few
Mar 31, 2011
MARGARET WENTE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/we-need-more-smarts-for-universities-to-work/article1963950/
Are students somehow getting smarter? I doubt it.
Apr 4, 2011
Christine Overall
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/university-for-the-masses-may-be-oversold.aspx

Why higher education matters

Apr 2, 2011
Eddy Campbell
Telegraph-Journal
http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/opinion/article/1394695
Federation’s goal is to make highly relevant research better known.
Apr 4, 2011
Rosanna Tamburri
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/humanities-and-social-science-scholars-need-more-visibility-cfhss.aspx
Mar 29, 2011
Peggy Berkowitz
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/margin-notes/the-humanities-more-relevant-and-less-visible-than-ever/
Apr 4, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/story/2011/04/04/calgary-aging-university-research.html
Watch Canadian innovators explain their Bold Ideas for solving the world's most persistent health challenges and let us know which ones you think are the best by rating them
Mar 28, 2011
Grand Challenges Canada
http://hosted.verticalresponse.com/288228/4859ed9989/1315026949/5f28c264d9/
GE3LS Newsletter - Issue No. 04, Winter 2011
Genome Canada
http://www.genomecanada.ca/en/ge3ls/newsletters/winter-2011/

Life-changing scholarships

Most privately funded scholarships are awarded to students attending a particular university or to children of a company’s employees. But a few pan-Canadian programs have a bigger objective in mind.
Apr 4, 2011
Rosanna Tamburri
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/life-changing-scholarships.aspx
The new Minister's Award for Environmental Excellence recognizes outstanding achievement, leadership and innovation in environmental protection
Apr 2011
Ontario Ministry of the Environment
http://www.ene.gov.on.ca/environment/en/about/MAFEE/index.htm
Apr 4, 2011
U.K. Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology
http://www.parliament.uk/documents/post/postpn_373-Water-Adapatation-in-Africa.pdf

Undermining the oil patch

Apr 8, 2011
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/Undermining+patch/4579559/story.html
Apr 8, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/04/08/nl-spill-letters-408.html
Apr 8, 2011
Kevin Hursh
Postmedia News
http://www.canada.com/Risks+products+must+kept+perspective/4583776/story.html
Apr 8, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/04/08/bc-japan-tsunami-debris-drift.html
Apr 8, 2011
John Flesher
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/04/08/wdr-asian-carp-barrier-erected.html
Opponents fear Xayaburi dam in Laos will disrupt farming, fish migrations
Apr 8, 2011
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/04/08/environment-mekong-dam-plan.html
Apr 8, 2011
Sarah Schmidt and Aaron Derfel
Postmedia News
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/canada/Experts+question+role+walnuts+coli+outbreak/4585322/story.html
Salmon farming leading the way through co-operative efforts
Apr 8, 2011
Jay Ritchlin
Vancouver Sun
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/technology/seafood+sustainability+tide+starting+turn+better/4580815/story.html
Apr 8, 2011
NAUMAN FAROOQI
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/your-business/grow/new-product-development/innovative-model-pays-off-for-cancer-fighting-firm/article1975163/
McGuinty Government Helping Horizon Plastics Create Up To 350 Jobs
Apr 8, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation
http://news.ontario.ca/mri/en/2011/04/turning-the-corner-by-transforming-good-ideas-into-great-jobs-in-cobourg.html
McGuinty Government Helping EcoSynthetix Create Up To 40 Jobs
Apr 8, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation
http://news.ontario.ca/mri/en/2011/04/transforming-good-ideas-into-great-jobs-in-burlington.html
The Harper government’s 17-per-cent reduction target can’t be met with policies now in place, and every expert knows it. Canadians just don’t care. So the issue is barely mentioned
Apr 7, 2011
JEFFREY SIMPSON
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/climate-change-not-in-this-campaign/article1975493/
Environment Canada study says change needed now to stay below the 2 C warming threshold
Apr 7, 2011
Margaret Munro
Postmedia News
http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Harper+slammed+climate+change+inaction/4573252/story.html
Apr 7, 2011
Dan Healing
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/Alberta+Liepert+urges+sign+bloody+order+oilsands+pipeline/4576923/story.html?cid=megadrop_story

Science museum scores coup

Electron microscope from 1938 going on display
Apr 7, 2011
Tom Spears
Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/travel/Science+museum+scores+coup/4572607/story.html
Apr 7, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/04/07/science-silver-nanoparticles-bacteria-arctic.html
As nations scale back nuclear plans, renewables and fossil fuels vie to fill gap
Apr 7, 2011
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/04/07/nuclear-power-climate-change.html
Apr 7, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/04/06/canada-power-grid-investment.html
Apr 7, 2011
Conference Board of Canada
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/April2011/07/c2183.html
Apr 7, 2011
Conference Board of Canada
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/April2011/07/c2184.html
Apr 7, 2011
Emily Chung
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/04/04/science-tb-aboriginal-french-canadian.html
Apr 7, 2011
Kate Fillion
Macleans
http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/07/on-why-shaming-won%E2%80%99t-stop-obesity-why-vouchers-might-and-losing-80-pounds/
A modest proposal for an interstellar communications network
Apr 7, 2011
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/18526871
Older family physicians more likely to narrow scope of practice than retire
Apr 7, 2011
Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI)
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/April2011/07/c9967.html
Apr 6, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/04/06/edmonton-obama-keystone-oilsands.html
Apr 6, 2011
Dennis Gruending
Canada.com
http://www.canada.com/running+time+address+climate+change/4570150/story.html
Apr 6, 2011
Amina Zafar
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/04/06/aging-women-brain-estrogen.html
Apr 6, 2011
CARLY WEEKS
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/time-to-lead/avastin-debate-highlights-challenges-of-a-catastrophic-drug-program/article1974103/
Climate change is already having an impact on our economy
Apr 6, 2011
Roy J. Romanow
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/970481--a-warning-from-nature-for-canadians
Apr 6, 2011
Sheldon Alberts
Postmedia News
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/Obama+hints+withholding+approval+Keystone+oilsands+pipeline/4571527/story.html
Apr 5, 2011
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/04/05/arctic-ocean-fresh-water.html
Apr 5, 2011
CARLY WEEKS AND LISA PRIEST
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/time-to-lead/lack-of-catastrophic-drug-program-a-black-eye-for-canada/article1972570/
Apr 5, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/04/05/business-nortel-patents.html
Apr 5, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2011/04/05/nl-jones-mudspill-405.html
Apr 5, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/04/05/ozone-layer-arctic.html
Apr 5, 2011
NATHAN VANDERKLIPPE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/water-injection-tabbed-to-boost-oil-patch-production/article1972164/
Apr 5, 2011
Carrie Tait, Nathan VanderKlippe and Josh Wingrove
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/alberta-conservation-plan-stuns-oil-patch/article1971930/

Human-like milk made by GM cows

Future as infant formula replacement uncertain due to fears over transgenic foods
Apr 5, 2011
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/04/05/technology-human-breast-milk-cows.html

How to reduce ruinous drug costs

Ottawa could fund the R&D portion of the price of expensive new drugs
Apr 5, 2011
Paul Grootendorst
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/how-to-reduce-ruinous-drug-costs/article1970566/
Anything that brings researchers closer to understanding Alzheimer's, such as the discovery of five new genes, is welcome
Apr 5, 2011
Toronto Star
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/mindmood/brainhealth/article/968993--alzheimer-s-disease-new-clues-for-scientists
Apr 5, 2011
ADRIAN MORROW
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/ozone-layer-depleted-by-record-40-per-cent-over-arctic/article1971038/

The environmental paradox

Why, if the world’s ecosystems are under siege, do people seem to be prospering? When a group of Canadian researchers posed the question, they touched a nerve.
Apr 4, 2011
Daniel McCabe
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/the-environmental-paradox.aspx
Apr 4, 2011
Tom Spears
Ottawa Citizen
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Genetically+modified+wheat+research+goal+Canada/4550040/story.html
Apr 4, 2011
Randy Boswell
Postmedia News
http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Canadian+scientist+slams+maple+syrup+study+touting+health+benefits/4545863/story.html

Canada warns EU over oil sands

Apr 4, 2011
Pete Harrison
Reuters
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/canada-warns-eu-over-oil-sands/article1969643/
Apr 4, 2011
LISA PRIEST
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/time-to-lead/national-drug-policy-for-rare-diseases-has-fallen-between-the-cracks/article1970960/
Liberals, Tories, NDP each over 120 tonnes of carbon emissions
Apr 4, 2011
Max Paris
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/04/04/cv-election-carbon-footprint.html
Destructive bugs now threaten boreal forest
Apr 4, 2011
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/04/04/edmonton-pine-beetle-advances.html
June auction to sell the last major assets of former technology giant
Apr 4, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/04/04/google-stalking-horse-bidder-nortel-patents.html

The right call on Lower Churchill

Apr 4, 2011
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/right+call+Lower+Churchill/4553104/story.html
Apr 4, 2011
Omair Quadri
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/toronto/toronto-votes-to-continue-fluoridating-water/article1970703/
Apr 4, 2011
MARCUS GEE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/toronto/marcus-gee/fluoride-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-drink-the-water/article1970745/
A third-year health-sciences student at McMaster University is helping diabetes sufferers in First Nations communities better manage their disease, and he’s doing it through text messaging.
Apr 4, 2011
Jordon Fallis
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/diabetes-information-just-a-text-message-away.aspx
Canadian Diabetes Association Releases Opinion Poll Results and Report
Apr 4, 2011
Canadian Diabetes Association
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/April2011/04/c8890.html
Apr 3, 2011
ANDRÉ PICARD
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/time-to-lead/the-cost-of-drugs-breaking-the-bank-to-stay-alive/article1969308/
Apr 2, 2011
Patrick Daniel
Financial Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/Gateway+pipeline+crossroads+Canada/4548023/story.html
Apr 2, 2011
Tom Blackwell
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/Experts+risks+artery+devices/4547925/story.html
Apr 1, 2011
Patrick White
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/nunavut/the-trials-of-nunavut-lament-for-an-arctic-nation/article1963420/
Stephen Harper’s willingness to provide a federal loan guarantee for the building of an electricity transmission line from the Lower Churchill in Labrador to mainland Nova Scotia is entirely legitimate
Apr 1, 2011
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/ottawa-should-underwrite-the-lower-churchill-project/article1967641/
Apr 1, 2011
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/America+thirst+Europe+petro+posturing/4539794/story.html

The 5 Worst Promoters of Nonsense

JREF's 'Pigasus Awards' are a Dubious Honor for Dubious Claims
Apr 1, 2011
Sadie Crabtree
James Randi Educational Foundation (JREF)
http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/jref-news/1260-pigasus-2011.html
Apr 1, 2011
JAMES BRADSHAW
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/toronto/u-of-ts-forestry-school-faces-the-axe/article1968010/
Apr 1, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/04/01/hudson-bay-polar-bear-hunt.html
Apr 1, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/03/31/bc-radiation-milk-concerns.html
Mar 31, 2011
LES PERREAUX AND STEVEN CHASE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/sparks-fly-in-quebec-after-harper-backs-newfoundland-hydro-project/article1964803/
Mar 31, 2011
GLORIA GALLOWAY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/visiting-quebec-layton-rips-into-oil-sands/article1964853/
Mar 31, 2011
Sharon Oosthoek
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/03/31/tech-salmon-hearts-fraser-river.html
Mar 31, 2011
MARK HUME
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/sockeye-salmon-at-risk-of-overheating-due-to-climate-change-study/article1965320/
Mar 31, 2011
STEVEN CHASE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-notebook/tories-lay-clean-energy-plank-with-support-for-lower-churchill-mega-project/article1965607/
Mar 31, 2011
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/obamas-oil-independence-speech-no-gift-to-canada/article1965814/
Mar 31, 2011
KEVIN LYNCH
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/economy/economy-lab/the-economists/us-energy-security-requires-partners/article1964812/
What can be done about the rising risk of antibiotic resistance?
Mar 31, 2011
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/18483671

More Clean Energy Jobs In Vaughan

Ontario's clean energy economy continues to grow, creating 50 new jobs in Vaughan.
Mar 31, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Energy
http://news.ontario.ca/mei/en/2011/03/more-clean-energy-jobs-in-vaughan.html
Mar 30, 2011
Peter Fairley
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/03/11/f-power-2020-wind-profile.html
Mar 30, 2011
Emily Chung
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/03/12/f-power-2020-electric-cars.html
Mar 30, 2011
SHAWN McCARTHY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/obama-signals-new-reliance-on-oil-sands/article1963575/
Mar 30, 2011
LEE-ANNE GOODMAN
The Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/americas/obama-says-canada-a-partner-in-us-plans-to-make-itself-less-dependent-on-oil/article1963671/
Mar 30, 2011
Rebekah Funk
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/bc-funds-study-of-fibromyalgia-lyme-disease-chronic-fatigue/article1964319/

Make producers pay

The moment the province decided to blunt criticism last summer by getting rid of unpopular “eco fees” on an expanded recycling program, taxpayers were put on the hook
Mar 29, 2011
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/962992--make-producers-pay

Fish not foul

Mar 29, 2011
Patrick Moore
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/todays-paper/Fish+foul/4518851/story.html
Mar 29, 2011
MARK HUME
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/elevated-bc-radiation-levels-considered-no-threat-to-health/article1960854/
Mar 29, 2011
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/ignatieffs-learning-passport-would-help-poor-reach-university/article1961903/
Mar 29, 2011
Canadian Cancer Society
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/March2011/29/c7594.html
Daffodil Day is April 27
Mar 29, 2011
Canadian Cancer Society
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/March2011/29/c7033.html
Mar 29, 2011
Health Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Blood-Donation-Deferral-Policy-Expanded-Beyond-the-United-Kingdom-and-Western-Europe-1419177.htm

Ending the war on burgers

Mar 28, 2011
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/ending-the-war-on-burgers/article1960465/
Mar 27, 2011
MARK HUME
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/mark-hume/dfos-stifling-of-research-a-case-of-dj-vu/article1959051/
Mar 27, 2011
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/evidence-and-logic-clash-when-it-comes-to-small-cancer-tumours/article1957476/
Mar 27, 2011
SHAWN McCARTHY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/ottawa-fights-eus-dirty-fuel-label-on-oil-sands/article1958987/
Mar 25, 2011
JESSICA LEEDER
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/renowned-economists-outlook-darkens-on-global-food-prospects/article1957725/
The Fukushima crisis will slow the growth of nuclear power. Might it reverse it?
Mar 24, 2011
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/18441163
A powerful experimental battery that can be recharged completely in minutes
Mar 24, 2011
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/18437910
Mar 23, 2011
NATHAN VANDERKLIPPE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/surprise-uk-oil-tax-hits-canadian-firms/article1954013/
Mar 23, 2011
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/controls-on-food-imports-from-japan-to-be-increased/article1953648/
Mar 22, 2011
Eric Reguly
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/rob-magazine/is-ethanol-to-blame-for-global-unrest/article1951796/
Mar 21, 2011
SHAWN McCARTHY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/oil-sands-emissions-rules-stalled-despite-vows-to-eu/article1950567/
Mar 21, 2011
CARRIE TAIT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/canada-needs-overall-energy-strategy-shell-says/article1949756/
Mar 21, 2011
JESSICA LEEDER
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/asia-pacific/contaminated-crops-may-be-the-legacy-of-fukushima/article1950731/