Changes to NSERC’s Discovery Grants spark controversy

A new system for allocating one of Canada’s most important grants program for university scientists leads to upsets in who gets funding.
Jun 13, 2011
John Lorinc
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/changes-to-nserc-discovery-grants.aspx

Quebec’s research funds will remain autonomous

All three funds will be merged under Fonds Recherche Québec, but each will maintain its own board of directors.
Jun 13, 2011
Jean-François Venne
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/quebecs-research-funds-will-remain-autonomous.aspx

Government slashes spending at NRC by 20%

Retirees likely to be approached first in effort to cut 25 science jobs
Jun 15, 2011
CHRIS COBB
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Government+slashes+spending/4953501/story.html

Cuts hamper federal protection of clean water and air, says union

Jun 17, 2011
Mike De Souza
Postmedia News
http://www.canada.com/health/Cuts+hamper+federal+protection+clean+water+says+union/4966712/story.html

Government of Canada Supports Innovation in Kingston

Jun 17, 2011
Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/government-of-canada-supports-innovation-in-kingston-1528326.htm

Cracking the science ceiling

Programs to encourage women to choose science, engineering yield results
Jun 15, 2011
Derek Sankey
Postmedia News
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/opinion/Cracking+science+ceiling/4947720/story.html

Universities have ‘lost their way’ on undergraduate education

We can do better to improve the student experience, senior administrators.
Jun 13, 2011
Léo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/universities-have-lost-their-way-on-undergraduate-education.aspx

The devaluation of higher learning

'Students will exit university and end up with the same job they would have without attending'
Jun 11, 2011
Joanne Laucius
Postmedia News
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/todays-paper/devaluation+higher+learning/4931270/story.html?id=4931270

These cures are no longer science fiction

Regenerative medicine can transform the delivery of health care, with lower costs, and faster and more effective treatments
Jun 16, 2011
Robert McEwen
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/these-cures-are-no-longer-science-fiction/article2062110/

Children in Canada are neglected in drug research, doctors’ journal says

Jun 16, 2011
ANNE-MARIE TOBIN
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/new-health/health-news/children-in-canada-are-neglected-in-drug-research-doctors-journal-says/article2063512/

Acfas conference goes totally green

Université de Sherbrooke and Bishop’s University host an “environmentally responsible” gathering of 5,000 researchers.
Jun 13, 2011
Jean-François Venne
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/acfas-conference-goes-totally-green.aspx

Six suggestions for presidents to improve undergraduate education

An open letter.
Jun 13, 2011
Arshad Ahmad
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/six-suggestions-for-presidents-to-improve-undergraduate-education.aspx

Thoughts on tuition

All-quiet masks problems on the tuition front.
Jun 13, 2011
Doug Owram
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/thoughts-on-tuition.aspx

Official Release of the Equinox Communiqué

Jun 9, 2011
Equinox Summit: Energy 2030
http://wgsi.org/files/EquinoxCommunique_June9_2011.pdf

Meeting the HR needs of the bio-economy: BioTalent Canada Accomplishments Report 2011

Jun 7, 2011
BioTalent Canada
http://biotalent.ca/userfiles/file/accomplishments/BioTalent_Canada_Accomplishments_ENG_June14_2011.pdf

New POSTnotes from Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology

Jun 2011
U.K. Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST)
Informal STEM Education: http://www.parliament.uk/pagefiles/504/postpn_382-informal-science-education.pdf
Mental Capacity and Healthcare: http://www.parliament.uk/pagefiles/504/postpn_381-mental-capacity-and-healthcare.pdf

Council of Canadian Academies E-News June 2011

Jun 2011
Council of Canadian Academies
http://www.scienceadvice.ca/uploads/eng/council%20news/june2011.html

NSERC InPartnership Newsletter

Jun 2011
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada's (NSERC)
http://www.nsercpartnerships.ca/Bulletins/bulletinhtml.asp

The Ones to Watch: A Pharma Matters Report

A review of January - March 2011
Jun 2011
Thomson Reuters
http://thomsonreuters.com/content/science/pdf/ls/pharma_matters/TOTW_Q2_2011.pdf

Lagging Behind: Productivity and the Good Fortune of Canadian Provinces

Jun 16, 2011
Serge Coulombe
C.D. Howe Institute
http://www.cdhowe.org/pdf/Commentary_331.pdf

North American Electricity: Escalating Prices Possible Unless Infrastructure Investment Barriers are Eased

May 30, 2011
Gerry Angevine & Carlos Murillo
Fraser Institute
http://www.fraserinstitute.org/uploadedFiles/fraser-ca/Content/research-news/research/publications/north-american-electricity.pdf

Pain in the Asbestos Mines

Somehow, the Tories (and other political parties) keep on defending Canada's asbestos industry.
Jun 17, 2011
The Mark News
http://www.themarknews.com/articles/5691-pain-in-the-asbestos-mines

Betty Fox, cancer-advocacy champion and mother of Terry Fox, dies

Jun 17, 2011
Sandra Martin
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/betty-fox-cancer-advocacy-champion-and-mother-of-terry-fox-dies/article2065487/

Canadian Cancer Society Statement about Betty Fox's Death

Jun 17, 2011
Canadian Cancer Society
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/June2011/17/c7373.html

Blood agency faces barriers in ethnic donor search

Jun 17, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/06/17/blood-donation-ethnic.html

Alberta medical dean accused of plagiarism resigns

Jun 17, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/06/17/edmonton-dean-medicine-resigns.html

Sex ed on web more useful than parents, teens say

Jun 17, 2011
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/06/17/teen-sex-education-knowledge.html

Government of Canada Considers Improvements to the Marihuana Medical Access Program to Reduce the Risk of Abuse

Jun 17, 2011
Health Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/government-canada-considers-improvements-marihuana-medical-access-program-reduce-risk-1528301.htm

Canada to Host 2011 International Agriculture Ministerial in September

June 17, 2011
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/canada-to-host-2011-international-agriculture-ministerial-in-september-1528274.htm

Health Canada Reviewing Diabetes Drug Pioglitazone (Actos) and Potential Risk of Bladder Cancer

June 17, 2011
Health Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/health-canada-reviewing-diabetes-drug-pioglitazone-actos-potential-risk-bladder-cancer-1528238.htm

Ottawa to fund creation of national mental-health strategy

Jun 16, 2011
ERIN ANDERSSEN
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/new-health/health-news/ottawa-to-fund-creation-of-national-mental-health-strategy/article2063602/

On energy, McGuinty trips himself up in blazing bold trail

Jun 16, 2011
ADAM RADWANSKI
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/adam-radwanski/on-energy-mcguinty-trips-himself-up-in-blazing-bold-trail/article2062985/

Medical marijuana growth rules to change

Jun 16, 2011
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/06/16/marijuana-medical.html

France recalls hamburgers after E. coli scare

Jun 16, 2011
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/06/16/e-coli-france-hamburgers.html

Edgy anti-syphilis ads raise eyebrows

Jun 16, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/06/16/calgary-ad-syphilis-parody.html

When it comes to predicting a child’s cardiac future, it’s all in the wrist

Jun 16, 2011
PAUL TAYLOR
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/new-health/paul-taylor/when-it-comes-to-predicting-a-childs-cardiac-future-its-all-in-the-wrist/article2063953/

Ethnic obesity cutoffs lower: diabetes study

Jun 16, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/06/16/diabetes-risk-ethnic-groups.html

Get to hospital faster: MDs to stroke patients

Jun 16, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/06/16/stroke-canada.html

Major National Study finds there is significant work to be done to improve the quality of stroke care in Canada

Canadians are not recognizing the symptoms of stroke
Jun 16, 2011
Canadian Stroke Network
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/June2011/16/c6606.html

The big cancer risk is the sun, not the cellphone

Jun 15, 2011
ANDRÉ PICARD
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/new-health/andre-picard/the-big-cancer-risk-is-the-sun-not-the-cellphone/article2061908/

How making organ donation easier can save lives

Jun 15, 2011
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/new-health/health-news/how-making-organ-donation-easier-can-save-lives/article2062410/

NDP resurrects climate change bill

Jun 15, 2011
Laura Payton
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/06/15/pol-climate-change-accountability.html

Ontario unable to tell if wind farms exceed noise limits, activists say

Jun 15, 2011
KEITH LESLIE
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ontario-unable-to-tell-if-wind-farms-exceed-noise-limits-activists-say/article2062789/

Website launch gives stem-cell research a boost

Jun 15, 2011
CAROLYN ABRAHAM
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/new-health/health-news/website-launch-gives-stem-cell-research-a-boost/article2062686/

Household chemicals could harm sockeye: inquiry

Jun 15, 2011
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/06/14/bc-salmon-inquiry-household-chemicals.html

Stem cell promises come to fore

Jun 15, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/06/15/stem-cells.html

New E. coli sicknesses in Germany declining

Jun 15, 2011
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/06/15/e-coli-germany.html

Protecting the sharks

Each year it’s estimated that some 70 million sharks end up slowly dying at the bottom of our oceans, their fins sliced off for the dubious pleasure of a bowl of soup in a restaurant.
Jun 15, 2011
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/1008774--protecting-the-sharks

Antipsychotic drugs risky to newborns

Jun 15, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/06/15/antipsychotic-pregnancy-newborns.html

Antipsychotic Drugs: Labelling Update Regarding the Risk of Abnormal Muscle Movements and Withdrawal Symptoms in Newborns Exposed During Pregnancy

Jun 15, 2011
Health Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/antipsychotic-drugs-labelling-update-regarding-risk-abnormal-muscle-movements-withdrawal-1527271.htm

Supporting Biomedical Innovation To Create New Jobs

Ontario is helping Hamilton's Population Health Research Institute (PHRI) undertake one of the largest studies led by Canadian scientists.
Jun 15, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation
http://news.ontario.ca/mri/en/2011/06/supporting-biomedical-innovation-to-create-new-jobs.html

Science meets art as the Ontario Science Centre showcases the beauty behind stem cells with Super Cells: The Wonder of Stem Cells

June 1 to October 1, 2011
Jun 15, 2011
Ontario Science Centre
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/June2011/15/c6181.html

The best kept secret in health care

Community health centres treat people, not just their symptoms
Jun 14, 2011
Carol Goar
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/1008807--goar-the-best-kept-secret-in-health-care

Ontario power: Don’t give in to energy NIMBYs

Two years ago Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty said NIMBYism would “no longer prevail,” yet it seems to be thriving
Jun 14, 2011
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/1008037--don-t-give-in-to-energy-nimbys

Asbestos: 'Magic' mineral was once Canada's gold

Critics decry Canadian production but industry, government says it's safe
Jun 14, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2011/06/12/f-backgrounder-asbestos.html

Asbestos back in the spotlight

Support is needed for adding chrysotile asbestos to the Rotterdam Convention on hazardous chemicals
Jun 14, 2011
Fe de Leon and Sarah Miller
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/1008808--asbestos-back-in-the-spotlight

Shut down Canada's asbestos industry: NDP

Jun 14, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/06/14/asbestos-ndp-health.html

TV time tied to death, diabetes risk

Jun 14, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/06/14/tv-premature-death-diabetes.html

Canadian military redeploying soldiers with PTSD

Jun 14, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/06/14/ptsd-soldiers-redeploy.html

Sunscreen rules toughened in U.S.

New rules coming for Canadian consumers
Jun 14, 2011
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/06/14/suncreen-fda.html

Apples worst for pesticides on produce list

Jun 14, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/06/14/apples-pesticides-fruits-vegetables.html

German E. coli death toll rises to 37

Jun 14, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/06/14/e-coli-germany-outbreak.html

Cut saturated fat, refined sugar to boost your brain

Jun 14, 2011
LESLIE BECK
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/new-health/conditions/alzheimers/cut-saturated-fat-refined-sugar-to-boost-your-brain/article2060491/

Lack of graduates with advanced degrees may help to explain Canada's poor innovation grade

Jun 14, 2011
Conference Board of Canada
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/June2011/14/c5747.html

Joint Canada-U.S. Great Lakes Ballast Water Program Proven Effective

June 14, 2011
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/joint-canada-us-great-lakes-ballast-water-program-proven-effective-1526716.htm

Clean Energy Project In Lower Mattagami Creating 550 Local Jobs

Northern Ontario's first major hydroelectric project in 40 years is making good progress and is now 20 per cent complete.
Jun 14, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Energy
http://news.ontario.ca/mei/en/2011/06/clean-energy-project-in-lower-mattagami-creating-550-local-jobs.html

Ajax Copper-Gold Mine Project Availability of $50,000 to Participate in the Environmental Assessment

Jun 14, 2011
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/June2011/14/c5740.html

Ontario organ donors to register online

Jun 14, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/06/14/tor-organ-donation-website.html

Exporting bitumen to China would be environmentally and fiscally detrimental

Jun 13, 2011
Michael Byers
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/munk-debates/exporting-bitumen-to-china-would-be-environmentally-and-fiscally-detrimental/article2059181/

Canada should take advantage of China’s rise by fuelling it

Jun 13, 2011
Brian Lee Crowley
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/munk-debates/canada-should-take-advantage-of-chinas-rise-by-fuelling-it/article2059182/

UN-sanctioned group criticizes Canada on asbestos science

Jun 13, 2011
Bruce Cheadle
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/un-sanctioned-group-criticizes-canada-on-asbestos-science/article2058547/

Our turbine problem is aesthetic

If we can’t stop them, we should humanize them. Dutch windmills are a better model
Jun 13, 2011
NEIL REYNOLDS
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/our-turbine-problem-is-aesthetic/article2056253/

A Space Legacy

How Canadian researchers are continuing the nation’s 60-year record of excellence in aerospace.
Jun 13, 2011
Tim Johnson
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/a-space-legacy.aspx

Researcher taps into dandelions’ potential

University of Guelph prof. finds a use for the little yellow flowers.
Jun 13, 2011
Léo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/researcher-taps-into-dandelions-potential.aspx

Surgery podcasts go viral

Learn the basics of a medical condition through an audio recording.
Jun 13, 2011
Tara Siebarth
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/surgery-podcasts-go-viral.aspx

More adults drinking daily, smoking pot, study finds

Jun 13, 2011
CARLY WEEKS
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/new-health/health-news/more-adults-drinking-daily-smoking-pot-study-finds/article2058969/

Cities try to adapt to heat waves

Jun 13, 2011
Max Paris
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/06/13/pol-green-roof-heat-climate-health.html

Early autism screening puts children at risk: researchers

Jun 13, 2011
CARLY WEEKS
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/new-health/conditions/autism/early-autism-screening-puts-children-at-risk-researchers/article2057303/

Councillors back proposal to ban shark-fin soup in Toronto

Jun 13, 2011
PATRICK WHITE AND KIM MACKRAEL
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/toronto/councillors-back-proposal-to-ban-shark-fin-soup-in-the-city/article2058786/

Driving the Future Of Automotive Research

Ontario's industry leaders, top researchers and some of the best and brightest students now have a state-of-the-art facility to create and test the newest automotive innovations.
Jun 13, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Economic Development and Trade
http://news.ontario.ca/medt/en/2011/06/driving-the-future-of-automotive-research.html

Team From NRC Recognized for Developing Neurosurgical Simulator

Helping Canada be a world leader in next-generation virtual medical simulation
June 13, 2011
National Research Council Canada-NRC
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/team-from-nrc-recognized-for-developing-neurosurgical-simulator-1526025.htm

Agricultural Research Celebrating its Roots

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Commemorates 125 Years of Scientific Advances
June 13, 2011
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/agricultural-research-celebrating-its-roots-1525983.htm

Ontario Institute for Cancer Research's Technology Expo 2011 to feature new cancer-related innovations

Jun 13, 2011
Ontario Institute for Cancer Research
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/June2011/13/c5239.html

Floods linked to climate change: officials

Jun 12, 2011
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/06/12/mb-flood-study-interlake-drainage.html

McGuinty’s green energy ‘explosion’ more an implosion

Jun 12, 2011
Barrie McKenna
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/commentary/barrie-mckenna/mcguintys-green-energy-explosion-more-an-implosion/article2057633/

B.C. lakeshores at risk due to lack of enforcement

Jun 12, 2011
MARK HUME
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/mark-hume/bc-lakeshores-at-risk-due-to-lack-of-enforcement/article2057771/

Painkiller plague: Valuable lessons from Down Under

Canada has experienced an alarming increase in unintentional prescription painkiller deaths
Jun 12, 2011
Ann Silversides
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/1006796--painkiller-plague-valuable-lessons-from-down-under

Mobile phones and health: Voices in the head

Fears about the safety of mobile phones are overdone
Jun 10, 2011
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2011/06/mobile-phones-and-health

Manufacturing Investment Creating 80 New Jobs In West Nipissing

Ontario is helping Jennmar - North America's largest manufacturer of mining construction products - establish its first Canadian facility and create up to 80 new jobs in Sturgeon Falls.
Jun 10, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Economic Development and Trade
http://news.ontario.ca/medt/en/2011/06/manufacturing-investment-creating-80-new-jobs-in-west-nipissing.html

New Training For Jobs In Dryden

In Dryden, 240 northerners will begin training this year that will prepare them for good jobs in the forestry sector.
Jun 10, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities
http://news.ontario.ca/tcu/en/2011/06/new-training-for-jobs-in-dryden.html

Ontario Strengthening Patient Safety

Ontario is taking action to improve Ontarians' safety by proposing to set quality and safety standards for non-emergency medical transfer services.
Jun 10, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
http://news.ontario.ca/mohltc/en/2011/06/ontario-strengthening-patient-safety.html

Native groups slam revised mining plan

Jun 8, 2011
WENDY STUECK
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/bc-politics/native-groups-slam-revised-mining-plan/article2052980/

Building a ‘Green Canada’ brand

Jun 13, 2011
Christopher Hoyt, Victor Sant’Anna, Andre Albinati
iPolitics
http://ipolitics.ca/2011/06/13/seechange-building-a-green-canada-brand/

2011 Canadian Science Policy Conference Registration is Open: Register Now at the SUPERSAVE RATE

Jun 9, 2011
Canadian Science Policy Centre
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/cspc-2011-registration-is-open-register-now-at-the-supersave-rate-1524828.htm

Ontario to fund 6,000 more masters and PhDs

Jun 7, 2011
Louise Brown
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/1004420--ontario-to-fund-6-000-more-masters-and-phds?bn=1

Government of Canada Supports World-Leading Health Research To Benefit Canadians

Jun 9, 2011
Government of Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/government-of-canada-supports-world-leading-health-research-to-benefit-canadians-1524926.htm

For Canada’s universities, India offers a role on a global stage

Jun 8, 2011
JAMES BRADSHAW
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/for-canadas-universities-india-offers-a-role-on-a-global-stage/article2052967/

Environment and energy ignored in election, but a big part of “winning the future”

Velma McColl
IRPP Policy Options May 2011
Institute for Research on Public Policy
http://www.irpp.org/po/archive/jun11/mccoll.pdf

Is Oil the New Cod? Resource Redux in Newfoundland and Labrador

Jun 8, 2011
Martin Prosperity Institute
http://martinprosperity.org/images/stories/jmc/cache/mpi-is-oil-the-new-cod.pdf

2011 Report on Ontario’S Health System

Jun 2011
Health Quality Ontario
http://www.ohqc.ca/pdfs/2011_report_-_english.pdf

Canada not responding to global food crisis

Our agricultural policies are stuck in the 1970s
Jun 11, 2011
Dan Gardner
Edmonton Journal
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/opinion/Canada+responding+global+food+crisis/4930870/story.html?cid=megadrop_story

Medical devices lack testing

Regulation at Health Canada 'unsatisfactory'
Jun 10, 2011
SARAH SCHMIDT
Postmedia News
http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Medical+devices+lack+testing/4922755/story.html

Canada needs better patent protection for pharmaceuticals: CEO

Jun 10, 2011
PETER HADEKEL
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/Canada+needs+better+patent+protection+pharmaceuticals/4922806/story.html

Germany decides sprouts are to blame for E. coli outbreak

Jun 10, 2011
KIRSTEN GRIESHABER and DAVID RISING
The Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/europe/germany-decides-sprouts-are-to-blame-for-e-coli-outbreak/article2055125/

Salad eaters beware. Raw sprouts have hidden dangers

Jun 10, 2011
MARIA CHENG
The Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/europe/salad-eaters-beware-raw-sprouts-have-hidden-dangers/article2056049/

Ocean-watching satellite launches

Canada participating in mission
Jun 10, 2011
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/06/10/science-ocean-satellite.html

Cape Breton has learned C. difficile lessons

Jun 10, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/story/2011/06/10/ns-c-difficile-cape-breton-malcom.html

Professor challenges ban on pesticides in Nanaimo

VIU instructor says no science supports city's list of banned substances
Jun 10, 2011
Darrell Bellaart
The Daily News
http://www.canada.com/Professor+challenges+pesticides+Nanaimo/4925049/story.html

Ontario Supports Film Industry Innovation, Creates 18 Jobs

McGuinty Government Helps Kitchener Company Bring New Technology To Market
Jun 10, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation
http://www.mri.gov.on.ca/english/news/IAF061011.asp

Announcement of Collaborative Health Research Projects Program

Speaking Points for The Honourable Gary Goodyear, PC, MP, Minister of State (Science and Technology)
Jun 9, 2011
Industry Canada
http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/ic1.nsf/eng/06524.html

Canada's UN climate inventory data clashes with new Environment Canada report

Jun 9, 2011
Mike De Souza
Postmedia News
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Canada+climate+inventory+data+clashes+with+Environment+Canada+report/4914574/story.html

Harper government receives diplomatic spanking over climate policies

Jun 9, 2011
Mike De Souza
Postmedia News
http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/Harper+government+receives+diplomatic+spanking+over+climate+policies/4921908/story.html

DFO cuts inspire fear for fish stock management

Jun 9, 2011
BRIAN MEDEL
Chronicle-Herald
http://thechronicleherald.ca/NovaScotia/1247606.html

Rockies snowpack loss foreshadows water woes

Jun 9, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/06/09/science-rocky-mountains-snowpack-water.html

Plan to put caution labels on energy drinks appears stalled

Jun 9, 2011
Sarah Schmidt
Postmedia News
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Plan+caution+labels+energy+drinks+appears+stalled/4914625/story.html

Disparate prescriptions in desperate times

Canadians attending the CMA's town hall meetings on health care transformation offered at vast range of diagnoses about the ailments of the health care system, and as vast a range of prescriptions.
Jun 9, 2011
Wayne Kondro
CMAJ
http://www.cmaj.ca/earlyreleases/9june11_disparate-prescriptions-in-desperate-times.dtl

Health linked with income, education: study

Jun 9, 2011
Derek Abma
Postmedia News
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/life/Health+linked+with+income+education+study/4914316/story.html?cid=megadrop_story

Canadian education is going global

Jun 9, 2011
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/canadian-education-is-going-global/article2054292/

Making the case for vaccines

Jun 9, 2011
CARLY WEEKS
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/new-health/health-policy/making-the-case-for-vaccines/article2054835/

Canada's i4i wins patent battle with Microsoft

Jun 9, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/06/09/technology-microsoft-i4i-patent.html

Asteroids factories for building blocks of life: study

Jun 9, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/06/09/science-asteroids-meteorite-organic-amino.html

2 elements added to periodic table

No permanent names yet for elements 114 and 116
Jun 9, 2011
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/06/09/science-elements-periodic-table.html

Cancer therapy: Taking aim sooner

If personalised medicine is to achieve its full potential, it should be used earlier on in clinical trials
Jun 9, 2011
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/18802942

Running scared from safe nuclear power

Jun 9, 2011
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/Running+scared+from+safe+nuclear+power/4915853/story.html

Canadian Researchers Discover Method for Direct Measurement of the Quantum Wavefunction

Keeping Canada at the forefront of quantum research
Jun 9, 2011
National Research Council Canada-NRC
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/canadian-researchers-discover-method-direct-measurement-quantum-wavefunction-1524983.htm

Investing In Innovation To Create 70 New Jobs And Protect 300 Jobs

McGuinty Government Helps Biotech Company Drive Innovation In Mississauga
Jun 9, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation
http://news.ontario.ca/mri/en/2011/06/investing-in-innovation-to-create-70-new-jobs-and-protect-300-jobs.html

Supporting Innovation At University Of Windsor

Students will soon have a new state-of-the-art facility to help them study aerospace manufacturing and engineering in Windsor.
Jun 9, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities
http://news.ontario.ca/tcu/en/2011/06/post-4.html

CFIA/Help Save Our Forests: Don't Move Firewood

Jun 9, 2011
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/cfia-help-save-our-forests-dont-move-firewood-1525132.htm

Jackpine Mine Expansion Project and Pierre River Mine Project - Federal Funding Allocated to Support Participation in the Environmental Assessment

Jun 9, 2011
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/June2011/09/c4440.html

The return of measles: Where did we go wrong?

Jun 8, 2011
André Picard
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/new-health/andre-picard/the-return-of-measles-where-did-we-go-wrong/article2052432/

UN member states agree on ‘universal access’ to AIDS treatment

Jun 8, 2011
STEPHANIE NOLEN
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/americas/un-member-states-agree-on-universal-access-to-aids-treatment/article2052699/

How a child’s breakfast can improve health in old age

A new study of 17,000 Canadians over 16 years shows that children from families with lower educational and income levels are less healthy over time than their more affluent counterparts
Jun 8, 2011
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/how-a-childs-breakfast-can-improve-health-in-old-age/article2052411/

N.B. spud scientists looking to create a greener potato

Jun 8, 2011
JAMIE ROSS
Daily Gleaner
http://nbbusinessjournal.canadaeast.com/gleaner/article/1413338

Springer and Canada's International Development Research Centre launch new book series

Multi-disciplinary series to showcase emerging topics in economic, political, social, environmental, and technological development around the world
Jun 8, 2011
International Development Research Centre
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/June2011/08/c3860.html

New Clean Energy Jobs For Chatham-Kent

Ontario's shift toward clean, renewable energy is strengthening the province's economy by attracting good jobs and investment opportunities for families in the Chatham-Kent area.
Jun 8, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Energy
http://news.ontario.ca/mei/en/2011/06/new-clean-energy-jobs-for-chatham-kent.html

New Research Boat Supports Ontario Fisheries

A new research boat launched today on Lake Ontario will help manage the lake's fish population and support commercial and recreational fishing. The construction of the new boat also created 15 jobs.
Jun 8, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources
http://news.ontario.ca/mnr/en/2011/06/new-research-boat-supports-ontario-fisheries.html

Fisheries and Oceans Canada Releases the Pacific Region Cold-Water Coral and Sponge Conservation Strategy

Jun 8, 2011
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/fisheries-oceans-canada-releases-pacific-region-cold-water-coral-sponge-conservation-1524483.htm

Government of Canada Announces Progress on Marine Protection

Minister Ashfield announces three new Areas of Interest
June 8, 2011
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/government-of-canada-announces-progress-on-marine-protection-1524427.htm

Government of Canada Invests in Wind Energy in Ontario

Jun 8, 2011
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/government-of-canada-invests-in-wind-energy-in-ontario-1524412.htm

Your Opinion is in Season! Join the Discussion on the Future of Agricultural Policy in Canada

Jun 8, 2011
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/your-opinion-is-season-join-discussion-on-future-agricultural-policy-canada-1524478.htm
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/your-opinion-is-season-join-discussion-on-future-agricultural-policy-canada-1524461.htm
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/your-opinion-is-season-join-discussion-on-future-agricultural-policy-canada-1524455.htm
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/your-opinion-is-season-click-join-discussion-on-future-agricultural-policy-canada-1524517.htm

The Ontario Science Centre brings the science behind reptiles to life with Reptiles: The Beautiful and the Deadly

Jun 8, 2011
Ontario Science Centre
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/June2011/08/c3863.html

"Arm Chair Forensic Scientists" experience the thrill of CSI: LIVE! at the Ontario Science Centre

This live-action stage performance takes place from June 6 to September 5, 2011
Jun 8, 2011
Ontario Science Centre
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/June2011/08/c3758.html

Proposed Marathon Platinum Group Metals and Copper Mine Project in Ontario

Availability of $150,000 to Support Participation in the Environmental Assessment-Phase II
Jun 8, 2011
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/June2011/08/c3578.html

More than 45 Canadians hospitalized every day due to self-injury

Report provides new measures of health system performance for mental health services
Jun 8, 2011
Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI)
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/June2011/08/c3936.html

Bare-bottomed forests get new carpeting

Jun 7, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/06/06/environment-sudbury-forest-floor-transplant.html

Afraid of a needle? Hospital staff must get flu shots

Too many health-care workers are failing to get flu protection, and that’s putting their patients at risk.
Jun 7, 2011
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/1003680--hospital-staff-must-get-flu-shots

Ontario’s overlooked health crisis

Province spends just 3 cents out of every health-care dollar on mental illness — and Toronto is below the provincial average.
Jun 7, 2011
Carol Goar
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/1004318--goar-ontario-s-overlooked-health-crisis

EU proposals in trade negotiations would wipe out savings from Ontario drug reforms

Jun 7, 2011
Canadian Generic Pharmaceutical Association (CGPA)
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/June2011/07/c3533.html

The Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement (CETA): A $12-billion boost to the Canadian economy and an increase in bilateral trade by over 20%

Jun 7, 2011
Canada's Research-Based Pharmaceutical Companies (Rx&D)
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/June2011/07/c3785.html

Historic Drug Reforms Delivering Better Health Care For Ontarians

Ontarians now have access to more cancer drugs, receive new services from their local pharmacists, and get better value for their health care dollars thanks to drug system reforms.
Jun 7, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
http://news.ontario.ca/mohltc/en/2011/06/historic-drug-reforms-delivering-better-health-care-for-ontarians.html

More Spaces For Graduate Students

Ontario is creating 6,000 new spaces for students to enrol in masters and PhD programs at universities across the province by 2015-16.
Jun 7, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities
http://news.ontario.ca/tcu/en/2011/06/more-spaces-for-graduate-students.html

Ontario Invests In Innovation, Creates More Than 20 New Jobs

McGuinty Government Helps Clean-Tech Company Turn the Corner
Jun 7, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation
http://www.mri.gov.on.ca/english/news/IDF060711.asp

Health Canada Reviewing Safety of Drospirenone-Containing Oral Contraceptives (Yasmin and Yaz) and Risk of Venous Thromboembolism

Jun 7, 2011
Health Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/health-canada-reviewing-safety-drospirenone-containing-oral-contraceptives-yasmin-yaz-1523800.htm

Minister Joe Oliver Highlights the Next Phase of Canada's Economic Action Plan's Benefits to Toronto and the Greater Toronto Area

Harper Government committed to a Low-Tax Plan for Jobs and Growth
Jun 7, 2011
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/minister-joe-oliver-highlights-next-phase-canadas-economic-action-plans-benefits-toronto-1523798.htm

CFIA: Statement by Dr. Brian Evans

Chief Food Safety Officer (CFSO) /Chief Veterinary Officer of Canada, Canadian Food Inspection Agency
June 7, 2011
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/cfia-statement-by-dr-brian-evans-1524002.htm

Canada's food sector has a nourishing impact on economy and employment

Jun 7, 2011
Conference Board of Canada
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/June2011/07/c3357.html

Natural disasters displaced 42 million in 2010

Jun 6, 2011
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/06/06/disaster-displacements-report.html

Transmission corridor or World Heritage site?

Proposal to protect boreal forest threatened by plans for hydro development
Jun 6, 2011
David Israelson
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/1002692--transmission-corridor-or-world-heritage-site

Quebec health director urges measles vaccinations after outbreak

Jun 6, 2011
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/new-health/health-news/quebec-health-director-urges-measles-vaccinations-after-outbreak/article2049518/

Que. measles outbreak worsens

Health authorities call for vaccinations as number of reported cases grows
Jun 6, 2011
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/story/2011/06/06/quebec-measles-outbreak.html

Obesity: The next health challenge

Effective public policy dramatically reduced smoking. It's time to take the same approach with obesity.
Jun 6, 2011
Dr. Ben Chan
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/1002695--obesity-the-next-health-challenge

Antimatter atoms trapped for 16 minutes

Jun 6, 2011
Emily Chung
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/06/06/science-antimatter-atoms-fujiwara-antihydrogen.html

Ontario Invests in Innovation, Creates 90 New Jobs

Ontario is helping Entropex -- an innovative recycling company in Sarnia -- pilot new technology, generate local and global business opportunities and create 90 jobs for families.
Jun 6, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation
http://news.ontario.ca/mri/en/2011/06/ontario-invests-in-innovation-creates-90-new-jobs.html

Limited offer for free blood glucose monitoring kits

Association provides kits to Canadians living with diabetes as part of Compassionate Use Program
Jun 6, 2011
Canadian Diabetes Association
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/June2011/06/c2689.html

Prostate drug holiday will change the standard of care for men with recurring prostate cancer

Jun 6, 2011
Canadian Cancer Society
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/June2011/06/c2820.html

Federal Budget: Caregiver Commitment and Palliative Care Funding Positive Steps, says Canadian Cancer Society

Jun 6, 2011
Canadian Cancer Society
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/June2011/06/c3248.html

Proposed marine protected areas a diverse collection of 12 sites

Jun 5, 2011
GLORIA GALLOWAY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/proposed-marine-protected-areas-a-diverse-collection-of-12-sites/article2048254/

York University places 2nd in Mars rover contest

Jun 5, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/06/05/york-university-mars-rover.html

Death by cellphone? Put the fear industry on hold

Your mobile is harmless, unlike lawn mowers, deer and other everyday killers
Jun 4, 2011
MARGARET WENTE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/death-by-cellphone-put-the-fear-industry-on-hold/article2046759/

Three decades of AIDS

Disease that first hit gay men in North America now is a plague among Africa’s poor
Jun 4, 2011
Dr. Philip Berger
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/1002703--three-decades-of-aids

Practice-changing cancer trial shows additional radiation decreases cancer recurrence

Jun 4, 2011
Canadian Cancer Society
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/June2011/04/c2746.html

Landmark breast cancer prevention trial finds exemestane significantly reduces risk of breast cancer

Jun 4, 2011
Canadian Cancer Society
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/June2011/04/c2733.html

Fresh hope arises for finding a cure for AIDS

Jun 3, 2011
MARILYNN MARCHIONE
The Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/fresh-hope-arises-for-finding-a-cure-for-aids/article2046272/

Canada turning from leader to laggard in AIDS research

Jun 3, 2011
ANNA MEHLER PAPERNY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/new-health/health-news/canada-turning-from-leader-to-laggard-in-aids-research/article2046936/

Hot enough for you? Preparing for Canada’s 100-year heat wave

Jun 3, 2011
SIRI AGRELL
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/hot-enough-for-you-preparing-for-canadas-100-year-heat-wave/article2047055/

Conference Board gives ‘patchwork’ climate policies a failing grade

Jun 1, 2011
GLORIA GALLOWAY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-notebook/conference-board-gives-patchwork-climate-policies-a-failing-grade/article2042933/

Key to productivity is innovation, not invention

Creative management and product development can be more important than scientific breakthroughs
May 31, 2011
Roger Martin and James Milway
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/1000453--key-to-productivity-is-innovation-not-invention

Canada’s innovation imperative

Institute for Competitiveness & Prosperity - Report on Canada 2011
Jun 1, 2011
Institute for Competitiveness & Prosperity
http://www.competeprosper.ca/images/uploads/Report_on_Canada_2011_FINAL.pdf

Towards Green Growth

The Green Growth Strategy provides concrete recommendations and measurement tools to support countries’ efforts to achieve economic growth and development, while at the same time ensure that natural assets continue to provide the ecosystem services on which our well being relies.
May 25, 2011
OECD
http://www.keepeek.com/Digital-Asset-Management/oecd/environment/towards-green-growth_9789264111318-en

Is Canada's Innovation Performance Really So Bad?

Jun 3, 2011
Joshua Gans
Harvard Business Review
http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2011/06/is_canadas_innovation_performa.html

Ontario shakes up postsecondary funding

Jun 1, 2011
JAMES BRADSHAW
Globe and Mail

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/ontario/new-approach-for-funding-ontario-postsecondary-education/article2043835/

Governor General to see projects bear fruit

Jun 2, 2011
Luisa D’Amato
Waterloo Record
http://www.therecord.com/news/local/article/542074--governor-general-to-see-projects-bear-fruit

Here's to the humanities

Jun 1, 2011
Daily Gleaner
http://dailygleaner.canadaeast.com/opinion/article/1411270

New POSTnotes from the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology

Jun 2011
U.K. Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST)

Evidence-Based Conservation: http://www.parliament.uk/documents/post/postpn_379-Evidence-Based-Conservation.pdf
Landscapes of the Future: http://www.parliament.uk/documents/post/postpn_380-Landscapes-of-the-Future.pdf

Oilsands greenhouse gas emissions up in 2009

New calculation; Substantial rise in pollution: report
Jun 3, 2011
MIKE DE SOUZA
Postmedia News
http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/Oilsands+greenhouse+emissions+2009/4884882/story.html

Two Canadian universities in international Mars rover contest

Jun 3, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/06/03/technology-mars-rover-york-waterloo.html

EU/big pharma deal would raise health care costs

Jun 3, 2011
Michael Geist
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/article/1002602--geist-eu-big-pharma-deal-would-raise-health-care-costs

HIV 30 years later: Experts mark milestones in treatment advances

Jun 3, 2011
Carmen Chai
Postmedia News
http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/years+later+Experts+mark+milestones+treatment/4890564/story.html

Hope for AIDS cure 30 years after 1st U.S. case

Jun 3, 2011
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/06/03/hiv-aids-anniversary.html

4 E. coli cases in U.S. linked to Germany

Germany may push for Spain to get aid following wrongful blame controversy
Jun 3, 2011
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/06/03/contaminated-veggies-europe.html

UV levels extra high this summer

Jun 3, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/06/03/technology-ultraviolet-ozone-sun-summer.html

Fungal dandelion killer tested on P.E.I.

Jun 3, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/story/2011/06/03/pei-dandelion-fungus-584.html

Canadian Cancer Society applauds Ontario government efforts to snub out illegal tobacco products and breathe new life into Smoke-Free Ontario

Jun 3, 2011
Canadian Cancer Society
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/June2011/03/c2525.html

Canadian Cancer Society Funded Research Among Best of Best

Canadian Cancer Society funded research recognized among "Best of ASCO" to be released Saturday and Monday
Jun 3, 2011
Canadian Cancer Society
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/June2011/03/c2611.html

Building A Clean Economy And Communities

McGuinty Government Partnering To Promote Sustainable Cities
Jun 3, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation
http://www.mri.gov.on.ca/english/news/OIA060311.asp

Environment Canada layoffs spook civil servants

Jun 2, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/06/02/ottawa-layoffs-environment-canada.html

New wind farm to study energy storage

Jun 2, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/06/02/pei-wind-energy-storage-584.html

Cellphones and cancer: Let’s avoid dialing up a panic

Jun 2, 2011
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/1001097--let-s-avoid-dialing-up-a-panic

Health reform: Ottawa can lead the way

Jun 2, 2011
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/article/1001133--ottawa-can-lead-the-way

Sleuthing for the source of the E. coli outbreak

Jun 2, 2011
André Picard
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/new-health/health-news/sleuthing-for-the-source-of-the-e-coli-outbreak/article2045403/

Little known about rare E. coli strain behind European outbreak

Jun 2, 2011
JESSICA LEEDER
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/new-health/health-news/little-known-about-rare-e-coli-strain-behind-european-outbreak/article2045402/

WHO says European E. coli strain has never been seen before

Jun 2, 2011
MARIA CHENG and NATALIYA VASILYEVA
The Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/new-health/health-news/who-says-european-e-coli-strain-has-never-been-seen-before/article2044128/

Canadian inspectors to step up testing of produce imported from Europe

Jun 2, 2011
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/new-health/health-news/canadian-inspectors-to-step-up-testing-of-produce-imported-from-europe/article2044945/

'Super-toxic' E. coli blamed in European outbreak

Canada to increase testing of European vegetables
Jun 2, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/06/02/contaminated-vegetables-europe.html

For $41-billion, Canadians deserve a straight answer

The next federal-provincial health care agreement needs to contain clearer measures to hold the provinces accountable for how they spend the money
Jun 2, 2011
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/for-41-billion-canadians-deserve-a-straight-answer/article2045014/

War on drugs 'a failure', international commission says

Jun 2, 2011
Reuters
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/war-on-drugs-has-failed-international-commission-says/article2044250/

AIDS: The 30 years war

Hard pounding is gradually bringing AIDS under control
Jun 2, 2011
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/18772276

International Research Initiative on Adaptation to Climate Change Announces Research Awards

Five Canadian and Developing Country Teams to Study Climate Change Adaptation
Jun 2, 2011
International Development Research Centre
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/June2011/02/c2084.html

Government of Canada Announces ENERGY STAR Winners

Jun 2, 2011
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/government-of-canada-announces-energy-starr-winners-1521772.htm

Elmtree Property Gold Mine Project - Federal Funding Allocated to Participate in the Environmental Assessment

Jun 2, 2011
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/June2011/02/c2127.html

Federal Agriculture Minister Ritz Supports Closer Trade Ties with India

Jun 2, 2011
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/federal-agriculture-minister-ritz-supports-closer-trade-ties-with-india-1522230.htm

Wrestling with Big Pharma

New Zealand leverages taxpayers’ bargaining power to get the best prices on drugs
Jun 1, 2011
Colleen M. Flood
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/1001101--wrestling-with-big-pharma

Salmon recovery team left out of loop

Jun 1, 2011
MARK HUME
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/bc-politics/salmon-recovery-team-left-out-of-loop/article2043751/

Ottawa public-sector layoffs may be tip of the iceberg

Jun 1, 2011
RENATA D’ALIESIO AND JAMES ADAMS
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-public-sector-layoffs-may-be-tip-of-the-iceberg/article2043917/

Smoking gun elusive in deadly E. coli outbreak

Jun 1, 2011
DAVID RISING AND MIKE STOBBE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/europe/smoking-gun-elusive-in-deadly-e-coli-outbreak/article2043859/

Scientists eye algae as fuel

Project focuses on aircraft power
Jun 1, 2011
CLARE MELLOR
Chronicle-Herald
http://thechronicleherald.ca/NovaScotia/1246283.html

Institute releases Report on Canada 2011, Canada’s innovation imperative

Canada faces an innovation imperative. Our lackluster innovation record stands in the way of all Canadians realizing their full prosperity potential
Jun 1, 2011
Institute for Competitiveness & Prosperity
http://www.competeprosper.ca/index.php/media/press_releases/institute_releases_report_on_canada_2011_canadas_innovation_imperative/

Federal and provincial governments failing to coordinate plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

Jun 1, 2011
Conference Board of Canada
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/June2011/01/c9583.html

Algal Biofuel Research Draws Attention From Governor General

Governor General tours NRC research facility in Nova Scotia
Jun 1, 2011
National Research Council Canada-NRC
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/algal-biofuel-research-draws-attention-from-governor-general-1521192.htm

CQDM Welcomes Eli Lilly Canada, A Leading Innovative Pharmaceutical Company, to Support the Explore Program

Jun 1, 2011
Québec Consortium for Drug Discovery (CQDM)
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/June2011/01/c9476.html

Canada and Russia Work in Partnership to Increase Livestock Trade Opportunities

Jun 1, 2011
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/canada-and-russia-work-in-partnership-to-increase-livestock-trade-opportunities-1521359.htm

Ajax Copper-Gold Mine Project - Public Comment Period and Open House

Jun 1, 2011
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/June2011/01/c9696.html

Consumer genetic tests flawed: scientists

May 31, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/05/31/genetic-tests.html

Atomic fallout: Global chill but nuclear not dead

May 31, 2011
Jon Hembrey
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2011/05/30/f-future-nuclear-power-germany.html

Canadian vaccine offers hope for global scourge of E. coli

May 31, 2011
JESSICA LEEDER
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/new-health/health-news/canadian-vaccine-offers-hope-for-global-scourge-of-e-coli/article2042350/

Do you know where your food came from? It's all in the genes

May 31, 2011
WENCY LEUNG
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/food-and-wine/trends/trends-features/do-you-know-where-your-food-came-from-its-all-in-the-genes/article2041675/

Ottawa left endangered sockeye unprotected

May 31, 2011
MARK HUME
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/bc-politics/ottawa-left-endangered-sockeye-unprotected/article2042077/

Cellphone use may be linked to cancer: scientists

May 31, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/05/31/cellphone-radiation-cancer.html

WHO agency warns cellphone use ‘possibly carcinogenic’

May 31, 2011
CARLY WEEKS AND IAIN MARLOW
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/new-health/conditions/cancer/other-cancers/who-agency-warns-cellphone-use-possibly-carcinogenic/article2041461/

E. coli outbreak kills 2 more in Europe

Vegetable source in outbreak unclear
May 31, 2011
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/05/31/vegetables-contaminated-europe.html

Food crisis will create millions more hungry: Oxfam

Demand for food to rise 70-90% by 2050 as production capacity drops: report
May 31, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/05/31/oxfam-food-report.html

Climate change to ravage Arctic ice roads

May 31, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/05/31/science-climate-change-iceroads.html

Canada's health-care promises not yet met

Some progress but long way to go on accord signed by all health ministers
May 31, 2011
Meagan Fitzpatrick
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/05/31/pol-health-accord-report.html

Progress Report 2011: Health care renewal in Canada

May 31, 2011
Health Council of Canada
http://www.healthcouncilcanada.ca/docs/rpts/2011/progress/2011Progress_ENG.pdf

Zapped: The High Cost of Ontario’s Renewable Electricity Subsidies

May 31, 2011
Benjamin Dachis and Jan Carr
C.D. Howe Institute
http://cdhowe.org/pdf/ebrief_117.pdf

Minister Paradis Reaffirms Commitment to Canada's Digital Economy

May 31, 2011
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/minister-paradis-reaffirms-commitment-to-canadas-digital-economy-1520808.htm

Saving Brains: Unlocking Potential for Development

Request for Proposals Announcement
May 31, 2011
Grand Challenges Canada
http://hosted.verticalresponse.com/288228/0684135b03/1315031809/cc0c5cfa91/

Education research helps under-achieving students

Deans of Education promise the best in education research for Canada's families
May 31, 2011
Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/May2011/31/c9043.html

MaRS Innovation and GlaxoSmithKline Announce Strategic Partnership to Accelerate Translational Research in Health Sciences

May 31, 2011
MaRS Innovation
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/May2011/31/c8794.html

Ontario Science Centre puts its Eyes on the Skies

Canadian Astronaut Jeremy Hansen recruited to launch Eyes on the Skies, a new planetarium program for toddlers
May 31, 2011
Ontario Science Centre
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/May2011/31/c9052.html

Insite has science on its side

May 30, 2011
Thomas Kerr
National Post
http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2011/05/30/thomas-kerr-vancouvers-insite-clinic-has-been-a-resounding-success/

NDM-1 superbug case 1st to originate in Canada

May 30, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/05/30/ndm-1-superbug-canada.html

Europeans trade blame over E. coli outbreak

May 30, 2011
Don Melvin and Veronika Oleksyn
The Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/europe/europeans-trade-blame-over-e-coli-outbreak/article2040098/

Toll climbs in European E. coli outbreak

May 30, 2011
JESSICA LEEDER
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/europe/toll-climbs-in-european-e-coli-outbreak/article2040566/

Germany to shut down nuclear plants by 2022

May 30, 2011
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2011/05/30/germany-nuclear-shutdown.html

Germany to pull plug on nuclear power

May 30, 2011
ANNIKA BREIDTHARDT
Reuters
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/europe/germany-decides-to-pull-plug-on-nuclear-power/article2039434/

Carbon emissions hit record: energy agency

May 30, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/05/30/iea-carbon-emissions.html

Aboriginal babies' tooth decay called 'serious'

May 30, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/05/29/tooth-decay-aboriginal-children.html

Energy drinks have no place in kids' diets: MDs

May 30, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/05/30/energy-drinks-sports-drinks-children.html

Rising obesity rates pose a growing risk to Canadian health

May 30, 2011
Conference Board of Canada
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/May2011/30/c8656.html

BlackRock Mining Project - Public Consultation Period and Federal Funding Available

May 30, 2011
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/May2011/30/c8705.html

Global warming jeopardizing ice highways, study says

May 29, 2011
Nathan VanderKlippe
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/global-warming-jeopardizing-ice-highways-study-says/article2038904/

Canadian ‘lunabot’ takes NASA’s design prize

May 29, 2011
JAMES BRADSHAW
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/canadian-lunabot-takes-nasas-design-prize/article2039313/

Have an opinion on health-care reform? Nurses group wants to hear it

May 27, 2011
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/new-health/health-policy/have-an-opinion-on-health-care-reform-nurses-group-wants-to-hear-it/article2037359/

Forest conservation: Lidartector

How to tell if countries are cheating on their conservation commitments
May 26, 2011
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/18741402

The Anthropocene: A man-made world

Science is recognising humans as a geological force to be reckoned with
May 26, 2011 |
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/18741749

Medicine: There is no alternative

Virtually all alternative medicine is bunk; but the placebo effect is rather interesting
May 19, 2011
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/18712290