Science Canada: May 2011

Saturday, May 28, 2011

Budgeting for the long run

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 1:43 AM

As the United States Congress confronts budgeting challenges, whether federal funding of scientific research is perceived as an investment or a discretionary expense will have long-term consequences.
May 23, 2011
Nature Materials
http://www.nature.com/nmat/journal/v10/n6/full/nmat3044.html

Canada among top three countries for entrepreneurs

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 1:43 AM

May 27, 2011
CTV.ca News
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/your-business/start/business-planning/canada-among-top-three-countries-for-entrepreneurs/article2037540/

Science pour tous Earns NSERC Award for Science Promotion

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 1:42 AM

May 26, 2011
Government of Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/science-pour-tous-earns-nserc-award-for-science-promotion-1519532.htm

Extreme trekkers, citizen scientists

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 1:42 AM

In just six months, Adventurers and Scientists for Conservation has helped to propel about a half-dozen research projects into the field
May 26, 2011
RENATA D’ALIESIO
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/extreme-trekkers-citizen-scientists/article2036774/

Identifying good scientists and keeping them honest

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 1:41 AM

May 22, 2011
The Black Hole: Science in Canada - Issues Affecting Trainees
http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2011/05/22/identifying-good-scientists-and-keeping-them-honest/

Market signals, income advantage push university enrolment higher

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 1:41 AM

May 26, 2011
Léo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/margin-notes/market-signals-income-advantage-push-university-enrolment-higher/

Enrolment will continue to climb despite demographic decline

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 1:40 AM

New report by AUCC predicts 125,000 more students, a 14-percent rise, by 2020.
May 26, 2011
Léo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/enrolment-will-continue-to-climb-despite-demographic-decline.aspx

Trends in Higher Education: Volume 1 – Enrolment

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 1:40 AM

May 2011
Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada
http://www.aucc.ca/_pdf/english/publications/trends-2011-vol1-enrolment-e.pdf

CBC Ombidsman Review: Marketplace program about homeopathy

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 1:40 AM

May 2011
CBC Office of the Ombidsman
http://www.cbc.ca/ombudsman/pdf/2011-05-11-Robbins.pdf

Movers and Shakers: A Pharma Matters Report

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 1:39 AM

May 2011
Thomson Reuters
http://thomsonreuters.com/content/science/pdf/ls/movers_shakers.pdf

New POST note from the U.K. Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 1:39 AM

May 2011
Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology
Ecosystem Service Valuation: http://www.parliament.uk/documents/post/postpn_378-Ecosystem-Service-Valuation.pdf

Researcher ready to spark some 'Big Thinking'

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 1:38 AM

Climatologist and author to be among presenters at Congress of the Humanities and Social Science
May 27, 2011
Jennifer pritchett
Telegraph-Journal
http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/front/article/1410049

Deal confirms government’s right to ban ‘cosmetic' pesticides, minister says

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 1:38 AM

May 27, 2011
BARRIE MCKENNA
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/deal-confirms-governments-right-to-ban-cosmetic-pesticides-minister-says/article2038340/

Fatabase 2.0: B.C. will serve up restaurant reform

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 1:37 AM

May 27, 2011
Larry Pynn
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/life/food/Fatabase/4854294/story.html

Critics take aim at NASA 'arsenic life' study

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 1:37 AM

Authors of study claiming bacteria used usually toxic arsenic to build DNA stand by results
May 27, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/05/27/science-arsenic-bacteria-wolfe-simon.html

'Eco' lawn care not so green after all

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 1:36 AM

May 27, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/05/27/mb-lawn-care-killex-eco-green.html

Few adults active enough at work: report

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 1:36 AM

May 27, 2011
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/05/27/physical-activity-work.html

N.S. must pay for medical marijuana costs: couple

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 1:35 AM

May 27, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/story/2011/05/27/ns-medical-marijuana-lawsuit.html

Kelowna pot school is the first of its kind in Canada

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 1:35 AM

May 27, 2011
CHBC News, Kelowna
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Kelowna+school+first+kind+Canada/4853598/story.html

Tories set to steer new course on health care funding

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 1:35 AM

May 27, 2011
ANDRÉ PICARD
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/tories-set-to-steer-new-course-on-health-care-funding/article2038257/

Wait times: So much money, such modest progress

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 1:34 AM

No province has completely met the benchmarks for the Famous Five procedures, and some are very far away
May 27, 2011
JEFFREY SIMPSON
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/wait-times-so-much-money-such-modest-progress/article2036335/

The 2011 Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences opens May 28

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 1:34 AM

Canada's scholars descend on Fredericton for the annual "intellectual Olympics"
May 27, 2011
Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/May2011/27/c8266.html

Clean Energy Investment Creates 42 New Jobs In Ottawa Valley

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 1:34 AM

Ontario is helping NORCAN Hydraulic Turbine Inc. - a clean energy equipment manufacturer in Carleton Place - acquire new machinery and expand its plant, creating 12 new jobs and supporting close to 30 additional construction jobs.
May 27, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Economic Development and Trade
http://news.ontario.ca/medt/en/2011/05/clean-energy-investment-creates-42-new-jobs-in-ottawa-valley.html

Manitoba pressured on 'cosmetic' pesticides

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 1:33 AM

Commercial interests hope to prevent ban seen in eastern provinces
May 26, 2011
Mychaylo Prystupa
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/story/2011/05/26/mb-lawn-chemical-ban.html

What fire-ravaged Slave Lake can learn from Kelowna

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 1:33 AM

May 26, 2011
Max Paris
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2011/05/26/pol-enviro-wildfires-cities.html

Nunavut's lack of dentists costs Ottawa millions

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 1:33 AM

May 26, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/story/2011/05/26/nunavut-dental-care-costs.html

Plasmodium vivax: The other malaria

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 1:32 AM

Many people think of malaria as a single disease. It isn’t
May 26, 2011
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/18741412

Moon has more water than believed

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 1:32 AM

May 26, 2011
OLIVER MOORE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/moon-has-more-water-than-believed/article2036718/

New Clean Energy Projects Creating 2,000 Jobs

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 1:31 AM

Ontario's clean energy economy continues to grow, creating 2,000 new jobs by adding more than 700 new clean energy projects across the province.
May 26, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Energy
http://news.ontario.ca/mei/en/2011/05/new-clean-energy-projects-creating-2000-jobs.html

Is tobacco control no longer a federal priority?

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 1:31 AM

May 25, 2011
André Picard
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/new-health/andre-picard/is-tobacco-control-no-longer-a-federal-priority/article2034642/

Hudak is endangering green jobs

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 1:31 AM

If he follows through on his promise, not only will many jobs fail to materialize but those that have will likely disappear
May 25, 2011
Ken Neumann and Rick Smith
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/997082--hudak-is-endangering-green-jobs

Ottawa isn't the oil sands' enemy

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 1:30 AM

May 25, 2011
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/Ottawa+sands+enemy/4834986/story.html

Canadian meteorologist to lead UN agency

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 1:30 AM

David Grimes begins 4-year term June 6
May 25, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/05/25/canada-grimes-meteorology.html

First Canadian to be world’s weatherman forecasts more focus on North

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 1:30 AM

May 25, 2011
RENATA D’ALIESIO
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/first-canadian-to-be-worlds-weatherman-forecasts-more-focus-on-north/article2035274/

Ad campaign tackles link between teen drug use and family medicine cabinet

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 1:29 AM

May 25, 2011
RACHEL BRADY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/new-health/health-news/ad-campaign-tackles-link-between-teen-drug-use-and-family-medicine-cabinet/article2035288/

Save resource money for the future? Nah, says Alberta

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 1:29 AM

Why the report of a far-sighted panel is dead on arrival
May 25, 2011
JEFFREY SIMPSON
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/save-resource-money-for-the-future-nah-says-alberta/article2033331/

Government of Canada Implements New, Faster Testing Method for Shellfish Toxins

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 1:29 AM

May 25, 2011
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/government-of-canada-implements-new-faster-testing-method-for-shellfish-toxins-1518963.htm

Four leading BC researchers receive close to $2 million from the Canadian Cancer Society

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 1:28 AM

May 25, 2011
Canadian Cancer Society
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/May2011/25/c7341.html

Health Canada expert wonders: what's in the water, Coca-Cola?

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 1:28 AM

May 24, 2011
Sarah Schmidt¸
Postmedia News
http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Health+Canada+expert+wonders+what+water+Coca+Cola/4833642/story.html

Norway unveils billion-dollar clean energy plan

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 1:28 AM

May 24, 2011
Alister Doyle
Reuters
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/international-news/norway-unveils-billion-dollar-clean-energy-plan/article2032574/

Deadly U.S. tornadoes not linked to climate change, meteorologists say

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 1:27 AM

Forecasters keeping a close watch on Canada's coming tornado season
May 24, 2011
Kazi Stastna
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/05/24/f-tornadoes-trend.html

Exploding watermelons? Canadians say 'no thanks' to Chinese food imports

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 1:27 AM

May 24, 2011
Wency Leung
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/food-and-wine/trends/trends-features/exploding-watermelons-canadians-say-no-thanks-to-chinese-food-imports/article2033298/

Bill Gates urges rich countries to fund poor farmers

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 1:26 AM

May 24, 2011
JESSICA LEEDER
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/africa-mideast/bill-gates-urges-rich-countries-to-fund-poor-farmers/article2033487/

NASA bids adieu to Spirit Mars rover

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 1:26 AM

May 24, 2011
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/05/24/science-spirit-mars-rover.html

Rare falcons move into Sudbury mine sites

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 1:26 AM

May 24, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/05/24/environment-peregrine-falcons-sudbury.html

Another health checkup

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 1:25 AM

With a spending crunch ahead, it’s time for a new royal commission on health care
May 24, 2011
Dr. Harvey Schipper
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/995031--another-health-checkup

Preserving medicare means accepting changes

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 1:25 AM

But that doesn’t include yet another royal commission on health care
May 24, 2011
Gregory Marchildon
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/996307--preserving-medicare-means-accepting-changes

Hudak borrows from Harper’s playbook to explain his health care policies

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 1:25 AM

May 24, 2011
ADAM RADWANSKI
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/adam-radwanski/hudak-borrows-from-harpers-playbook-to-explain-his-health-care-policies/article2033634/

Our pledge to children and mothers

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 1:24 AM

At this week’s G8 summit, Prime Minister Harper must push for an accounting on aid dollars earmarked for maternal and children’s health
May 24, 2011
Dave Toycen
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/995026--our-pledge-to-children-and-mothers

Cancer Prevention gets a boost from Healthy Families BC strategy

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 1:24 AM

May 24, 2011
Canadian Cancer Society
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/May2011/24/c7176.html

Enbridge Northern Gateway Project Joint Review Panel invites the public to attend information sessions

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 1:24 AM

May 24, 2011
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency & National Energy Board
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/May2011/24/c6939.html

Improved Facilities For University of Guelph Students

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 1:23 AM

More than 670 students will have access to new and improved facilities at the University of Guelph Ridgetown campus by fall 2012.
May 24, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities
http://news.ontario.ca/tcu/en/2011/05/improved-facilities-for-university-of-guelph-students.html

Clean Energy Investment Creating 80 New Jobs

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 1:21 AM

Ontario's shift toward clean, renewable energy is strengthening the province's economy by attracting good jobs, investment and opportunities for Windsor-area families.
May 24, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Energy
http://news.ontario.ca/mei/en/2011/05/clean-energy-investment-creating-80-new-jobs.html

With thorium, we could have safe nuclear power

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 1:21 AM

Canada experimented with the safer fuel for decades. Now China, using Candu reactors, is likely to beat us to its use
May 23, 2011
NEIL REYNOLDS
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/with-thorium-we-could-have-safe-nuclear-power/article2030383/

A fiery environmental apocalypse

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 1:20 AM

Human-engendered climate change could be linked to the increasing frequency and scope of forest fires in Canada and around the world
May 23, 2011
Stephen Scharper
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/995041--a-fiery-environmental-apocalypse

The computer will see you now: Telehealth programs catch on

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 1:20 AM

May 23, 2011
ADRIANA BARTON
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/new-health/health-policy/the-computer-will-see-you-now-telehealth-programs-catch-on/article2031925/

No one followed the B.C black-market salmon

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 1:20 AM

May 22, 2011
MARK HUME
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/no-one-followed-the-bc-black-market-salmon/article2031554/

The tyranny of mother’s milk

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 1:19 AM

Women were made to feel that failing to nurse their babies was tantamount to child abuse
May 20, 2011
MARGARET WENTE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/the-tyranny-of-mothers-milk/article2030188/

Slave Lake shows the increasing risk of serious forest fires, experts warn

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 1:19 AM

May 20, 2011
JOSH WINGROVE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/prairies/slave-lake-shows-the-increasing-risk-of-serious-forest-fires-experts-warn/article2030715/

N.S. health authority wants only nutritious snacks at its Tim Hortons hospital outlets

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 1:19 AM

May 20, 2011
TU THANH HA
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/atlantic/ns-health-authority-wants-only-nutritious-snacks-at-its-tim-hortons-hospital-outlets/article2029868/

Fukushima chills uranium development

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 1:18 AM

May 19, 2011
NATHAN VANDERKLIPPE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/international-news/fukushima-chills-uranium-development/article2025353/

Combating addiction: Can a vaccine stop drug abuse?

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 1:18 AM

It may be possible to vaccinate people against addictive drugs
May 19, 2011
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/18710110

U.K. agrees to tough carbon targets

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 1:17 AM

May 17, 2011
Pilita Clark, Jim Pickard
The Financial Times
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/international-news/european/uk-agrees-to-tough-carbon-targets/article2025243/

How Do We Compare? Lifting Our Game on Healthcare Performance

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 1:17 AM

May 17, 2011
Colleen M. Flood
Longwoods.com
http://www.longwoods.com/content/22370/print

Arsenic, lead in women's cosmetics; Environmental group calls for regulation

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 1:17 AM

May 16, 2011
Diana Mehta
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/new-health/health-policy/arsenic-lead-in-womens-cosmetics-environmental-group-calls-for-regulation/article2023309/

Bruce Power pulls application to U.S. safety regulator for Great Lakes nuke shipment

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 1:16 AM

May 16, 2011
JOHN FLESHER
The Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/americas/bruce-power-pulls-application-to-us-safety-regulator-for-great-lakes-nuke-shipment/article2024220/

More doctors prescribing placebos to unwitting patients

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 1:14 AM

May 5, 2011
Tom Blackwell
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/life/health/More+doctors+prescribing+placebos+unwitting+patients/4728558/story.html

Saturday, May 21, 2011

Students ignore science, math at their peril: expert

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 11:21 PM

May 18, 2011
Katherine Dedyna
Times Colonist
http://www.timescolonist.com/technology/Students+ignore+science+math+their+peril+expert/4801738/story.html

Canadian Science Policy Conference Promotional Video

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 11:21 PM

May 2011
Canadian Science Policy Centre
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zjo-o38v1K8

New research prize targets health promotion

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 11:20 PM

May 17, 2011
JAMES BRADSHAW
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/new-health/health-news/new-research-prize-targets-health-promotion/article2024290/

Involve students in big university classes instead of lecturing: Nobel laureate

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 11:20 PM

May 12, 2011
Anne-Marie Tobin
The Canadian Press
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/life/style/involve-students-in-big-university-classes-instead-of-lecturing-nobel-laureate.html

National Inventory Report: Greenhouse Gas Sources and Sinks in Canada

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 11:19 PM

May 2011
Environment Canada
http://www.ec.gc.ca/Publications/A07097EF-8EE1-4FF0-9AFB-6C392078D1A9%5CNationalInventoryReportGreenhouseGasSourcesAndSinksInCanada19902009ExecutiveSummary.pdf

New POST notes from the U.K. Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 11:19 PM

May 2011
The Ecosystem Approach: http://www.parliament.uk/documents/post/postpn_377-ecosystem-approach.pdf
Natural Capital Accounting: http://www.parliament.uk/documents/post/postpn_376-natural-capital-accounting.pdf
Detecting Deception: http://www.parliament.uk/documents/post/postpn375Detecting_deception.pdf

The Cutting Edge of Chemistry: A Pharma Matters Report

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 11:18 PM

May 2011
Thomson Reuters
http://thomsonreuters.com/content/science/pdf/ls/cutting_edge_of_chemistry.pdf?elq=65c65869b3d94cd8a248321d936a4f61

Touch the Future of IP: Canadian Intellectual Property Office Business Plan for 2011-2012

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 11:17 PM

May 2011
Industry Canada
http://www.cipo.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/cipointernet-internetopic.nsf/vwapj/PlanActivites-BusinessPlan-eng.pdf/$FILE/PlanActivites-BusinessPlan-eng.pdf

Saving the Bluefin Tuna

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 11:17 PM

We have the tools to rebuild the bluefin population, but we need to get our government on board
May 20, 2011
David Suzuki
The Mark News
http://www.themarknews.com/articles/5254-saving-the-bluefin-tuna

Harper backs United Nations report on maternal health

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 11:16 PM

May 20, 2011
GLORIA GALLOWAY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-notebook/harper-backs-united-nations-report-on-maternal-health/article2029729/

Canada still far from meeting climate targets: Govt report

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 11:16 PM

May 20, 2011
Geoff Dembicki
The Tyee.ca
http://thetyee.ca/Blogs/TheHook/Environment/2011/05/20/Canada-emissions-target-EC/

Familial DNA searches raise tough ethical questions

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 11:16 PM

May 20, 2011
Douglas Quan
Postmedia News
http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/Familial+searches+raise+tough+ethical+questions/4819272/story.html

McGuinty Liberals bogged down by power policy

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 11:15 PM

May 20, 2011
ADAM RADWANSKI
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/adam-radwanski/mcguinty-liberals-bogged-down-by-power-policy/article2030658/

'Zombie apocalypse' health advice goes viral

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 11:15 PM

May 20, 2011
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/05/20/zombie-apocalypse-cdc-blog-public-health.html

Oyster fishermen want solution to polluted waters

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 11:14 PM

May 20, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/story/2011/05/20/pe-oyster-fishermen-solution.html

Talking about brain cancer

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 11:14 PM

May 20, 2011
Tom Blackwell
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/Talking+about+brain+cancer/4813270/story.html

New Partnership Strengthens Ontario Economy

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 11:13 PM

Ontario signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Siemens Canada that will help the province continue to turn the corner through investments in industry, energy, health care and infrastructure
May 20, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Economic Development and Trade
http://news.ontario.ca/medt/en/2011/05/new-partnership-strengthens-ontario-economy.html

Alternative medicine: Think yourself better

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 11:13 PM

Alternative medical treatments rarely work. But the placebo effect they induce sometimes does
May 19, 2011 |
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/18710090

Harper government ready to take on oilsands emissions this year: Kent

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 11:13 PM

May 19, 2011
Heather Scoffield
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5j8-LIoZWbqP1nqTy9vt5YVf789_Q

Tories take cap-and-trade system ‘off the table’: Kent

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 11:12 PM

May 19, 2011
Allan Woods
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/politics/article/993953--tories-take-cap-and-trade-system-off-the-table-kent?bn=1

Canadians go online, cross border to skirt pesticides ban

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 11:12 PM

Health Canada issues warning about antkiller bought online
May 19, 2011
Max Paris
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/05/19/pol-pesticides-sneaky.html

Busy Atlantic hurricane season forecast

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 11:12 PM

May 19, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/05/19/jurricane-forecast-noaa.html

Canada's greenhouse gas emissions dip

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 11:11 PM

May 19, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/05/19/environment-greenhouse-gas-canada.html

Ontario Institute for Cancer Research announces spinoff companies developing promising anticancer technologies

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 11:11 PM

May 19, 2011
Ontario Institute for Cancer Research
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/May2011/19/c5977.html

Extinction rates overestimated: study

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 11:11 PM

May 18, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/05/18/science-extinctions-overestimated-he-hubbell.html

Canadian Cancer Statistics 2011 released by Canadian Cancer Society

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 11:10 PM

The release of Canadian Cancer Statistics 2011 reveals the current state of cancer in Canada as well as predictive statistics for the year
May 18, 2011
Canadian Cancer Society
http://cnw.pathfireondemand.com/viewpackage.action?packageid=451

Not enough Canadians being screened for colorectal cancer, leading to many unnecessary deaths

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 11:10 PM

Canadian Cancer Statistics 2011 released by the Canadian Cancer Society with special focus on colorectal cancer
May 18, 2011
Canadian Cancer Society
http://smr.newswire.ca/en/canadian-cancer-society/not-enough-canadians-being-screened-for-colorectal

Statistics confirm BC has lowest cancer incidence and death rates in Canada again in 2011 and lowest incidence of colorectal cancer

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 11:09 PM

May 18, 2011
Canadian Cancer Society
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/May2011/18/c5569.html

Ultimate Science Fair Meets Canada's Best Trade Show at Ontario Centres of Excellence's Discovery 2011

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 11:09 PM

May 18, 2011
Ontario Centres of Excellence Inc.
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/ultimate-science-fair-meets-canadas-best-trade-show-ontario-centres-excellences-discovery-1515977.htm

Ontario Leads Clean Water Research and Innovation

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 11:09 PM

May 18, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation
http://news.ontario.ca/mri/en/2011/05/ontario-leads-clean-water-research-and-innovation.html

Ontario's Water Strategy at Work

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 11:08 PM

Eighty-five small rural and northern communities will get additional help in order for families to continue to have access to clean, safe, reliable water and affordable wastewater services.
May 18, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Infrastructure
http://news.ontario.ca/moi/en/2011/05/ontarios-water-strategy-at-work.html

Advancing Water Stewardship In Ontario's Agri-Food Sector

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 11:08 PM

Ontario is investing in new research that will help protect and conserve water while building a strong, sustainable future for our agri-food industries and rural communities.
May 18, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
http://news.ontario.ca/omafra/en/2011/05/new-directions.html

Route 167 North Project in the Direction of the Otish Mountains - Public Comments Invited and Public Meetings Held

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 11:08 PM

May 18, 2011
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/May2011/18/c5686.html

Thought-controlled prosthetic arm vies for prize

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 11:07 PM

May 17, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/05/17/technology-prosthetic-arm-prwata-caires.html

Sockeye haul linked aboriginal fishery to black market, DFO believes

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 11:07 PM

May 17, 2011
MARK HUME
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/sockeye-haul-linked-aboriginal-fishery-to-black-market-dfo-believes/article2025898/

Brantford first city in Canada to ban shark fin

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 11:07 PM

May 17, 2011
Wency Leung
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/food-and-wine/trends/trends-features/brantford-first-city-in-canada-to-ban-shark-fin/article2025124/

Electric vehicles: Horsepower v cash cows

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 11:06 PM

How to use an electric car to turn a profit
May 17, 2011
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2011/05/electric_cars

Is addiction really a disease?

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 11:06 PM

The medicalization of addiction is fundamental to the case for Insite
May 17, 2011
Margaret Wente
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/margaret-wente/is-addiction-really-a-disease/article2024021/

Canada's paper industry to post profits for first time since 2002

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 11:06 PM

May 17, 2011
Conference Board of Canada
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/May2011/17/c5249.html

Impact of Severe Obesity Felt Far Beyond Physical - Financial Burden and Emotional Implications Also Significant

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 11:05 PM

Survey finds Canadians with severe obesity motivated to lose weight, but struggle to find access to credible, long-term weight management resources
May 17, 2011
Canadian Obesity Network
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/May2011/17/c4991.html

Labrador-Island Transmission Link Project - Federal Funding Allocated to Participate in the Environmental Assessment

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 11:05 PM

May 17, 2011
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/May2011/17/c5277.html

Unhealthy neighbourhoods play big role in obesity, diabetes epidemic

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 11:05 PM

May 16, 2011
LISA ROCHON
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/time-to-lead/unhealthy-neighbourhoods-play-big-role-in-obesity-diabetes-epidemic/article2024476/

P.E.I. hits emission targets early

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 11:04 PM

May 16, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/05/16/pei-greenhouse-gas-emission-target-584.html

Violent Arctic storm a climate-change ‘harbinger,’ study finds

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 11:04 PM

May 16, 2011
GLORIA GALLOWAY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/violent-arctic-storm-a-climate-change-harbinger-study-finds/article2023865/

Summit Builds New Partnerships For Greater Good

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 11:04 PM

McGuinty Government Asks Ontarians To Help Shape Social Change
May 16, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation
http://www.mri.gov.on.ca/english/news/OIA051611.asp

Clean Energy Investment Creating Over 200 New Jobs

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 11:03 PM

Anaergia Inc. is making Ontario home to its global headquarters and creating over 200 jobs for families.
May 16, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Economic Development and Trade
http://news.ontario.ca/medt/en/2011/05/clean-energy-investment-creating-over-200-new-jobs.html

Good Clean Energy Jobs Grow In Ontario

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 11:03 PM

Ontario's Green Energy Act will help the province create 50,000 new clean energy jobs by the end of 2012.
May 16, 2011
Ontario Office of the Premier
http://news.ontario.ca/opo/en/2011/05/good-clean-energy-jobs-grow-in-ontario.html

Self-fulfilling prophets of health-care doom

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 11:03 PM

May 15, 2011
Will Falk
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/991385--self-fulfilling-prophets-of-health-care-doom

Vital Arctic cooperation

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 11:03 PM

May 15, 2011
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/991655--vital-arctic-cooperation

Spine surgery can become much more efficient

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 11:02 PM

May 15, 2011
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/spine-surgery-can-become-much-more-efficient/article2023173/

A railway to Arctic riches: economic boom, environmental threat?

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 11:02 PM

May 14, 2011
PAUL WALDIE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/a-railway-to-arctic-riches-economic-boom-environmental-threat/article2021933/

Palliative care: fighting to survive

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 11:02 PM

Underfunded and understaffed
May 14, 2011
Jared Lindzon
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/05/04/f-milestogo-palliative-care-funding.html

Insite’s next battle: supervised inhalation

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 11:01 PM

May 14, 2011
SUNNY DHILLON
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/bc-politics/insites-next-battle-supervised-inhalation/article2021966/

Green energy: Ontario's new political battleground

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 11:01 PM

May 13, 2011
ADAM RADWANSKI
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/adam-radwanski/green-energy-ontarios-new-political-battleground/article2022212/

Crude again flows in TransCanada’s Keystone pipe

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 11:00 PM

May 13, 2011
Nathan VanderKlippe
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/crude-again-flows-in-transcanadas-keystone-pipe/article2021868/

A dire warning from a broken pipe

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 11:00 PM

May 13, 2011
JOSH WINGROVE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/a-dire-warning-from-a-broken-pipe/article2021897/

First nations dig in against Enbridge pipeline

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 11:00 PM

May 13, 2011
CARRIE TAIT AND NATHAN VANDERKLIPPE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/first-nations-dig-in-against-enbridge-pipeline/article2021928/

Teaching methods: An alternative vote

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 10:59 PM

Applying science to the teaching of science
May 12, 2011
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/18678925

An uncertain future lies ahead for Zamboni’s MS theory and its potential patients

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 10:59 PM

May 12, 2011
CARLY WEEKS
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/new-health/health-news/an-uncertain-future-lies-ahead-for-zambonis-ms-theory-and-its-potential-patients/article2020426/

Coastal nations urged to preserve Arctic waters

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 10:59 PM

May 12, 2011
GLORIA GALLOWAY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/coastal-nations-urged-to-preserve-arctic-waters/article2020519/

Canada’s costly spine-surgeon backlog

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 10:58 PM

May 12, 2011
LISA PRIEST
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/new-health/health-news/canadas-costly-spine-surgeon-backlog/article2020599/

Arctic treaty leaves much undecided

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 10:58 PM

May 11, 2011
PAUL KORING
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/arctic-treaty-leaves-much-undecided/article2017510/

When the state funds IVF, the cost is too high for everyone

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 10:57 PM

May 11, 2011
ANDRÉ PICARD
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/new-health/andre-picard/when-the-state-funds-ivf-the-cost-is-too-high-for-everyone/article2018895/

The magic number for successful IVF? 15 eggs

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 10:57 PM

May 10, 2011
Adriana Barton
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/the-hot-button/the-magic-number-for-successful-ivf-15-eggs/article2017576/

Census Day, 2011 – dawn of a new information-gathering era

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 10:57 PM

May 10, 2011
TAVIA GRANT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/census-day-2011-dawn-of-a-new-information-gathering-era/article2016837/

Oil spills intensify focus on new pipeline proposals

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 10:56 PM

May 9, 2011
NATHAN VANDERKLIPPE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/oil-spills-intensify-focus-on-new-pipeline-proposals/article2015347/

Quebec plans $80-billion investment in northern development

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 10:53 PM

May 9, 2011
RHÉAL SÉGUIN
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/quebec-plans-80-billion-investment-in-northern-development/article2015785/

Short-form census stays

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 10:48 PM

May 5, 2011
STEVEN CHASE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-notebook/short-form-census-stays-as-is-pmo-says-after-tory-mp-predicts-its-demise/article2011300/

Saturday, May 14, 2011

CIHR and Health Canada Present: The New Science Policy Fellowship

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 9:29 AM

The Science Policy Fellowships program will allow researchers at the doctoral, post-doctoral, new investigator and mid-senior investigator levels to carry out short-term policy assignments at Health Canada
Apr 18, 2011
CIHR and Health Canada
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jX6Uil_6hg4

Limiting the number of embryos used for in vitro fertilization (IVF) would prevent up to 40 newborn deaths in Canada each year, researchers say.
May 12, 2011
Kerry Grens
Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/12/us-ivf-restrictions-could-reduce-newborn-idUSTRE74B71420110512

The fight against AIDS: At last, the good news

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 9:10 AM

Treating individuals infected with HIV stops them passing the virus on to others
May 12, 2011
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2011/05/treating_and_preventing_aids

Nature within reach of Canadians

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 9:09 AM

The focus of park creation has been in regions that don’t already have a park, which has tended to mean in places far, far away
May 12, 2011
Alan MacEachern
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/nature-within-reach-of-canadians/article2018779/

Ontarians will soon be benefiting from 72 new nurses who will serve priority groups in communities across the province.
May 12, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
http://news.ontario.ca/mohltc/en/2011/05/more-public-health-nurses-delivering-care-to-ontarians.html

Work is underway to ensure health care providers will be able to share electronic health information for Greater Toronto Area (GTA) residents, who represent 47 per cent of the province's population.
May 11, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
http://news.ontario.ca/mohltc/en/2011/05/connecting-electronic-health-information-for-gta-residents.html

Women who are at a high risk of getting breast cancer will soon have better access to yearly screens that can lead to early detection and save lives.
May 10, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
http://news.ontario.ca/mohltc/en/2011/05/expanding-breast-cancer-screening-to-more-women.html

World's Doctors Choosing Ontario

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 8:58 AM

Today more doctors from around the world are choosing to practise in Ontario, ensuring that families have access to the high quality health care they need, closer to home.
May 10, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
http://news.ontario.ca/mohltc/en/2011/05/worlds-doctors-choosing-ontario.html

One step closer to a smoke free BC: BC government shows leadership in cancer prevention by funding smoking cessation products

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 8:54 AM

May 9, 2011
Canadian Cancer Society
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/May2011/09/c2772.html

More Front-Line Nursing Care For Ontarians

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 8:53 AM

Ontario is ensuring that families have greater access to front-line health care by supporting nurses throughout their careers.
May 9, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
http://news.ontario.ca/mohltc/en/2011/05/more-front-line-nursing-care-for-ontarians.html

Japan wants 3 reactors shut until seawall built

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 8:53 AM

Chubu Electric asked to 'swiftly consider' government's request
May 6, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/05/06/japan-reactor-closing.html

Statement by the Canadian Cancer Society regarding cosmetic pesticide legislation: Timely and Effective Legislation Needed

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 8:53 AM

May 6, 2011
Canadian Cancer Society
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/May2011/06/c2098.html

Ontario's babies and children will soon have better protection from serious infectious diseases, while more money stays in the family pocketbook.
May 5, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
http://news.ontario.ca/mohltc/en/2011/05/ontarios-immunization-program-getting-a-boost.html

Seniors and Ontario Drug Benefit recipients now have more access to free consultations with their local pharmacist - ensuring they are using medications safely and effectively.
May 4, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
http://news.ontario.ca/mohltc/en/2011/05/providing-seniors-with-more-access-to-free-pharmacy-services.html